Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-29
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able fruit . no, half spPrecistedin our com.
munity. There is probably no other fruir g
profitable 10 the producer, and we may add
no other fruit th., has received so little at
tention. The following Statistics from the
Rursl Nsp Yorker will give some idea soi
the profit derived from pear culture. These
refer to "a different section from oar own
but not to one more avorable tS fruit grow
ing. ~ e
The Virgalieu Pear in Canandaigua.
- 4 wriiersin the RsraI .Ne,o Yorker gives
the following statistics:
Tbs village of Canandsigus contains
more large trees of this variety than any
cher place in Western New York. There
are many trees there from 9 to Is inches in
diameter, from 40 to SO feet high, and from
30 to 10 years old. that have not failed Of a
single crop since they csme into bearing -
II am told BY many gentlemen that they
have borne every year, for 40 10 so years,
from 5 to 20 bushels per tree. The buds
-stsnd the coolest winters unharmed, and are
never injured by the frost in the spring =
Years when the apple crop has been entirely
cut off by frosts, the trees of this variety
have been loaded with large and golden
frpit that would tempt king, and which
have tempted too many boys to the loss Of
the growers. II is the most certain crup of
fruit raised in this part of the State These
facts sho~ good crop to be just as certain
every year as is the arrival Of SPring. Sum
mer, and Autumn.
One ofthe most proliiiee trees OF this va
riety stands on the old homestead Of the late
Judge Howell on Mainst-, and was planted
BY his own fand near 60 years ago. IL il
now about 81 feet round its trunk, and from
20 % so feet high. Thomas r. H,weIl,
Esq, soE of the Judge, and who has seen
the frosts of nearly half century says that
this tree has borne from his esrliest remem-
brance every year and certainly has not
failed of good crop for 40 yesrs--thst il
has averaged 20 bushels year. Cor the last
20years. This crop has been sold for 81
bushel, on the tree generally. He thinks
that it will be safe 20 estimate the profits of
the tree at $40 a year for the Inst 30 years;
In this estimate he called The price but to
81 bushel.- The price paid there was gen.
orally So bushel, last year, which would
make this cIop worth $50. Dir. Howell
has number of small trees on his place,
% years of age, each of which bears from
to bushels. year of beautiful and superb
fruit, worth ss per bushsl-sl5 to SIS per
tree. ~ .rssist ~ =
Judge Tsy ler has three urge trees about
the age and size of tLose mentioned above.
The yield from these three trees in 1854
was eleven barrels of selected fruit. four
Of which he sold for $56, and the other
seven for S!o-making the crop Sl25 from
three trees equal to S42 tree. He says
the weather was so dry that parr.. of the fruit
dropped off in August--that the yield was
net as good as it had been for years before,
and that he never failed of good CROP
Judge T. has nomber of other trees, graft
ed few years ago, just coming into bear
ing. which produced seven or eigh; barrels
more. He says his pear trees will pay tie
rent of SO acres of land yearly.
There are three trees on the old Atwater
place, now owned by Marshall Phinlcr-
two of them about the size and ege of the
shove. the other small. Mr.. Phinley SAYS
he has always sold the crop on the trees
price from $50 to $50 ayear. They bear
regularly every year. The small treelbears
about three bushels, the largest from Is to
Is bushels, ard the other from to l4I
bushels. The profits of these three trees at
81 per bushel. would be from Ss4 to Sl05
annually. He says he was offered 500
tree for them, but refused to take it.
One gentleman sold his crop of thirty
barrels year before last, in the city of New
York, for Sl2 a barrel--equal to $3.50
! his fruit, IS | understand it, was from a
young orchard of seven or more years from
planting, containing some hundred oftrees.
1t yielded about 80 tarrels last year,as am
informed. II this is correct they brought the
snug little sum of S750--as mn, as 20
acres of wheat would bring last year.
The above are but few facts selected
frsm many of like nature, to show the a.
mount of pears produced by tree, and the
price for which they were sold. can say
further, without fear of contradiction, that
these will not vary much from the average
of all the trees in Canandaigua, taking age
and size into consideration. An acre of
100 large trees like those ABOVE described,
would average at least thirteen bushels
each-equai to 1.30e bushels. At the Can
andaigua prize, Ss bushels, the crop would
bring 50 600. At the New York price, Sl5
q barrel, (three bushels to the barreD they
would bring the sung little fortune of $4,000
enough to buy good farm. We have
no such orchards to nv knowledge in Amer
lea. at this time, to compare this estimate
with; but taking the Canandaigua trees as
q whole, for sample, they vii. warrant the
above estimate.
WHEAT ON Oar STUBBLE.-An expert
enced farmer saws he has had very good