Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-01-09
SO For the Chropiele
TO TREE PLANTERS.

an engaged in the renring all che best va
ristiessf spplss, plurns. peaches, pears &c.
that are suited to our climate. Mr.. I. s.
Downer, Of Todd couniy-is also, and has a fine
varsity. We can supply all who need them
Dor determiua,iqn is tc furnish varieties that,
from obsersa;ion.w We know to be soited to our
climate. Our treas are vigorous and luifly--
they ear, be taken Up one lpy and planted ie
next. No. SC with those from the NORTH: they
fare out Of the ground several weeks. coming
here, and become sickly before they can be
planted. Several gears ago, large supply
was brought from Ohio, that proved almost 40
entire loss to the country, besides tho dsap
pOintments. Many varieties, fine at the North,
are worthless here.
Further: our interests are identified with
yours, and whatyTe recommend, may, there.
lfore, be relied on. We sustain the insltu
tious Of our State aud county. Not SO with
those from ohio-they may be our blterest p.
pon0dts. A large lot of trees are Offering
hrt gh the counties around, said to come from
fihere, when there lie every reason to believe
they were, bought several hundred miles fur.
Their off.
will give you en- extract from the North
Western Fruit Growers Association, lowing
their opposition to tree peddling-on page 81:
"ueBce we see tina, the sole qua rsniee the
buyers of fruit trees has, is the character and
responsibility of the seller, And what is the
character and responsibility of these intiue.
rant tree peddlsrs7 Here one year and some
where else the next, as Mr.. Barry says ped
ding gravestones to-day, lightning rods to
morrow, and patent medicines the next day.
How easy and common thing for these ped
ders and agents to so mix their trees, in
handling. that a purchaser planting an or.
Ichard, (if they chance to live) after waiting
S or 10 years, till they bear, finds that he has
10 such assortment as he contracted for, ahd il
may be nothing but inferior fruit, the whole
not worth half as much as his neghbors or
chard, the trees of which were obtained at
home. What contrast between getting trees
in this way, and selecting YOURSELF from your
neighbors nursery. with the management and
character of which you are entirely familiar
the trees all fresh and lively, everything
perfect about them, and with neighbors' en-.
dorsement as 10 their charaeteT-Dot that ev.
cry western nursery is not reliable or every
peddler is unreliable. We would not b Iild up
Iuntrus,y men at home, a. the expense of those
abroad, but the rule is 10 trust the man you
know, or may know, whom you can watch and
reach, rather than the enc you cannot Again
eastern trees are decidedly inferior TO western
nursery trees in quality and adaptation to soil
Rnd climate. Trees hawked about BY pnddlers
and contractors are usually ruch injured by
mutilation and exposure in digging and deliv-
cry, as thousands can testify who have tried
them. In buying .rees, large, fresh, sound
roots are the great ohject--trees without them
are sick trees. Is 1t nothing to have our trees
as ell as ourselves ucclimatedl"
In conclusion, I say, we sell our Apple,
Peach, Plum, Cherry, and Ornamental tree
near, or fully Oper cent less than trees now
offsring in your midst IT'S IN acquisition
| to have reliable nurseries, at home, and If you
think so, you viii give US the preference.
w., w r. I.