The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-17


| VIA, We Mazs. A.alzow To Ges Them,
!, Al the meeting Of the Farmers club,
june II, A. s. Fuller, well kuown hor-
ticulturist of Brooklyn, read paper on
growing seedlings, which we have the
pleasure Of presenting TO our readers. -
Our best varieties of fruits have been
| produced from the seed, and we know OF
no reason why they cannot yet be improv.
ed. As M incentive to our money low
/, ing readers, we would say there is mon
cy in this business. 1t was stated at the
Club, that tho FIRST tree, Peoria, brought
the producer, Sl,700 pcabody's seed
ling strawberry has brought him more in
q single year than many farmers make in
! lifetime. Cahoons' seeding rhubsrb
has made him rich. Mr.. Fuller stated
that he knew him when he was poor
man, and few years aftcr he sold half
his garden. stocked with these plants, for
l0,O0Q. Any person that will produce
q grape, q straw berry, . rose, or any 9TH
er fruit, flower, berry, or grain superior
to those that now exist, can in few years
retire with 4 competency, and with what
is better, an assurance of having done
the wcrld a service. To raise seedlings
is not matter Of skill or hard. work; any
body--,nan or woman, girl or boy--can
do It il they will try--and all ought to
try--and also to thank Mr.. Fuller for tel
ling them af.rssstf e. 4
How TO GROW SEEDLING PLANTS.
!Sr,arLerrtes. We wsntstrawberries of
an earlier and better variety. To obtain
such we must SOW seeds Of the earliest
aud latest sorts, and pcrsevere until we
get improved sorts to suit our wants. 1t
is not difficult to grow seeding strawber-
ries. Select the largest and best berries,
fully ripe, and put them in dry, fine sand,
and crush and rub them thoroughly until
the seeds are distributed evenly thorough
the mass Prepare . bed in shady place,
in light, sandy loan, thoroughly pulver-
! lied. Sow the sand containing the seeds
| evenly, and sift soil an eighth OF an inch
deep over them; and if dry weather con-
tinues, water gently every evening. The
plants will begin to come up in two weeks,
/ aud SO on till winter, when the bed should
| be covered two or three inches deep with
straw or leaves, which must be raked of
hin the spring, and the plant, trsnsl Tinted
eighteen inches apart, in suitable beds
Gooscberries.--We want better goose
berry, if it can be had---oue that will not
mildew, and win produce abundantly and
regularly. Let Us plant seed Of the best
we have and try. The seed should be
washed clean fren the pulp, aud put in
dry sand in cool place to keep till spring
1t must be cool, beause these and curraut
seeds start at low temperature, and they
cannot be safely planted in the fall. Keep
the seeds till late in the spring, aud plant
the seed in beds as directed for strawber
ries, cover them an eighth Of au inch deep,
litter the beds next winter, and trans
plant when year old.
Garrdnts-We want better currants--
one twice the size Of the noted cherry cur,
rant, sweet enough to eat without sugar.
We may get it from Seeding. Let us
try seeds from tho largest aud sweetes,
We have, and not be content till we make
an improvement. The currant seed should
be treated just like the seed Of gooseber.
rics. .g4 =
Raspberrits.-Wc want q raspberry
that is really hardy, all of good favor, aud
that viii continue bearing through the
autumn. We have nearly succeeded by
seedlings, but not quite. We must keep
trying. It is easy to produce new rrsp
berries from seed, and By perseverance,
We may be successful.
Blackberries --Wo want better and ear.
lier blackberries, and so we do later ones
The way to get them is to SOW seeds
grow plants and prove them, and when
We get better variety, reject the old
ones. Horticulturists have done much
in the last twenty years, but we should
never rest so long as there is room fol
improvement. Now, let every person try
to get ahead of his ncighbor in growing
seedlings, and not wait for some one t,
send to Europe for new varieties, which
VIC might have produced ourselves. W.
hare paid millions to foreign countries
for fruit trees, which we might have pro
duced ourselves and at less cost. 1t i:
not for fruit trees only that we are send
ing away our money, but for ornamental
trees and plants, very many Of them ma
tives of our country. l have seen With,
the last weeks hundreds Of plants impor
ted from France, at a great cost, that car
be found growing wild within one mile o
the importers residence. Importers ei
ther think plants better if imported, or il
their ignoronce they do not know tina
they arc indigenous. hayeeyen know
that most common tree, tho sweet gun
(liquid anber,) imported, and several 0
the most common spireus.-Lye Illus
tyated.
! Prentice, Of the Louisville Journal
thinks that stop should at once be put
to the swill milk trade in New York, yc
.,nr,, cnolly addS. GRut wore IL unit,