Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-30
9ailp Niraiaian.
Profitable Culture.


There can be no doubt tina. the tendency among
horticuturis,s of the present day. to neglect the
cultivation of slow-growing trces such ~ the ap-
Pile and pear, and to devote their whole attention
To the rearing uf quick bearing, but ephemeral
plants, such as the ematu, in rxoeedingly injudi-
uious: and, II persisted in, will 10 injurious to
postcrity. So thinks the editor Of the Newark
Advertiser, who, while disayowing any intention
ordeprecating the tomato, which he likes to see in
its proper place In cooking Ia a,erse 70 its taking
tho place Of the good old apple"
There IL some temptation to neglect the culture
Of II trec which. like the apple, requires cn-idera
he car" and expense to plant, which occupies a
nrgc scapc. and In slow At arriving at maturity;
and to .pny greater attention To- vegetable
which. like tho tomato. is comparatively imexpen-
riye in planting. occupies but little room, and
gives quick returns Still il must DO considered
that when an apple orchard IL once established,
and tho first cost incurred, 1t will last for agc-,
without much trouble or expense. while annual
plnnts will le attended with annual expense and
nl~r. It was argued once. by lIbernan MON.
ber "f ~ome town council IN tho old country,
against incurrns an expenditure for certain inn
pro, cments which would benefit posterity, that AZ
postcrity hnd never benefited them, Re did not
SEQ TINT they were under any obligation to boncht
poserity. For any American farmer or horticul-
urist to net upon such principle, however. would
hc ~ ungratetul m scfsh; for had not our sturdy
foIcfa,hcrs planted for tho benefit Of their poster
~. We would not now be surrounding with tho
many blessings We enjoy.
Another fruit we'll worthy Of extended cutiva-
tion iS the cranberry, which, in consequence Of
Of The demand for it, has risen from eighteen to
twen,y-tiy cents per quart. This berry is 30 high
ly esteemed by the English. Ms mn antiscorbutic,
TIM, is in the great request among them for sail
urs.
Prnr. are also In great demand, and have fetch
ed high prices during the past senson. Mention
is mnde Of II gentleman IN Cnnandaigua. N. y,
who has sold the fruit Of fourteen hundred trees
n! from fifteen to twenty one dollars barre -
The practice of grating or budding ON qunoe
stacks. so M to obtain dwarf trees and force tho
frui, to m enrIy bearing, is condemned as it ia
rightly judged that such precocty is indicative Of
en,ly decay, while tho Stuyvrsant and Endicott
pear trees, in New York and Massachusetts res-
pcrivcly. demonstrate the great aye to which tho
tree will attain, and still bear fruit il permitted
to grow in the ordinary way.-N T. Er.
OuR CHANGING Washington Irving
speaks "f climate in tho following teru's:
Hero lot say word in fa,or of those vicis
si,udcs of our climate which nro too often made
the subject of exclusive repining. II they annoy
us they give us uf tho most beautiful climates
in the world. They give us the brilliant Sunshine
oi Tao south Of Europe with the fresh ycrdure of
the north They float our summer sky with gor-
I "aa tins Of hcecy whitencss, and send down
cooling showers 10 refresh the painting earth and
keep il green. Our Seasons full Of sublimity
and beauty Winner with us hath mono of its pro-
,erIial gloon. 1t mny have it's howling winds
aud chilling frosts and whirling snow storns; but
it has as' its long intervals of coudless sunshine
when tn. snowcad earth gives sedoubled bright
ness t" the dny, when at night the stars beam
with intcnsest lustre or the moon foods tho whole
landscape with her most limpid radiance. And
tie ny, 'us outbreak Of our spring, bursting at
loac and ,sndn ant, ,ytth
tat II. nnd vocfcrous with the life and splendor
,l Samnrr, its morning voluptuousness and eve
ming glory. its airy palaces Of sunlit clouds piled
up in deep azure sky; and its gusts of tcmpcsts
Of almost tropical grandeur, when the forkcd light
ming and believing thunder volley from the bat
Elements of heaven shnkc the sutry atmosphere;
and the sublime melancholy ofour autumn. mag
niicent in its decay, whitening down the pon,p Of
woodland country. yet rejecting back from its
yellow frests the golden serenity ofthe sky. Tru-
ly we mny well sny that in our climate THE heav-
ems declare the glory Of Gnd and tho irmnment
showeh His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth
speech. ami night unto night showelh knowl-
edge"