Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-03-30

The Apple Orchard.
"Once upon time" apples were pretty
extensively cultivated in this part of South
Carolina, and we believe successfully. 1t was
in the days of our good grand.daddies, before
every body had gone cottou.mad. But the
old orchards are now nearly extinct, and our
people raise but few (if any eatable apples.
Some however are again giving play to their
pomological fancies, and aret setting out new
trees with hearty good will. To encourage
such, we publish an account Of the Apple Or.
chard Of Col. J.. D. BUcKSER, Of Georgia, as
given by the South Countryman:
Col. L. D. BuCxSER'S ORcHARD.-While on
recent visit to Milledgeville, we much dc.
sired to visit this orchard, but were prevented
from doing 80. An account of it was given
US by friend, the substance of which we
place before our readers. We hope Col.
Buckner will forgive the liberty we have taken
with his name, as his success establishes sew.
eral important points in Pomology at the
South. Col. Buckner's orchard is situated
near Scottsboro, few miles from Milledge.
vile. 1t consists Of 1000 apple trees, $500
of which are the Shockley or Romantic apple.
Col. B. regrets that his whole orchard is not
composed of this variety. This apple came
originally from Jackson county in this State.
Its fruit keeps until June, an +, being an up
right grower, Col. Buckner places bis trees
only II feet apart.
Col. Buckners orchard covers fifty acres OF
ground. The soil is exceedingly poor pine
land. Yet is found that the Sbockley ap.
pie grows to larger size and is more finely
favored than in the up country. A crop Of
peas is annually grown in this orchard. Some
of the trees have produced as much as eight
bushels. The fruit is put up in barrels and
sold at high prices, chiefly in Montgomery aud
Savannah. The investment is found to he
extremely lucrative, as the sales vary from
FIVE to seven dollars per barrel. From the
data given in this brief notice, our friends in
Middle Georgia can figure out" the result
and determine whether it will be to their in.
terest to establish apple orchards on some of
their poor piue lands.-SouM Countryman.
We must not omit to notice here the advan.
ces being made in this department of fruit.
culture by our friends and neighbors Of Union
District. The Journal gives cheering &C.
count of the February exhibition of the Pomo-
logical Society of that District. The fruits
were fine. We append list of the varieties
exhibited:
THOMAS IsoS-Quaker Greening; Winter
Red. ]. D. Gist-Prior; Gully Reu en-
Chck-Romanite. VIM. C. Dunn-Willow
Twig, best; Lady Apples, second best; Hughs
Crab; Lemon Pippin; Elliot Crab. D. John
son-Foust; Hall; Newark Pippin; Red
English Crab; Long Stem; Greening AL.
lums Meadow Woods. j. E. Hix-Several
fine varieties, names unknown.
Buncombe, look to your apple.blossoms
Item for the Ladies.
The horticultural editor of the Soil Of the
South strongly recommends for the flower
garden new.plant called the Gladiolus. Who
has this gladiolnss IF none, who will first
introduce it? Those who have tried it, say that
is "a highly ornamental tribe of flowers" No
doubt it may be found in the sale gardens of
Augusta.