Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-09-04
"A Fruit Talk with the Herald
Readers.
BY N. c. GOLDSMITH.

lne totTUWOeTTy crop WAS gOOu one.
This is an article of luxury, the cultivation
of which still perplexes large portion Of
the people; while the fact is, their culture
is as simple as that Of cabbage, and very
little if any more labor. Too many vines,
however, are now set without the name,
sex, habit or wants of the variety being
known. This should Of course not be.
Independent or perfect lowered kinds are
best for the masses to rely on. AS to time
Of trarsplanting, spring is best; and any
time from that to fall they may be set SO as
to produce crop the following season.
Following in the order of npening was
the Raspberry; which, with US, pro- cd
highly satisfactory, our vines being now Of
suitable age for the first good crop. Our
Illinois neighbors complain that with them
this fruit has not been a perfect success.
| think perhaps our clayey soil is better
adapted to them. Brnkle's Orange, yell
low, Black, Blue, and Shows Prohic--all
yielded well.
Of Currants / need hardly say any
thing. Do they ever fail, even under very
poor treatment? But to ensure the finest
and largest amount of fruit, manure highly
and hoe the bushes as often as cabbage,
early in the season. The white and other
extra kinds are being much sought for.
The black make the best tarts and jams.
In English markets they supercede all
others.
The Goose5erry could not well be
spared; it has yielded us good crop.
The English varieties mildewed 50 badly
that. they are being superseded nearly en-
tirely by those of native American, with
which there is seldom this trouble. The
American climate is too dry for the English.
The Plum crop is promising. BY this
| mean mainly the native, which is de-
cidedly palatable fruit, when well ripened,
without cooking, and which the children
especially could not well do without. Now
is the time to search out and mark the best
varieties for fall or spring transplanting.
Every garden should have liberal NUM-
Der of trees. But few Of the cultivated
kinds have been set in this region as yet
They flourish well-no where better; but
there is complaint Of Hardness in coming to
bearing: do not be impatient; but if incor-
rigible, die them up and reset them. The
French gardner is said to scarcely allow his
trees to rest year. A re-transplanting
starts his tree again into fruiting. Such
result has followed in the case of several
plum trees moved in this village.
The Lawton Blackberry in the West
has proved inferior, and although there are
other cultivated varieties, their adaptation
to Wisconsin has been but little tested, there
fore for the present we must depend on
the native wild, which in moist seasons
produces well.
The Grapes promise well. This is to
be one of the standard fruits If Wiscon-
sin. People who would scarcely touch a
vine a short time since, now plant the hardy
kinds by the dozen-in some cases by the
thousand. Already there are small vine
yards springing up in this county. Our
German friends are most at home with the
vine. | need not enumerste kinds; there
are so many new claimants before the pub
lie, time must determine which we should
purchase. One Eastern Nurseryman's
/ Catalogue contains q list Of over $50 va
rites, land as many of Strawberries
The Apple prospect for this season is
good. The culture of this fruit of fruits
is becoming each year more encouraging
/ -. ~ i .,,.;.,~,,s x,;nfaro re ;Sr Vari
cites that withstood those seasons should
ever be the test in Wisconsin. Trees set
since then are beginning to yield quite a
return; while older orchards that survived
are producing abundantly. A farmer near
here, | am informed set the past spring
nearly thousand trees. His success in
the past warrants it.
The Fire Blight has done much mischief
this season, evidenced in limbs dying az the
extremities: the usual remedy is to cut them
off down into the healthy wood, and destroy
the affected parts by burning.
am here reminded to mention the fact,
that last fall and spring more nursery
products--fruit and ornamental trees and
| shrubs-were purchased and set than dur
mo any previous year in the history Of
Grant County. Perhaps $4,000 worth
were purchased from nurseries abroad, and
nearly or quite as much from nurseries 70
the county. These articles should be wen
taken care Of; and this dry weather agood
mulcning would be Of benefit if not hlth-
erto attended 10.
Few if any counties Of Wisconsin could
surpass Grant in display Of fine apples
even now. Who that attended the County
Fair Inst year but remembers the great rich
apples that in almost endless variety adorn-
ed the fruit-table And shall not the fruit
display at the Fair this month surpass the
last What say you, friends ]? If you
have only fine plum or grapr cluster,
bring it along.
Lancaster Nursery, September, 1861.
Cor. MONTGOMERY ON CoNTRADANDs.-
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