The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-09-19
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In the product of fruit, this on the whole Is
proving quite prolific season. The Strawberry
crop was good one This is an article OF luxury,
the cultivation of which still perplexes large
portion Of the peoples while the fact is, their cul.
ture Is as simple that OF cabbage and very lit
tie 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 ofcourse
not be. Independent or perfect, lowered kinds are
best for the masses to rely As to time oftlans
planting, spring is best and any time from that
TO fall they may be 5et so as to produce crop the
following season
Following in the order of rpening was the Rasp-
berry which, with us, proved 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 perfect success
think perhaps our clayey soil is better adapted
10 tsem Brinkle's Orange, Yellow, Black Blue,
and Shows PrOifc-al yielded well.
OF CurrGRts l need hardly say anything. Do
they ever fail, even under very poor treatment
But to insure the finest and largest amount offrut
manure highly and hoe the the bushes as often al
cabbage, early in the season. The white and 9th
er extra kinds arc being much sought for. The
black make the best tarts and jams. In English
markets they supercede all others.
The Goose6erry could not well be spared it has
yielded us good crop. The English varieties
widowed 30 badly that they are being superseded
nearly entirely by those ofnative American, with
which there is seldom this trouble The American
climate is too dry for the English.
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mainly the native, which is decidedly 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 varlties for fell or spring transpantng.--
Every garden should have Il liberal number Of
trees But few of she cultivated kinds have been
Get ~ this region az yet. hey fTuriph wel--uo
where better but there is complaint nr tardin, 50
IN coming to bcnrlng d" not be impatient bui if
lncorrgbiC, dig them up aud reset them The
IA 10 ,lln "a
10 rest year re.trausplanting starts his tree
again into trulting Such result has followed in
the c"se OF several plum trees moved in this vii
lage
The ia,oton Black6e,y,y in the West has proved
inferior, and although there are other Gu tivaied
varieties, their adaptation to Wisconsin has been
but little tested therefore for the present we must
depend on the natiye Wild winch in lnnis, seq s,ns
produces well.
The Grapes promise well. This ia IL be one Of
the standard fruits Of Wisconsin People who
would scarcely touch vine IL short time since.
now plant the hardy kinds by the dOZen-in some
cases by the thousand. Already there are small
vineyards springing up in this country. Our Ger.
man friends are most at home with the vines
need not enumerate kinds there are so many new
claimants before the public time must determine
which we should purchase. Our Eastern Nursery.
mans Catalogue contains list of over $50 varie-
ties, land as many of strawberries
The Apple prospect for this season is good. The
culture of this fruit of fruits is becoming each venr
more encouraging since the ruinous winters of SO
81. Varieties Ihatwithstood those seasons sboulh
ever be the test in Wisconsin. Trees set since
then are beginning to yield quite n return; VIII lie
older orchards that survived are producing abund-
antly. 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 at the extremi-
TIES the usual remedy is to cut them off down in.
to the healthy wood and destroy the effected parts
by burning.
0m here reminded to mention the fact that last
fall and spring more Dursery products-truit and
ornamental trees and shrubs-were purchased and
set than during any previous year in the history
OF Grant County. Perhaps IS 900 worth were
purchased from nurseries abroad, and nearly or
quite as much from nurseries in the county,
These articles should be well taken care of and
this dry weather good mulching wonld be of
benefit If not hitherto attended to-
Few if any counties of Wisconsin could surpass
Grant in display of fine apples even now Who
that attended the County Fair last year but re-
members the great rich apples that in almost end
less variety adorned the truit-tabe And shall not
the fruit display at the Fair this month surpass the
last What say you, friends If you have only Il
fine plum or grape cluster, bring it along.-INC.
Goldsmith in the Grant County Herald