New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-04-12

their sorrowful impress upon the minds
OF their owners. Will those fruitless
fruit growers ever try again to rails
fruit? .,Not very soon" say they its
no use.' So, after talking the matter
all over among themselves, Mr.. A. Mr..
b and Mr.. G. have decided that they
will wait till Mr.. D-who is not so easi
~ discouraged-has actually raised ap-
pies for several years in succession;
while the entire residue of the alphabet
who have never yet planted a tree in
this 'unfruitful country, are stilling the
pieadings of their wives and children
tor fruit, by declaring that if A, B, G
and D cant raise fruit it's no use for
them to try. Oh MI. 2, however, has
at last promised his wife that if any
nurssrymen can be found who will sup
ply him with trees for an orchard, on
thecondition that he need not pay for
them, till they actually bear we'll ripen-
cd fruit. then in that case, he will buy
come trees, and try tho careles, and
costless experiment.
But gentlemen, the large and splen-
did array of apples presented at our
late fair, greatly excelling like show
at any County Fair that 1 ever atten
ded, fully convinced all beholders that
the Mr.. D's' in our now State were
not few in number, nor were they lack
ing in their success. On that occasion
one Of our Oldest and most valued n;ti
zens,-though of little fruit growing
faith-who in former conversation had
,cried down. the idea Of raising apples
in this country, deliberately offered me
his hat when he looked upon the beau
tiful lots Of noble specimens spread out
before US by the Messrs. Langworthys
Longworth, Meeker, Haines and others
whose names / cannot now recall.
Now, what are the remedies for all
tho encouragement and fruitless for
bodings 50 prevalent in our otherwise
highly favored country Doubtless
the first and most important Of all is, a
suitable and thorough preparation Of
the orchard grounds before the trees
are planted. Trees that make vigor-
GUS and healthful growth, will have ex-
tended their strong roots from S to 8
feet from the tree, within two or three
years after being transplanted. To
enable and induce them to do this, the
land should be sub-soiled to depth of
from Is to 18 inches, and good sup
ply Of well decomposed manure should
be thoroughly mingled with the soil.
Tam well awareithat in saying this
last, Fam securing perfect shower Of
disapprobation from host of very in
telligent men Of more or less expert
ence in efforts (chieAy fruitlsss) to raise
apples in this country. But, aside
from the fatalitylthat attended those
memorable hard winters of '56 and 81,
whose unparalleled ravages caused the
sudden or protracted death of so many
unacclimated and native fruit trees,
both north and south, regardless alike
Of former treatmant: / fully believe that
the destruction of fruit trees in this
has generally been from actual
and that the greatest safety
always attends their most rapid growth
E. E Bacon, ESQ, Of Willow Greek
Nurseries, ILL.,, says: uNever be afraid
Of giving your trees vigorous growth
for fear Of making them tender, for ex-
perience has fairly proved that they
will endure the severity of our winters
better than the stinted, weakly, sickly
trees grown in the turf. While most
heartily endorsing the above, l would
add, ugrownin the turf' or by amy other
stinting process ,0hatever.
Well fed fruit trees like we'll fed
calves are seldom troubled with noxious'l
insects ofany sort, while the half star
we'd ones are usually subjected to very1
fearful and other fatal contests for their
lives with such enemies. A very sue
cessful fruit grower in Jones Go. Iowa,
(Oris Whittimore, ESQ., told me that
his fruit trees wero always healthy
and free from lice. till he starved them
by seeding down his orchard for a mead