Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-11-07

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ruddy. russot fruit.
That l. dwarf pear tree" sAid l.
81, looks like giant" said Jake. con-
iouudins the tree with the irui;. Z" | never
see such pears in all my liiO. Nothing but
rsrris.Il grow ON nv place. I've heern Of
them dwari., bu, never tried EN-. DO all
come as biz as that"
"wsll. you sec. they graf, almOs, any
kindoi pear on ounce, and that makes the
tree grow small. Bu, the fruit !. generally
bigger than i, is on the pear stock. Dwarf.
ins does no, alter the fruit Il only makes
the tree small"
Dew tell. You see though. dwarfs
was all Of one kind. shall have TO own up
on these pears. na'or. iell'd you at the
time you was .ctiin EN- coui. Eve years ago,
,ha, they never would come to noihin'.
Unele lothian .oi eout lot, ana his'n tidnt
dew no,hin'. They grew miserable scrubs.
GOT lousy. and worm-ea,sn. and ! guess
there want one lett arter three years. Bn,
pow ,so tha, Joiham sparrowerass and
Timothy Bunker are tew Individuals. i! not
more"
Jake Frink'. ewes han. out a. he wen,
round the garden. spying The pears, about
as much as when he saw tina, Gr'i crop OF
hay in tbs horscpond lot. have KEEP, hack
my pcar' IRON bearing more than mos, eul
tir,tcrs do. aud think GnI my aecoun,
10 10. Gentlemen who own small lots IN
the city OF eOur;ry village arr apt to Be in
a hurry 10 realize, they le, every fruit iha,
so, hang on even tho Gr', year. Thus Is
particularly bai for the bottom limb OF
dWarl.. which are the most d,Gsult 10 coax
into a ecuer0u. growth. II they bear much
fruit they will not make WOOD, and ,he bot.
ion Of your pyramid is spoiled. have
sen god many dwarls killed outright by
o,Srbcarins. With tie standard. there !,
not - much dAngcr-inloCd, none a, all. 1t
We except the Bartlett AM lev other ear.
~ hcarins species.
picked or all the fruit for three years,
anI threw all The force OF the tree into
wood lfI can ge, good siou, wood well
rireaed IN the fall. | consider ibi, the bes,
cr,p a tree can bsar for four years p, least.
la tree !. bad grower. | keep i, back
.sill longer. | have somo standards out
nine years. aud dwarf. six, that have never
borne fruit. aud guess | know what I'm
about Tbey have blossonsd pr1iuscly, and
some OF them sei ftui,-bui | have pulled
tsen oG. though 1t wen, very much agains;
the grain.
When they come into bearing, after such
DELAY. ibcrc Is great satisfaction in looking
q, the lruii. some in eating I;, and ''i!l more
in giving 1t away. You see. in growing
handsome fruit. perlcc, alter 10 kind. man
enters into co-Fartnorship with nature.
lie helps nature TO do something which
would DO impossible wi,hou, him, AMI na-
turc help, hin. y baske, Of foe icaFs eIo-
ntes a gardener a. much as great speech
doc. an orator. The Givin: away OF the
lrg,s or ps,,ins 10 upon exhibition, Is the
publication OF his spceeh. l, 'ois the gar
dsner TO talking IN a very mute kind OF way,
tha, all sensible people comprehend. |
should call an orator rather stupid who
spoui,l Ia, speech to the winds. llewans
an audience. Tha, gardener lacks both
Wi, and manhood. who is content with eat
ius bis own psGr. They should have
chance TO speak Tor him.
And th, reminds nc Of a Circumstance
,hA, ha. ja., happened in IloOker;on. You
see a week aso SunIAy, Mr.. Spoouer preach.
ed a sermon on the text by their fruits
ys shall know them. applying the doctrine
amons other ,hins' 20 Slavery, and showing
Up this wicked war as one Of It's fruits. lie
pictured 90; b,s tree. and the branches
hung with treason. rebellion, oppression.
theft, murder, and about all the vices that
Disgrace mankind. Now. you zee. human
man nature Is weak. and my mind instead
Of following tie thread Of discourse, was
running on the fruits in my garden. My
Bir,ie'ts were JUS. in their glory, and
man couldn't have s.iI fruits on any Oeca
sion, without nv thinking Of them. -
when We got home irou meeting. said to
Mrs. Bunker sally we needu', be asham-
ed to be known by our fruits, suppose wo
send Mr. Spoouer a basket OF Bartletts."
Very we'll. she saii. "Send the has.
kst heapins foil and send il tho Gre; thing
10 the morning. ~ ,ha. be will know what
1T means"
sally. you see. is one OF Mr.. spOOucr's
ri.h, hand men. or rather women, a modern
DJrcas. to whom i, seems 10 come natural
10 b'lp the poor, and make other folks
happy. Solthoagh il tar to credit her
while credited ,bs minister, and'pu, on the
b4sksia card with tho compliments Of
MFs. Bunker. Matt. : 90"
I an getting TO be pretty well along in
life, aud my enjoyment OF gardening in
erca'e' with NV years. | aGi only sorry |
had no, begun to plan, frui, trees earlier
hope your youn; readers will !cara wis
dom and improve the present season.
Yours 10 command,
TIMOTHY BrNKTE, Esq.
llookertown. Sep. 18th, 1862.
7 L,NrAs N lloRsEs. When lampas aP-
pear. sponge the horses mouth low times