The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-05-18

Richmond Horticultural Association.
: May lsth 1865.
The meeting was called 70 order by the President,
the uinutes Of the las, meeting read and approved
Mrs Elizabeth Sparks and Miss Beulah McPnerson'
were ballotted members of the Association
The Printing Committee having reported mat 'he
Constitution BYLAWS and Premium Lists were prin'
ed, $50 copies ordered to be struck on.
The following paper then read BY Major Isaac
Kiney, on
NATIVE FRUITS.
The celebrated aphorism of the poet Pope,
z AN are but parts Of one stupendous whole,
Whose BODY nature is, and God the soul,
i. beautifully pl6ed in the growth OF vegetation.
The word .a,ure signifies born and the Spirit Of
God, filing, moving and conuoiiing al naA''e''
constan. cause Of development
Organic existence has elasticity IN It's very eie
m.pts and surrounded by favorable CONSCIENTIOUS IL
springs to higher life. Nature grows. Not here ana
there an iudyiduh-whole races deveiope Inc man
and the apple of to-day superior to the man and
the apple Of thou sand years ago. The sour crab was
the vegetable counterpart Of our Saxon ancestors,
who siored in such spithsts a. Death s-head'
.BIoody Az" and "Skul-ceaser. As titles for honor
able fame
But let not theorize: Let US stand close 70 'ne
,,,;r 500 ~ .xner;e,ce
-. ...a,,;.., ,,rof.-. ,ryer,,- dereiopmenss
This sentence tells it all II this Is truth, it will
he conceded to be great truth And as it IS TO be the
standpoint of the argument let US look little INTO It
how it accords with the teachings OF experience
NJ proposition applies to all organic existence, an
imal as well as vegetable. But its discussion in the
present instance confined by my subject, to the lat
-. as
r., annie :, IA universally conceded is the lineal
-. 80 .,o .o,, c,,h. . native o. Europe and
-. III. ~, ,.,,ar nor better than the native
Of hi. country No one viii deny that it
i ,in that has transformed this grabbed fruit
into the Sweet Bough, Maiden Blush, Summer Pear
main. Golden Pippn, &C., in other words, hyperion
.,:..ou. kn,, produced .mDe,isr Developments.
r.,,.h. .,rnora are reoarded by MANY
! 80, ,u.,o,,aa or;oina,iv 10 the same
&C The former having been cultivated for the
% ON The ou.,tfe and the latter for the kernel iside
~. stone the almond and the each have been the
sp,t
A,.nv rate no one doubts that the peach and the
wh., circumstances
| -, !, -. en-, the rectaripe or the
- a.. - .. IN. e... NAV be il is
,.n ,.. - D.. IN. mint Of ,,epe rturel in fixed
IT, as,,h,;sbed though thew even
~ g. ON, into IN. o,hsr-tbe
=" -,; a,.h .,s the seed
:, --,-:. ..,r;,.
~. j, -. :. .,o.o now living these fruits
-. a.-.,.,., :, both ain. and oualty.
nav -. 1' - .-.,a., !. ,..,,,;f,l,v alustra
| -. =. - e.. ,,;r.,sa in
- :" 80. IT, p,,.hc or;oi,
| Assn, anu vas So
1 ~ u q" eAe ~, IT,
stu" s'o" "'- - - CIV - of ,;,,,. ,,,,e
1ard' a irut say po"ninR' ."An "n' = -,
Tor eating Das HUN ms "'''e 'i- = =,
more than h'ha'e' ''.~es, 49, -
Pe'''' e.'e'''"''' "'' A.. no,.r of
'han ''e' s"'"se ....a..., ,t,on ro
cultivation more enee'uahy' 'he uesee''
to opposite extremes FROM 'ie D'A,A ".
come bannan cary an" Do~"'1 N
AA1zard and the Black iar'ariah.
The tree from "h'cn 'he ea'''A''. go. T..
see, ny $50. =. - -. e.vo-
rope. us nun Is "o' 50 iA' 70 NO. - o..
As ~e often ma the via pun VI .n's 'ou"''
TINS nv" "' eu'''".on nos ~,
Green Gage, Blocker "age, Inc "ashhg''"' 'i'' WI
umo'a and the Magna" D'ouia-
r"ny says, an pears -. ;.
neA'y .r"i' un'esS '".y "'e I'D
Do. ih"ey "ro'e "e"'' W. 'no -.
=" Va" ~ ~ :, 49,. -
- - - -. - Ill, 10
''e " me fo -
-: ~, .. ~, .;.,.. ID
| ine PeA1 Vi ~ ~ =.
-
sNi ~ " y a.. II,
'ne p"- " =. 50 IN &c. and
s'a.e ~ = 'He VI 'ae ,-o' ...-.-.'...-, !.
en"~e peA' " ~ ~ =, -, -.
sie W" ''pe' -, !. - ,h;. rr.,,
CIV" ST -, .mhro.;.w From one of thu
-, ;-.,;,,. 80 ali fruits fruit 6t To he eaten onl
-, ,.,.,; ~ a.vs,ons, ,,s R.-,Istt
J VIC" S.-.-. III ~. e,.s,,ent x,ra,;es o
! .....-h..,,, wlson,s Albany III. Austin Shaker
a.. r.,mn,. A.. e.na ware enveloped in A fruit not
.,; o, :; s.ro-
e., -, 80 tall thu sam, story :
go. 80, >..;os ~ a.. which makes no bea
-. - ,;,,;, IN. vaor And the Iris
.xx 1. f-,,, small ,ubero,s roet still found will
.,-u.; =, Mic, al Sau,h America Til
- - - ;,,.l,;,,,ot culture has mr.
: -, -. -, -.s,,,s
80, ,h;s .,t,,o,,e until every plant c,,
-, f-,,;, sowsr or foliage had been enumers