Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-16

don is the best place on earth.
That old literary bear had lived in a Gag
80 long, and was so entirely artificial in hi
habits and mind, that he really thought sc
We have used the argument ourselves-tha
is, when wecould nnt get tothe country. 1t
this, that everybody comes TO London, an,
everything may he bought there Well
make the best Of it, We who must live il
town. BE content, wherever you are. Bu
it seems 20 us that invention has nearl
reached point in which this difficulty ma,
be avoided, and the men Of moderate mean
may have the pleasure of both town anC
country. Why should not the railroads ant
the street cars run % az to carry thousands
morning and evening, TO and from theiI
places Of business No doubt it will be so
and the time il near when every man o
moderate income will have his country boz
and garden, from five % fifty miles from Tia,
heart Of the city. This suggests horticulture
No doubt this is the most pleasing of al
arts 30 those who have natural, or pOetit
tastes. Nay, we should say civilized tastes
for the savage never gardens and civilized
man is but half civilized vino does not As
20 the poets, not one of them could get along
without constant appeal to natural beauty
Even Pope, the ascetic and artificial poet o
society, had his villa at Twickenham, and
loved to walk in bowers No readers Of po-
etry can ever forget the profound interest o
Cooper in the garden Of Olney. lie give.
an entire page 10 the cultivation of cucum,
ber', and Of the lawn says:
To deck Ac shapely knoll.
That softly svolld and gaily dress'd. appears
A how'ry island. from the dark green lp'yn
Emerging must be deem'd q labor due
To no mean hand. and asks the touch Of taste.
But the poetry Of nature is inexhaustible
and we turn 10 practical horticulture.
Within few wears Horticulture in the Nj.
ami Valley has become an art and a profes-
sion. The Cincinnati Horticultural Society
has been nearly thirty years in existence,
aud has no doubt done much 10 cultivate a
taste for horticulture and TO diiluse correct
information.
Ii Is true that some Of the theories and
schemes which have received an airing there
are wonderful 10 behold and think of, and
would be perfectly astounding 10 an expe-
rienced gardener; but such is the fact in all
arts and societies, and that ideas must all
be let out in order 10 get at practical truth.
This Society, however, is invaluable in its
influence on the social taste for natural
work. If the Society could by any means
gather up the statistical results of horticul-
ture in the vicinity of Cincinnati, it would
be much better informed on the culture of
fruits. as well "a the results Of culture
IL must be well known to everybody that
u quantity Of fruit OF various kinds
brought into the Cincinnati market must be
immense. IL is not sold merely for the
people Of Cincinnati; it is sold for towns
and cities within a compass of two hundred
miles In a good peach year, not only are
peaches sent of hy the car load, on the rail
roads, 10 the North, without coming TO Gin
cinnati, but they are sold in the city 10 all
the towns of the interior to the lakes
On the other hand. peaches reach Cincin-
natl, even in The worst years, from Kentucky,
Tennessee, and far off districts 1t may be
interesting to give some approximate statis-
ties, for approximation is all we can get, Of
she leading fruits cultivated in Ohio.
!. Or THE PEACH-There is no fruit
which yields so much and is at the same
time, 50 foreign in the climate Of Ohio.
There is none, either, so very peculiar in its
habits and constitution. There are great
number Of peach orchards in the Miami
country, and yet, in some years, as in the
present the crop is totally lost One of our
neighbors has Ten thousand peach trees, and
will get. perhaps, ten bushels Of fruit If
there were a full crop, the profits on that
number Of trees, put At the minimum price
would not be less than ten thousand dollars.
five consider that the whole cost of land,
trees and culture is not over ten thousand
dollars, we can readily see that even an oc-
casional crop pays largely on the original
capital. In the last six years there have
been three good crops Of peaches. But sup
pose there was only one full crop in three
years, the culture Of peaches would still be
very profitable.
The only great enemy of the peach crop is
in some form, frost, or winter
killing. A good deal has been said about
the peach wOrm and yellowS, but they are small
enemies compared with the frost Ii isvery
difficult to tell how many peaches are culti-
waited in the Miami country; but we suppose
there must be at least 1000 acres in regu-
lar peach orchards. The chief locality Of
these orchards are in Clermonte and War
rem counties; the largest near Milford, Nor
row, Deerfeld and Fort Ancient In an
average year. rs 10 quantity and price this
crop will sell for half million of dollars.
One year an orchard Welded five hundred
dollars per acre. But this is remarkable.
Young orchardists are very much discour-
aged by such failure as in this year. but
men who expect to make this a business
know better than 10 expect n good crop Of
tener than once in two, if not three years.
>. RAsrBERRIES.-It is only within a
few years, Shat the raspberry has been culti-
waited on large scale; hut there is now on
the Miami raspberry field of thirty acres,
others Of several acres each, and, we are in
formed, that the amount of this fruit brought
to market is really large.
3. or STR RNwBERRIEs.- OF course the
will bo cultivated largely ia the
vicinity oI all great cities. Itisa Northern
plant, and one of the best markets for straw
berries is the city Of Edinburg. Its fruits
rarely fails, foT Of all plants We ever saw, il
has the fewest enemies and needs the least
care. We may know this from the fact that
it grows wild on every field and hillside
Great boasts are made tby the gardeners of
large Strawberries, and we have seen them
of enormous size; yet, IL is perfectly certain
that any berry will eat better than the COM
mon meadow strawberry BE that as il
may, there are now brought 10 market sew
cral varieties Of most excellent Strawberries,
aud Cincinnati is rather remarkable for this
fruit In 1880 300 bushels of Strawberries
were sold IN Cincinnati. Ii is probable full
la,uOo bushels are sold now. The season
lasts an average Of thirty DAYS.
:. Or BlACkUEREIES-T fruit is also
supplied In great quantities. Heretofore
they have been the wildhlackberrv, but il is
very evident from the demand and theprice,
that cultivated, the berry would be- profit
able. Ten thousand bushels are brought TO
market in good season.
4. CHERRIES AND PEARs.-TiIl recently
both these fruits have been scarce in our
market, and they vet fall far short Of the de-
mand. Yet the cherry is one Of the easiest
fruits to raise, and one of the best. Ii is
harder than the peach, and scarcely re-
quircs any care. 4 cherry tree will grow
well on hard, gravelly SOIL and, after being
once well set and shaped, may be left alone.
The pear requires much more attention, but,
ON the other hand, is perhaps, the most pro-
iitable fruit in market Ii is hardy. very
various in character and very high priced
Besides this il is certainly one Of the most
delicious kinds of fruit. There must be ten
times the present supply of the market be-
fore the price will cease 60 be high and the
culture profitable.
3. or THE APPLE-The apple has un-
iercone a revolution in Ohio Thirty wears
ago the apples in Cincinnati came from
Belpre and the Muskingum country. Now
Ihey come from New York, Michigan, and
,tber Northern States. The Miami country
i a little too far South for the apple. IL
h.s moi done well In recent years, but II the