Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-10-02

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land and some sandy, rolling, shaped
to oil points of the compass and no
trees to protects acres in orchard.
lie is exhibiting so varieties Of
grated and 20 seeding apples. As
to hardness he considers seedlings
somewhat the harder Thinks there
may be say l. varieties Of grated
and Seeding kinds selected that Will
stand rs well as needed in this State.
We're he to start a new orchard ho
would make these improvements and
changes; find high and dry clay land,
not sheltered on the west, nor north,
would keep the sun off 10 winter by
lay OF ground and tree protection,
would take Seeding stalks and graft
them with these kinds, as follows -
Tollman Sweet, Che finds all winter
sweet apples hardy Red Astrachan,
Fameuse, Duchess of Oldcnberg,
Golden RnsSot, Queen Anna, Williams
Favorito, Jonathan, Small Red Ro
mantle, Fall Stripe, Everlasting
Grooming. These are best as far as he
has tried, but there may be others.
lie is showing l8varieties of pears.
He thinks there may be a few kinds
Of pears which, with right care, may
do as well as others. His Oldest trees
are Il years old, and yet show hard-
ness Of body and limb, bearing every
year. The Flemish Beauty is his best
bearer and but second rate as to hard
mess the Winter NeIIis being his
hardest tree, and Il tolerable bearer.
The Doar is Il hardy pear and good
fruit.
The Lombard is his hardest plum,
the seeding Yellow Egg his next.
lie has the best variety of seed
ling crabs | have seen, one q sweet
winter fruit, and | am pleased to re
port that one could have a perfect
orchard, Of summer, fall and winter
fruit from crabs alone; and the sizes
would be sufficient, though averaging
below other orchard fruit. Here are
crabs averaging half the size Of other
apples, Of good flavor, and the trees
OF certain endurance and bearing.
OF grapes he has ten varieties, four
kinds that are grass green but ripe, 2
purple, the rest dark and black
They are pretty and inviting and
We're he not so liberal as to allow me
to taste should be tempted to -.
His preferred are the Concord, Della
ware, Muscatine These ripen well
and do we'll
Next | come to the finest lot Of
apples on exhibition, from the or
chard Of b. F. Buckmastcr, Fayette
Lafayette County-50 varieties, all
grated. His orchard vas set in 1851
by himself, and has become quite "a
source Of profit. His land is prairie
clay subsoil, as else wherein the mines
Position a south exposure and SAYS
il proves all right, has 500 trees; has
not lost from all causes above %
Cultivates his land alternate years in
corn, but avoids late season culture,
and alternate years IN clover Left
bis land three or four years in clover
and did well, but thorenpon be finds
they also lately require moro culture
with the pillow. They 90 into slnm
Der when left in clover or grass 50
long, and must be walked up he says,
by blowing Says his ncighbors are
falling into his manner OF culture
As to kinds he finds from expert
encc these do tho best The Viii
low Twig and Roman Stem for hard
mess and profit Seek ofurther
profitable. hardy and easy bearer;
same OF Red Romantic, TolIman
Sweet, early, sure and hardy; Amer
lean Golden Russett, the best Of all
Russets and hardy-the English Rus
set good but fails from late fall growth
when cultivated FAN kinds, the
Fameuse, preferred; Kaswick Goblin,
the best for cooking and earliest bear
or, but not most hardy; st Lawrence,
number one apple, hardy, good
bearer, Fall Wine, hardy, good for
cooking some others, but he cannot
in good faith say the best for them.
He cannot see that wind bpeaks are
Of any account for winter, but good
for summer Does not believe in low
topped trees, nor in too high topped;
believes in removing limbs imperfect
~ attached TO trees, but thinks it
should be done when trees are young.
Mr. b. has had some Of the best
practical experience, Is Of good judg-
meut and devoted to fruits. ] con
slider bis tests aud opinions valuable
for orchard lands Of Lafayette Coun-
ty.
The next exceeding fine lot of fruits
are seen on the tables of +. W. Lou
don, an old citizen Of GAINESVILLE, and
Of varied experience indeed having
met sundry failures and successes in
Horticulture. lie came to James
willie y years ago, an amateur horti-
c1ltUr,st and with fruit on the brain
Started a nursery IA years ago, went
into trees eXtravagantly, couldn't
sell many-pooplc had no confidence
in trees then as they have now; his
trees grew big, nursery got to be
perfect Jungle, sick Of the business,
;thought people crazy for not buying
his trees cut them down and with
his own hand and buck saw made
half million of them into stove
wood, but left 10 acres of an orchard
standing Much of his land is level,
deep loan, and stiff clay sub-soil, lay
en- Of limestone II feet below the sur
face, not xet land; the rear rises very
considerably and is also in orchard