Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-08-14
cHAMpLAlN VALLEY NURSERIES,.


CHAMPLAIN VALLEY NURSERIES,.
We visited these extensive nurseries
last week, and spent few hours witt
Mr.. Shipman, their proprietor, This gen
tleman has spent more than twenty year
in experiments. to ascertain the kinds, o.
fruit trees best adapted to the climate 81
this State. His method is to take q va
riety, 'anf.place few Of the trees on pro.
baton, ON trisl, under fair average cir
cumstanees, and if they prove, after four
or six years trial, to be hardy and good
bearers he then buds from tHeih. He
propcgates exclusively BY budding; aud
the process is now going 5h 9a his nprser
les on very extensive scale He has
budded into more than 100000 seedlings
this summer. He koows all about fruit
trees, and how to manage them, and
gives his personal attention exclusively to
the subject. His orchards are only an
easy days ride from any part Of this
county, and will pay any one who is at
all interested in. fruit culture, to visit
them. From Winooski Village, about
two miles on the road to Mallets Bay, will
bring you to them. '1,' ''''' '''
b = Sc N..
l now desire to speak more particularly
of apple trees. but his nurseries comprise
all kinds Of fruit, and ornamental trees
and small fruits. Grapes-more than
$50 varieties.
We feel as though we could confidently
recommend to the people of this county,
who have thrown away many thousands
Of dollars in the few seasons past, for
worthless trees. from foreign nurseries. TO
try MIR. shipman. He suggests this plan
Let few neighbors who wish for trees,
club together. and send one of their num-
Der right to his house, where he can re-
main over night, and return the next day.
lpd have time to select just such trees as
hey desire, and receive the heneft Of his
and advice, with full direc-
ions as to management He says any
ime after the leaves have fallen ingtho
fall, is as good a time to transplant as
u the Spring. We hope that many of
ur farmers will visit Mr. shipman, this p
eason,a and commence raising fruit in ear
est Mr. Shipman's trees are grown on I
light sandy soil---uoi rich--and when
'ansplanted to better soil thrive exceed.
Ugly. The trees we get from foreign nur.
'ries are usually forced in very rich
ills, and when transferred to poorer soils,
they usually must be, they languish,
lr, Shipman thinks this one great reason
their failure, but BY no means the on. =
I reason. He claims great superior :
y for trees spropogated by budding, aud :
is reasons seem conclusive to Us. a, ....,. :
There is probably no good reason why
he people of this valley cannot raise their 7
w fruits. We understand that Mr.. y
amuel S!ayton of Stowe, has a very large = :,
'chard in excellent bearing. which we v
can soon to visit but we do not under .
and that he is in the nursery business. '
Ie believe that in calling the attention y
the people of this county to Mr.. Ship :
ans Nurseries. we shall be the means "
doing them substantial benefit They !"
g probably the most extensive in the u
ate I; and it would be strange iftwenty- @
'e years of patient, Intelligent effort in 81
is direction had not given Mr.. Ship
an mass of information valuable to pl
ose desiring to grow fruits in this coun OF
"a county behind all her sisters in D
is one respect at least. ...., .......... .... d,
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