Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-06-03

VI III II W JNul 'Pu''sJ Nb@' A'' 80 S''N y
from what nursery or which Of the nuI Sc
rics rhey cane fCGFu, provided, they were
th 'ifty tr$es.,ia good order, and not grown
to rapidly with artificial manures, and
provided they we're of the hardy varie
ties Of apples or other fruits,
In the very large delivery of trees made
by Messrs Sharpcs every spring trees of
every variety must be collected to some
point or pQipto to supply all orders in full.
All the difer ent varieties of shade or or
nsmental trees, plants and flowers of every
description, STANDARD apples in their al
most countless varieties, crab and dwarf
apples with all their varieties. pears aud
all the varieties of small fruits, berries,
&c so that each box may contain trees,
plants and shrubbcry froti each Of the
above nurseries, and perhaps one order
may contain articles from several or all
of the different nurseries.
In the Efforts Of Messrs. Sharpe,& Son
TO produce and propagate the most hardy
varieties of apples adapted to our north
ern climate their success thus far has
exceeded their expsrtst;ons,, Confident
that if the citizens of Northern Vermont
will change the old theory of planting
any variety Of an apple tree, provided it
be an apple tree, to that Of selecting the
hoydy oa,ietjeS only, and giving those va
rel.co the care and attention they demand
that their efforts will be crowned with
success. For several years have spent
more or less time in soliciting orders for
fruit trees FROM the aforesaid nurseries. |
have taken orders ,aore or less tor the past
three years in my own town and in towns
adjoining, and in Washington county,
and have caused to be Glea more or less
orders from Lamoile county for the past
three years If there has been complaint
it has never come to my know!edg9, uatil
the present Instance. | am Of the opinion
that less than six per cent. OF the trees
which have delivered for the last three
years have failed. Trees set upon my
farm aud upon the farms of my immedl-
ate neigh bors, bought from the same nur-
series, nave thus far proved an entire sue
cess, when the varieties were properly &C.
lected. While trees which formerly
bought f,on the Westfol1 nurseries "a
town adjoining my own without regard
to varieties have nearly all failed.
These facts | often used III taking or
dors, 70 show to the citizens of your to"n
aud vicinity hat The particular locat on
OF tie nurseries had little to do with
their success And as oftou brought
to the notice Of your citizens to prove my
position correct that among the Rochester
delivery of trees made some fifteen or
twenty years ago. the trees noa0 claimed
as the hardy varieties, and which claimed
to be such in that delivery, are now
living and bearing fruit, standing upon
your hills, in your vallies, on your sandy
soil, in your clay and muddy soil, on
your hard and stony soils, as living wit
nesses Of the truth that the .varieties of
fruit, not the location of nuloeries,, is TO
be depended npon, if we look for success
in our efforts to raise our own fruit.
believe of the Que variety of Talman
Sweet in your Rochester delivery there
are now living aud bearing fruit in your
town, from one to two hundred trees,
notwithstanding it is now generally be-
lieved that the trees were grown to the
Size of three year old trees in two years
by artificial manures.
These and other facts with my own ex
periencc used as arguments to induce
your citizens TO favor me with, orders,
but in no instance intended or did use
the argument, or present as a motive to
induce ANY man to order trees. the reason
that they were Aardy Vermont trees. or
Vermont trees at all thank you, Mr..
Editor, for your spEgestiOhs that the cit
izeps Of your town and county to .,''taku
care Of their trees" and permit me to
add: watch your verieties and if you find
one or more varieties which do not -four
i9h. discard it IN your future orders.
Select those varieties which flourish best
upon your soil and in your particular
location. Add to your orchards yearly
pf those hardy varieties of standard ap-
plqp end the large varieties of crab apples
and when yot have tested THE matter by
experience, you will agree with me in
what | 70 often said to you, last winter
that 1t matters but little whether yca bdy
your trees of Mr. shipmau Of Colchester
or from Vergennes nurseries or FROM
Sharp,s pnrsercs--in Vermont, Northern
New Yotk or Canada 4
believe your ciyisenu viii end by OK
.t...i Nm. H. D.J Az