The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-01-17
VISIT qo KANSAS oRaHARns

We clip the following account of vis-
{ to Kansas orchard, from the Atcbi-
son Free Press, 1t is written. for that
paper By g. D. Baker, of the Troy MUIR
sery, who seems TO be making a tour
among the orchards of Northern kansas:
Mfr. D. Lindsey. haviag spent more
'hau an average life time In the shop, ct
an advanced age quit the trade of ma
ehlnist. hich he had carried on in vari-
Gus parts OF the world. bat more recently
at Weston, Mo-. and purchased from Gov
eminent piece of raw bluff prairie land
about one mile ftom The Missouri river.
west of Palmero. Doniphan county, Kan
sas. This was in 1857. In 1853 he
commenced planting fruits, which be has
continued until he now has eight hundred
apple trees, over two thousand reach,
about seysnty-fye pear trees, and large
lot of caerriss and plums, apricots, nee
tarines and ounces, also full quota of
grapes. blackberries, rsspberries, cur
rants, goose berries aud Straw berries.
His apple orchard reaches from along
the crown Of ridge down its western
slope. " .ich is trasersed by two ravines,
forming within the limits of tEs orchard
three ridges. The whole slope is planted,
are all thrifty, those in the rSvines max
ing the most rapid growth. while t.ose
upon The sides of the transverse ridges
are in all respects the most successful.
making better growth than those at the
bottom. and while they bear ss heavily.
are better able to hold the weight of the
frniI. $500 f ~ .
w hen selecting his varieties, being in.
fiuenced by the popularity of the Janeton
and Rambo in tie vicinity of his former
residence in Missouri, he was about to
plant largely Of each ofthese. but was per-
susded otherwise by his brotbsr,Gen.
Lindsey. Of Sandusky. Ohio, whose sx.
perienee aud knoghdge of fruits is extern
siVe. and to E6om he finally left the Sc
lectio1s-~~The result was fifty varieties
csrefully chosen. from those most sue
tessfuily grown 10 Northern Ohio. These
have ell tome fiuit in this orchard IL Q
Belmont being, as yet, Il . heaviest bear
er. One Tree of this variety yielded thir-
ly bushels this season, and from twenty
nine trees there were picked one huudr-1
aud fcrty-fonr bushels, no account bsing
taken OF the very msay bushsls of wind
falls which were collected tWies week
and takeb telmafket. :. e
IA fsw days since avisi ed his cellar
and tasted nasny of the varsties. among
Which were the Seek no further, SWEAR,
Greening. Peek's Plea ant, Yellow Bell
1owsr, King OF Tompkins County, Linn
ber-twig, .Winessp, and Baldwin. All
of these. and toms of the oihtr varis-
ii 8. being superior in Ape .rlnce and
flavor to the Janeton aud Rambo.
L said 10 Mr.. Lindsey, ..Am ng your
| fifty varieties, you surely have soma, that
YOU Woulo aduisa ma IS a Nurcervmsu
not to propsgne? He answ,r red pIo mt.
ly, ono, slr; every variety l have soill
| ray There is not worthless sort AMONG
! them. They have, without. exceptio a.
given satisfaction in their hardness and
thrifty trowth. The Newtown Pippin
although fair bearer. is apt to have
dead limbs aud scraggy appearance"
This IS The third season that this orch
ard hes produced surplus for the mar
ket, and this season the crop is estimated
at five hundred bushels. They have
been marketed mostly in st. Joseph,
Missouri. and have invariably cold for
more than apples grown in Missouri.
From several visits 10 this orchard dur
ing the past year. I have gained many
valuable lessons. among which are the
following:
have been established in the opinion
that the usual distance of planting trees
in this country (96x26), is too great.
They do not so well protect each other
from storms. or from the scalding effects
OF the sun upon the sap in the trunks OF
the trees; neither is space or labor SO well
economical. Again; the apple tree
should be headed low. Eighteen inches
of trunk. with a many brsnched head.
makes the sCEndsst. most productive, as
well as the most beautiful tree; while q
! tall, naked trunk, with few large limbs,
| forking still into large ones. form an IN.
profitable tree, which, if forced, by every
other condition being favorable. to take
on load of fruit, is not able 10 carry it.
and breaks down. This orchard is well
set in clover.
L. is much to be regretted that Mr.
Lindsley's advanced age prevents Lin
from making au annual show of fruits q
our State fair. $50