Nebraska advertiser., 1869-10-07

and unwarranted extravagancies.
Since that time we have become pos
sessed of other facts as to the paying
feature of fruit culture, and that too,
in the older States where, if at any
place, it might be supposed the BUSH
ness was o~ver-dOne. We extract from
an article published by DUDLEY q
MERRELL, Geneva, New York-'In-
ducements to extend the culture Of
Fruit"
The same is said as to PlUms, Cher
ries, Strawberries, R~aspberries, Cur
rants, Blackberries, GoOseberries and
Grapes. In fact we could fill up our
Agricultural page with just such quo
tations. We repeat: plant fruit, and
do not be afraid of OVERRIDING it.
APPLES. AS it takes generally
six or eight years for an orchard to
come into q good bearing state, some
people hesitate to plant, thinking the
time and expense is in a great measure
lost In reply to this we would quote
the remarks made by o. G. Chapin of
East Bloomfield; n. Y, to J.. J.
Thomas. He said that he considered
the yearly growth Of each apple tree
planted in his immense orchard Of
over one hundred and fifty acres, was
fully worth one dollar before they COM
menced bearing. He has had expe-
rience for nearly half a century, and
he says he considers that to be a low
estimate. AT fifty trees per acre, this
would make a yearly increase Of val
ne of fifty collars per acre, which no
doubt is quite within the mark.
An acre of good orchard is worth, in
nearly all parts of the country, from.
five hundred to one thousand dollars,
and it is one Of the best kind of in
vestments at those prices, one or two
years crop frequently paying the
whole amount. The price paid fOrthe
fruit is steadily on the increase, as
the wealth and inclination to pur-
chase Of the country increases. There
is not the slightest indication that Che
price of fruit viii ever be as low in the
future as in the past. The wonderful
growth of our cities and towns in
wealth and population, will always
give a market at prices highly salts
factory to the producer.
If apples are planted at the rate OF
fifty trees per acre, rows Of peach trees
can be placed between the apples, and
which, growing more quickly than
the apple trees, soo protect them
from winds, and thus are a great ben
eft to them. After eightOr ten years
of productiveness, as the space is
needed for the apples, they may be
removed, leaving the orchard in bet
ter condition for health from their
protection, and at the. same time hav-
ing yielded to the planter a large re-
turn for the trouble.n
PEARs.-Dr. C. w. Grant, of New
burgh, gathered four hundred speci-
mems from a tree of the Flemish
Beauty, only eight years planted,
which he sold for $50, or Is cents
each. T. g. Yeomans, Of Walworth,
n. Y, sold in 1857, nearly his entire
crop of one variety, at u cents each
by the barrel. In 1860, one barrel,
filled with one hundred and twenty
FIVE pears, sold for $35, 62, and eleven
barrels for $315. Very large specimens
of Angouleme have, in some instan-
ces, retailed at a dollar each. Austin
Pinney, of Charleston, N. y, sold
some of his pears at 10 cents each, or
$1s per bushel. J. Stickney, Of Bos-
ton, obtained for his crop of the Louise
Bonnie de Jersey, in 1856, $40 per
bushel. John Gordon, of Brighton,
near Boston, sold Bartlett pears raised
with the highest cultivation, with
skillful management in preparing for
market, for $40 per bushel, while good
ones, with more common care,
brought only So per bushel. Elwan-
ger & Barry, of Rochester, sold their
best well-ripened Glout Moroccan pears
in winter, at $19 per bushel, and 9TH
ers have done the same. This sort has
often borne at eight or ten years of
age, under good culture.
T. R.. Austin, near Boston, (says
Col. Wilder,) set out 500 dwarf pears
about twelve years since. They com
menced bearing in about three years,
and have borne regular and abundant
crops ever since. An account was
kept of the sales from them for the
past six years, which amounted to
$3,49S. They occupy about an acre.
Ellwanger & Barry, Of Rochester,
have a plantation of Dwarf Virgalieus,
or DOyennes, which gave the fourth
year at the rate Of $500 per acre, and
about the same the sixth year.
w. p. Townsend, of LOckpOrt, had
about an acre of dwarf pears Of differ
ent sorts; that bore the fifth year from
the bud, forty-One barrels selling at
$40 per barrel, or $40 for the acre.
T. G.. Yeomans, of Walworth, N.
Y, has large plantations Of dwarfs
about twelve years old. They are ten
feet apart, and are cultivated, and the
soil kept perfectly clean by two hOr-
ses walking abreast, at less cost than a
corn crop requires. They have yield
ed from half a bushel to a bushel per
tree, and have sold for S14 to SS5 per
barrel-which is at the rate Of S2,0Oo
and upward per acre.
One Bartlett pear tree belonging to