The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-05-14
Northern VS.. Southern Fruits.

Mr. EDITOR Although young and
having short experience in fruits, feel
that would be doing the people injustice
to keep back the little experience or knowl-
edge I have, which in the end will save
them of sad disappointment. 1t has been
fully ascertained by old citizens, that fruit
trees grated in the Northern States and
transplanted in the Southern States. will
never profit the husbandman nor reward
him for his toll, and being citizen of the
State, and having no other interest only
the welfare of my people, l can no longer
remain silent. 1 hesitate not to say the
fruit grated in the North is of the best va
riety and will mature there, but with US it
is an exotic. Owing suppose to the
change of climate and soil, and the seasons
being shorter, the fruit of necessity ma
lures faster; consequently, their winter
fruit ripens here in the fall, their Fall fruit
ripens here in the Summer, and their Sum-
mer fruit never natures here, bu! always
decays and falls off. You would scarcely
recognize it as the same kind, in view of
its degenereting and changing the time of
ripening.
For further satisfaction l will relate some
! facts which cane under my own observa-
ton. Ny father, w. R. Brown, in the
year 1851, if am not mistaken in dates,
had very large number Of gratis inserted
in the old stocks or trees standing in his
orchard, and the fruit borne showed that it
was of good kind, but after long trial of
more than eighteen years, 1 have never re-
ceived any fruit from the gratis in a ma
ture state, and have at length cut the last
tree down. all proving failure.
In the early settlement of the country,
Mr.. Henry Musseman settled few miles
south Of the Tennessee line sent to his
! fathers and brothers., who were dealing in
| fruit trees, and living in Ohio and Penn
sylvania, for large supply, which were
received and planted. but proved a COM
plete failure. l have been familiar with a
/ portion of the orchard, which is still stand
ing, for many years, and always found that
the fruit fell from the Tree before it matur-
ed. DR.. Jones living near Tuscumbia, sci
out an orchard of twenty acres, after a
long trial has met with no success, and is
now removing the trees from the orchard
Mr.. Prewitt, of Leighton, Ala. did the
came thing, although in possession of an
orchard, has entirely failed of fruit.
Mr.. ]. B. Pierce, living near Florence
wishing to establish nursery, sent to The
Northern States for large variety of The
best fruit, from which he contemplated
stocking his nursery, but the fruit has de-
generated so far that he has removed them
from his orchard. He states that from
more than thirty years experience, North
ern fruit will not suit this climate, and he
has been sent to often, from the extreme
portion of the South for fruit, and has as
certained that fruit adapted to this climate
fails to mature there.
hope that these few hints, prompted
by the purest motives, will be needed by
the people, that they may not have to re
pent hereafter. 1 would also state that
visited the nurseries of J. B. Pierce anC
David Musselman a few days since, anC
find large variety of gratis, from one tt
two years old, Of the best fruit. At the
close of the war set out a large orchard
from these nurseries. which is now bear
ing and proves to be the best of fruit.
THos. F. BRowN.
BETHEL. TENN. April 24th, 1869.