American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-01-16

MNE$ROM ito hardness, adartabili
lG& ,y to all soil. and climates and
s,ss% it's many economic uses. the APP
%T9 pie stands cOnfessedly at the
the head Of all cultivated fruits. IL has
not, /. is true. the delightful fragrance
of tho Strawberry and Raspberry. the
oso,.rsd Righteousness Of thegPeach and
Apricot, nor the butsery. lusciousness. of
che Pear, but it possesses in an eminent
degree all those sterling qualities OF
produciveuess. hsalshfulness and pa'a-
liability which combine to make II en-
pha,ically the fruit for the million 1t is
with the Apple. therefore. that We beg'"
our series OF articles on the fruits for the
Sos,h-s series that We intend to con
Iinue through the present and succeed
inc volumes Of the SOUTHERN HoRrIcUL-
rusrsr until every kind and variety Of
fruit worthy u cultivation in the South
!, shall have specific and proper attention.
the scstxArE.--It has been asserted time
ssd again that the Apple would not
succeed in the South, that our climate
was too hot, onr drouths too protracted.
our soils too deficient 10 lime and
potash, and our predatory insects too
: numerous and unconquerable to enable
,r this fruit 10 be raised here with any sort
r Of satisfactory success. And these OBJ
# ,.ctions. we regret to say, are not urged
-issy those alone whose ignorance OF
y .ctual facts are in some measure an ex-
cuse for such false opinions; few
Southern Fruit Grouers-those whose
experience and opportunity of observs'
ton should have taught them better
seem to entertain views equally at
variance with experience and sound
logic. An instance Of this inexcusable
want OF information upon one OF the
most important Of our Pathological re-
sources recently appeared in the columns
Of the Rural Neu Yorker, in the re-
port of a fruit talk between Mr.. Purdy,
Of New York. and our very highly
esteemed. personal friend, Mr.. Rountree,
Of Louisiana. Mr.. R., who for many
years has been one Of the most success
full Peach and Strawberry cuIturists in
{, the South, seems to have been SO blinded
5, by his success 10 the culture Of these
a ruits as to be wholly unable to see sue
ted 'ess in any other direction. This is no
a- ace to answer the allegation of friend
; ara, that good apples cannot be raised
.era / the South" and We only mention it in
3. ciden.aIiy TO show how much need
thske is, even among our own people
j for m ore enlighsmens upon the man!
and Agrea, genealogical resources of GU
I;t.vOrsd laad.
We have SAID The. both experience
and sound logic are opposed to the to
prevalent theory that the South is nc
adapted to seccessful apple culture. l
this deliberately recorded assertion W
are abundantly sustained by the mos
ncontrover,able facts and figures.
In one respect, at least. we are llk
the immortal Downing-we we're born l
40 orchard and like him too we hav
made the orchard our enthusiastic stud
from The days Of our earliest recollec
ton. From the bleak, cold hills Of oil
Vernon. to the sandy alluvial plains
almost tropical Louisiana We have in
vestigated fruit culture in all its phases
aud the result Of ell our experience an
n.u~.s-- firmly seated couVic
: -r''' else in the broa
= o.., .... tnan to .. o.I, nay. With
u.u.a ..,.,n4a. and pleas bette