Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-04-02

CORRESPON DENCE.
lssa ~ rare rAsrasA Asse,. sArsy,
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BuLlirv.-whb yons rerassion
wilt odd : ssw .Sns, Srsras 10 whsa ] have
saiJAboas hedging IN thesihrce ahorned
Acacia. In doing go viii Try not 70 ia>
dalgc in the aipp.nt Diamond cut dia>
oead nssys sfoar Asoay moas friend Ches,
ter White " in his article Of Oct. 9Th. The
suecessful hedging Of the beautiful prairies
of Northern Iowa, . . matter Of vital inter-
Get to onr people; aud in discussing Il, We
should talk in quies md truthful way and
nos blusser for the mere love Of clustering,
~ I an afraid Chester White is doing.
His article b devoted to an attempt to
show that the Aeaeia 10 NOT hardy. "Trne,"
Ae ears "hedgss in New Jersey may succeed
Of shis plant hut % far a. be knows al
plants Get IN hedge of three thorned Aea>
ca IN New England or central New York
have come to npugAs, and all he has known
aSncRev have win,er>killcd even when two
yrars IN hedge rSs il ses pseassaed. Nov
in t,lkine THE way, either Chester White 10
thinking Of the true "Honey lsccuss" Re.
biais Tisousa) or else be Is talking in wor>
d. way Of what b knows nothing about.
n true Honey Locust b Of the common
Loeusslamily :1ike oshss Locust il sprouts aud
= destroyed blythe borer. Il has been tried
Tor hedges u he EAst end utterly failed.
lsis teader anyw1sss aessh Of 4osh parallel,
except near the sea coast. TAe three thorned
Acacia = not Lecxss; Il belongs to the
Genus Gleiitseaia, Of which only Two
species think are indigisoss 70 The North
ern States. This plan, is perfectly hardy
il the extreme north Of the New England
States or Of New York State. II is native
forest trce Of the wkele Northrest, and
grows lnxursantly in ertreme Northern bsca
and evea in Minnesota. So far from winter
killing in badge row, ! do not think Of Gov
ering II even the frss winter after setting.
The winter Of ls6s>s Vas the worst on
tree and plant roots ever known in the west,
but my hedge plants, Sc. the spring previous
came out all right, although | had hundreds
Of soA naples one year se,, killed. Still !
wish 10 repeat. The plann Of three thorued
Acscia of one summers growth 10 seed bed,
some winters wighs be killed, and 50 say
Of al other forest tree seedlings better pro.
sect them, OF better jet take them mp and
heel them 10. The hedge Acacia after set
ting in hedge row needs no projection, only
turning farrous towards the plants in the
fall With . pillow. The hedge at Eisabeth-
town N. J. vas Referred 10 as test Of the
fact that hedge of this plan, grew thicker
and more inpenetrable with age, did no,
sprous, vas not insested BY borers or in.
sscss he. As to the hardness Of this native
forest ] did act suppose any one would
dout, il. Nov about Chester Whites talk
abcu. imported seed>. Allow me to ilform
him that every large dealer in tree seeds in
Earope offers the three thorned Acacia by
the cvt. Eastern nursery men are this
year importing j, by the ton to raise hedge
plants from. lfC. W. doubts it being the
Identical plant indigenous to our Iowa rivers
let him send to Bryce 1 Co, Glasgow. Scat,
land snd procure package and plant. l
will close with word about this plan, ma
kiaS stock barrier, whether cared for or
sos," my meaning vas this. The plant is
very seaac;oss 81 lie. l: planted ia mellow
ground, weeds ssasot choke it out Ia six
years, without culture or PRUNING, ~ once
plashiae. - u now tie common way with
he Osaee--is becomes : good stock barrier.
Yet I cmphasic.ily wonh advise careful
nethodical culture and management.
Ny intention vas to intimate that this
plant was something like the Wilson Albany
strawberry, the Concord and Clinton Grape
&c. Itwoulibe asuccess with the masses be-
cause it would bear negls.t. Could our Iowa
farmers be really made TO understand how
easy frse class hedge can be made of the
three shcrned Acacia,-such - those for
INSTANCE upon The grounds Of Ellwanger
q Barry Rochester, N. u, and around Syr>
scuss, n. Y. or Columbus, Wis. there would
be less Of the seed Of orr so called Hone.
Locust going to vssss..upon our river bottoms
than now.
Hoping that Chester White and his neigh
bcrs will gather and plant seed for trial the
coming spring, am yours Respectfully,
/ 1osEPa L. Brpp.
6HrLIsBrRG Bsxrox Co. Iowa.