Nebraska advertiser., 1869-12-09
Letter from u. n. EEfiO1t, secFe-
tary Ana. genealogical So.

sent and received, and the regrets are
that you should occupy the columns
of your valuable Agricultural and
Horticultural departmental the Id
C~ertiaer with matter Of 50 little value
as my late letter % you.
i had Already made drawings ana
d~iseriDtsons Of OtOe Red streak
which I count a valuable variety
have also drawings of IOdd5 Plppln
new to me-and Of Gabriel, which
latter I consider a valuable sort, mat
should be pretty generally grown by
amateurs. The Nebraska Green Is the
appIe YOU have failed to send me, and
which do not, but desireto, know.
As I said, / have drawings Of these
near and valuable sorts, and # you de-
sire, will supply you duplicate cuts
whenever they are ready.
IshO1Id like exceedingly to see the
"FurnasU apple. If il has half the
good Qualities that eastern men at
taeh To the name, as connected with
the name who bears it-gOUr humble
self-then I have no doubt it viii
prove a good thing for "sOme lOcali-
/ ties.U There, probably you think that
not complementary, but, its meant
otherwise, for / do not believe any
existing item Of creation, except the
Creator himself or his SON - good Oh
reliable everywhere and the sooner
our people who are practising Agrl-
| culture and Horticulture understand
such to be q fact, the sooner We shall
be free Of Charlatans, who, intent
on pecuniary gain, regard not their
country or their fellow man. more
than does the Wild beast who seeks 70
supply present wants. They are rel
CARELESS and thOughtless OF the future
have no respect for manhood, honor
or integrity, and deserve the lowest
position awarded to humanity.
Charles DOwning's POstOhce Is
/ Newburgh, New York, and he Is one
Of the ~pIeasantest Of men strictly
honorable and reliable, pecuniar1iy
above want, and thoroughly imbued
with a love and knowledge pertaining
to fruits and flowers. We have q few
reliable fruit men among US yet, but
the wears are accommodating upon
them and when I think how little
there is connected with a knowledge
Of varieties Of fruits, aside from a
mind and memory Of years devoted to
its study, I dread the time when
these reIiables shall have passed away.
Books are all well, but so far as detec-
ting a variety by any classification or
description yet made, they are utterly
worthless, except as combined with
the mind and memory Of a lifelong
study Of the subject. :.
DOWning's new revised edition OF
the ssFruit and Fruit trees of America
has been crftisfzed as void Of elassi6-
cations, il being simply an alphabet
cal record and description Of varieties,
because no reliable classification has
vet been found.
When an author can arrange a
classification and orders by which he
can himself arrange his work so a not
to have the same fruit appear in more
than two classes and orders IN the
same book, or when a Horticultural
Society can prepare a digest TO en-
brace descriptions Of fruits, by which
they themselves can detect and clear
their own State fruits Of laundering
SINS. as witness the efforts Of the
Western Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society, in their circular Of points 70 be
met In description, but which up TO
this time they have failedt to make ap-
plicable to even one fruit out Of the
hundreds Of errors with which their
State is more mixed than any in the
Union ; then / VIII be, II living, one
of the first to give due credit; but IN
Gil that is done, let these men lay
back a little and depend somewhat on
the brains and memories Of others,
rather than their egOtistical assertions
Of scientific knowledge, the where
--sAL H. 100000 wrF !. fTFNr II
And now for q few notes on this
number you sent me: lst. Mr.. Nc
Lain saws. in reference to Mexican
Strawberry, there is some %''sparring"
between myself and others. be Is
profoundly mistaken. / have no spar
ring Herewith. The Mexican is a Ud-
riety of Alpine, and that is all have
ever said oft.
Planting Trees.-YOu are right, and
yet you are wrong. Fall planting, if
done early, is advisable, and is the
best time; but if freezing weather has
set in, then better heel and Owe the
trees for winter, but prepare the pla-
.ces even up to a necessity Of using the
pick to break the ground. Leave all
rough as you may, the rougher the
better, and the very moment you can
ia the spring, put the trees in their
places.
"Judicioush Pruned gD-Yes, there
you hit it. It is a point that can't be
written out. Each and every T is
distinct and different, and cannot
have a line or rule applied to it.
Common sense and observing study is
the only guide.
I object to your basin at the base Of
the tree, and also to your advice to
stake. Both are useless or worse. I
have, in thirty years past, directed the
planting Of thousands of trees, from
two to thirty feet high, and in all
sorts of bleak exposures, subject to the
fierce gales and winds Of the lakes.
and yet IneveT staked a tree, or had
one blown over. Learn to set the tree
spread its roots evenly and pack il
Thoroughly nth the fingers, not the fist,
at the base, J. e., commencing at the
first and IOJUeT root, and continuing
on. Keep your feet, and every Irish
man-spade and pOgnder-out Of the
hole. NeUeT tread around It. Ifany
n doubts this point, / can say
20 him, come to me, and I viii show
you / am right, because I can show
you the fac s existing, and am yearly
repeating them
Young trees for planting-aye, urge
it. Larger trees can beequaIly success
fully moved as small ones, but all
things must be equal. There must be
corresponding additional expenditure
of labor and care in digging, some in
packing, some in trRnsplantiBg, some
in unpacking and again repeated in
digging holes, preparing ground and
planting. If al this is equal, then all
right; but except % him who has
only small place; wants to get a half
dozen or so of trees, and has plenty Of
money, viii il pay2
The young tree is the one for the
Orchardist and a new beginner Of
small means. But while / am full
and overlooking in al Of matters hoF-
t~icultural, / am probably WearyiEg
and 50, therefore, with thanks
for favOrs, and ahurrah for Nebraska.
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