The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26

peIly patcneS ana graper1es, all heavily
laden with fruit, From ten to twenty
acres constituting farm; upon each are
beautiful little white cottages embosomed
among fruit trees, and almost invariably
surrounded by beautiful flower gardens,
making the most inviting and charming
we ever yet saw upon country
road. The California pears which we
have seen so temptingly displayed in our
fruit store windows, are nowhere when
compared with the great luscious pears
which we saw oYerhanging the walks of
this street. Were it not for the fact that
we ourselves traversed this same ground
something less than half dozen years
ago, when it was a wild, barren looking
waste, covered over with oak grubs and
small stunted pines, and the unmistaka-
bic signs of youthful vigor everywhere to
be seen, we should certainly have pre-
nounced this an old settled country Land
which could then have been bought for
from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per
acre is now worth from one hundred to
i've hundred dollars per acre. We are
constantly meeting teams on our route
loaded with peaches for st. Joseph, which
upon arriving there are Immediately ship
ped aboard the boats lying waiting for
them, so that they arrive fresh and sound
in Chicago the day after they are taken
from the trees Anon a familiar face
heaves in sight, which, as we draw near,
proves to be that of our former fellow cit
izen, Fri Stevens, Esq, who jumps from
his long spring wagon and throwing back
the covering displays rack of fifty bas-
kets of beautiful peaches, and remarks,
we thought with the least mite percepti
BILE pride Cuisines"
Mr.. Stevens left Kenosha some seven
years ago, after "fruitless" effort of near
~ twenty years to raise an orchard near
that city, to engage in the fruit growing
business i'll st. Joseph. He was fortunate
in buying land, getting it for from fifteen
to twenty-five dollars per acre. He pur-
chased a tract of some 500 acres within
five miles of st, Joseph, which is now
worth, for the timber upon it alone, $500
per acre. He has some forty acres under
way for an orchard, half of which is GOV.
cred with bearing trees and presents the
grandest showing Of fruit we saw. His
trees are thrifty, strong and of more Wig
orous growth than those upon the light
soil of land. He will have between 2,0OO|
and 5000 baskets of peaches the present
season.
The "Lake Shore Road" is another
beautiful street leading out from st. 10
seph. This is an older street than the one
above mentioned, and is for distance of
seven or eight miles continuous village.
There are beautiful gardens, graperies
and peach orchards coming down to the
which are inclosed with fine or
fences, and in front of the neat
and tasty residences bloom the brightest
and sweetest flowers ever grown sip-open
air. At DR.. Browns we were favored
with very beautiful and neatly arranged
bouquet Of flowers from the hands of his
Hiss Allie. DR.. Brown has a
highly cultivated and altogether q very
lovely place. Some five miles out of st.
Joe upon this street we come to another
old Kenosha citizen, E. L. Abbott, ESQ.
We have already described Mr.. Abbott's
place in our general description of the
street. The neat, comfortable dwelling,
the heavily laden peach orchard, the Der
RES, the flowers, the thrift, prosperity and
beauty are nearly one and the same thing.
from one house to another the entire
length Of the street. Mr.. Abbott's or
chard, however, is still young and i'm
proving every year. We heard his crop
of peaches estimated at six thousand bas-
ke.s. Direct across the road from Mr..
Abbott's is DR.. Alport's famous orchard,
occupied by DR.. Haskell, also formerly
a citizen Of Kenosha. This is very large
and highly cultivated orchard, upon which
there hes been large sum of money ex-,
pended. None but the choicest and rar-
est stocks have been selected for setting
out, and the greatest care bestowed upon
their culture. We did not go on to the
place but should judge from appearances
that it is yielding fair crop Of fruit the
present season.
Notwithstanding the glowing accounts