Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-13
Alexandria Gazette


nromises highly remunerativc results, with
small original outlay If intelligently begun,
and prosecuted with reasonable diligence and
skill, it is absolutely certain to pay fairly.
Every variety Of soil, slope and situation,
where hole can be dug and a tree or vine set,
can be rendered available. But the plants must
be adapted to these varying conditions. Thus
apples of some sort will grow everywhere i'll
Virginia. but any given variety will not do
the cherry, and all the list of fruits Local in
fuences also make themselves felt i'll changing
the quality of fruit. As a rule, winter varieties,
carried few hundred miles South, become
mellow in autumn, and lose entirely their long
Keeping quality Sour fruits become pleasant,
and pleasant fruits insipid by the same change.
The bearing qualities OF trees change in the
same way Only few trees and vines do we'll
ON varied soils and over large spaces. The Con
cord grape and the Wilson Albany strawberries
are two remarkable cases Of fruits which are
prolific everywhere; but these are greatly I'M
proved in quality in the ewarmer climates. There
are two prime conditions to be observed III Sc
lecting trees:
ID. Get varieties adapted to the climate and
soil.
TO be sure Of getting good trees, you must
find reliable nursery man. Avoid irresponSl-
be tree pedlars They have cost us millions,
not merely in the loss OF trees, but the dis
colragement of tree planting caused by these
failures
Set fruit trees, and 90 about it this very
spring There is yet time till the first OF May,
If trees are taken up now and put in cool
shady place, with roots deeply covered to keep
them back 1t will pay ifyou want to keep the
land on which they grow, and pay in comfort
to your family in a variety and succession OF
delicious fruits, in health, and finally In u solid
growth of the trees: constant day and night,
rapidly appreciates your farm, and increases its
market value. A good orchard is often the
one determining fact with a purchaser. Let
every youth, from II to 90, begin to set trees
now Think what return they will bring you
when YOU reach manhood or middle lille:
There is no surer path to independence, and
none along which more genuine happiness eau
be realized Whatever appens you have one
sure resource and the constant inflow OF
healthful and ennobling influences from Horti
culture.
1t does not require much land to make
good beginning. Fifty acres gives a large
orchard, and ten acres will afford wide scope
for industry and skill
Our professional uen and our farmers are
now alike equally at fault in the matter OF fruit
growing. There are few good orchards in Vir,
ginia, considering its vast area OF good land
and its favorable climate for fruit 1t ought to
be and can be very Eden of fiuitfIuness and
beauty The variety Of its productions IN gar
den, farm and orchard. are equal to those OF any
portion of the world. Every good citizen owes
it to himself, his family, and the State, to en-
courage fruit growers by precept and example.
The four conditions OF success are
lst Set good trees.
I'd. Plough deeply, drain if wet, and
thoroughly prepare the soil
Sd. Set carefully. ,.e
4th. Protect, cultivate clean aud manure (lf
the soil is poor) with ashes, muck bone dust or
other fertilizers.
By attending to these conditions, success IL
sure to reward the cultivator. If we can induce
general attention to this subject and the setting
Of fruit trees become reliable branch OF INDUS
trv as in the North millions will be added to
the wealth of the State. - -. !
The land exhausted by grain and tobacco
still contain the elements of tree growth, and
being free from stumps, can be economically
utilized as in Delaware and New Jersey. We
hope to see the industrial force of tho State
turned into this healthtul and promising chan
nel-,Strtc .joa,mal.
FEEDING BOTTLES. London Chemist
and Druggist says: The latest lead poisoning
sensation, for which certain Liverpool chemists
are responsible, reveals the horrible fact that
We are now training our babies to the use OF
this addition to their nutriment, by feeding
them through tubes composed of ''india,rub,
hcr dissolved in ten per cent. OF blsulphldc OF
carbon and thickened with white Lead res,n
and sometimes uxysulphuret OF antimony, from
which, when it comes into contact with the
milk, sulphuretted hydrogen Is evolved and
lactate of lead formed in the stomach: The
fact that several millions of infants have not
only survived this treatment, but have to all
appearances thrived on it, somewhat diminish
cS the horror which we ought to experience on
learning this report.
BARNEY MISUNDERSTANDING don't rig
himself in the latest fashions, and when IN
Washington several weeks ago he thrust HIM
self upon Gen. Banks, whom he vowed he
knew by his .'picter.' which ne had seen ex-
posed for sale in the lobby and Barney pro
And who might you be p interrogatcd the
hero of Red river and Stonewall Jackson's
ouartermaster in the valley Me? Oh, I'm
Il legislator of the dccapitated old Common;
wealth of Virginia--Barney McCracken:
..Thr ID YOU say. | imagined you We're the
new drleratc from Sitka.." And Banks strobe
to his seat, leaving McCracken to crack the
nut mt-Mo,JnM .jo"unoL
LARGE SALE IN NoRFoLK.IOn Wed9es
day lust Mcssrs Leigh Bros. y Phelps Sod al
auction in Norfolk, the Atlantic Iron WORKS
together with all the buildings machinery toGis, n
&c, necessary to carry on the business Ih'
Virginian says that the price paid for the prop
crty was $40 $50, and that Mr. Marshall Parks sT
IN energetic and enterprisng citizen OF Nor
folk. was the purchaser We know that Mt
park Ks was the bidder for the property, anc
that it was knocked down to him as the purcha
ser but we learn from good authority tha I
His Exceency, Governor Walker, and Mr
Cartwright We're equally interested in the pur
chase-RtcrsburS Courier.