Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-23
MON AND AMERICAN.
FARM AND GARDEN.
FRurrs FOR THE sOUTH.

One of the main causes of the frequent
fixtures of which we hear to raise fruit sue
80 cessfnlly IN the Southern States, says the
Southern Farm and Home, is the want of
accurate knowledge in the selection of the
varieties which are suited to our soil and
climate. 1t is too often the case that when
We resolve to plant an orchard, OF establish
vineyard, we take catalogue of some
Northern nurseryman, and select the yarie-
ties which are described as the best, with
out rejecting that trees which will do very
well in Northern New York, or in Penn
sylvan:a or New Jersey, may be wholly I'M
suited to the soil and climate Of the Caro-
linas, Georgia or|Tennessee. Frequently,
also, we select our trees from the gorgeously
illustrated album Of some Yankee tree
peddler who does not own tree or a foot
OF ground in the world, but depends for the
fulfllment of the orders he receives on the
purchase, at cheap rates, ofthe refuse seed
iings Of some Northern orch ard.
The recent meeting at Richmond, Va, of
the American Pathological Society, devoted
much time to the discussion Of the fruits
best adapted to the Southern States. As
she orchardists and fruit-growers Of the
South were well and ably represented in
that body, We may safely conclude that
their selections have been judciously
formed after much experience and atten-
ton. In regard to some varieties there was
a diversity of opinion. The Hale's early
-..aob tpofonca H-ac oil nv Rarpl-rnar9S
of Augusta, Ga, to be an excellent Early
peach, while Langdon, Of Mobile, pro-
nounced it complete failure. But in the
great majority of cases there was perfect
accord Of judgment. We give below the
names of the varieties of peaches, pears,
grapes and Strawberries which have been
found to succeed well in the Southern
States:
PeacheS-Hale's Early Early Tllotson;
Crawford's Early; Large Early Y ork; Stump
the World; Susquehanna; Columbia; Chi
nese Cling; Lemon Cling; OldmiXon Cling;
Heath Cling and Crosse MignOnne.
Pears--Bartlett; Belle Lucrative; Doy-
enne d'Ete; Aniou; Duchess dAngou-
leme; Lawrence; Clairgean and Seckel.
GrdpeS-Hartfort; Clinton; ScuppernoDg;
Iona; Concord; Ives; Delaware and Nor
tons Virginia.
Strawberries - Wilson's Albany; Tri-
omphe de Gand; Longworth's Prolific;
President Wilder; Downing and Boyden's
No. 80. /
We can state from our own experience
that Hale's Early, Early TiIotson, Craw-
ford's Early, Stump the World, Chinese
Cling, and Oldmixon Cling, are excellent
peaches, and thrived well in the neighbor-
hood of Athens. We have heard many COM
plants Of Hale's Early in many localities,
in Alabama particularly; and we also hear
that it does badly in West Tennessee and
Mississippi. The principal cause of COM
plant is the rotting of the fruit before it
natures.
OF pears, we found the Bartlett, Belle
Lucrative and Duchess d'AngOuleme first
class fruits. OF grapes, the Concord, Ives
and Scuppernong did the best; and Of
strawberries, though we experimental with
a number of varieties, we found none worth
garden room but the Wilson's Albany |
and the Triomphe de Gand, the former be- |
ing incomparably the best of all.