The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-03-08
Agricultural Department.
Fruits for small pinccs.

e fruits for Small PInces.
In 1860 purchased five acres of Ian,
l. in the suburbs of small Village, A
that time | scarcely knew a cherry tire,
y from a plum tree, or an apple tree from
a peach tree; scarcely knew straw
y berry plant from a geranium, and in thi.
condition of information | set about put
!. ting out fruits of all kinds, as | had an
a eye 10 profit in supplying my own home
+ with fruits, and selling enough of the
surplus to defray the expense of the cul.
: ture. Had known a. much about fruits
at that time as have since learned by
: reading such papers as the Country Gen
] temaa, it would have been worth hun
: drcds Of dollars TO me. As it was, had
to depend entirely upon the nurseryman
for advice; and he, Of cour5e, with self.
interest uppermost in his mind, like the
human family generally, put of on me
such stock rs it was most to his interest
10 dispose Of
The result was, that planted fruit
trees Of varieties which were not adapted
to my 'locality-small fruits Of all kinds
which did not (three-Iourths of them) pay
for the planting; and after weary years
of labor, expense and study, found
too latc--tl'at ! had been dipped 1t
would have been ecolomy in me to have
employed regular orchardist to select
r1J.ya,ieties and put them out. Yet
did not even know that fact at the time.
| haze now on MY place many apple,
peach, pear, plum and cherry trees, which
have not yielded fruit enough in tenycas
to pay for their original cost Under
this slate Of case, my advice to those who
DO no; possess the necessary information
is to consult those who do, and on whom
they can rely. Some nurserymen are
honest There are those among jhem
who viii give good selections, ard if you
can avail yourself Of their knowledge, do
so by all means. Some fruits do well in
certain localities, which are worthless in
Others. Tho cilf5f 'ler,iss-4e-a-.sytain
what sut your special locality, and WON
this is Sund out, plant those kinds, and
40 oi'eN Z Ome aiewtinds Of fruit,
however, WI n seem to thrive in almost
all localities, and the following are some |
Of the kinds referred to:
APPLES. T
Early Harvest, Early Joe and Caroline |
Red June, for summer. Red Astrachan,
Fall Queen and yellow Belle Flower.
for autumn. Ben Davis, Rawles' Janet,
Rome Beauty and Timber Twig, for
winter.
PEACHES. 4
Old Nixon Free, Cnwford's Early and V
Late, Grand Admirable, Stump the {
Word and Hale's Early. n
PEARS. 4
Madeleine, Seckel, Bartlett and Winter a
Nells. G
Washington, Jefferson, common Blue, i,
)amson, Wild Goose and Miner. p
CHERRIES. a
Early May, Dyehouse, Early Rich 81
nond, Morello and American Amber, ii
18th perhaps Yellow Spanish and White CT
Iigarreau. Il
GRAPES. Z.
Concord, Clinton, Hartford Prolific II
YES Seeding, Nortons Virginia and "
ISABELLA. oi
STRAWBERRIES. q,
First ofall, Wilson's Albany, Downer's =,
roliic and Kentucky. Next, Green
rolifc, Peaks Emperorand Napoleon 81.
RAsPBERmEs.
Purple Cane, Kirkland, Mammoth er
lustcr, Doolittle Black Cap, Philadel- at
lia, and Yellow Antwerp. pc
CURRANrs. Of
Red Dutch, Victoria and Cherry. "a
BLACKBEREIEs. lat
Kiltatiuny and Wilson's Early. ag
With the planting Of the above named in
Iits, three-i6urths of the people of the on
untry will have Success. COuai-y ho
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