Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-01-10

and beyond these, upon the distant mountain
sides, grim with rugged rocks, or somber in
their robes of spruce. 1t was a happy
thought to improve so great advantages Of
situation by planting orchards here; and
blest is the man whose conception it was, and
who is endowed with tnste and enthusiasm
for the work and with means for carrying it
out.
Mr.. Hemenway and hhi lady are people of
intelligence and refinement, and their home
gives abundant evidence of taste as well as
substantial comfort. To be entertained
there,-as it was my privilege to be through
a long autumn evening and rainy day fol-
lowing it's an experience to be remem-
bered with satisfaction. Our host has but
lately returned from the practice Of his pro-
fession of civil engineer, in the West to set
Tie down in middle life upon the old home
stead aud with the ample means which he
brings back with him, to improve and en-
large it. Would that more of Vermont's
sons might do this; and like him by their
acts publish supplement to the aphorism Of
Douglas, making it known that Vermont is
not only ga good place to be born n," but,
also, by reason OF its advantages of a healthy
climate, good society, ETC., a good place to
retire to after the battle for fortune is won
He is a man Of high ideals, which he pur-
sues to their perfect attainment so we may
expect to see his orcharding, the favorite OBJ
ject which engages his attention of late car
ried out in the most satisfactory manner.
Where the hill-slopes and the level mead
ows meet, the highway passes through the
farm, and the buildings are arranged on
either side of it, the house being on its upper
or west side. North, west, and south Of the
house for considerable distance along the
highway the orchards occupy the uudulating
hill-sidcs, sweeping up the gentle ascent to
the edge OF the woods, which cover their
SUBMITS
To the advantage OF superior situation
for orchards, another nearly as important is
added in the character Of the soil This is
much like that which Mr. Holmes orchards
occupy, and also resembles the best portions
of Sheburn Point 1t is a strong deep clay
loan, warm and plable. Mr.. Hemenway
informed me that his ordinary crop Of wheat
is thrty.fve to forty bushels per acre, and
that of corn seventy bushels. In this soil
though not kept in cultivation every year
the trees, two or three seasons planted, are
making a very strong and healthy growth
When any part is not in cultivation, the
. owner keeps loosened and mulched consid.
able portion about the tree, so that the clo
yer while being grown for u green manure
crop, encroaches but little upon the orchard
The uniformity Of the trees the straghtnes,
of their trunks, and the symmetry of theil
limbs are quite exceptional, aud testify tC
the reliability and good Judgment Of oul
friend, Albert Chapman, Esq, of Middle
bury, who selected the most of them in the
nursery. One is at first surprised to sec
how straight are the long rows on this un
even hillside, and how correctly they line
in every direction but he finds an explana
ton in the fact that Mr.. Hemenway run al
the lines with his compass,-another instance
OF scientific agriculture. At the highes
part of the orchard | was told we were some
two hundred aud seventy.fve feet above the
surface Of the Lemon Fair, and nearly two
hundred feet above the highway. Such al
elevation must ensure for some time in au
tumn an exemption from carly irosts Sc
when these orchards come INTO bearing
shall expect to see the picking of the irui
begin at the bottom of the hill.
In order to show in some measure the rel
ative standing of different varieties in re
spcct to prodtableness for market culture il
this section, according to the judgment o
those best informed in the matter, | vii
close with the list of Mr.. Hemenway's ap
pies and pears and the number of trees o
each variety planted. The list, however, in
cludes an assortment for family supply at al
seasons. As the trees Of this class increas
in their product, part Of them may, proba
bly,, be grated to later sorts to advantage
SuRlmer.-Early Harvest II, Red As
trachan 5, Summer Rose ,, Tetoisky !.
Autumn.-Fall Wine =, Gravenstein s
Golden Sweetng 8, Hurlburt 4, Late Straw
berry 3, Pound Sweet Is, Porter l5
Misunderstanding S75, Baldwin II.
(this variety is planted in the highest an
warmest part Of the orchard and it is hope
that it will thrive under these advantages.
Golden Russet 80, Yellow BelleAeur II
Ben Davis s. Black Giliaower 2, Euglis
Russet 20, Spitzenburgh 81 Fall Pippin {!
Granite Beauty 3, Grimes Golden ,, Gree
Sweet 5, Hubbardston Nonsuch 10, King 9
Tompkins County ll0, Ladies' Sweoting q
Northern Spy 50, Peck's Pleasant g. RoS
bury Russet "a, Rambo 8, Swaar 49, TO
mans Swcoting Il, TInmOuth 1, Twont
Ounce 2, Wagner II, Winter Greoning
Total 1907 Rather long list for tn
, highest profit; but some of the sorts, whic
} prove the least valuable, will probably b
} grated over in time to some of the ne
} kinds now on trial, or yet to be tested.
Pears.-DOyenne d'Etc 4, Clapp's Fl
; vorte l3, Bartlett q, Flemish Beauty 2.
Seckel 8, Louise Bonne de Jersey I, Whit
: DOyenne 10, Beurre Bose 3, Duches,
d'Angouleme dwarf 80, Beurre Diel (dwar
!, Howell 3, Beurre d'Aniou 100, Dana
HoYey 2. Total 237.