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which they are surrounded for still
attachments. Not only that
privileged class at the " Mary Sharp"
but the youth Of both sexes may here
lualiry themselves for all the common
walks Of life, and even for that higher
standard in their social and classical
relations which is eXce!Ied by compar
few,
But .his is not the point | had par.
ticulurly in view when | commenced
this article. ! have been also forcibIy
impressed with the salubrity Of its
climate, the fertility Of its soil, and its
adaptation to the cultivation Of the va
rious cereals and cdiblcs so essential to
the sustcnancc and comfort Of It's pop
ulalion, which abound here in such
perfection; also, to the great variety
Of fruits to which this region IS 50 pc
c]uliarly adapted When peaches can
be grown here that will bring SO per
bushcl in the market, (and | have good
authority that such have been, it is a
matter Of surprise that 50 few engage III
their culture. | know the objection is
raised by some that the facilities for
TRANSPORTATION are not snch rs 20 war
ran, LARGE investments in that dircc-
'tion TO such | would say Increase
your productions. The Oranges are at
work, and ere long the avenues 10
market will be such that a fair compcn-
! satjon will he all that will be demanded
for the transportation of your produce.
It is about twenty years since the va.
rious kinds Of fruit, as apples, peaches,
pears, DC, became an article Of com
mcrco in western New York, where my
residence has been, and the demand
has gradually increased, and with the
demand the production, until last year.
The estimates Of the apple crop in
Niagara county amounted to over
$500, 600, aside FROM the peach, pear
and ounce; and it is not uncommon
TO see from five hundred TO two or
three thousand peach or apple trees in
an orchard. An agent Of a Rochester
nursery informed me that he had con
tractcd with a gentleman in Orleans
county 10 supply ounce trees to set
thirty acres Of ground, which, set at
the usual distance, would require over
Is. 1000 trees; and this variety of fruit,
which has recently grown into impor,
lance, is reported in the New York
market this fall at $40 per barrel. The
peach crop this year was not of as good
quality as formerly, owing to the Sc
we're drouth Of last year and q severe
winter. / will here quote an item from
the Niagara Democrat, published at
Lockport, Niagara county, October % {:
oh. Armstrong, OF Olcott, Brought to
this market nine barrels Of Rhode Is,
land Greetings, the product Of one
tree, which Melted him $52 So, Avail
able tree that" Olcott is a small vii
Iare on the shore Of Lake Ontario, at
the mouth of Eighteen Mile Creek, and
riohtcrn miles east of the Niagara
river. and where the General Govern
mcut has lotciy cxpcndcd 100000 in
fine construction of harbor and Iiyht.
bonsc | ouotc AGAIN from the same
manor or Octohcr lG; "Mr, George
w FERGUSON. commission merchant Of
ibis city, has Skinned, SO far this seas
on. 400 crates of plums, 1907 crates
of pcachos, l,4G7 barrels Of pears,
1865 barrels of apples, and 1858
uounds OF grapes :" and from one 9th
cr article in the same paper: The de.
mand for NIAGARA county fruit in for.
eiou markets is annually increasing,
which kecps the price paid foy fine
fruit unprccedcnt.y high." There is a
LARGE number of persons engaged in
thnt county in the buyinp and shjppinp
of rruit, And in refercn,c to the for
eion demand. | read recently from a
%loi,cr of a corrcsnondent Of one of orr
journals in Ireland. that at a dinner he
attended a platc of fine "Baldwins,n
from N;orora cour,v woa nlocnd imam
,hn tahlc'
Now Mr. Editor. suger mo 70 relate
from memory a statement | read in the
Niooara Journal, published also in
Lockport, .our wears ago: "James
Brown. Of Wilson, in this county,
gathered from one tree, this wear, of
The variety coilrd ..ribbed pipnip.n %
barrels of m%crchan,able a%ppies. and .
barrels of poorer quality. The tree
was of fifty wears standing, and dimen.
sions in hciGbt and breadth of branches