, 1876-01-24


poets for rho Future.
9ptefal Correspondenes Of T'hs Chltaao Tribunt.
CoDDrN, ILL.,. Jan. 10.-AH nost Of tho reader
OF The Tribune arc aware the head1uarsora .,
horticulture In Illinois Ia populary supposed Ia
DO aomowlore In Southern Illinois, among tha
bills Of lower Egypt. Tho most favored section
by nature IL doubtless tho ridge OF bills exteud.
lng'acroBs tho stato from east to wost, aud il
fret touched by tho illinois Central Railway
fow miles south Of Carbondalo, Ia jackson Coun.
", aud extending dozen miIon or mora Il
Anna, In Union County. 4 faw pioneors ID
trutt-growing fonnd their way 10 Golden aborI
the year 1856, aud began iu small way bue,
meas whloh hsa nlsoady bocome enormous, an!
In timo bids fasr to aaslimo proportions not even
dreamed of by tho pioaoora.
Tho days when fortunes could b. made iu
fow years by engaging In frutt-growing in lllt
noiH is past, nod tho business now oiIara lit!leH
any boltcr Inducements for investment than Of.
binary agriculture. Competition has 90 reduced
the price OF fgllit and vegotRbeH TINT unthng bul
the most careful management on the part OF thu
hortioultuttst Eendera hts labors moro reullnel.
htiyo than any other branch Of farming. Iha
supply Of fruit anl carly vegetables Tor tht
Chicago market WIS formerly nearly all derlsei
from this region, but now moro Houthern point
supply tho market and take tho cream Of prices
Artificial vegatHoe-Gf IL praotieed even n
far north al Champaign, and tho mArdet garden.
ctb nro at this dato beginning TO shsp lettuce 10
Chicago.
around Cobden aro In dilapldatoa condition,
aud many OF thom aro not worth having at az
prico. Tho number OF we'll kept orchards Ms
fow; ftilnro to producn fruit for aoverh1 years
from ono cause or anothor has had disoourag
ing effect. Youpg pcach-orolsnrds. which hsza
n Urn 10H[ fxo md far
old orchatdH which havo not boon too severely
prnncd also glyo promise OF crop. With thi
best Of seasonn tho supply OF poachcs from thl
roEiou will not be very large.
lilo apple has not received tho attention II d.
serves but tho number Of trean plnused arc iu'
crcaalpg. There Aro but fow Into kaoping va1tt
tics OF applcn, Hh!lc the orchards consiat ot
nearly everything. Tho Rod Aseracnn A.
poars 10 lead tho list for ekrly summer, and Wins
Sap, Ben Davis. May OF Myers, Nsulos Jausi
year WAS not largo, and was Of an inferior qua'i'
Tho pear for several ycarn has attracted 1
largo share OF attention IN slls region, s1a
hundreds OF thousands OF troea have bcss
planted, but In a majority OF caBcs thoy have 70.
root.ros baTn tAken \ great number, to which
adj the WoEtheab varieties. and but few profit
abs treas are loft. Most prominent among ths
pear orchards Ia Peara,ont, Owned by Fuller l.
1ahIl0. 1AEIo H6ED V[lHtuhl1y hUQut 1d,uuU 1ICes
planted, which number has bosn 1edueodss
about 1900 by tho cau5es hbove montioped
Among tho best paying standard treoa ~
BaEslots. Howell, Lsnrence. DeuEso DAMON,
aod seekol. Tho Flemlsh Beauty, ono Of tho
favo1iso poarh fn Eortlcrn Illinois, losoa IL
leaves and ts OF little value.
Dwarf pcata Aro regarded 81 failure, although
thors AFRO u fow variation which are p,ot'
lthblo. among Whic, ara Duchess tl'Argolouns.
snd Doll Lucret1ye. although tbo latter 10 ss1
subject to Ieat-b'ghs. Al 4 luast,{sh Lawroua
Louise ponno do Jersey dosa mt stand oultis+
tiou. Tho Vicar OF Winkle1d, which has peta
largely disseminated throughout tho West hsl
wintoe pbar, bl9hts badly. but IL no loss, as tho
frnit wheu produced IL worshlosa. It has beea
(eot to blight than thoso which are cultivated.
Pruning 10 also tAooea among tho bost fruit ueu:
Among tho chorElea tho eatlr May OF Richmopt
eates ptecodence; Tow sNoot varieties, sueh u
Gov. Ward, Elton. and Rlene Hossouua ~
planted, but amount 10 but little.
/ Was Informed that thore arc moro actes ol
Strawberries for aa1t years fruitlug than e'st
before, and that tho plauta aIe in lpp condition.
Tho W'laon yet hsaila tho liat although tht
Charles Downing Ia well spoken Of BY shoao NIL
Among tho recently introduced 1aspbenit',
tho Turner ts taking trout rank, and bids tat
to bo SUCCESS. 1t Ia q rod borry, large, nNtet
and delicious, and will carry we'll from Goblin
to C4loaEo
lhese aso large qusptltloa Of blaokbamtaa
grown il tho vicinity of Cobdon. the principal
variety boiag tho Kitsatinuy. nothing is yet har
Ing been found TO auperHcde IL.
=. A d.ligcnt inquiry amoby tho fruit men shoEs
thom 10 10 possessed Of = spirit Of lopefuluai
for ths future. attended q meeting. gotten a.
Tor tho purpose Of potltionug tho tIllnois Cen
tral for faater fFult'trstn, aud II that oorpos'
ton deslros to foster fruit-growing In Southern
lliaoIa, tho prayer Of Tho petitioners siI esi'
tAinly bo granted.
30 far tAa scason his boon most favorable tos
are entertained thkt the mild wInsor may stift
The fruit-nuds promatusely, but ~ yet no harm
has been dono. AX