The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-09-13
Fraternally,
w. W. RUSSELL,
Worthy Master Pomona Grange.

S'oj anu N'i"hSO'" particularly !" tiC
advancing st les lately taken III the
business of Il lit culture, and having
shown, I trust, that the means of propa-
eating fine fruits are within easy reach
Of all progressive farmers of our country,
l now propose to suggest plan by which
all these fine fruits may be placed IL j"s.
as convenient reach at comparatively
small co...
Our country has been considerably i'm
posed on by set of persons known as
stree peddlers," representing themselves
as agents of respectable nurseries, who
tramp up and down the country with
books, in which they exhibit the pictures
of fine fruits, coarsely dra vn and glaring-
ly colored. by which the unwary are en-
trapped, and their trees are disposed of
at extravagant prices. A lively writer
in the Weekly Ne,cs, of the first of Au.
gust last, over the name of "Bennet
Springs" referring to this mode of OBJ
tanning fruit trees, says: "Avoid these
swindling tramps; their real stock in
trade nearly always consists of natural
seedlings, or old stunted nursery stock.
picked up cheaply somewhere, and sell
dom true to name, for which they often
ask double the re. liar price" In this
traffic it is very evident that the pur-
chaser is entirely at the mercy of the
salesman, for ne cannot distinguish one
tree from another until years aiterward,
when the trees begin to bear fruit. Add
to this that these agents seldom meet
their customers about that time, they
having made it convenient to employ
their progressive talents in son,c other
uncultiyatcd fields.
The writer once subscribed for small
lot of fruit trees, at the earnest solicita-
ton of one of those stree peddlers," at
seventy-five cents each. the trees, iufe-
rior in appearance, came, but not one of
them proved true to name. Many other
similar transactions could be published.
But while they are not reliable as
class, it cannot be denied that .hcy
have introduced some genuine improved
fruits into our country, for which we
must allow them full credit We hope
our readers will have the charity to be-
lieve that we have introduced the "tree
peddler" here not so much to vent q little
spite againsta q class of absent professional
characters, as to show in the strongest
light the uncertainty Of obtaining the
goods ordered through this channel, ans.
the superior advantages, certainty and
economy claimed for the system herein
&tter proposed. Every Grange in the
County will probably meet in the next
thirty days, and let every member make
out and bring to the meeting bill Of
fruit trees he desires to cultivate, and
place them in the hands of the Secretary,
or other persons, to be handed to our
purchasing agent at Anderson. When
he finds that he mas orders ii his hands
that will command the attention of nur-
sery mer, let him open correspondence
with some responsible company, and
having obtained the lowest wholesale
price, make his order for the bills on
hand. to be delivered at certain place
on certain day, of which each Grange
can be duly notified. BY this means the
finest fruits can be purchased at whole
sale prices from responsible merchants
q. the lowest living rates, with reasona-
BILE certainty of receiving the goods or
dered. And should any of these prove
untrue to ,lame, or otherwise defective.
then we have recourse on o responsible
party. These ought to be bought for
fifteen or twenty cents each, instead of
paying ;'iree peddiers" three or four
times that amount
And If any Subordinate Grange desires
to Introduce more extended economy,
that will be easily accomplished by as.
certaining in the Grange meeting what
members want particular kinds of fruit.
and having obtained that information let
one member order certain named trees,
with the understanding that certain
other one shall order like number of a
different kind, and that they two shall
exchange buds. This would give each
of these parties possession of the whole
lot of trees purchased by paying for one
lot. And the same plan will apply to
three or any number of parties. Some,
thing or TINS sort would exhibit a prncti.
cal illustration of the cooperative prin-
ciples of the Grange. Or, when Grange
has funds in its treasury, it might order
small bill of choice fruit, when received
to be placed in the hands of some CAREFUL
member to be cultivated and to furnish
the other members, in due time, with
buds therefrom, until the whole Grange
shalt ie supplied with tho fruit :. s.s hat
order. Aud the same may be repeated
from year to year until the orchards of
c::. country shall glow with viii rutfdy Unit
of the choicest selection, and che iins of
the humblest farmer shall no longer he n
stranger to the richest and mUst delicious
specimens of frujs to be found in the
most expert nursery. rams garden.
Ii you cOntempl budding NEXT fall
go at once and plant peck or more of
peach seed in some protected place. and
work them next summer, so as to provide
the seed stock TO put your buds In next
August. Nov ID the time to berin. If
you postpone it till another fall, YOU viii
be one year lat2s an Obtaining the desired