Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-19
NOVEL MORTIOULTURE.
A Wonderful Discovery.
The shakerian System Of Gull
ture-Planting Statesmen
I and Politicians.
Mo-, v..,- rr;,,,n,

regarded % harmless collection of
drab lunatics. Is
Elder Evans has departed from the
ways of his predecessors, by becom-
ing an inventor. He has invented a
method Of combining Shakers and
trees which promises excellent re-
suits. When o Shaker dies and is
buried, Elder Evans plants tree
over him, and that tree, as 1t gradual
lly absorbs the deceased Shaker, puts
on drab leaves and bears apples, pears
or pes ches, as the case may be, charac-
terized by sort Of neutral tint which
iis recognized as peculiarly Shakerian.
The ingenious elder has now a large
orchard full Of dead brothers and sis
ters, under whose shade he walks on
summer afternoons, and whose fruit
he tastes on winter evenings. Occa-
sionally sister preserves her origi-
nal tartness when transformed into
apples, and it is said that one young
Shakeress who died four years ago
is extensively sold in the shape of
canned peaches Of unusual sweetness !;
but as rule the dead Shaker of Ell
Their sex is too tasteless for APPLE
sauce or preserves, and is ground up
for cider. S6ltt4 52
1t is evident that Elder Evans meth
cd of modifying the character of
fruit trees is capable of very wide ap-
plication, and that when persons OF
very strongly marked character are
planted, instead Of colorless Shakers,
valuable results may be Obtained
vrhnpa ora MANY man for Whnm No
use has hitherto been suggested, who
might prove of inestimable value to
the scientific farmer. There is Mr..
Stanley Matthews, for example,
Were Mr.. Matthews to be crossed
with winter squash, we should have
a vegetable which, though perhaps
less nourishing than the ordinary
squash, would be much softer and
more nearly resembling custard.-
There, also, is Mr.; David Davis. If
we should plant him In cabbage
field, the resulting Davis cabbage
would doubtless be of enormous size
and of q beautiful changeable color.
Enterprising nurserymen and kitch-
en- gardeners, should they adopt the
new system Of horticulture, would be
constantly in the market bidding high
prices for eminent "remains" where
with to experiment. Gen. Butler
not the administration senator, but
the Massachusetts representative
would be eagerly sought after by the
acultivators Of horse-radish, into
which he could unquestionably in.
fuse sharpness and acidity far sur
passing that Of the present variety
The "Sweet Singer of Michigan" il
planted early in the spring-and the
earlier the better-in . hot-bed sown
with lettuce seed, would infallibly
give us variety of lettuce greenel
and more tender than anything now
ON earth. Possibly Timothy Titcomt
4 would be deemed useful as an Gle
ment Of the ideal turnip of the flu
ture, but his true sphere is probably
the flower garden. He should b.
planted now, when he 10 in his prime
In q bed of daisies, and we could thu
expect crop of dazzling simplicit.
and unequaled absence of perfume
What gorgeous sunfowers nigh
be raised by Mr.. Conkling, and wha
superbly tart gooseberries might b,
Il
Gail Hamilton we can only imagine
If there is any desire for variety o
4 red, blue and yellow morning-glory
with extraordinary ability for climb
ing the highest walls and thrnstini
! itself into the Wost private windows
let the astute florist Keep close watcl
upon Mr.. Talmage, and plant him q
the earliest possible moment, and
there 10 market for peoRies of extr'
size and unprecedented FadRess,
may ultimately be supplied with
new Beecher-peony.
| Though Elder Evans only combine
one Shaker with each tree, there j
no good reason for such limtted lp
plication of the principle. II b
should take say One-fourth OF MI
Hayes and three-fourths of Wad'
\ Hampton, and plant this mixture un
der 9 BLACKBERRY bush, he might pro
4 dpce q unique variety Of fruit, which
If called the concilfi AoR berry, wonl'
perhaps prove very popElaf iRopi
the class of people who might zap
! pen to like 1t. The sweetness ct nj
II Hayes and the vigor Of Mr.. Hamptol
: could hardly fail to be found in tn
. new fruit, and the fruit would have
, flavor peculiarly ito own, thougl
n whether it would prove wholeoom'
A Or not, experience alone could decide
| In like panner combination of Pat
7 terson ANIL Conover might be used *
4 develop ( new variety Of monkshooG
which would be q valuable addition
I to the list Of poisohs how found Il