Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-26
WARNING TO FRUIT GROWERS.

Betc0re of the Tree agents, Who lire Stre to
StUindie You.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Through your columns I would caution
the tree planters of the State to be on. their
guard against tree agents. Millions of dol
lars have been paid by tree-planters of this
State for trees, vines, and plants, that was
worse than thrown aWay--made source Of
annoyance and encouragement, and yet the
evil goes on, and even enlsrges, the articles
become more worthless, with prices enhanced.
1t don't matter where.the agent halls from,
1t is foreign rubbish that you are served
with in nearly every instance, be the claims
Of the agent what they may. Agents are go
betweens, to sell worthless rubbish that
nurseryman would not dare to sell at his
nursery. Or if stock is good of its kind it's
worth is overrated by the agent, and fabulous
prices demanded, even for stock the agents
well know will not stand our climate. and
their protfered insurance only doubles the
| fraud, as the same or other stock to replace
what dies out, the replacing at half price, is
at five instead of ten times its nursery value
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nurseryman, and thereby save agents profits,
which generally range from SO to 1000 per
cent. higher than at the nursery. Remem-
Der every deal you make with an agent you
pay his percentage, with risk of
being defrauded in the character of the
stock. Whenever man comes to you with
pears, grapes, OF cherries, assuring you that
they are perfectly hardy, and will live in
Minnesota without winter protection, brand
him with mashed cose and kick him on
doors, for he is a lying fraud, without the
courage and manliness of the highwayman,
yet is no less a robber. And particularly at
this time, and for the last twelve months, a
| horde OF such plunderers are abroad in the
State, hailing from Ohio, with fruits new and
rare, part worthless here, and the balance
OF no value anywhere, all fraud, lure to
rob you OF your money. And when dead, as
die 1t will, they propose to repeat the fraud
for half the amount of the first steal. Kick
them out and set the dogs on them.
Pears and cherries reject, and any of our
best, we'll attested grapes can be had at first
class nurseries at from SIS to $40 per 100,
good, saleable vines, and other good stock
in proportion.
The only reliable large apples that the
market is stocked with are Duchess and
Wealthy: Some of later origin are fine, but
not yet in the general market. There is a
vast list of crabs, though but few are worthy
OF cultivation. and the best. so far as we
have tested, are Transcendent, Sylvan
Sweet, Brier Sweesa,nd Whitneys. No. 20
stand high. All OF any OF which can be had
of reliable nurserymen at from $40 to $l5
per 100, frst-class trees. Those that have a
surplus Of crabs can top-graft other varie-
ties on them, such as Duchess and Wealthy
and some others less hardy, not hardy as
root grated trees, but worked on top of
crabs do fine. The crab stops it's flow Of
sap early, thereby compelling later growing
varieties to ripen up in time for winter, and
OF that class that have done best with us are
Famuse, Jeniton, Walbridge, Robson, and
with those who have tried the Ben Davis
find it to do well on the crab. And in the
above you have a good selection rum ing
nearly the entire year.
The best grapes, as far as we have tested,
are Dona, Wilder, Salem, Enmelan and Del
aware, and all to be had at above prices.
PETER NJ. GIDEON.
Excelsior, Mimi Dec % 1878