Nebraska advertiser., 1878-02-21

OTleu, lDcy COInu1duu III tuc IlOu1o
market almost double what apples do, !
and hence, the bulk of peaches that
is sent abroad, go as canned fruit, and
is sold principally in Northern Eu-
rope"
The Pail Mall Gazette tEngland),
remarks that 1.-THE foreign demand
for American fruits is now so great
that Europe and Australia will take
nearly all the fruit. fresh and dried,
which the United Stetes can land in
their markets in good condition.
England prefers fresh fruit, and since
last October has taken 396. 600 barrels
of apples from the United States. be-
ginning with the latter part of Octo-
Der, at the rate of 5000 barrels per
week, increasing in four weeks to H.
900. The average in December was
90, 900 barrels weekly, and one week |
the number ran up to IS. S.525. This
refers to lS76.) 1t is estimated that
England will take an average OF from
l3, 900 to Is, 900 barrels week, for the
entire season of nine months. The
working class of Germany. and the
working men and miners of Austral
la, are the chief customers of Ameri-
can dried fruits abroad. But the poor
people of England and Russia buy TO
limited extent. AS long as dried
apples can be exported from New
York at five, or even seven cents per
pound, the working men Of Europe
and Australia will buy all that can be
spared. The business of exporting
fruit is one that has been chiefly built
up since 1855. In the eleven months
ending July 1st, the fruit exported
amounted i'm value to S2, ,83l 900.
In addition to our own home salts
factory experiments and results. it has
been demonstrated by our displays at
the various National Fruit Exhibits
of late years, that no portion of the
United States is better adapted. par
ticularly to apple growing, than the
State of Nebraska. The SOIL climate,
and other essentials are peculiarly IA
vorable When the pursuit has been
attended with intelligence and care,
it is shown to be more remunerative
than any other crop we engage in.
A few facts, coming under personal
observation, as to realization in fruit
culture in Nebraskar, are given:
w. G. Glasgow, of Nemaba county,
in the year 1877, gathered two thou
sand bushels of apples from one hun
dred trees. They were closely plant
ed-about one hundred TO the acre. or
twenty feet apart each way. The
trees were planted in 1859. The fruit
was marketed at one dollar per bushel.
This shows an income of two thou
sand dollars to the acre.
J. w. Hollingsbead, of Pawnee
county, sold i'm one season, from two
hundred and thirty yfive apple trees,
fourteen years old, fourteen hundred
bushels of apples, at one dollar per
bushel. These trees occupied about
three acres of ground, and shows an
income of near five hundred dollars
per acre,
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of OtOe
county, sold S4S worth of apples from
a single tree in one season-thirty-
two bushels at ST SO per bushel.
sold the past season (lS77) from q
few Heath cling peach trees. an aver
age of $50 to the tree-l2 bushels each
at So per bushel. The trees were ten
years old. Imperial Gage plums, sic
to the tree-4 bushels each at 81 per
bushel German prunes, $l5 to the
tree-5 bushels each, at So per bushel;
grape vines, So each-50 pounds each,
at 10 cents per pound. The plums
and prunes were ten years old, the
grape vines eight years.
p II. Quinn, of Newark. \. j., who
has perhaps given more attention to
pear culture than any other person in
ty. with an eye to profit-says of its
realization and increase, both in de-
mand and price: I'm 1858 | sold
Duchess pears at $50 per bushel;
now there is no trouble in selling the
same pear at Sc per bCshel. An aver
age year these pears sell for $50 per
barrel. A pear orchard comes into
bearing at, say five To six years from
planting. At this age the produce
should be from $50 to S75 per acre; at
ten years old. S40O per acre, and con-
tinue, with care and attention, 10 in
crease to receipts of from $500 to $500
per acre, at fifteen and sixteen years
oId-often much more. Ten years
ago / selected single row of thirty
pear trees, eight years old. planted ten
feet apart. / kept an accurate
account of sales for nine consecutive
wears. In that time seven crops were
produced The receipts were. for the
first year, Sl2O; second year, Sl39. 40;
third year, Sl56.2O; forth year, S2O2.-
80; fifth year, 2G749; sixth year,
S3IO. 20; seventh year, S705.O0; total
in nine years. and seven crops, 81 ,9OO.-
80. Since that time 1 have gathered
from one tree in the same row, and
sold fruit TO the amount OF S47.50.
We cannot, of course, call these in
stances average yields. They are the
results of extra care and attention in
cultivating, training and handling.
Yet, If it pays to manipulate single
trees, vines and acres thus. additional
ones will pay as well, and in like pro-
portion, with similar treatment.
Grand success in all matters follows
care, attention and intelligence. Fail
ures follow negligence, inattention
and ignorance. Let no one enter the
business of fruit-growing in hurry,