The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-02-28

munlty; but that they should openly
boast off is little more cheeky than was
anticipated
ANY further communication upon the
subject at this time would not be neces
sary, were it not that the parties writing
in your issue of the 21st, instead of at.
tempting to answer or refute the accuse.
tons made in my note above referred to,
have gone 10 a good deal of trouble 10
throw dirt at me, and indulge in good
deal of low dirty slang intending to in
iure me thereby. 1t is but justice to my
friends and customers that / correct
few of the libelous statements therein
made.
am glad the ga was going to write
gentleman, but am of the opinion that
the name would he misapplied), have
had the condescension to allow me little
standing and acquaintance" in ii e face
of all my shortcomings IN this commu-
nity
The remark of yours in the adjacent
colmn of your paper in which their letter
appeared, that "a man can hardly expect
To escape criticism and complaint who
is active in any business, public or pri-
,ate," is appropriate to the subject under
consideration.
OF the Hill Home nurseries," Tad
more, Ohio, know nothing, except in
directly, that Mr.. n. Albaugh is a man
who stands we'll in his circle of business
acquaintances, and that he has agents
protesting 10 represent him who have
been reported as doing the kind of bust
ness reported in my article which has
excited their wrath, as shown by their
TRADE against me in your paper of last
week, of whom Mr.. NJ. B. Bateham,
secretary Of the Ohio state horticultural
society, under date of Feb. ), 1879, writes
to friend of mine:
Il know nothing of the men, only that
like some other parties of that region,
they are in suspicious kind of business
at the west selling what are called fan
cy fruits, most of which have no exis-
tence in fact, as have no doubt is the
case with the 'Conover's grape as none
by that name Is known to the legitimate
trade. The name 'ConOver,' as you know,
belongs TO an asparagus. never before
heard of its being applied to grape:
| should not hesitate to say it is fraud or
humbug. Tell your people to shun these
fancy delaers."
They say, Does Mr.. NJ know anything
of COnOver's seeding grape:" answer
no; nor do over thirty of the most extern
siYe nurserymen in the United States
know anything more of it than the ven
cradle secretary of the Ohio society quot
ed above. l pronounce it humbug oil
the first water.
As 10 the dollhouse grapes and pears
raised on 'three-year-old trees simply
ask the farmers of the county whether
the statement Is false or true.
AS to the fact that these things have
been offered and the people almost CO
creed into buying, there is a cloud OF
what the value of these will be In the
three, five or ten years that elapse before
the fruit Is produced, no one knows, and
the astute agents of II. II. nursery will
have collected their bills and gone &c
"other fields and pastures new" far out
of the reach of their poor victims in Ly
on county.
Regarding the high prices they assert
that they are mo higher than good stock
can be furnished" Now, 1 leave it to
the intelligent readers of the NEWS II
pear trees costing $50 to $25 per 100 are
not little steep at 81 each; and apples,
which Mr.. Hallberg of this place would
supply at $15 per 100, and dig them under
your own eye, are not little bit, at least
high at $25, when kept out of the ground
long enough to come from Ohio to En-
poria, and other things in proportion, Il
i Of Nhn NIT en- Nal1 Of
bogus or worthless stuff at ten times thu
value of good articles.
They attempt to make point out o
the circumstance of my selling peacl
trees al "ORe dOller each" Now, here i
Il point on which l wish to be properly
understood.
The first time u new article of grea
value or promise of value is offered, it il
| usually at a price much higher than al
ordinary article can be procured for
More especially is this the case in new
fruits, flowers, and such like products
But the article must at least give promis
of value. Now, the difference in m,
transaction and theirs is, that sold at tn
lowest price the same could be got 70
anywhere in the world, while / complain
ed that they sell at from so to 100 pc
cent. above the market price in this plac
for the same kind of goods, and by de
IceptiOn and misrepresentation Undue
people TO buy their stock.
So much for the general subject of Vi
rieties, prices, etc. The remainder @
the harangue concerns me personally, ant
will be considered.
They refer to the steady" peach, an
show, | presume, to their own SatiSfaC
ton, that the trees were ''some common
sour, worthless fruit, no larger than
hulled walnut" / sold the Steady peacl
Ia peach which is quoted in thousand
of catalogues as lone of the best late free
stone peaches in the cOuntry''-tOr tn
originator, and at that time the only prof.
agatOr, from a specimen of the frui
sent to me TO show the character of tn
=, fruit. The gentleman who sent me tn
fruit and trees Is man whose characte
the writers of this scandalous article ca
not gainsay, a man having national rel
station and known from the lakes to tn
gulf as one of our foremost and most carr
full propagaterS-noneo other than SamU
, ell Miller, originator of Martha, BLACK
hawk, and other grapes, Captain Jacl
; Springdale, and other strawberries, an
who would scorn to perpetrate such
f fraud as intimated by these parties.
. pronounce this G. w. White story
bare fabrication. True, Mr.. White, VIII
l 10 q DCISOudI vi
} couple of the trees, and if any of th
5 readers of the NEWS desire to know tn
. estimate he places upon the peache
they have but to call upon DR.. Tandy, 1
the drug store opposite the postofflc
S who assisted in sampling and dIscussin
the merits of half-doZen beautiful spe,
linens which Mr.. w. brought in last ia
and left in his care for me. / Learned
= through a round about way, that in 49,
f one peach was found on an inside, wea
, shoot on one of his trees, which, OWN
10 its position, did not mature, and NJ
W. was disappointed; but ! nevt
= dreamed that he found fault with me fC
' the failure of that specimen to ripen.
learned that the little limb and all drie
up before the end of the season, and
course peach on il whose season Is DC
o 10th, would be lost. On hearing Of tn
I wrote to Mr.. Miller stating what ha
. heard, and received instructions promp
; ly to instruct all persons who had bougl
of those trees and were dissatisfied [
i draw on him for the amount paid and /
o would refund. This / presented to NJ
q White and others, but ! have had no Il
structions to draw for the money We
{ Thus falsehood one disappears.
. Mr., Spencer year ago ordered OF N
a or trees of a particular size and kim
: to fill up the vacancies in his orchar
:, where trees had been killed, and in pu
ting up the trees at the nursery the
], sent two years old trees, which was n