, 1879-05-08
FRUIT IN NEBRASKA.
Apples, Peaches, Pears, Grapes, and
Other Fruits Success .ully
Raised.
First Vrtmtnms at Richmond, Boston, chitago
and Philadelphia, In lSil, 70,
III, and 10.
Ex.Gov. Eurnas, the Hon. ). Sterling
Morton, and Others, as Fruit
Growers.

spteiat Coyresnondenet Of The Tribune.
BROWNSVILLE, Ncb., Mag 5.-The Iirst Mt
tempt at raising fruit iu this Htnte was III 1916.
Christan lobst, n German, bought bundle Of
trees Ut St. 1usepi, Mo-, brought them home OH
horseback and planted ono acsc In 1'awncn
County, which ia southwest Of this {Ncmaha)
county.
In 1850 Cor. Fuenns began frt,st-taru, III
Nrtnnila Coun,r. fow miles wcst Of Browns.
vile; j. Sterling Morton, ol'c In usoe County;
md gentleman named Stevenson, ono III Wasl,-
'nEton County; nnl they llavc been very sue
ccsstu!. alr. Morton has realized, 1t Ia said,
nore money from hsa fruit than could hnye Lecn
done from any two farms. Sipec tl,ut ttn,o fruit
has tecn very extensively cultivated, especially
In Ncnaa!,a nlltl Otoo Counties.
Among the 1nany fruit-fasula, viii mention
few, III order TINT your readers may form auno
Idea Us to what extent, mid In what parts Of tho
State, irult has hccn cultivated:
GOV. ruHnAs' FARM,
Tint he sold about ono year ago to Aftssrs.
Cobb 6, Cross, Uf Brownsville, comprises go
acres. lie brought the pcach.trecs from Jersey,
anl planted also apples, pcars, cherries, plun,a,
grapes, aud aprlcots,-ail Of which hayc duuo
remarkably we'll each year, with tAe exception
OF 1876, When tue grasshoppcrs did great injury
to fruit ns we'll ns Other tarn.pro1uctf. Inst
year h00u bushels Of peaches wcro raised;
Upon thIs farm nrc 5000 or 10000 vines, from
wtfcl, were ehlpped four tons OF grapes, besides
whit were used here. 11e commenced selling
the grapes ut 20 cc,ts per pound for The earliest
ones, AMI, as the scnson adyanccd, at lover
prices, until the price reached 1yo cents
pcr quart. Tile average vas about eight couts.
As there nre 100 vinrs to an ucrcs, With nh aycr
nGe Of twenty five pounds to Tic vine, or ncafly
a000O pounds to the aero, or absl,t q, 800 per
acrc, fomc idca Of tho profit Of fruit-growiug IN
Nebraska Gun be obtatnca.
AN ArrLE.oRcnAnD
Of forty acres, owned by Mrs. Jana Lovc!acc,-
probably the largest in tho statc,-nenr browns
yilc, produced apples enough 10 realizc the
sun, of $1,000.
William q. Glasgow. brothcr-in-law Of cx-
Congressman 7. ]. Majors. has Il fruit-farn, of
ten or fifteen acres, pluntca in 1853. The trees
arc act twrnty feet apart,-1u0 Trees to the
ucre,-and on onu acre he gathered .,09o bush-
ely, or twenty bushels to tho ttcc, una sold
them for 81 per bustel.
Ouu ul slie best orchards In this vicinity "a
ow,ca by John q. Smith. The fruit IL uli w.
lected, the grounds are well arranged, and great
caru Is taken III cutivaitng. Ills rcpost II, that
lis orennrd OF ten acres pays tnuch better than
his w!lUle farm.
Ntctlnrd kcstcrscn las about trct,ty ncrcs IN
orchard. lie gives considerable attention to the
cultivation Of hlackbcrrtes un from this crup
u|nne realized lust yrnr 5000.
Gov. Eurnas tells Inc tint peaches llnyn been
more successful hero than anywhere elso in the
Stats.
At GRAND Island,
On tho Union Pacific Railroad, William II.
k0cuIg, ex-I'reaEurer OF Statu, Il Hcrnlai, l,as IL
g,} orchard, which Is doing we'll; uni ,lc c,,l.
ttynllon Of fruit generally ltas been sufficiently
tested to prove co,clustvcly ilIlt liele, us will
~ further east, all kinds of fruit can 1o profit
afly rntsed.
At Elkhorn, which Is near Fremont, little
farther Gust ol, the sumo railroad, Thonas Glib
stf,-nn old ilewRrapcr-l!!nll, n,Hl whose SOU Is
nov connected Will! thu Oniahn Lerdd,-in
1857 planted aN orchard Ut twuntr acrcs, which
l,as paid wel,-,o says butter tl!an anytnl,l, tic
eyor undertook, not exceptInE tic publishing Of
Il newspaper III Denver during thc goltl-exrlte-
Ment.
". i. Horn has p!nntcd tluo orchard at LIN
con, on this burlington t. Missouri lallroad,
which Is doing vel.
L. Z. stephens, Of Crete, Inns MI orchard of
sixty acres. Ilc trees arc Young yet, asul t!oL
bearing, With the exception OF few, frnln which
hu seioetcl specncns Which wesc exhibited mt
the s1ato Fa3r'last year.
THE PROFITS or 1 rnG1rrAl.M
in Nebraska will net atout $500 per acre after
tic trccs begin bearing. The peucl-ttcea eu,ll-
mcnce about three years from seed, and viii
lAst ten |euis' lhe cnstuhs VIII Euou !l'l.t.
EfoWcla u, W piunI eacn 9Gas eGitn'sl ht!npes
~ tfees a'' t,lsu a!,e hGw oss taKo to p!aco ~
t.G OH as lucy 1le out. tIl.ttees nenr cafl'ee u
NcoFaska, an ihlorh,ea, tnals ahyWnese elso III
tle country, nllu afo !esS Aao!o ~ Injury from
lffist or o,lser GauFes'
.Appc-tTees neel1l 70 y'eln lfalt tour or tipe
Seats ls1 tne ;ua rrai., assa toar 9,stss's 'a'o
hcsh Eathefea 1rnla q Rsescn.ycaF'oia icy.
strawbeffles have hot oeen eu!s'satru ios
sllipment 10 any sssat SSteml; pne 'ne axneri'
mcnts 70 tar rove That tfsey can W rnlset profit
ably, ntita enough aro a'feaay cu'tleatea toF
hoMtac'Gonsuuiptits'. vi
Ihn Inst Wlntcf was one o. tle 6cYcrest thai
thcy hnso ovcs KNOWN IN this country, AlId IN
1urcd 1nhny OF ms o!u peacli.trehs; but tlH'
young ones TO nut nptcar 70 haFo suffered Mt
al, Hn tue prospect FUR all kinds ot fruit never
WY i, netier' ,,.
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