, 1880-01-17
HORTICULTURE.

Vfcnhfd1n& In thc Nrax-9sncONFaGce
mont 10 Keep on piahttng-Now I"
Double tho vhiuc Of tlsh Farm In Ten
Ycnrs-Vnrlous Suggestions.
From Our onn C'rr't*pondtnt-
No. IL EIaItTEENTlt SrREET, CIIicAno,
Jan 15.-VVlen WI HpcaE IT the West, u.ld
OF "Orc!,ar,ing III the West," we meat, thnt
reglun of thu country west Of tho Mississippi
KIvcr,-par,iculurty Iowa, Kansns, Missouri.
and Nebraska. We llayc been somewhat III
auIsi.lye Of late whenever ne have met
turtles from these States. What We are
after Is to know wl1nt the future NJ these
States Is to bon regard 10 orchnrl-frtlits; n,st
we have sought to knnw to whnt extent tho
planting of orchnrd-ltuts Is going OF. There
IL no question tint these States nru
ALL ADAPTED TO FltClr-Ol,0wlS0;
and orchards nlrratly In beuring demonstrate
that no finer orclIartl-fruIs nre grown any-
where. Immigration Is very Rreat ut this
time into KHnsas, Nebraska. md Iowa; md
onn ot tho i,rst tltf sgs thought Of tnftcr
getting 1louso 10 live I'M by tho more cliter-
prlsIng settlers, is to oprepnrca piece Of ground
md set out MI orchard; and tint Is the wlsN
thing 10 do. And u sNci m extent Ia this
true TINT II Is estimated that In The past ycar
tl,erp hnye becn set 1000 frutt-tyees In Iowa
alone. But what Are these among 50 many?
Iowa IL grcnt Statc. Her farms nre large
and her aercs tnNny. II Is believed TINT Iowa
Is doing ulorp than any other Stnte III this
matter OF trce-l,lantlng, both for fruit md
tra,1 Tor timber; a''d 5es II would be better IL ten
trees, -
OH HUNDRED THEEs'
Werc planted Mh"rc now Int olu ts planted.
Nuthng ean atld 80. rapidly to u farm IN the
West; IN these tlpeless pra1rics, ~ }..licfults
planting, Of fruit, eyeigrren,. md deci!lu0ns
trees. Il l. ccii,l1,on fnr slcll labor tt, double
,ne vh'"E O. eMtMp . t,tus ~. ~ tile r. WeSt IN et
Ss' , - G y SURPRISING !,., Int 'te 'i owhGrs ;,.n n
ttmttoI, ] u , 10 tis EI sibIunt ] "'e's' "' De''e'
cAnr FOR TIE r1.ASrlsos MADE.
.Solnc who Nre forward enough. to plant
j trse can take uare "f itself; wlleli tic truth
|',fs, ', as In ir,'iy , as i 1ofn:,lslG. jIE, w Mys
fl Neiraska, on II farm tint hc Is 1nuisfng for
himse1f. lii says he has lad s'hnl tlJris''
with plAntlng fritii-.recs. The trees "tloA't
llvc,"-usld lie has uo orchard yet, nfter 81
mRIly years. Tho trouble Is, tic conditions
ol SUCCESS
-, ARR NOT MET.
y would see.n tlu.s Fo,.n plantess expect 2
se s s :" TN n FIely takrn K A fp n t a5Sf srr 4
ani ,lrira In tic sun tsforc rcssitlss, Il i
expected tl!at tho tree will live. But there il
10 resnrfrstln1 1or ttet when once drntl,
aT trfee 1,F ID X aehsiaSfs 70 anmse ~ ~ aI
T ns.tnfnIr ~ 's'"'' ''' "''' sS''o Ata IL "'
IL ,vn;,td In IN ,,ro,t f,of h m Vast ,,t-o
haif.sccto of iei,, ti,l Ioe III or ri {rebie ,is
IIen, il INV 10 IL, Il. ni',) "i IL t4 "a stn;nni si
NC viii but bs wtyIng a bit Of prrsollaI exs
's'4ee'' vr MN rur r,,xo
T., ,,,,. .,>n,,. W. .,,.... uw ~ tnu .,'t,..,
Hal 1v r., "n "p} * ~ ~, "n3 ~ W Ss & aa % 9,,
IN jcss ti,nM tr,, ~ Vrnfs. 1ni TIKI tM " WIN, ,S,
lnml w!tlnsat tree:plantl,,gs was wortlf nioro
Tic GrSt thlnr to do Is to provide the youne
nlrst,y.s{arE. We wu,,i,t MI sc,HI s IEr Eastr
nor WSst. nor R,ywrrs lar ~ tre,.s ti,rrt, ny
fur yrnrs ulti, IN i,c shinpeu !, thnsa,,ti mi
iniit~. Or lnn,rrI ,,'i}!s or nmv %Js.
fnnrx. nj Mi. Wn wn,,l,i mi h,,,. M !. irecs,,
NJ nil. W1,ntt "" " wn1l, mi Wy IN 'I io,u,
Whit wa ht,i In, ia thIs. ~, ,,Hui,i
at,nrtoim whit @ va2,rics '.s IN xc,l IT, ny w9m
fl,I MID lnsntou wa i,nrn W. sr,cctl ~ auI m,I M
t1Tn,ins wLnt vnrrIcs ~ fr,,It .,. t.o,,iil
l,nyr. The tvt shniiill mi l,n iiftv vnr"ii"a
Or twenty-five, g, or riiftgci,,-perhals not ten
say,
oyr 1YAf E-1nyF~