Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-30
ORCHARDS.

Palmer brothers are now canvassing
this county, in the interest of the Fair
mount Nursery, Of Topeka, and have q
tull line of western grown stock. We
do not know, personally, any thing
about the nursery but they come well
recommended and vii, no Doubt do what
th9y contract for. The importance of
getting orchards growing, IS something
that cannot be looked after to soon.
With US it is not an open question,
whether fruit can be grown in Phillips
county. We have already demonstrat-
ed the fact that. fruit can successfully
grown here. We can show as fine
healthy apples, cherry, pear and Sibc
Ran trees as can be found anywhere,
east or west. ANY doubtful Thomas
can be re-assuree on the subject by a
visit to our homestead adjoining Phil
lipsburg on the soath. We publish an
article from the Enterprise, as being il
point, and calculated to call atteRtion 20
the subject.
Mr. EDITOR With your permission
would like a little talk with the
many readers of the Enterprise on the
subject of orchards. l need not say to
any one, who has lived, during the
settlement of any portion of Kansas
100 miles east of Logan and knows
the orchard history Of the part they
lived in, that orchards will in time be
resources OF great comfort and profit
in and about Logan. If you have
lived in any county in Kansas where
orchards We're as scarce as they are
here now you recall the statement of
a great majority of the farmers that
twas no use TO try to raise All orchard
here. II have sent to New York
Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin or some
other state, and got 50Or 100 dollars
worth of trees and set them out and
they would not grow and have be-
come discouraged and won't try any
more" and hence every locality in
Kansas has had to wait for the sec
Ond or third settlers to commence the
proper planting of orchards. 1 hear
this same cry OF how much men have
spent for fruit trees and yet have no
orchards. From men on the steeets
OF Logan every week you have prob
ably heard this many times; and
maybe are practicing it yourself to
the detriment of This county. II you
have not herad of it talk TO Norman J.
Chapman or Harrison Mount about
growing an orchard. Now l know
that 20 years hence Logan will get
all the apples, peaches, pears and
cherries she can use from orchards in
this immediate vicinity, and it's a
shame we are not getting some now.
No settler who has been here four
years should feel as though they had
done their full duty if they have not
at least few peach and cherry trees
large enough to bear some lruit. But
if you have not, the only way to
remedy the matter now is to COM
mence now in the proper way to grow
an orchard. And l hope this matter
can and Will be thoroughly discussed
during the present winter as to in
sure u successful commencement of
quite a number of orchards in the
spring OF 1888. My own notion is, we
have but three things to overcome
in successfully growing an orchard
here the first trial. These are cattle,
hot winds and drOuth. Some insist
we must add money and time. Mon
ely is but little needed, and generally
the more used the less is attained as
the money is depended upon and it
won't relieve either OF the above diff
ticulties as certainly as q little time
by the owner himself Witness of
these who spent money to set trees on
the church lot, scarcely one is grow
ing. Those who took a few moments
time have the growing trees. This
is the principle; If you want your
work done well, do it yourself And
ii any one JOB wants to be done just
right it's the planting and caring for
u yonng orchard. Time you will
need quite little of, and if any of
Gods creation is rich in that article
tits an old Kansan, and unfortunate
ly for the trees of his growing, they
generally intend to keep plenty to
spare for all time to come. AS this
article has already run to consider
able length, l will close and promise
to give my theory of how to grow,
surely and cheaply, an orchard in
this vicinity and would be glad to
hear from others on the orchard grew
ng question GRANGER.