The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Apple Raising In Pr0Spect-A Retrospect.

Apple Raising In PfOSpect-A retrospect.
Our Prospect correspondent writes: We have
been at work most of the time for the last ten DAYS
gathering apples and hawcng up and hauling
away and are in just about the best trim with
hands scratched and clothing torn, to write what
we can remember of the last 40 to As years cNpc-
r!cnces concerning orchards and fruit raising.
When boy, nearly 10 years ago, the only trees
that bore were natural fruit Very many were
small and scabby and most all were sour. The
nearest orchards that were spoken of were those Of
Jacob George and stephen, David Goodcll and
Rufus littlcfeid. And farther on in what was
then Prospect but now Scarsport, was the famous
VIM, Nickcls orchard. The apples raised then
were all gone before winter. The boys in those
times would jump at the chance to get a half doz.
en- OF the little sour apples and would spend hours
hunting in the grass under the trees to find little
apple iii the fall. Most everybody was so crazy for
apples to eat in that time that of what few apples
did grow it was almost impossible to keep any on
the trees until grown. People near by and from
distance would come in the night for apples Mr..
NlckclS to save his crop of apples in his big or
chard went to the expense of building a solid
stockade, similar to -tndersonvillc prison stock
adc, ont OF cedar posts sided on two sides and
set in the ground close together. 1t was some -
feet high and the old stockudc remains in GOOD
shape at the present day At that time the central
part of the town was near my fathers residence
The town house was near by. Mr.. Nickels had
the whole control OF the market town meeting lay,
selling apples and cider The first eraftod fruit
| can remember of seeing that was home raised
was town meeting day. MI. NickeIs brought
Bells Early and cider to sell at the Sept meet
Ing. Just before thc-town was divided Mr. Nick
els had rival in the ample and cider marker Mr.
Jacob George came with auplcs and n key of elder.
Aftcra few wears more of the natural fruit tree.
came into bearing. Near hv VIM smith and Dan.
lei Crockett raised apples and my father had Il
small orchard of natural fruit trees If the. al-
Fles could he let alone Until grown the crou would
be some years 50bushe- on more, hut not an alplr
went into the cellar for wears Every apple was
eaten and perhaps haIf of them before fully
grown Every tree of the fifty bore sour gpIlc.
and only two tree, in the lot bore, = fair sized an,
pie one tree bore the worst stjn.in,, s,,,r a,,nl,
and added to the sour was a terrible pucher,
but the apprs ON that tree, after the rest were
gone. went al-o but , hos wa. satisfied with
4 smau u,tn,In,, If th,n ,,r,,.io,,IIy IN tb..
fan western no,.- were bronc.ht hnro from
Eo-tn, in .,,..rl. ,v,, p ,n,,,ott lo,,t stow.
and vou,d gn ty, on, three. l,,.hc,s .ar1 ou, IN,
first Of th winter. j., tr, .,ru Th, first ,i,noc,.
to improve tb. rruir i, ,,,rtinc, in fiji. scrtorv,s
p.trr P,,,,, tti,,l ,f t,,,,lf,rt M, r.,,. ,,,.
an ,,Iv,c.,t,. of ,,. ,, fo,,. 1r.,,.., :r.n,inr.
rbo tro,. ,,. l,,,,,- ,,,.., from, ,i,i, t.,o,, T.,
Elder nan or rrg,Lro,f Nv Ilvo ,,r,rtod =
ni,,,. Of y,ri.tf. th,t r.,.,I aI,,o.t ,,ort1Io..
an,o.. il-t,,,i,,,,i,,
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small sweet ,,.-,tt ls,, which, .,- s bn.,rc,.