Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1886-01-28

each armed with flat basket, return
ing to the rendezvous when the bot
tom is covered. Thus they keep on
day after day, until the season is over.
The story of Mr.. Parnell's venture is
briefly this:
He invested about $4,000 in his
plantation. He has spent SO, 200 since
in trees, seeds, and labor. Upon this
investment he makes from So, 900 to
$4,000 year, and would not sell his
peach forest for less than $500, 600.
Great as Charles Stewart Parnell is as
the uncrowned king of Ireland, great
er is John Ii. Parnell, the peach king
of America. 81 found it necessary to
have recourse to English varieties. 1t
was clear that hard, firm peach
which would bear handling would be
a gold mine. In 1871 l brought from
England five thousand budded trees
the Beatrice, the early Rivers, and the
early Louise. l have found that these
three varieties meet every require
ment. have developed hybrid, to
which | have given the name of Par
nell. This peach is destined to rank
in the peach family as the lie Conte
does among the pears. L secured it
from an accidental Seeding. | made
my first shipment of this peach five
years ago, when it went of at $25
bushel. | have now seven thousand
trees OF this variety. 1t has a dark
red skin, white flesh, and Is firm and
hardy for shipment. The next is the
Foster, peach of yellow skin, saffron
flesh, and firm mold. But one crop
in three of this peach, however, is fit
to ship. OF the Amelia peach, dark
neshed and brownlsh red cheek
have over eight thousand trees i
ing, and believe that have now solv-
ed all the difficulties of this neighbor-
hood. AS old trees die fireplace them,
and also make regular annual IN
crease of twenty-five thousand trees"
"The worst enemy of the peach or
chard," remarked Mr.. Parnell ''is
the half-taught horticulturist with a
pruning knife. There is no doubt but
that peach trees understand the art of
growing, and should be let alone. The
bOrers will not do as much harm rs
the man who tries to exterminate
them. If a tree yields bad fruit, just
cut it down and replant. The princi-
pal danger, however, is winter-killing,
which is a misnOmer, because the kill
ing takes place owing to the absence
OF winter. Where no winter comes
the sap never sinks. A sudden cold
day chills the tree, just as it does .
man. / have fully exploded one idea
prevalent: that it won't do to plant n
new orchard upon the site of an old
n do nf
are standing upon ground which has
been the site of half dozen previous
orchards. Trees set out to the north
east never fail to have fruit. Peaches
flourish in alternate years, sometimes
one variety and sometimes another.
In 1875 there was n wonderful yield of
early peaches. In 1878 the crop was
equally good, but in 1879 there was a
peach famine, which caught me two
ways. The famine in Ireland depriv-
ed me of my rents, and the famine OF
peaches deprived me of my income
here. In alternate years since, with
wonderful regularity, the yield has up
held the theory. The earliest ship
ment ever made to New York was on
the 10th of May, and the latest the
10th of August, when the Delaware
crop cuts off the Georgia sales. The
demand for good fruit has never yet
been met. l always have more orders
than | can fill. New York is the great
market, because it is the dIstrlbu ting
point, and always offers regular pri-
ces. Philadelphia stands next as an
eastern market. Cincinnati is the
great peach depot of the west. Ionco
got S25 crate in Cincinnati. My
heaviset shipment in one day was nine
hundred crates to the New York mar,