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Greenville. Mr. Smith came to this county in 1S18, brini^infj cionswith 

 him, and started a nursery; from which a large part of the trees set out in 

 this county, in its early settlement, were obtained. Mr. S. planted 600 trees 

 in iSzoand added thereto until he had one of the largest orchards in the 

 State. This orchard, like many of those first planted, is now in a dilap- 

 idated condition. The severe winter of 1855 and 1856 made sad havoc 

 with the trees. 



Mr. James Smith, a brother of John and next neighbor to him, 

 planted out an orchard at about the same time, though of less extent. 

 Of the other large (old) orchards, the most prominent were those of Bcnj. 

 Johnson, near Pocahontas; Bcnj. Allen, in the south part of the county, 

 and that of Wm. S. Wait, near Greenville. Of large orchards of later 

 date might be mentioned those of Wilson Leaverton, James S. John- 

 ston, E. Gaskins, and others. Almost every farm of any age has its 

 ajjple orchard, and "Old Bond" has always stood No. i, both in ([uan- 

 tity and quality for apples. We believe that when reasonable cultiva- 

 tion is given, we can and do raise as fine fruit here as can be produced 

 anywhere. 



The leading varieties in the old orchards are the Yellow Jime, Red 

 June, Queen, Rambo, Pennsylvania Redstreak, Milam, Pryor's Red, 

 Newtown Pippin, Big Romanite, Little Romanitc, "Jenneting." 



The most profitable of these have been the Jenneting (Rawles' Janet), 

 Big Romanite (Pennock), Rambo, Pryor's Red, Little Romanite (Gil- 

 pin), and Newtown Pippin. I have endeavored to mention these in 

 their proper order as regards profit^ taking into consideration longev- 

 ity, health, and productiveness of the trees, salableness of fruit, etc. 



Of later planted varieties (for profit), and superior to some of the 

 foregoing, are the Ben Davis, Winesap, Rome Beauty, Smith's Cider, etc. 



Summer apples, with us, have seldom sold at remunerating prices. 

 The Yellow Bellilower, Northern Spy, and some other fine varieties, 

 have proved shy bearers. The apple crop of 1S70 is quite light. 



But little attention has been paid to pear culture. Peaches of the 

 finest quality are raised in abundance for home use, but are not a sure 

 crop. There have been few peach orchards planted in this county for 

 market purposes. 



Grapes, strawberries, and the small fruits generally, all do exceedingly 

 well here, though they have not been cultivated to any great extent, 

 except for family use. Until the last two years we have had poor fiicili- 

 ties for marketing, but since the completion of the St. L., V. and T. H. 

 Railroad tluough the center of our county, the small fruits are looking up. 



Ornamental Horticulture is not so far advanced as could l)e wished, 

 though we compare favorably with our neighl)oring counties. 



There is now no nursery in Bond County, which is a great drawback 

 to the horticultural art. 



GRUNDY COUNTY. 



ItY O. H, GALUSHA. 



"Little Grundy" has a brief, and not highly interesting horticultural 

 history. Yet, as important hints arc often taken from the observations 



