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made to fit, the residence of Mr. Geo. Gr. Oyler. On his grounds 

 he has a yariety of young and thrifty fruit trees and shrubbery. 

 Luxuriant clusters of grapes hang in festoons over a long wall and 

 trellis work about five rods in length. He also has several fine hives 

 of bees. 



PPvANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA. 



Beyond Harrison and extending up the valley of the Whitewater 

 to Brookville, Indiana, the traveler marks the thrifty farmers on 

 either hand. Among the real contributers to science might be 

 named T. M. Brekenridge, Esq., and the Messrs. Adair, Boal, 

 Titus, Cooly and McCarty. 



' The latter gentleman is a pretty extensive fruit grower. He has 

 600 apple trees, embracing the best qualities grown in the West and 

 in New York, and four acres in grapes. When there, he was engag- 

 ed in repairing his wine-press. Judge McCarty usually disposes 

 of his wine and cider at the press. In telling his experience, he 

 remarked that some kinds of fruit were not aiFected by bitter rot, 

 and his plan was to bud accordingly, and cut down the insipid, the 

 barren and unfruitful, many of which he had destroyed and planted 

 others instead. Seedlings of good quality he finds the best for vin- 

 e^-ar — the Jeneting variety is the best; the Han-ison cider and the 

 Smith are also good. The Milar or Harmel is a beautiful seedling, 

 of which the Judge has forty bearing trees. Among the good keep- 

 ers, he reckons first, the Jeneting, the Rambo, Yellow Bellflower, 

 Putnam Russett, Cannon Pearmain, Rhode Island Greening, Rox- 

 burg Russett and American Pippin. He is also tryingthe Lansing- 

 burg, and Seek-no-further. The Jeneting is the favorite ; after the 

 others have been afi"ected by frost, this variety never fails, and is 

 good in every climate. 



In subsoiling grape plants, the Judge recommends the cutting off 

 the little fibers near the surface for about two years, the lower roots, 

 as a consequence, strike deeper, and in plowing, the plants are not so 

 apt to be torn up. When the grapes mature they are not so liable 

 to sour and drop oflF. 



Leaving the Judge's residence I soon ascended the " hill country," 

 and found it rough indeed ; reaching the uplands, however, a few 

 miles east of Brookville, " the wilderness had been made to blossom 

 as the rose." This is on the Colerain Turnpike, and in that neigh- 

 borhood are the Messrs. Goudie, Wyrm, Everett, Shirk, Quick 



