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AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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mkiculai' taste (or given tViiit, and this taste hiis bc- 



i*me too ciiiiiiiion among all classes, cither Ironi 



m wveriy or ignorance. Tlioroujjhiy ripe frnit, 



rii; «ten with bread, is j>prha|)s the most innocent of 



iJI aliments, ami will even insure health and 



»■ trcngth. The author of this article, lias made 



iluhe e.\|)eriment. He passed a whole year, with- 



ut taking miy other food, than fruit, bread, and 



ater, without his power, or vigor, having been 



riminished in the least, notwithstanding the great 



ii xercise which he constantly look. 



There are fruits, which when perfectly ripe, can 

 e eaten to excess, without inconveniencs. Such 

 rapes, cherries, and currants; the other kinds 

 ever occasion ill c onscqiieuces, if they are eaten 

 f* nly to satisfy the demands of nature. They are 

 ijurious, when large quantities are taken into the 

 omacli, niready filled with viands, and other food, 

 here are certain stomachs with which fruits do 

 ot e(pially well agree ; but still they are not in- 

 rkms in such cases if taken with moderation, 

 hat kind of laxncss which certain fruits pro- 

 uce, — such as melons, peaches, apricots, &,c, is 

 reventcd, by taking a glass of wine after having 

 iten them. 



It is much to be regretted, that our country is so 

 nerally devoid of fruit, when it can be so easily 

 ised and at such a trifling expense. The small 

 jnibor of fruit trees, which arc to be seen around 

 ir villages, are generally of very inferior kinds; 

 id it seems that the people are disposed, in or- 

 r to render them more unhealthj', to cut the 

 nits before they are ripe. It is in conformity to 

 order of things, so adverse to the public good, 

 at on the one side the |)rivation of fruit renders 

 <e regimen of the inhabitants imfavorable to 

 altli, and on the other, the custom of eating 

 d and imperfectly ripe fruit, occasions sickness. 

 This state of things, so pernicious to the happi- 

 ss of the country, must continue, as long as the 

 lorance of the people, in relation to the first 

 mts of life, reigns throughout the departments. 

 is the duty of Uie independent proprietors, to 

 lighten the laborious cultivators of the soil, and 

 encourage them to plant orchards of fruit trees. 

 iiere should not exist a cottage to which there is 

 mexed any land, without having some good 

 lit trees about it. This kind of crop, which is 

 easily obtained, would be a great nutritive re- 

 urce for the inhabitants, not only during suni- 

 r, but the whole of the year; for pluyis, apples 

 d pears can be readily dried. This variety, be- 

 ; introduced into the dietetic regimen, would 

 utribute, not a little, to the health of the people. 

 'The numerous advantages, which the laboring 

 sses may derive from the cultivation of good kinds 

 fruits, are better understooil in Germany, than in 

 ance, although the natural advantages which 

 r sail affords pre much superior. In traversing 

 territories of Germany, there is to be seen 

 ir eac'i habitation, a vineyard or a garden of 

 it trees. The villages are surrounded with 

 ;m, and there are but few families, who do not 

 kc use of fruits, during the smnmer, and pro- 

 ve a certain quantity for winter. The surplus 

 ■old in the cities. There are to be seen, upon 

 ; Rhine atid other rivers of Germany, boats 

 en with dried apples, pears and plums. These 

 its are objects of considerable commercial iiii- 

 •tance. It is desirable that the departmental 

 ticultural societies sliould offer premiums, to 

 lourage the proprietors of small estates to plant 

 it trees of the best kinds. 



As this belief is suflicicntly general, tliat fruits 

 produce diseases, and especially the dysentery, wc 

 think it our duty to introduce the following pas- 

 sago, in relation to this subject, which is to be 

 found in the advice to the people upon their health, 

 by Tissot. 



' There is a pernicious prejudice, with which all 

 are too generally imbued, — it is, that fruits are 

 injurious in the dysentery, and that they produce 

 and increase it. There is not, perhaps, a more 

 false prejudice. 



' I?ad fruits, and those which have imperfectly 

 ripened, in unfavorable seasons, may occasion 

 cholics and sometimes diarrhoeas, — oftener con- 

 stipations and diseases of the nerves and skin, but 

 never e])idemio dysentery. Ripe fruits, of all 

 kinds, and especially those of summer, are the 

 true preservatives against this malady. The 

 greatest injm-y they can do, is in dissolving the 

 humors, and particularly the bile, of which they 

 are the true dissolvents, and occasion a diarrhcea ; 

 but even this diarrhoea is a protection against 

 the dysentery. It has not been observed, that 

 this disease is more common during those seasons 

 when fruits are very abundant. It is also believ- 

 ed that it is more rare and less severe than here- 

 tofore, and this can surely be attributed, if it is 

 true, but to the more numerous plantations of 

 fruit trees, which has rendered fruit very com- 

 mon. 



' Whenever the dysentery has prevailed, I have 

 eaten less animal food and more fruit, and I have 

 never had the slightest attack. Several physicians 

 have adoi)ted the name regimen. 



' I have seen eleven patients in the same house ; 

 nine were obedient to the directions given and ate 

 fruit ; they recovered. The grandmother and a 

 child which she was most partial to, died. She 

 prescribed to the child burnt wine, oil, powerful 

 aromatics, and forbade the use of fruit ; it died. 

 She followed the same course and met the like 

 fate. 



' This disease was destroying a Swiss regiment, 

 which was stationed in a garrison in the southern 

 part of France. The captain purchased the 

 grapes of several acres of vines. The sick sol- 

 diers were either carried to the vineyard, or were 

 supplied with grapes from it, if they were too fee- 

 ble to bo removed. They ate nothing else ; not 

 another died, — or were any more attacked with 

 tlie complaint, after they commenced eating 

 grapes. 



' A minister was attacked with the dysentery, 

 and the medicines which were administered gave 

 no relief; he saw by accident, some red currants, 

 and had a great desire to eat them ; he ate three 

 poimds, between seven o'clock in the morning 

 and nine o'clock in the evening ; he was better 

 during the day, and entirely cured the next.' 



I could accumulate a great number of like 

 facts, but the above are sufficient to convince the 

 most incredulous. Far from prohibiting the use 

 of fruits, when the dysentery prevails, too many 

 of them cannot be eaten. The discretions of 

 the police instead of interdicting them should 

 cause the markets to be abundantly supplied with 

 thein. This is a truth, which intelligent persons 

 no longer doubt. Experience has demonstrated 

 it, and it is foimded in reason, since fruits re- 

 move all the causes of dysentery. 



Slavery. — The Georgia Senate, by a vote of 38 to 

 30, have refused to repeal a law prohibiting the im- 

 portation of slaves into that State. 



From Prliice'8 Pomologicnl Jlnnuiil, now In press. 



Pound. Pr. cat. Coxe. Fes. new ah. qard. 

 Cordelier, or larf;e Cordelier, of English authors. 



Next to the White Doycime pear, llu! present 

 variety is the most common in this vicinity, it being 

 of so great a size and subserving such useful pur- 

 poses, that all desire to possess it. It is the largest 

 of all the older class of pears, and there are but 

 three or four of those more recently introduced 

 that can compare with it in this respect. It often 

 weighs from twentyfive to thirty ounces, and one 

 exhibited in Now Jersey about four years since; 

 weighing forty and a half ounces. It is of uniform 

 shape, full and round at the head, and diminishing 

 gradually to the stalk, which is large and long; 

 the skin is of a greenish liue,with a brownish russet 

 cheek uext the sun; the flesh is solid, and when 

 cooked, acquires a red color. This fruit is not 

 suitable for the table, but is esteemed for baking 

 and preserving. It will keep till late in the spring 

 and may be used from time to time as required for 

 the above purposes. It is preferable to allow the 

 the pears to hang on the trees until late, when 

 after gathering they should be packed away in 

 chaft", or wrapped in paper, which by excluding 

 the atmosphere, keeps them from drying and pre- 

 serves their freshness, consequently rendering them 

 more juicy and tender, and when so treated they 

 become towards spring of a yellow color, and 

 the russet cheek acquires a fine tinge of red. 



The tree grows exceedingly strong even from its 

 first advance, audits progress is very rapid, perhaps 

 none more so, forming one of the largest of its 

 class, and being also exceedingly hardy, and subject 

 to no maladies or defects. Large quantities of the 

 fruit are put up in this vicinity in barrels for the 

 markets of New York and for exportation. 

 Swan's Egg. Pr. cat- For. Coxe. 

 Paired' Audi, of some gardens. 



This fruit is of medium size, and the form elip- 

 tical ; the skin is green, slightly tinged with brown 

 or russet ; the flesh quite melting, and abounding 

 with juice of an agreeable musky flavor. Its peri- 

 od of maturity is November, and it may with atten 

 tion be preserved for some time. 



Miller does not descibe this pear, and Forsyth 

 after quoting the Poire d'mi'f, or Egg pear of Du- 

 hamel, copies about half of the description of that 

 variety, and adds thereto some further remarks of 

 little import, and varies the time of ripening. 

 In truth, however, these fruits would appear to be 

 very distinct and Duhamel states the time of ripen- 

 ing of the Egg pear to be the end of August or 

 beginning of September. 



Angleterre de Noisette. Pr. cat. • 

 Grosse Jlngletem de JVoisette. Bon Jard. 



This is a recent seminalproduction, said to have 

 been raised by the person whose name is attaehed 

 to i(, and to be a variety of the Angleterre of a 

 larger size and later at maturity. 



Beaott of Brussels. Pr. cat. 

 Belle de Bruxelles. Duh. Calvel. Die. d'Agric. 

 Belle d'aout. Bon Jard. ? 



This fruit has the form of a Beurre ; the skin 

 which is previously green, becomes yellowish at 

 the period of maturity, which is during the month 

 of October j the flesh is white, delicate, and of 

 agreeable flavor, and the tree is of thrifty growth. 

 The Diet. d'Agriculture gives a very similar de- 

 scription, but the Bon Jardinier describes it as a 

 superb fruit of good quality, and ripening in August. 



