246 Notes and Gleanings. 



Early Richmond grows well, but, so far as my observation extends, does not bear 

 very profusely. 



"The Isabella Grape, with proper care, will ripen about one year in three. 

 One man tells me, that, by severe cutting back, he succeeds in ripening .hem 

 nearly every season. The Hartford Prolific, Concord, Diana, Northern Musca- 

 dine, Delaware, and some others, do well. They should be laid down and covered 

 in the fall with an inch or two of earth to guard against injury to the fruit-buds. 

 I left a vine each of Hartford Prolific and Clinton on the trellis the past winter; 

 and both are now throwing out fruit-spurs, though the mercury at one time sunk 

 32° below zero. 



" Doolittle Black-cap, Purple Cane, Yellow-cap, and Cincinnati Red raspber- 

 ries are all hirJy, and produce good crops. Brinckle's Orange will not succeed 

 without protection. 



" Wilson's, Russell's Prolific, Agriculturist, and some other varieties of straw- 

 berries, do well. It is better to caver in the winter, as the frost tlirows out the 

 roots. T!ie Triomphe de Gind is wort'.iless here, being unproductive. Currants, 

 gooseberries, and tomatoes are abundant." 



Cultivation of Fruit in Northern Iowa. — George W. Wheaton, Esq., 

 of 'Wilson's Grove, Fayette County, lo., supplies the following interesting de- 

 tails of his experience in fruit-growing on tlie prairies of Northern Iowa : — 



" For the last ten years, I have been endeavoring to raise an orchard on the 

 prairie in Northern Iowa. After mmy disappointments, by not knowing how to 

 do it, and the varieties that would flourish here, I have at length succeeded tolera- 

 bly well. Raising an orchard here is a very different matter from what it is in 

 Northern Indiana, or other good fruit regions ; yet by selecting the proper vari- 

 eties, and the right kind of cultivation and protection, success is certain. Many 

 persons are deterred from emigrating to this country under the impicssion that 

 fruit cannot be grown here ; but let tlie news go forth, that, with judicious selec- 

 tion and proper care, as good apples can be grown in Northern Iowa as in any 

 part of the North-west. The proper varieties are hard to find, however, as most 

 nursery-men will recommend sucli as they iiave to sell. I am not a nursery-man, 

 and have no trees to sell ; but I liave tested quite a number of varieties of grafted 

 fruit and a good many seedlings, and my experience may be of benefit to others 

 who contemplate starting orchards in this region. Every person, before paying 

 his money for trees, should resolve to take care of them, or he had better keep 

 his money. Thousands of dollars are lost in this country every year by buying 

 unsuitable trees, and more by not taking care of them after they are planted. 



" The varieties which have succeeded best with me are Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, Tallman's Sweet, Fameuse, English Golden Russet, Perry Russet, Ro.x- 

 bury, Antrim, Strawberry, and Red Astrachan. The Duchess of Oldenburg is 

 the hardiest of all ; and I never have had any of the trees injured in the least by 

 our hardest winters. The Jonathan also succeeds tolerably well with me ; and I 

 have one tree, about ten years old, which last year bore a bushel of most excel- 

 lent apples. I consider the Oldenburg, Fameuse, and Tallman's Sweet, the 

 most valuable for this place ; and they are all abundant and early bearers. Man}' 



