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THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



1871 



any other fruit tree I kuow of. It will give liberal 

 crops of fruit with scarcely any care or attention of 

 any kind — cultivation, manuring, pruning, or any- 

 thing else. It as readily propagates from slips or 

 cuttings as the Concord grape or any kiad of plant. 

 The fruit on a tree does not all ripen at once ; ripe 

 fruit and fruit buds just opening may be seen at the 

 same time on a single tree. The fig tree has no 

 blossom, the embryo fruit pushes right out. 



Cherried do well in hilly or mountainous sections, 

 but are of not much account near the coast. Plums 

 are indigenous to the South and grow wild in great 

 abundance, the fruit varying in size, color and 

 quality — some of the fruit excellent. The Lom- 

 bard and Wild Goose generally produce big crops. 

 Two years ago I found a white plum of very fine 

 flavor. It is a seedling from the old Black Mogul 

 and ripens some five weeks later than the parent ; 

 also a red seedling from the same and ripening 

 about two weeks earlier. I intend the coming- 

 season to work buds of these new seedlings an to 

 Chickasaw stocks and also on the peach stock. The 

 Chickasaw fruit has never as yet, about here, been 

 touched by the curculio. In favorable seasons they 

 may be gathered on almost every plantation by the 

 wagon load. 



Grapes are a success here wherever put on the 

 right kind of soil and duly attended to. Most of 

 Middle Georgia has a soil made up of sandy loam 

 resting upon a red fine clay subsoil, and containing 

 considerable potash with little lime. Most of the 

 ^■JJJstmilis family of grapes are indigenous to the 

 Southern States. The Warren, or Herbemont was 

 found growing wild in Georgia and South Carolina. 

 It is a fair wine grape and one of the most prolific 

 in fruit. Black July, Pauline, Blue Favorite, Ar- 

 kansas and Louisiana are all of this family. 



Of peaches, Tillotson ripens here early in July, 

 Hale's Early about the 20th of June, Bartlett pear 

 first of August, early grapes middle of July, straw- 

 berries and raspberries in May, blackberries and 

 cherries in June, plums May into June. Our peach 

 season is right along from about the 20th of June 

 into November. 



The advantages of Central Georgia for raising 

 fruit and garden truck are manifold — suitable and 

 cheap lands, climate salubrious and healthy, the 

 best of water power, schools convenient and good, 

 churches of ^different denominations, good society, 

 and unsurpassed facilities in the line of transporta- 

 tion in all directions. In addition to our present 

 railroad facilities, we expect to soon have an air 

 line railroad from Atlanta Ha. this place, survej'ii 

 are being made for other lines of railway all center- 

 ing at this place. Good fruit lands adjoining my 

 place may be bought for ten dollars per acre. 



To fully develop this section of country we need 

 energetic and experienced men to incite emulation 



and inaugurate diversified agriculture. The South, 

 as a people are wedded to cotton, and until we en- 

 gage in diversified industries we shall ever be mere 

 Btwers of wood and slaves to those who may fur- 

 nish us with the products of the soil, such as we can 

 and ought to produce at less cost. We need live 

 business men, labor, capital and intelligent experts 

 in various industries. 



For the Westeru Poraologisl. 



Apples lu Nortliei-n Vl^iscouslii. 



By J. W. Clarke, Green Lake, Wis. 



The strawberry crop last year on the south shore 

 of Lake Puckaway at Marquette, was good ; and a 

 large surplus was shipped to Ripon, where I met 

 P. Mason, a few days ago, when he showed me 

 large specimens of Ben Davis apples of good second 

 rate quality. 



Our apples here, the soil being lighter than at 

 Ripon, were somewhat smaller. But the Bellflowers 

 were of good size, about half a crop, and not so 

 wormy as some others. Talhuan Sweet was very 

 wormy. Golden Russets were a quarter crop only 

 or less. Westfield Seek-no-further two thirds a 

 full crop, and not very wormy. Swaar a good crop 

 for poor trees. The tree is tender, and will soon 

 disappear from this vicinity. Newtown Pippin did 

 not bear this year. It is a splendid fruit and a good 

 keeper, though a little spotted. Last year I had 

 two barrels from three small trees. Red Spitzen- 

 bergdid better this year than last, giving half a crop. 

 Snow or Fameuse half a crop. Early Harvest and 

 Primate a fair crop on the few trees we have. 



In an orchard near me, Wine Saps bore well last 

 summer. I got a few specimens of twenty oz. 

 Pippins at same place that appear to be^adapted to 

 this climate. 



The drouth last spring played havoc amongst the 

 new stock in the nursery, leaving only a moiety 

 or less for our use. I have two young orchards one 

 just started, another that will soon begin to bear. 

 The latter is largely Bellflower and Golden Russet, 

 with a few Red Astrachan, Perry Russet, Sops of 

 AVine, &c. Two year nursery trees not injured this 

 winteryet; Ben Davis, Snow, Duchess, Perry Russet- 

 Jonathan, Sops of AVine,Raules'Jannett, Red Astra, 

 chan, Wine Sap, etc., are doing well. Willow Twig 

 and Roman Stem a little tender. But this may be 

 in consequence of the scions coming from several 

 hundred miles south. 



Early Richmond Cherry is growing finely on Ma- 

 haleb. I wish Mr. Matthews would state whether 

 they ought be cut back to keep them small enough 

 for netting and induce bearing. 



AVhat will perhaps surprise you is the fact that 

 R. I. Greening is doing well here. The stems 

 were tender when young, but when they attain good 

 size, the tops are not more tender than poorer sorts, 

 and the trees bear well for their size, the apples 

 keeping well. 



