1863. 



THE ILLINOIS FAEMEE. 



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suo-ar is required, the wine would have more 

 body and less stimulating or alcoholic 

 properties. Wine from the raspberry and 

 other small fruits are made in the same 

 general way. The more of the properties of 

 the fruit and less of alcohol should be the 

 criterion in the making of all domestic 



highly productive and of the best quality — 

 it should be in every garden. 



It has but one draw back, and that is a 

 serious one — it is too tender to send any 

 distance to market. It makes a valuable 

 aromatic and medicinal wine. 



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wines. 



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Verry Aldrieh in Prairie Parmer. 



, , New York Pippj5>— Set three years old, five 



Lawton BlaekDerry. j yg^rs ago; now-full of fine, large fruit. Trees will 



Mr. C. C. Sturtevant, of Beardstown, on | average one to two bushels to the tree. This is far 

 TiT'_ • •„ • f ,« +Ti«f Via lino „, aliead of any tree we have of its age for fruiting; 



T ,„ ^^^-.r, ,,r, c a no o tj.gg ygjy ]ja,rdy, and a fast, handsome grower 



the Illinois river, informs us that he has a 

 patch of the Lawton two hundred feet long 

 and sis feet wide, set three years, which 

 produced an enormous crop of fruit the past 

 season. After supplying his family of elev- 

 en persona he sold over twenty bushels of 

 the frait. Allowing three feet on eacli 

 side, or a width of twelve feet in all, the 

 space occupied would be about nine square 

 rods, or at the rate of over four hundred 

 bushels to the acre. 



They commenced ripening the last week 

 in July, and continued until the second 

 week in September, being two weeks in ad- 

 vance of the wild crop. The second year 

 he cut the canes back during the growing 

 season to about four feet. 



From nearly all quarters we hear good 

 accounts from this fruit, but only from 

 plantations in the third or fourth year. It 

 is probable that no small share of the dis- 

 appointment with this fruit has been with 

 the young plants ; in fact, in all eases, when 

 we have taken the trouble to inquire in re- 

 gard to them, they have not given satisfac- 

 tion until the third year. 



We have a fine plantation of them now 

 three years old, and if the above is true, 

 shall have an abundance of the fruit the 

 coming season. 



fruit hangs on the ends of little limbs all through 

 the tree, and hangs so well that they are not easily 

 blown off by the wind, therefore the trees do not 

 require but very little pruning. If we could 

 have had this sort at starting our orchard, it 

 would have made thousands of dollars in our 

 pocket, where many other sorts have not paid 

 the interest of the land they stand on. 



We can bear testimony to the value of 

 this fruit from seeing large quantities of it, 

 nearly the only kind in the market at Cairo, 

 through the months of February and March 

 last. The dealers obtained it from Brown 

 Marion and Clay counties, where it is largely 

 grown. They did not know it by its name, 

 but called it by several local names, such as 

 Striped Pippin, Ked Streak, etc. It is the 

 same apple called Carolina by the State Hor- 

 ticultural Society two years ago. We have 

 had some doubts as to its bearing qualities 

 60 far north ; but the experience of Mr, A. 

 in Bureau county will give us confidence to 

 plant it largely. It is one of the best grow- 

 ers that we have, and shakes a most beauti- 

 ful tree. We«h6tild say that it is also call- 

 ed Baltimore. If we recollect right, we had 

 it of Tenbrook under this name. We shall 

 plant it largely next spring, together with 

 Rome Beauty, another fine early winter sort. 

 ( Thus one after another we can add to our 

 list of valuable market apples ; ^and as our 

 farms become sheltered nearly the whole 

 list will prove hardy, but not all alike profit- 

 able for market. — Ed. 



Purple Cane Raspberry. 

 This best of all our native raspberries con- 

 tinues to give good . satisfaction both in 



quantity and quality of fruit. A strong ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ 

 grower, perfectly hardy, does not sucker, is J i^o^ ^ier your work. 



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