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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
For the Southern Cultivator. 
YE EITTEE TREE. 
BY YK ORCHARD RAMBLER.’ 
Take it up tenderly, 
Plant it with care ; 
It’s but a little tree, 
Nothing to spare ! 
Scant are the limbs on’t, 
Fibres but fev/, 
Take care, or it won’t 
Take care of yoM / 
Mangle the bark of it ! — 
Man with a soul ! 
Pestle the roots of it 
Into a hole ! 
Oh, for the shame of it. 
Better be dead, 
Fruit to the name of it ! 
Nary a Red ! 
Take it up tenderly, 
Man with a, soul L 
Oh ! but a little tree 
Likes a big hole ! 
Fair is the sight of it, 
Lordly and bold ! 
Fruit on the limbs of it 
Crimson and gold ! 
Wk<M be a market-man 
Selling his fruit, 
Gum in his eye, and 
A worm at his root 1 
Down with the ruw-bone 
Shrivelled 'and dry ! 
Juice for my jaw-bone ! 
Jtnj for my eye ! 
Basket on basketful, 
Peach upon Peach ! 
Juno-like, beautiful ! 
Rosy and rich ! 
Choose for the good of you, 
Orchardists, each ! 
Dollar a load, of you. 
Dollar a 
Peach. 
FRUIT — TRANsSPORTINGt TO MARKET. 
A very intelligent correspondent, who has, the past 
season, transported Stra'icberries successfully from Jack- 
son, Tenn.j to Chicago, Illinois, gives us the following, 
descrption of his method of putting up the 'ruit. It is very 
valuable : . . 
D. Redmond, Esq , — Dear Sir — I received an oblig 
ing letter from you in March, replying to my inquiries 
in regard to shipping Stawberrics to a distant market." 
You requested me to let you know how I succeeded. 
My berries were picked into pint cups of tin, care be- 
ing taken to have them quite clean. They were then 
packed in chests containing say 100 to 1*20 cups. To 
separate the different tiers, narrow and thin strips of 
wood were used, close enough to bring two of them 
under each cup. To guard against the jarring of the rail- 
road, the caps were not piled on the bottom of the chest, 
but on a false bottom, playing freely within the chest, and 
sustained by 4 to B springs, according to the weight of 
the fruit. The springs were of wire, in spiral form, such 
as used in spring mattresses. In the midst of the cups 
was set a large covered tin bucket of ice, which was re- 
plenished once on the way, at Cairo. Thus arranged, the 
fruitarrived in Chicago in good condition, and sold at re- 
munerating prices, the highest being S4 per gallon. It 
was picked from daylight to 10 o’clock, A. M —left in 
the train at 11 o’clock and reached Chicago, 474 miles, 
next day by 1 or 2 P. M. — in time for dinner. I sent by 
the passenger train. 
The purchaser was permitted to take the cups with 
him and return them next day. The berries were not 
handled at all, therefore, from the time they left the vines 
until they had to be prepared for the table. In conse- 
quence, they were sold at 70 cents per quart when the 
same dealer was selling Strawberries from Cincinnati at 
20 cents per quart. The latter were sent in chests with 
shallow drawers, containing a bushel each. 
The false bottom resting on common mattress springs 
is a simpler, cheaper and more effectual “fruit protector” 
than that to which you refer in the HorticuUurist. 
The first chests were ventilated by 10 half inch air 
holes, bored in the sides and ends an inch from the top. 
The upper cups were withered and mouldy. These holes 
were then stopped and there^was no further complaint. 
With ice, the chests had better be close, 
A better arrangement for the ice-holder would be, a tray 
of tin or iron about 3 inches deep, and as long and wide 
as the false bottom: the t*ay of a travelling trunk will give 
you the idea. It should be water tight and completely 
closed in, except a hole ir the top to put in the ice, which 
hole requires a tight cover. There is, without these pre- 
cautions, danger of spilling water upon your fruit by 
careless handling of the chests. It will be understood that 
this ice-holder is to be placed on t^p of the cups, bearing 
in mind that cold is propagated dovjnward 
Fours truly, C. S D 
Jackson, Tenn , July 13, 1859. 
APPEES FOR THE SOUTH. 
One of our very best practical Southern Pomologists, 
(^R. Peters, Esq., of Atlanta, Ga.,) sends us the follow- 
lowing list of Apples for the South. They were all fruited 
by Mr. Peters at his own orchard, and were selected for 
their fine bearing and thrifty qualities The list is very 
valuable, and may be fully relied on : 
No. 1. Yelloif! May — Size, small, ripe the last of May; 
valuable for its being ilie earliest known variety. Ic is 
extensively grown in Southern Virginia for shipment to 
the New York market. Tree a slow grower, but produc- 
tive. 
No. 2. Red Astrachaa. — Size, medium to large, ripe 
early in June; an apple of^reat beauty and fair quality, 
valuable for market purposes ; its crimson color and rich 
bloom making it very attractive. Tree, a good grower 
and productive. 
No. 3. Early Harvest —Size, above medium, ripe early 
in June; one of our best early Apples of fine quality, 
valu ible for the table and for cooking; Tree, rather a poor 
grower, but an abundant bearer. 
No. 4. Red June. — Size, over medium, ripe the middle 
of June ; a well known and truly popular Southern Apple 
valuable for all purposes. Tree, a fair growler, and a regu- 
lar bearer. 
No. 5 Yellow June.— Size, large, ripe from the middle 
