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Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
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ame in qualityas the wild ones of the East. Plums.—I think the curculio must belong to the civilized world, for the wild plums werequite free from the attacks of these pests; but of late years all the best and sweetestflavored, wild as well as tame plums, are stung ; yet in some of the plum thickets, a littleremote from the garden and farm, very good plums are occasionally found. The trees areabout ten feet high, many of them less, and from one to four inches in diameter. Theywere very plenty and abundant bearers, and some of the fruit equal in size and quality tothe second-rate cultivated plums. They were of various hues, from golden yellow to almostcrimson. Some were green, but we seldom found them of good flavor. Crab Apples.—Very plenty, but of a sour, astringent flavor; yet the people made sauce,and pies, and preserves of them, and a thorough lover of fruit, like myself, accepted suchcookery without a murmur—yes, with thankfulness and hearty good relish—best could bedone.
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146 Zandscape Gardening. Grapes.—One variety only—the little blue, sour grape—made a good pie, with plenty ofsugar. They also make a good red wine, with one half water and plenty of sugar. Thepure juice is as thick as blood. Of Nuts, we have the hazle, the hickory, the butternut, and black walnut, but no chest-nut, or beach. I have planted the chestnut, and they bear nuts at seven to ten years, andcontinue to bear regular. Thus we see that the early settlers were better provided withfruits than they were with many of the other necessaries and comforts of life. We are making good progress in the way of introducing new and valuable varieties offruits. No sooner do you start the Wilson seedling strawberry than it is transported toIowa, in 48 to 60 hours. We are enthusiastic and impulsive, and some among us will buya humbug as readily as a genuine—that is, a Mexican everbearing as soon as a Wilson—but our noble Horticultural Societies soon separate the genuine from the bad. We t

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