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Hints For Fruit-growers

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
September
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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The orchard trees, though but few of 'hom are indigenon?, consiitute one oi the most impoitant pronps, couaideed f objects of beauty, to say notbing of' theii utility. The most of this clttfcs of treef belonjr to the natur-1 order of rosaceoup plnnif-, among which are some of th fairest oriiHiiii'nts of nortl.ern cliuics. Such are the cheriy, the peach, the apph , the pear, also the mountain ash and it allied species down to the mespilus and hawthoin. Th se tiees are suKestive ol the farm and its pleasant appnrtenances, ratbcr than of rude naturi; ; but so closely allied is nature to the farro, vhen nnder the caro of a simple tiller of thf 8"il, anii unbedizened by taste, that its acoompanimeut seem a rightfu] part ol her doinaiu. The simpliciry of the ruslic farm is in consonance with the fresh, jlowing charins of Nature herself. A row of apple trees overshadowing tin wiiyside furms an arbor in wbicti tht rura.1 deities might revel as in their own sylvnn retreats; and Nuture wears a more cbarming uppearanee, wbn, to hei own rade uostume, she addn a wreatli twined liy the rosy fingrs of Pouiona. The flowers of the orchard trees nro invmiably white or criniKou, or different slwides of these two colors cotnliined. Tho?e of the cherry trees and tho plum tree are constantly wbite; thosp of the pear tree aro also white, with brown or pnrple anthers; those of the ppBch and wpricot are crimson ; those of the apple tree and qnince ree, when half expande1, are crimson, changing to white or blush color as thpy expand. The colorg of the hawthorn vary, according. to their species, whiob are numerous, frota white to pure crimson. Only a few of the orcbavd trees huve been cultivated for their floweis alone; among these we find a ppecies of cherry with doublé flowers, and doublé flowering ahuond, which re common iu flower beds. The ginia crab uppie is alao planted for the fragraiice and beauty of its flowers ; nnd if the Siberian species had no material valué, it would be cultivated for the beauty of its fruit. As I have frequently remarked, Nature is not lavish of those forms and hues that constitut pure organic beauty. 8he displays them very sparingly uuder ordinary cinsumstance, that we may not be wearied by thei: stimulus, and thereby lo=e our suscfptibility to agrecable inipressions iioni houicly objects. But at certain timet and during very short periods she Beeni to exert all her powers to t'nscinate tl seuses. It is when in these ïuoods tb: t she wreathes the trees with flowers for i 9hort time in the spring, and just befon the coming of winter illuinines the foresi with coiors as beautiful as thoy are evanescent. - Flagg's " Wvods and By icays vj New Ji'ngliitui.

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Old News
Michigan Argus