Peaches

Saturday afternoon a reporter for The Jemookat visited the lrge orchard of tfr. J. D. Baldwin, one of the largest ruit growers in the state. The orchard s about onc mile and a half west of the city, and is situated on high ground. It consista of THIKTY AOBBS. He commenced planting it in 1870. Chere are over 6,000-trees, old and young, ,500 of which are peach, the remainder are apple, pear, plum, quince, apricot and nectarine. When all the trees are grown o fnll bearing size, the bearing capacity will be nearly doublé what it now is. Che orchard has already paid above the expenditures, SEVERAL TIMES he valué of the land. Mr. Baldwin ceeps the orchard full by planting in ;reea. The soil is a very tenacious olay, andbeing on high ground there is no danger to the trees from late spring rosts. Ho has never lost a erop since the orchard commenced bearing, except the summer following the cold winter of 1874-75. It is Mr. Baldwiu's opinión that with proper care on the greatest altitudes bordering on the river, that at least a partial erop can be raised. EVEBY SEASON. With the hardest varieties, however, much depends on the thorough cultivation of the ground, and care of the trees. He ships his fruit to over 30 houses, extending from Detroit to central Iowa. Thus far this season he has shipped over FOUIt TnOUSAND BUSHELS of peaches, and expects to have at least 2,000 more. He has also started a canning establishment in his orchard, where bruifted and over-ripe fruit is put up in large quantities. Only the purest granulated silgar is used in canning and jellying. Ex-Supervisor Krapf is anxious to know why the pereon who borrowed his ladder seven montha ngo does not return it. A now b.ank is to be started liere. The stook, 50,000, has been subscribed, and the store now ocoupied by Chas. Durheim ren tod for five years.