Show foi FOE FARMERS AND GARDENERS THE HE GARDENS in various parts of the city are ara in a hour flourishing I 1 bisbing condition thol tho on account of the unusual pressure of work the weeds in some gome of them occupy pre preeminence eminence alto aito altogether C ether inconsistent nt with the acknowledged good taste and perseverance of our gardeners during daring an agreeable visit to mr william W 1 distaffs gardens two or three days since we found vegetation generally in a very forward state cobisi considering dering the locality ad ward on the state sata road about one ona and a half miles from our office where the ground ia is somewhat cold and the beason season beason season is later than on the uplands but nevertheless there are some advantages in cultivating tiva ting 9 the lowlands the ground is rich and mellow y does not require so much irrl irrigation atlon and heavier crops are raided with less labor than on the 11 ti 11 higher and more gravelly lands but we are now at mr Wag staSs stalls here but a few years ago was at certain seasons but a d isolate and seemingly irreclaimable marsh even no now wahter after draining water is 13 obtained within three feet of the surface however here are cabbage beets carrots carrota tobacco peas tomatoes and all the various vegetables commonly cultivated growing in the greatest perfection and generally more advanced than ihan in many of the upland gardens ga idenE and all this the result of untiring exertion and the practical application of well founded theories based on long experience in the line of fruit culture he has a fine young orchard composed of apple plum apricot peach etc the peach ho however irever ia is not suited to lle ile lie he lowlands though a few may now be seen on his arees trees we we were gratified to notice his success in root loot graffin of which several hundred healthy shoots give abundant evidence this is a system which is on some accounts preferable to the common practice of stock grafting especially among amongas us where it isso is so difficult to 0 obtain etain choice varieties on their own roots by this system we are enabled to 0 o propagate on their own roots the choice cuttings received here often at considerable sil sid erable expense from other parts of the world the process of root grafting is very simple and may be easily learned and successfully practiced by almost any one who has enterprise enough to set out an orchard we doubt rio not t that mr wagstaff as also others who understand iti H would freely impart any information that might be desired relative to that matter and indeed in relation to anything pertaining to the cultivation ti of the soil so far as their knowledge extends if ther there be any who eel feel differently such are not worthy of patronage neither have they at heart the interest of the community the variety size flavor and yield of his currants sur bur surpassed pissed anything we have yet seen in the territory one ye iov low lov currant med measured two inches in circumference we saw many bushes of the same tame variety the currants on which when ripe would average in circumference one inch and a half the black currants were large 0 and of good flavor but there was a smaller currant of a drab color particularly attractive for its sweetness which mr air W thou thought bt he could much In improve prove in size and probably in flavor also the seed of thi this s variety was brought from the platte river plains the bushes almost without exception were filled with fruit to their utmost capacity some even to total prostration A correct idea of this uncommon yield may perhaps be better bettar conveyed by q quoting the language of a gentlemen who lately visited the garden of mr Wags wagstaff tatt talT when he exclaimed it is all currants cur rants ranta and no bushes among the tha varieties from patent office seed we noticed the sword pea having a long sword shaped pod well filled with good sized peas and comes into bearing before the marrowfat some k var varieties of cabbage from the same source looked prom hing ring ing r yet none of them surpassing 0 adams early grown by byal mr jr watt the thi california ground cherry thrives well here beto neto before r e leaving mr wa wye we will state stale that in cultivation I 1 is currants he has adopted the bush form torm I 1 cuttong g off all side shoots and leaving a stem em trunk or pole a foot or eighteen inches long ahro which the sap ls is Is 19 dispensed to the br brai bral aitches instead of being distributed amon among t a dozen armore slims all springing from the same root de e plan pian P here ere recommended is in on our r opinion ion iOD nhe the the handsomest way of cultivating the currant an and aside from inducing the largest growth of fruit gil greatly facilitates the ga therin A ahree large nimber dimber of the california calif ordia ornia grape cuttings erb were ere in in a flourishing condition this Is an excellent grape and though hough not so hardy as other varieties may 1 be profitably y curtly cultivated abed till the territory is i supplied liel W with ith the tha catawba isabella concord concard sic which there is reason to hope at no distant day will be accomplished fruit and fruit trees we took a stroll scroll elder VV woodruffs Wood ruffa garden last week and were at once pleased and somewhat vexed pleased to behold his fine assortment of fruit trees and vexed when observing th atwith few exceptions these trees were almost destitute of fruit though I 1 as elder dider W told us they blossomed fully and a few ew weeks since were apparently overloaded with fruit what can be accomplished by an untiring exertion and patience is encouragingly exhibited here for the gratification and benefit of our readers who take pleasure in hearing of our progress as a people in the fruit department we will here enumerate some of the varieties now in bearing in elder woodruffs orchard APPLES ty ounce sweet summer winter red june golden sweet peaches ons ona early large yellow cling woodruffs mountain sweet APRICOTS chowe choice varieties grown from seed from prince alberts garden in london also car ring tons pears FEARS bartlett also another name unknown to elder W PLUMS green gage sweet damson large blue besides fine wild plums from kanesville Kanes ville iowa on which the above are budded GRAPES Calif california in full bearing woodruffs early clear white seedling isabella and catawba the two last named he is bedding for propagation cu CURRANTS english black grafted on the native also native very fide fine evellow fin vellow yellow and black ha he had also in bloom this season the large white damask double rose hungarian grass A very fine patch of this grass graas ia Is now growing on the lot of mr A P i rockwood nearly opposite the social hall those who have not yet seen the hungarian grass will III ili there hat hai haye have e a good opportunity of viewing it it willbe will be remembered that mr Rock woods lot ia is situated on the hillside hill bill side that the soil is excessively ces stony dry and very shallow we were informed by mr rockwood that he has several acres planted in this species of grass having planted on three or four different kinds of soil the tha low wet mucky the clayey and the he gravelly upland to test teat which is best adapted to the moha he says say that thus far that sown on the low mucky land looks best although as will be seen from examination the piece near his residence on the rocky bench land presents a flourishing appearance and will doubtless well repay the tillers toil for three or four years on a small scale this excellent grass has been grown in utah and had due care been taken of the seed the territory might have been pretty well supplied with it ere t this h is but instead of saving the seed so valuable while scarce most of the farmers who were fortunate enough to obtain it thoughtless sly siy fed it to their animals seed and stalk this should not have been done mr dir rockwood however and perhaps one or two others carefully thrashed out cleaned and preserved the seed which readily sold for eight dollars per bushel thus satisfactorily facto rily remunerating him for his labor and at the same time conferring lasting benefit on the community the present season there are probably ten fen en or twelve acres of the moha aloha growing in this vicinity whether there was any sown last spring in other counties we do not know at all events we say to every man who has a plot of ground sown with w ith hungarian grass carefully attend it harvest it accordingly to the directions already given in previous numbers of the news save all the seed and sell it at reasonable rates say two or three dollars per bushel we doubt not it can be raised as cheap as oats when the excellence of this grass ia Is generally known it will be largely cultivated for fodder and the fact that it grows well on dry gravelly soils will render it in such localities a standard substitute for other cultivated grasses that require moist soil and continual summer showers to sustain them besides all this it is our firm conviction vic tion from various considerations that tho the hungarian grass ia is the most moat profitable variety that can be cultivated for fodder whether on high or low lands and we repeat by all means save the seed til till every farmer in III the territory is supplied with it farmers who are making experiments or adopting means to arrive at the yield per acre of a given variety under different modes of culture etc will confer a favor ea on us and the community at large by reporting to us u the various results |