122 Appendix. 



THE APPLE IN OREGON. 



PART II. 



Totdcs DinciisKid — ^'(n•i(■1if■s far Umiic Uxe — Pollination — Tilhi<i<- — Cover Crops — 



Pnin ill!/. 



VAKIETIRS. 



If ;i cliild l)p in ii fair garden about St. James tide he will choose a sweeting, 

 because it is presently fail- and pleasant, and refuse a rennet, because It is then 

 green, liard, and sour ; wlieu the one, if it be eaten. d(jtli bi'eed both worms and 

 ill liumors ; the other, if it stand his time, lie ordered and kei)t as it should, is 

 wholesome of itself and helpeth to the good digestion of other meats. Sweet- 

 ings will receive worms, rot, and die on the tree, and never or seldom come to 

 the gathering for good and lasting store. — Ifiu/ir Axcliani, in the Sihonlinaiitcr. 



T\w question. What varieties shall I plant, is one that faces every beginner 

 in orchai'd work, and is one that can be answered as fully b.y himself as by any 

 other person. In the first place, none but himself knows fully his own likes and 

 dislikes, which, for a successful orchardist, must be as pronounced as for one in 

 any other line of work. The man who does not pf>ssess a strong personal equation 

 in favor of some varieties is quite likely doomed to disappointment in the cultiva- 

 tion of the apple, as In other fields of industry. Coupled with this personal factor 

 favoring certain varieties must be a full consideration of the fitness of the variety 

 to the soil, and climatic conditions of the site in view. In all but the newest 

 sections of the country, this information of suitability of varietes may be obtaued 

 from local growers, except, possibly, when some new variety is under considtra- 

 tion, and such an one is hardly what should be iilnnted to any considerable extent 

 until after full local trial. 



Though it is (juite impossible to have fresh apples of good (luality tlie y-ar 

 i-ound without recoui-se to the cellar, storehouse, or cold storage room, yet it is 

 ]>racticable, through judicious plantings and such care in storage as every home 

 of average means is able to jjrovide, to have fresh fruit of the apple seven or 

 eight months of each year. On a basis of a family of five, and for an average 

 Western Oregon farm home, the following was suggested in 10(11 for the purpDse 

 of enlisting discussion and comment : Two trees Transparent, one Oldenburg, 

 two Gravenstein. one King, one Spitzenburgh, one Grimes" Golden, one York Im- 

 perial, one Kaldwin or Spy. one Waxen, one Ilyslop (crab). 



The following comments were made by our leading growers in the varinus 

 districts of the State : 



List all right, quantity and ([uality, except put two ti-ces of .lonathan in 

 jilace of one King and one Transparent. .Jonathan is vastly bettei- than King 

 anywhere, at any time. — 11'. A', ycirell. Washington County. 



Can suggest no Improvement upon the list submitted for the h(]me orchard 

 R. H. ^^'ch('r, Wasco County. 



I should select the following for the above pur])ose : One tree each of ICnd 

 Astrachan, (iravenstein. King, N. Spy, Baldwin, Roxbury Kusset, Waxen, Y. N. 

 I'ippin, Ilyslop. — F. A. Sleifjltt, Clackamas County. 



My list for this purpose would be: One tree each of (Y) Transparent. Old- 

 enburg, Gravenstein, Dutch Mignonne, King. (Jrimes" Golden (I'ippin), Waxen, 

 Baldwin, (E) Si)itzenburgli. — ./. //. ,S<tthiiiicr. :Marion County. 



One tree Red Astrachan, one Oldenburg, three Gravenstein, one Rhode Island 

 (ireening. one Spitzenburgh, three Baldwin or Spy. two Waxen, one Rambo — the 

 Ramho is good eating — one llysloj). — Thoiiinx I'diilfion, W.ashington County. 



