44 Apple li'ornt. 



Quality of Baldwin Apple. Preparing Yarn for Hoot 



Grafts. 



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BY J. A. D. 



Hx\TEVER may be said of the quality of the Baldwin apple in the Eastern 

 States, it certainly falls below a satisfactory standard in this vicinity, particu- 

 larly when grown on over-loaded trees — whichthey are pretty sure to be when the trees 

 get age, unless they are thinned, which they are very sure not to be. But on account of 

 its early bearing, great productiveness and uniformly fair surface, more of this 

 variety is planted than any other, and poor as it is in quality, the demand for the 

 Baldwin in market exceeds any other variety. 



It is remarkable how little the consumers depend on their own taste, and how 

 much they are influenced by the frequent mention of a variety in the selection of fruit ; 

 not knowing that it is the producer who talks and writes most about varieties, and 

 that he is governed in planting altogether by the productiveness and attractive 

 ap])earance of a variety, caring little about quality so long as the consumer is 

 satisfied. 



yrfjiai-lnff Yafnts for Jtoot Grafts. 



Last winter, observing a nurseryman preparing cotton yarn for tying root grafts, 

 by drawing the thread singly through the melted wax, I suggested the cutting of the 

 skeins in suitable lengths and dipping both ends about one and a half inches in the 

 wax, and pressing with a case knife against the side of the kettle to squeeze out the 

 surplus wax. The experiment was tried and found to answer as well as the all-waxed 

 yarn, and not one-tenth part of the labor to prepare it. 



St. Joseph, Mich. 



Apple Worm. 



EDITOR Horticulturist: The apple worm, or larva of {corpocapsa pomonella), 

 by Dr. J. Weed, in your September number, is truly a valuable article. Too 

 much cannot be said on the subject. The necessity of keeping the matter before the 

 lovers of fruit, to arouse them to action, is self-evident. I have captured and 

 destroyed the worm for several years ; first tried hay bands, and other material, but 

 have settled down on old woolen rags, of any width, and long enough to reach around 

 the tree and tuck in. I have taken and counted about 3,000 on forty young trees, this 

 season, commencing as soon as the worm leaves the apple, going over and destroying 

 them once a week, continuing as long as there is fruit on the trees. 



I have discovered a parasite on the larvas in the person of a (gordius) hair worm ; 

 have found them in the larva, taken from the inside of the apple, therefore think 

 there is no doubt of the fact. 



For one, I am looking forward to the time when our inventors will discover some 

 means of destruction, as yet unknown to us. Horticultural friends should create a 

 fund sufficiently large to pay for the operation of brains on the subject. I vvill deposit 

 ten dollars for one. P. H. Foster. 



Babylon. Long Island. 



