1 8 Fruits for Market Orchards in the West. 



FRUITS FOR MARKET ORCHARDS IN THE WEST. 



By W. C. Flagg, Alton, 111. 



For the benefit of new beginners, who seek wisdom in the very 

 diverse recommendations of a multitude of counsellors, I submit the 

 following, for our region of the West : — 



Apples. I would, as a general rule, plant the apple. It is a stan- 

 dard fruit, being now a necessary article of food, rather than a luxury, 

 and in its winter varieties is not a perishable commodity — a fact 

 which makes it a much safer investment than small fruits. For a 

 market orchard I would recommend, from J^resent knowledge, — 



200 Sops of Wine, 200 Jonathan, 



100 Kirkbridge White, 400 Pryor's Red, 



100 Keswick Codlin, 200 Ben Davis, 



200 Chenango Strawberry, 400 Wine Sap, 



100 Hawthornden, 400 Newtown Pippin, 



200 Porter, 400 Rawle's Janet, 



200 Maiden's Blush, 200 Gilpin. 



Sops of Wine is hardy and prolific ; and the fruit, though only good, 

 is fine colored, and endures transportation well. Kirkbridge White, 

 which I suppose to be a seedling of Keswick Codlin, resembles that 

 variety strongly in gi^owth, shape, and early bearing of the tree, and in 

 the shape, fairness, and color of the fruit, but is rather smaller, earlier, 

 and a good deal better eating apple. Keswick Codlin is valuable in 

 its productiveness of good cooking apples, that are nearly always 

 smooth and free from defects. The tree, though reputed hardy, does 

 not seem to suit our locality so well as its relative, Kirkbridge White. 

 Chenango Strawberry is in size, color, and quality, one of the finest 

 summer aj^ples I have yet seen tried here ; and the tree looks strong 

 and healthy. Hawthornden is an early and " immense " bearer of 

 good cooking apples. Porter, now thoroughly tried, is, in tree and 

 fruit, one of the best and most profitable summer apples. Maiden's 

 Blush, though not so hardy as a young tree, nor so invariably fair as 

 the Porter, is, from its fine color, size, and good qualities, as a cooking 



