142 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



few little preliminary attempts. But one thing I want to say- 

 is, I can raise better apples, and I am going to do it. I 

 have let apples grow, and sometimes had very good ones, 

 and sometimes very poor ones. Some of the difficulties con- 

 nected with apples I do not know anything about, and I 

 cannot understand them. One is the apple maggot. I do 

 not know how to combat him. I got an apple from the hall 

 below to-day, with a fine red cheek, but this contemptible 

 fellow had got ahead of me, and it was a worthless apple. 

 It is very disgusting to find him infesting our fruit, but 

 there are some things I believe we can meet. I believe we 

 can successfully combat the coddling moth. I have made 

 some efforts in that direction, and I only blame myself that 

 I have not been more thorough. I calculate to follow them 

 up more thoroughly until I become master of the situation 

 in that direction. There is abundant testimony that Paris 

 green is useful, and I intend to try it more thoroughly than 

 I have in the past. I would advise setting out trees not less 

 than foi-ty feet apart, and giving them a chance to grow. 

 WheH a tree gets to be twenty-five years old, it is just in 

 its best condition to bear the best fruit and the most of it ; 

 and then after they get into the habit of interlocking 

 branches, as has been referred to, it is very annoying and 

 unsatisfactory. 



Mr. Atkins. What are some of the best new varieties ? 

 Are there any that are likely to become standard market 

 varieties ? 



Mr. Gold. I have no very great experience with these 

 newer varieties. I have grafted some of them, and have 

 had some fruit, but the whole thing is rather in the dark 

 with me. The King is a very remarkable and fine apple in 

 some respects, but as far as I can learn it has proved tender 

 and delusive ; very few trees ever get into good bearing, they 

 very soon begin to die, and it is an unsatisfactory apple on 

 that account in Connecticut. 



Question. It is not very productive? 



Mr. Gold. Perhaps so ; but I have seen some trees 

 bearing very well. 



Mr. Cruikshanks. Have you had any experience with 

 the Transparent Yellow? That is one of the Russian 

 apples. 



