108 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



NEW FRUITS. 



By L. H. Blossom. 



Read at State Fair Meeting. 



Those who have looked over the long tables of fruit that are on 

 exhibition at this time on the upper floor of this building, have 

 noticed many new varieties that have come in from year to year, 

 and the question may be asked what of all this countless number of 

 varieties shall I select for my own orchard? I will call your atten- 

 tion to the selection I have made for this occasion, specimens of 

 which are now before you. 



While these varieties may not be the best apples for all of you to 

 raise, still I believe they have succeeded over a larger area of our 

 State than any other varieties that have been brought to our notice 

 of late years, quality and hardiness to be considered. 



Beginning with the season, the first that I wish to call your atten- 

 tion to is the Yellow Transparent. This is of Russian origin ; it 

 was imporfed from that country in 1870 by the department of Agri- 

 culture, and is recommended very highly for its hardiness. It is the 

 earliest apple we have, ripening its fruit some two weeks ahead of 

 the Tetofsky, and of much better quality. The fruit is, as you all 

 see, of good, fair size and of most beautiful appearance, and bids 

 fair to become one of our best early fruits. 



The next apple that I wish to call your attention to is the Russell, 

 originated in Franklin Co., this State. It is of large size and beauti- 

 ful appearance, and to those who have not tested this apple I wish 

 to say that they have missed a treat, for certainly I think it is the 

 best apple when in its prime that I have ever had the pleasure of 

 eating. Season, early autumn. 



The next apple I wish to call your attention to is the Wagener ; 

 while it is not strictly speaking one of the newer varieties, yet I think 

 it is well to call your attention to it as an apple that has been boomed 

 in this State, too much for its own good. It is an apple when well 

 grown and ripened that has few if any superior as an eating apple, 

 but it has too many outs to be a profitable market apple for us to 

 raise. Tree of slow growth and apt to be black hearted, an enor- 

 mous bearer of small irregular fruit if not kept thinned out while 

 growing, which in an orchard of any size would be too much work 



