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THE POMOLOGIST. 



Sept. 



The La-w-yer Apple. 



Fruit average to large ; weight from eight to twelve oucces ; form globular, regular, 

 sometimes slightly coue, some specimens oblate ; skin aeep crimson, with purple tinge mix- 

 ed with grey towards 

 the stem, giving the 

 appearance of bloom, to- 

 wards the eye, shining 

 crimson ; dots, small, nu^ 

 merous, indented, grey ; 

 stem rather long, slender; 

 cavity -wide, 'deep, and 

 regtilar slightly'russeted ; 

 eye small, closed ; basin 

 rather narrow, abrupt, 

 shallow,' regular and fur- 

 rowed ; core large, open ; 

 carpels large, hollow •, 

 seeds large, broad, not 

 plump, nearly black 

 flesh yellow, juicy, ten- 

 der, fine grained, mild 

 acid ; quality only good . 

 use, market ; season Jan- 

 uary to July. 



This apple is very handsome and keeps 

 late and if the tree is healthy, hardy and pro- 

 ductive, will be a valuable addition to our 

 jate keepers. 



The history of this apple is not very clear 

 at present. Mr. George S. Park, of Park- 

 ville, Missouri, first introduced it and says in 

 Mo., Agricultural report of 1868. " We got 

 a large apple I think called Missouri Supe- 

 rior in the spring, some fifteen years ago ; 

 my wife suggested that we plant the seed 

 which was accordingly done beside a stump 

 near the house. One of these seedlings— the 

 one under consideration — bore, I think, in 

 five years from the seed. For the last four 

 or five years it has done well every year, 

 every otlier year a little fuller. The fruit 

 hangs on wejl, does not rot, speck or scab ; it is 

 smooth and picks well. Tree a thrifty grow- 

 er smooth and healthy ; bark greenish brown. 



It has a spreading habit, makes a fine head, 



altogether a fine type of an apple tree. The 



apples keep well until June and July." 



" The leaf is a rich green, finely serrated ; 



shoots dark, bright red color." 

 Mr. Gcorsre S. Park says in his Fruits of 



Western jlfisso-wn 1809, "Law ver originated 



here, just come into notice, and named after 



A. M. Lawver, Esq., of Southern Illinois> 



etc., tree discovered last year." 

 In 1870, he gives a different account of its 



origin — all three reports under his oicn name. 



"We do hope Mr. Park will reconcile these 



conflicting rei^orts. We hear from Dr. W. 



M. Howsley a report that a neighbor of Mr. 



Park's procured an apple, the Ben Davit at 



Kansas City, and planted the seed and raised 



the above apple which he is inclined to think 



correct, because tlxe growth corresponds to 



the Kansas Queen, which is of the Ben Da- 

 vis seed. 

 Dr. J. A. Warder sayg in American Horti- 



cultural Annual \%10, " A further acquaint- 

 ance with this beautiful and promising west- 

 ern apple entitles it to a repeated mention, 

 especially because a correspondent desires a 

 correction to be made in the history of the 

 fruit not only to give Mr. Park credit for its 

 introduction to the public but also to render 

 due justice to the owner of the original tree. 

 Mr. Chr. Steinwedcn, of Doniphan, Kansas, 

 writes us that this apple originated on the 

 farm of Henry Burichter two miles cast of 

 Parkville, Mo." 



How to reconcile these three reports of 

 Mr. Park's is a mystery ; he says in 1868 some 

 fifteen years ago he got an apple and planted 

 the seed, and bore I think in five years from 

 the seed, and for the last four or five years it 

 has (lane loeli. In 18G9 he says in his annual 

 letter of Fruits of Western Missouri, pub- 

 lished at Kansas City, Mo., " just co7ne into 

 notice, discovered last year.'' — [J. S. Ass't. Ed. 



' Errors Corrected." 



Under the above caption we find in the 

 Kansas Farmer o{ July, criticisms made upon 

 the report of apples adopted by the Leaven- 

 worth County Horticultural Society asgiven 

 in the PoMOLOGisT of July. This critic 

 claims to be a member of the Horticultural 

 Society. Perhaps he is such, but if so, we 

 pity his memory. 



He says : " Editors Farmer : I cut the 

 following from the July numberof the West- 

 ern Pomoloffist, for the purpose of correcting 

 its mis-statements and inconsistencies." 



But before he gets through with his arti- 

 cle his memory fails, and he says that : "The 

 statement, as it is sent out in the Pomdogist, 

 makes the society appear rediculous before 

 the public, and altogetler unworthy of res- 

 pect, to s;iy nothing of confidence. For this 

 reason I ask room for this." 



It then appears from the above quotations 

 that this consistent critic ra<»the article from 

 the Pomologist for the purpose of correcting 

 the mis-statements and inconsistencies of the 

 Editor, but asks room to publish it in the 

 Parmer for the " reason " that it makes the 

 Horticultural Society " appear rediculoua be- 

 fore the public" consequently he cuts the ar- 

 ticle for a difi'erent purpose than publishing 

 it. Having shown the purpose and reason of 

 this critic, we shall now see his ability to 

 sustain his statements. 



He says : " It is not true that the Leaven- 

 worth County Horticultural Society adopted 

 this, or any other list of apples for an or- 

 chard of one hundred trees as above stated. 

 After much discussion it was determined that 

 no list for an orchard of any size should be 

 recommended." — "It was decided to recom- 

 mend a list of varieties for the seasons, with 

 the proportion of each variety " — " the whole 

 number oi each list being one hundred." "If 

 these lists embrace a recommendation fr:r 

 any orchard it is one of three hundred trees, 

 and not of one hundred as stated." Now we 

 defy any person not present at their meet- 

 ing to tell from the quotations made what 

 the society did, or did not recommend or 



adopt. 

 What "is not true." The adoption oialist 



of apples. The adoption of a list for an or- 

 chard, or the adoption of a list of one hun- 

 dred trees ? What are the " mis-statements t " 



The varieties we gave — the number of 

 each, or the order in which they are given. 

 What are the " inconsistencies f " Placing 

 the dift'erent varieties under the wrong sea- 

 son, or stating they were for an orchard in- 

 stead of a nursery ? 



What is " r«fMcMioa« .? " Giving one hun- 

 dred trees instead of three hundred ? Did 

 we not give one hundred Summer, one hun- 

 dred Fall, and one hundred Winter apples, 

 also the names and proportion of each varie- 

 ty? The only omission was in the word 

 eacA after trees. Thus: "The following list 

 of Summer, Fall, and Winter apples for an 

 hrchard of one hundred trees each, was 



adopted," etc. 



The omission of this word could not ma- 

 terially eSect the subject, betause the list, 

 with the name and number of each variety, 

 was distinctly and exactly given as adopted 

 by the society. That the omission did not 

 aflcct the proportion or per cent of each va- 

 riety is evident from our critic endeavoring 

 to show the " novel result that would puzzle 

 !■ nurseryman to fill an order," — namely, the 

 fractional part of some varieties. 



Would not the same result fol- 

 low if any other number less than three 

 hundred trees were planted ? Then for that 

 reason is no person to plant a less number? 

 If so, what does our proportion of trees 

 amount to, to the public? 



He says above : " After much discussion, 

 it was determined that no list for an orchard 

 of any size should be recommended." 



