Sept. 



THE POMOLOGIST. 



121 



The Apple Crop. 



Within the past three or four weelss we have 

 visited many of tlie orcliards and vineyards 

 about us, and from wliat we have seen and 

 gathered from others, tlie apple crop is every 

 where about here exceedingly light. Orchards 

 that gave three to six hundred bushels of ap- 

 ples last year, and which for years failed not to 

 give some fruit, are this season litex-ally barren. 

 The bloom was abundant, but disappeared like 

 mist — the blossoms dropping from the trees as 

 they opened ; and to make a bad matter worse, 

 the core worm monopolises what little fruit 

 there is. To find an apple free from it is a rari- 

 ty. No blight worthy of note anywhere. Some 

 orchards that presented a sorry aspect at this 

 time last season show no signs of blight now. 

 We have faith to believe that this malady has 

 spent its fury hereabouts for a time at least. 



The Grape Crop.— Grapes may be set down 

 a fair crop all over the State, but nowliere. by 

 any means, a full one — clusters and fruit small. 

 Concord will rank in size witli Clinton, and 

 Delaware with good sized peas. Botli are 

 ripening up earlier than usual by ten days. 

 We now (Aug, 22,) have Concords near perfec- 

 tion. No mildew,b!ight or insects liave molested 

 either vine or fruit. The market is well sup. 

 plied with Concord at ten to fifteen cents per 

 pound. 



The Cherry, Strawberry, and the Raspberry 

 gave liglit crops and of inferior fruit. The fail- 

 ure of the raspberry and strawberry was owing 

 entirely to the drouth. But the failure of the 

 cherry is no less a mystery than the failure of 

 the apple. 



The " Truck " Business. 



Few have any just conception of the com- 

 mercial value of the 'trucking' business to some 

 sections of the country, or of its importance to 

 both producers and consumers. Previous to tlie 

 late war, New Jersey and Delaware were the 

 great garden grounds from whence Philadel- 

 phia, Baltimore, and New York drew most of 

 their supplies of early vegetables and small 

 fruits. Within the past five years, however, 

 'trucking' has grown to an im;iiense business 

 on the eastern shore of Virginia, The amount 

 of g.arden products raised and shipped from 

 the immediate vicinity of Norfolk, Va., appears 

 Incredible. 



From the Norfolk Journal it appears that 

 something like 10,000,000 quarts of strawberries 

 were taken into that market the past season, 

 the greater portion of which were shipped to 

 Philadelphia, New York, and other northern 

 cities. In the meantime about 200,000 barrels of 

 peas were produced and disposed of in the 

 same direction. The pear, peach, and grape 

 are also grown with great success there. The 

 business has been so remunerative, and the 

 facilities for reaching distant markets so well 

 systematized and perfect, that a great increase 

 in the quantity of fruits and vegetables is an- 

 ticipated next season. Probably no section of 

 the country is better adapted in climate and 

 soil to the trucking business tlian Eastern Vir- 

 ginia, in the region of Norfolk. But whether 

 the business Is not in danger of being overdone 

 — whether the demand will keep pace with the 

 supply— are questions for the consideration of 

 new beginners. Unlike stock and grain grow- 

 ing, the products of which find their way to 

 the ends of the earth, the demand for the pro- 

 ducts of the garden and orchard are compara 

 jjVely restrict ed. 



The Western Gardener.— We have In 

 hand the prospectus for a new monthly Jour- 

 nal under the above title, to be published at 

 Leavenworth, Kansas, by Dr. Win. M. Hawsley 

 and J. T. Lockwood. 



Summer King. 



Fruit medium to average ; weight six to ten ounces; form round, slightly oblate; skin 

 gi-cenish yellow, covered and striped with dark red dots ; grey, numerous ; stem short, thick ; 

 cavity wide, rather 

 deep, regular, russet- 

 ed ; eye small to me- 

 dium, closed; basin 

 medium, regular; 

 core small, closed 

 seeds short, wide, 

 dark brown ; cnrpels 

 medium; flesh yel- 

 lowish whi te, juicy ; 

 mild, pleasant, sub- 

 acid, quality good ; 

 use market aud ta- 

 ble ; season July to 

 September. Tree 

 very erect, stiff, mod- 

 erate, or rather slow 

 grower, productive. 

 The tree blig htcd 



some little this season. The fruit is very I North Carolina. Introduced h-ive by Dr 

 handsome and attractive and will sell Howsley, in 1860, from Kentucky where it 

 well in market. It continues in season has been in cultivation about sixty years, 

 about two months. Origin supposed to be J. T. Assx. Ed. 



For the Pomologist. 

 Raspberries. 



Raspberries have - 

 iug finished their bar 

 vest, allow me a 

 word of commeuda- 

 tion of the Cincin- 

 nati Red which has 

 been the most profit- 

 able with me of any 

 varieties for field 

 culture for the last 

 twelve years. It is 

 of very fine quality, 

 fine color, good size 

 and prolific of fruit 

 aud suckers which 

 is its great objection 

 for garden grounds. 



OUTLIKE OP SUMMER KIKG. 



It will bear carriage to 

 market tolerably well, is in bearing about 

 four weeks aud escapes the drouth belter 

 than Philadelphia, or Purple Cane and sufli- 

 ciently hardy for southern Wiscousiu. If 

 the Davison's Thornless proves prolific, it 

 will be a great accession to the Black Cap 

 family. It is ten days earlier than Doolittle, 

 and two weeks earlier than Miami, both 

 of which bore the fir.'^l this year with me. 

 The Miami has done splendid. 



Why farmers do not raise enough of rasp- 

 berries for the supply of their own tabic the 

 year round I cannot see. If they would give 

 one fourth of an acre of ground set to rasp- 

 berries the same culture they would if plant 

 ed to corn, it would pay them in health and 

 enjoyment, in dollars and cents, more than 

 any other OTie-fourth acre on their farm. 



and I think four to one the year after planting 

 " Can't get the plants ?" do you say ? The 

 plants can be sent anywhere by mail in the 

 United States, and the postage will not be 

 one-half cent each. 



With the same care and expense for the 

 first fifteen years, more bushels of raspber- 

 ries can be raised from the same amount of 

 ground than of any other kind of fruit, and 

 never an entire failure of a crop. "Who does 

 not like Rasp Jam, Rasp Pie, Ra^pberrie, 

 canned. Raspberries the year round ? 



Geo. J. Keli,ogg, 

 BeUe Cottage I^urseries, JaneivUU, Wis. 



The leaves of the geranium are an excel- 

 lent application for cuts, wliere the skin is 

 rubbed off, and other wounds of that kind. 

 One or two leaves must be bruised ami ap- 

 plied to the part, and the cut will be cica- 

 trized in a very short time. 



