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THE POMOLOGIST. 



Deeember 



Fulton Apple, 



We received from Mr. T. Vf. Willson, Iowa City, Iowa, bj^ his [laughter, Mrs. Coolidge 

 of Leaveuworth, Kansas, a very flue specimen of tliis handsome apple, for a name, it not 

 being recognized there. 



The followirg 

 is the outline and 

 description o f 

 the apple sei.t 

 us, which is ful'y 

 worthy all we 

 say of it. 



Fruit iarg,.' ; 

 weight ten 

 ounces ; form 

 round, trunca- 

 ted, or flattened, 

 slightly obliqi;e, 

 compressed a d 

 faintly ribb.d ; 

 skin rich, bright, 

 deep yellow, 

 with a soft buff 

 blush ; dots nu- 

 merous, .small, green and gray ; stem short, slender ; cavity wide, deep, regular, green ; eye 

 large, open ; basin wide, abrupt, deep, furrowed, ribbed, and leather cracked ; oOre small 

 slightly open, regular; carpels wide; S3eds large, mostly imperfect, dark brown; flesh 

 yellow, tender, 

 rich juicy, 

 sprightly subacid 

 a^nd fragrant ; 

 quality very 

 good ; use, table, 

 kitchen, and 

 market ; season 

 October to Feb- 

 ruary. 



Tree very 

 thrifty, healthy, 

 upright grower 

 when young, 

 making a hand- 

 some symetrical 

 tree, very pro- 

 ductive when 

 about twelve 

 years old, and 



then becomes spreading and bending to the 

 ground with its weight of handsome yellow 



fruit. 



The above is a good average specimen 

 except they are generally more oblate and 

 compressed, dots irregular, indented, and 

 sometimes a crim.5on cheek, and often deeply 

 cracked at the eye. 



This fruit is worthy of cultivation not only 

 for its size and beauty, but it fills a place in 

 the season when we have but little ripe 

 fruit and very few good varieties to fill its 

 place. 



The fine specimens raised by by Mr. Will- 

 son proves that the tree .succeeds well in 

 Iowa, at least under his cultivation. 



It does remarkably well here. We have 

 seen at Mr. Mackamer's and otlier places 

 trees loaded to'the ground witli fruit, and 

 some specimens raised b}' ilr. Van Winkle, 

 of Pleasant Ridge, weighing fourteen ounces. 



J. S. Kan. Ed. 



OTJTLIKE. 

 For the Western Pomologist. 



Letter from Oregon. 



Oswego, Oregon, Nov. 3d, 1870. 

 Mr. Makk Miller:— It will aSoid me 

 pleasure to furnish you an occasional article 

 for your journal. I do not propose to 

 indulge in theories to any great extent, as I 

 suppose your readers will be more interested 

 in facts concerning this extreme western 

 portion of Uncle Sam's dominions; for 

 though this State has been settled many 

 years, there prevails among you eastern 

 people a most lamentable degree of igno- 

 rance concerning it in regard to its geo- 

 graphy, climate, and productions. I say 

 lamentable, because this country deserves 

 to be better known, and it only needs to be 

 better known to be more appreciated. 

 Therefore what 1 write will bo mostly the 

 results of my own experience and observation 



during a residence of eighteen years. I 

 came here from Central Oliio ; came across 

 the plain.s, and arrived in Portland eighteen 

 years ago to-day. 



Haviiig been imbued from childhood with 

 a love of horticulture and agriculture, I 

 have, when not actually engaged in them, 

 been deeply interested in their progress in 

 this State. When I arrived, fruit growing 

 was in its infancy, and its success was a 

 matter of conjecture, though wheat and oats 

 had been proved to succeed well, and have 

 never failed for a single season since. 

 Some seeds of the apple had been planted 

 by the early missionaries, had grown and 

 borne fruit, and bid fair to succeed ; but the 

 improved varieties of the various fruits had 

 not been tried, and the rise, progress, and 

 success of their culture was a matter of great 

 import to me, as well as to all others who 

 had been accustomed to them in the father- 

 land. With what interest we watched their 

 growth, with what pleasure tasted their first 

 fruits ! Delighted with the undoubted suc- 

 cess of the ijear and plum, and the probable 

 success of the cherry, with painful solicitude 

 we gradually became aware that the apple, 

 though bearing early and abundantly of the 

 choicest fruit, was doomed to be short lived 

 in many localities, and that the peach was 

 uncertain. 



I have seen apples sell for 20 cents per 

 pound, plums at 30, and cherries at one dol- 

 lar. And I have seen apples sell for 12 cents 

 per bushel, plums at 2 cents per pound, and 

 cherries at 4 cents. Thus has the cultiva- 

 tion of fruits increased, and thus cheaply are 

 they now sometimes sold. 



While I am giving }'ou the cuiTent events 

 in Pomology, reports of the various fruits in 

 their season, and I shall also give you some 

 items in regard to the methods of cultiva- 

 tion of the various fruits as modified by ex- 

 perience, also, description of the country. Its 

 adaptations, needs, &c. In short, whatever 

 will in my opinion be of interest to your 

 readers. 



But lest I weary you at the start, I will 



finish this article by informing you that 



we have just organized a State Horticultural 



Society. Its officers are Seth Snelling, of 



Milwaukic, President, and A. R. Shiply, of 



Oswego, Secretary. We propose to hold an 



exhibition next fall in conjunction with the 



State Agricultural Society. 



A. R. SiiiPLT. 



Remakes. — Thanks for the promised fa- 

 vors. Hope to hear from our far ofi" horti- 

 cultural brethren in Oregon monthly. 

 ".Facts" are just what we want. 



Nutritious Value of Apples. — A writer 

 in Hearth and Home, estimates the nu- 

 tritious value of a bushel of apples as equal 

 to 6 pounds of starch, while a bushel of corn 

 contains from 48 to 50 pounds of starch. 

 Hence he concludes that fed ■ alone, either 

 cooked or raw, apples have not more than 

 one-eighth the value of corn. 



