1871 



THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



9 



short, yellow. Core large, 

 closed, clasping. Seeds 

 numerous, plump, brown 

 Flesh yellowish -whito, 

 breaking, fine -graini'd, 

 juicy. Flavor, acid. Qual 

 ity good. Use market, 

 kitchen; Season, June, Ju- 

 ly — before Early Har- 

 vest." 



Remarks. — The forego- 

 ing illustrations of the 

 Tetofski, are- taken from 

 specimens of fruit receiv- 

 ed early in Jul}' last, from 

 Mr. J. Gould, of Beaver 

 Dam, Wis. 



Bees and Raspher- 

 KiES. — A correspondent 

 of the Pmcticiil Farmer tetofski — tree. 

 says : " I have a quarter of an acre in raspberries 

 adjoining my apiary of two hundred swarms of 

 Italian bees, and I am very sure the bees were a 

 great advantage to the berries." 



Xtae miner and Wild Cloose Plums. 



By H. a. Tebht, Crescent City, Iowa. 



Ed. Pomolooist : I was much pleased with the 

 remarksofj'our correspondent, Alfred Giddings, in 

 the December number on the Miner Plum, though 

 I think he is greatly mistaken in supposing that 

 that variety and the Wild Goose are identical, from 

 the fact that when the trees are in full leaf these 

 varieties differ in appearance nearly as much as a 

 plum and a peach. I feel quite sure that mv trees 

 are true to name, as I have the Miner alike, from 

 two different .sources, (one from Mr. Giddings him- 

 self,) and the Wild Goose from Mr. W. S. Rainey, 

 of Columbia, Tenn., who was among the fir.st to 

 propagate it and send it out. If friend Giddings 

 saw wood of Wild Goose at Des Moines, and it was 

 identical with that of the Miner, either that wood 

 was not true to name, or I have not the true Wild 

 Goose. I send you by this mail, wood of both va- 

 rieties, and you will see at once that any person 

 with a sharp eye could readily perceive a difference. 

 I will say that the difference is not so great in 

 the ripened wood as it is in the tree when in full 

 foliage. I have the rows of Miner and Wild Goose 

 near together, and strangers visiting my place are 

 sometimes at a loss to make out whether the Wild 

 Goose is in the Plum or Peach family. In appear- 

 ance and habit of growth, it somewhat resembles 

 the apricot. I have not yet fruited the Wild Goo.se, 

 of course I can say nothing in regard to the fruit, 

 but if it is as good every way as the Miner, I shall 

 feel satisfied. I am told that the fruit ripens several 



weeks earlier than the Miner. I have a variety of 

 plum found growing wild near Denver City, Col., 

 which somewhat resembles the Wild Goose, though 

 it has a habit of sprouting from the root worse than 

 a Morello cherry. The fruit is red, of fair size and 

 excellent quality — fine for cooking. The tree is 

 perfectly hardy. It is, without doubt, of the Chick- 

 asaw femily. 



For the Western Pomologist. 



Frnlts In Central Texas. 



Bt S. B. Buckley, Adstin, Texas. 



Ed. Pomologist: The Pomolooist receives a 

 hearty welcome from me, even in Texas, which is 

 somcwiiat out of the range of your magazine of use- 

 ful information on fruit culture. Although your 

 journal is more especially devoted to the fruit 

 interests of the Northwest, and West, still it has 

 much matter of great use to us in the Southwest, 

 where fi'uit growing is yet in its infancy. Texas 

 will soon become a great fruit-growing country, for 

 which it has advantages superior to those of any 

 other State or Territory, with the exception, per- 

 haps, of California. 



Our mild climate permits us to grow many semi- 

 tropicijl fruits, in addition to those usually cultiva- 

 ted at the North. I speak now more particularly 

 of Central and Southern Texas, especially of the 

 neighborhood of my residence, Austin, for Texas 

 extends through many degrees of latitude and 

 longitude — embracing 274,356 square miles — enough 

 for several States as large as Iowa — consequently 

 we have in Texas a great variety of soil and climate. 



I have growing on my place apples, pears, peach- 

 es, plums, cherries, quinces, apricots, nectarines, 

 figs, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, 

 mulberries, oranges, bananas, and Japan plums. 

 The three last need a slight protection during the 

 winter. Peaches do remarkably well here, afford- 

 ing ripe, delicious fruit from about June 10th to the 

 middle of November. When our railroads are 

 completed we shall send thousands of bushels of 

 this fine fruit, during the months of June and July, 

 to the markets of Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and 

 Illinoi.s, to make glad the hearts of all lovers of good 

 fruit who have sufficient money to afford to buy it. 



Wishing the Pomologist much success, I remain 

 yours truly, 



That "Old Early Blue." Levi Bartlett, of 

 Warner, N. H., states that a farmer of that town 

 has annually grown the " old early blue " potato for 

 over fifty years, and it still holds its own. We rec- 

 ollect that same "old early Blue," well. Forty 

 years ago, or more, we used to think it par excel- 

 lenca in the potato line. 



