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THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



1871 



From August 15th to Nov. 1st, is the time to see 

 them. No man can be silly enough to despise 

 them. No man should overpraise then^ Then the 

 Wm. Carpenter, Farmers' Club, General Grant, El- 

 eanor, Ketchum, and others growing in my own 

 garden, or that of those interested -with me in 

 them here. No mildew or disease in this weather 

 of all others so damp, hot by spells, and cool also at 

 times. The wine they make is the rich south of 

 Europe flavor, not the light, acid, German wine. 

 You Western men at least ought to trj' them. You 

 know Western Man means one who knows all we 

 do at the East, and has ten times our go-ahead-a 

 itlve-ness. 



8. J. Parkek, m. d. 

 ItUea, N. Y. 



Fruit In Nortli-EaBtern Iowa. 



Ed. PoMOi.oaisT and Gardener :— I can safely 

 say it is our year for fruit. Strawberries were a 

 fair crop ; Raspberries enormous so as to be a drug 

 in the market; Currants are left hanging on the 

 bushes by the bushel, as they cannot be given away, 

 such is their abundance ; Blackberries bending to 

 the ground and just commencing to ripen ; Cherries 

 a medium crop. Every tree by the name of pear is 

 loaded to its utmost capacity and many cannot 

 sustain their weight. Apples bloomed more pro- 

 fusely than ever before and promised a most re- 

 markable crop, but while in bloom and for some 

 days after, the weather was excessively hot, dry and 

 windy, and but a very small per cent, of tlie bloom 

 set and the prospect looked gloomy ; but what did 

 set has held ou wonderfully and we will have above 

 an average crop. Some sorts are very full, loaded 

 down. Among them are Red June, Red Astrachan, 

 Early Joe, Oldenberg, Clyde Beauty, Tetofski, 

 Raule's Jannette, Sweet Winesap, Scarlet Pear- 

 main, Honey-comb, Jewett's Fine Red. The follow- 

 ing have fair crops: Saxton, St. Lawrence, Fall 

 Orange, Fameuse, Willow, Ben Davis, Canada Red, 

 Jonathan, Talman Sweet, Netted Russett, Golden 

 Russett. These light : Benoni, Sop's of Wine, Per- 

 ry Russett, Blue Pearmaiu, Northern Spy, Yellow 

 Bellflower, Westfield, Seeknoferther, Winter Wine- 

 sap, Seymor's Pumpkin Sweet, Blinkbonny. 



Scab is more prevalent than usual. Red June, St. 

 Lawrence, and Fameuse are most affected. Red 

 June nearly worthless. I have some new Russian 

 varieties fruiting this summer and I will try and 

 send you specimens if you wish. 



I find a tree of Wagner among some strays <-et 



several years since, with a very full crop of fruit 



upon it. Tree not sound but may last some years. , 



D. W. Adams. 

 Waukon, loioa, July 34, 1871. 



Remarks. — We shall be more than glad to see 

 specimens of the new Russian varieties. By all 

 means send them along. 



Price's Sweet. 



We notice in June No. of Pmnologist that Mr. 

 James Bush wishes to know something about an 

 apple he got under the above name from Illinois. 

 We are inclined to think that there has been a mis- 

 take made in writing the name, or that it has been 

 indistinctly written, and that the name should have 

 been " Hpice Sweet." This belief is not only founded 

 upon a similarity of sound, appearance of the name 

 and number of letters, but also upon Uxafact that 

 Spicii Sweet is a common apple in some sections of 

 Illinois. It is described in Overman's Catalogue, 

 large, yellow, second rate, very tender, sweet and 

 rich; season, August and September. Downing 

 also describes it. We procured it from Illinois 

 some years since, but have not had ripe fruit yet, 

 and can give no further description, except the 

 tree is rather spreading and irregular, bark light, 

 foliage light green. 



Associate Editor, Leavenworth, Kan. 



Remarks. — There is no mistake at all in the 

 matter. The nuiseryman from whom the trees 

 were obtained not only catalogues it, " Price's 

 Sweet," but Sjnee Sweet also; and classifies the former 

 with Kane, Kentucky, Journalaskia, Kentucky 

 Long Stem, Hugh's Crab, and a long list of others, 

 under the head of " Peculiar Southern Soiis." 



Crapes lu Cayuga Valley. 



Ed. Pomologist and Gardener: — The grape 

 lands of Cayuga Lake are all about it about a mile 

 wide on its shores, and up the valley for eight 

 miles ; say a strip of land ninety miles long and a 

 mile wide. Of course not a thousandth part of these 

 lands are occupied. The season opened with fine 

 buds and blossoms ; was very warm for a day or 

 two, then cold almost to frost. Gi'apes seemed to 

 set well, but vast quantities felt early. So of the 

 enormous load we would have had, natural causes 

 have thinned out the crop to a little more than the 

 annual average. The warm, damp air, with cool 

 nights, have swolen the grpe to an unusual size. 

 Many grapes are as large as if ready to color. No 

 disease or insects of any amount. Fair prospects 

 yet. S. J. Parkbr., m. d. 



Itliica, iV". T. 



Tomato Worms. An Illinois paper cautions peo- 

 ple to lookout for the worm that infests tomato 

 vines, pronouncing its sting deadly poison. "It is 

 of a green color, two or three inches long, and 

 as large as a man's finger.* At Red Creek, Wayne 

 Co., a few days ago, a servant girl while gathering 

 tomatoes, received a puncture from one of these 

 worms, which created a sensation similar to that of 

 a bee sting. In a short time the poison penetrated 

 to every part of her system, and she was thrown 

 into spasms, which ended in death." 



