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1864. 



THE ILLINOIS FARMER. 



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taking it from the kitchens and sheds 

 of the farmers to the well regulated sor- 

 2;ho mills that must be erected to sup- 

 ply the demand. Of the culture and 

 varieties of seed we shall next treat. 



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Fruits for Egypt. 



Notwithstanding the valuable labors 

 of the State Horticultural Society at 

 Alton and previous meetings, we pro- 

 pose to have our say in regard to the 

 fruit list of Egypt, and trust ourself to 

 the tender mercies of the orchardists 

 of that section to see that we have a full 

 hearing and a fair field, before we are 

 turned over to our enemies, the ped- 

 dlers and amateur nurserymen. We 

 do not ask any great favors of these 

 parties, for like leeches on other impor- 

 tent interests, they must be fed, clothed 

 and have their being ; not that it is ne- 

 cessarv to the advancement of the 

 orchardist, but that like barnacles to a 

 ship, they will still cling to it, and as 

 soon as one lot is scraped ofi:' another 

 gathers on. "We are an orchardist ra- 

 ther than a nurseryman, and while we 

 grow large in the first capacity, we de- 

 crease in the latter. We have long 

 since come to the conclusion that the 

 world was made a trifle too large for 

 any one person, though some people of 

 rather mature age hug the folly that 

 they can grasp it without diflBculty, but 

 to the list of fruits, and first of 



APPLES. 



TheEai'ly Harvest has a well earned 

 reputation, and would receive more 

 votes to-day throughout the State than 

 any apple of its season. The reason of 

 this rests upon its previous reputation 

 rather than its merits as compared with 

 others. The Red Astrachan is the bet- 

 ter apple for the orchardist, and will 



return him more dollars nett profit. — 

 The tree is hardy, a good grower, bears 

 large crops, like the Early Harvest al- 

 ternate years, and being showy and of 

 red color, will sell better in a distant 

 market, as the bruising does not show 

 so badly as that of the Early Harvest. 

 Red June may be put down as next 

 in value. 



Sweet apples are little wanted at the 

 season of early appL's, as the appetite 

 at that time craves the acids. Yet a 

 small quantity can be sold from the 

 stands, but the kitchen demand is limi- 

 ted. Eor a cooking apple the Keswick 

 Codlin has thus far proved valuable, 

 but as yet it is too little known to assert 

 that it is positively the best, although 

 those who have it give it this reputa- 

 tion. 



Autumn apples are of little value in 

 that part of the State to the orchardist, 

 as he must be the first and last in mar- 

 ket, leaving the middle season to his 

 more northern neighbor to supply the 

 demand of late summer, fall and early 

 winter. Si these remarks we are con- 

 fined strictly to the supply for distant 

 markets :t— the north for early summer, 

 and the south for late winter. The up 

 country furnish the supplies for late 

 summer and fall to the south. 



The best fall and early winter apple 

 is doubtless the Buckingham, next in 

 order is Tellow Bellflower, American 

 Golden Russet, Smith's Cider, Wine- 

 sap, Ben Davis, White Pippin, White 

 Winter Pearmain,Rome Beauty (prom- 

 ises well), Rawle's Janet, Willow Twig 

 and Little Romanite for spring cider, 

 Pryor's Red is a good but not a profit- 

 able market apple, Newtown Pippin 

 must give place to White Pippin 

 which is good on all soils. Sweet apples 

 have not been sufficiently tested as yet 



