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The Garden Magazine, October, 1920 
The correct curvature treatment 
is complete. In from two to five years the brace will 
have united into one limb, joining the others in the 
form of an inverted letter A. Placed high enough this 
will effectually correct a Y-crotch. 
So much for preventive measures : how about curative 
ones? The proper treatment is shown in Figure 4. This 
tree broke exactly as that in Figure 5 but bolts were put 
through the limbs to hold a chain. (Through accident 
a limb broke off and was sawed as shown. This stub 
would not have been left but it was needed to help hold 
the other limb in place.) When the tree is loaded with 
fruit the chains become taut and not slack as seen in the 
picture. A case similar to this is shown in Figure 2. Here 
the weakness of a Peach tree was recognized and large 
screw eyes put into four of the limbs and joined by wire. 
What happens when too many limbs are developed at 
one point is shown in Figure 1. This is a case really of 
several Y-crotches in a bunch together instead of just one. 
Plum trees have weaker wood than Apple or Pear trees, 
but in no kind of tree is it wise to allow several limbs 
to rise near together. It should indeed always be pos- 
sible to lay the two hands between one limb and the 
next above it when the young trees are planted, or at the 
end of the first season in the newly set orchard. This 
will insure strong crotches and a minimum of breakage. 
A less effective method 
FIGURE 5 
APPLE VARIETIES COMPARATIVELY ARRANGED 
EUGENE D. BACHER 
To See at a Glance What May Be Expected of the Various 
Kinds Tells the Whole Story of What to do With Each 
Variety 
Class 
Storage 
Acidity 
Juiciness 
Culinary Uses 
baked 
SAUCE 
AS PIE 
Baldwin* .... 
Dual 
4-8 weeks 
Sub-acid 
Very 
Good 
Good 
Good 
Northern Spy . 
“ 
3-5 “ 
“ a 
t i 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Wealthy .... 
“ 
3-6 “ 
tt it 
tt 
Good 
Good 
Fair 
York Imperial . 
a 
3-6 “ 
Slight 
Medium 
1 1 
Good 
Grimes Golden . 
a 
2-4 “ 
Mild sub-acid 
“ 
“ 
1 1 
Fair 
Hubbardston* . 
“ 
3-6 “ 
Sub-acid 
“ 
“ 
tt 
Good 
Tompkins King* . 
1 t 
3-6 “ 
a tt 
“ 
Excellent 
Excellent 
a 
Sutton 
a 
3-7 “ 
a a 
tt 
Good 
Good 
a 
Wagener .... 
t 1 
4-8 “ 
a a 
Very 
Excellent 
a 
Gravenstein 
3-4 “ 
a tt 
Medium 
1 1 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Newtown Pippin . 
1 1 
3-5 “ 
Mild 
Good 
Good 
Fair 
Alexander .... 
Cooking 
None 
tl 
t( 
Fair 
Fair 
Poor 
R. 1. Greening 
ti 
4-8 “ 
Sub-acid 
Very 
Good 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Roxbury Russet* . 
a 
5-9 “ 
a it 
Medium 
* 1 
Good 
Good 
Golden Russet* 
1 1 
5-9 “ 
tt it 
1 1 
Twenty Ounce** . 
t i 
3-5 “ 
tt tt 
Very 
“ 
1 1 
Yellow Belleflower 
1 1 
3-5 “ 
Very 
1 1 
Fair 
Rome Beauty . 
4-7 “ 
Mild sub-acid 
Medium 
Fair 
a 
Good 
Fallawater** 
3-5 “ 
Mild sweet 
“ 
1 1 
t i 
Poor 
Pound Sweet 
3-5 “ 
None 
tl 
Excellent 
1 1 
Good 
Minkler* .... 
“ 
3-5 “ 
Mild 
Very 
Fair 
Fair 
Fair 
Willow Twig* . 
n 
4-6 “ 
Sub-acid 
Medium 
Good 
Good 
Good 
Esopus Spitzenberg 
Eating 
3-5 “ 
a “ 
il 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Excellent 
Winesap .... 
« < 
3-4 
tt tt 
Very 
Cooks 
away 
Delicious .... 
it 
3-5 “ 
Mild sub-acid 
Medium 
Good 
Good 
Good 
Fameuse .... 
a 
2-4 “ 
Mild sweet 
Very 
Cooks 
away, losing flavor 
Jonathan .... 
“ 
3-5 “ 
Sub-acid 
“ 
Good 
Excellent 
Good 
McIntosh .... 
i t 
3-4 “ 
tt a 
tf 
Cooks 
away 
Ben Davis .... 
Inferior 
5-9 “ 
a a 
Medium 
Poor 
Poor 
Poor 
Wolf River. 
2-3 “ 
Mild 
i i 
Fair 
— 
*Cooks at a medium rate. **Slow cooking. All others cook quickly. 
