January, 1919 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE. 
61 
The Pewaukee Apple. 
The Farmers Review for No- 
vember 18th, 1905, contained the 
following editorial comment on 
the Pewaukee apple : 
DROP PEWAUKEE. 
The Pewaukee apple originated 
near Pewaukee, Wis., and ob- 
tained its name from that place. 
Being a Wisconsin apple, the Wis- 
consin fruit growers, being very 
ambitious to put new varieties of 
apples on the market, pushed it 
more vigorously than it s hould 
have been pushed. Their State 
Society too quickly passed upon 
its merits. Other societies taking 
the decision of the Wisconsin so- 
ciety for their standard advocat- 
ed the growing of the Pewaukee. 
Nurserymen all over the west be- 
gan to grow it, believing it to be 
one of the best fruits. Now they 
are discarding it. having found 
that it is inferior in certain re- 
spects to many of our other ap- 
ples. It is in every sense a very 
poor keeper. Orchardists that 
have grown the Pewaukee in con- 
siderable quantities say that they 
would not again grow it and are 
advising their friends to leave it 
alone. In Wisconsin many of the 
fruit growers are raising their 
voices against it. The fact that 
the apple will not keep should be 
enough to condemn it. While 
there are other valuable fruits 
that may be grown there is no use 
wasting time upon the Pewaukee, 
which has no virtues in the way of 
long keeping or high flavor or 
good looks. 
The Secretary, desiring to know 
how Wisconsin fruit men rated 
the Pewaukee, wrote to several of 
the leading growers of that pe- 
riod. The following are among 
the replies received. No doubt 
the writers will be surprised to see 
their opinions in print after four- 
teen years, and if any of them 
have changed their minds in the 
meantime space will be given them 
for reply. 
W. J. Moyle. — The Pewaukee 
apple, if picked on the green side, 
is one of the best keepers we have. 
The quality of the fruit, however, 
is below par. The tree is an early 
and productive bearer, but short 
lived and in hardiness should be 
classed as. medium. 
Win. Toole, Sr. — My opinion of 
the Pewaukee apply being asked, 
I will say that I have not planted 
any trees of this variety and shall, 
not. We have hardier varieties 
fully as good which cover the 
same reason. I do not think any 
of the older orchardists of Sauk 
county would recommend growing 
the Pewaukee apple. 
L. G. Kellogg. — From my obser- 
vation of the Pewaukee apple I 
would not recommend its planting 
generally throughout the state as 
it has proved too tender for all 
sections. It is one of those var- 
ieties which you may call a local 
variety and seems especially 
adapted to the locality in which it 
originated and the lake shore re- 
gion of southeastern Wisconsin. 
Its quality is good and will keep 
nearly as well as Northwestern 
Greening. In my section of the 
state it matures its fruit very late 
and usually as soon as the one has 
produced its second crop of fruit 
the next spring it is found dead, 
root and branch. 
C. A. Hatch. — My opinion about 
Pewaukee apple is somewhat lim- 
ited, being confined to two small 
trees, 15 or 16 years old and we 
thought so little of them, they 
were cut down last spring. 
(Turn to page G2) 
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