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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
March i>y>o. 
rvi or too much M>raj "» Hu- •'■ove*. so 
that you will burn Hi- f-llnirr-, and 'Hen 
sav there Is uo good lu Spraying 
<J lyon't expect the spray to ■»"!-' soar 
apples sweet, summer apple, keep «*r to 
take the plaoe of cultivation f>«<1 forttll'- 
'‘To. Don't, don't, doo'l. don't be a tool 
anil n.,t spray itgbi ..Nor tvn.Ung tin- 
Viueriean Fruit -*"d \ ogcttihlo .lournal 
only 50 cents per your. 
Apples. 
A VALUABLE NEW APPLE 
1 .,r American Fruli mid Vegetable .lofi r nl. 
Our MlhserilKT. Mr. K. It Uh'M. lb 1 l» - 
•eritw* i<: McMahon'* White l* a new 
rummer npplo of . vtinordfOniy tuerii I ret- 
U hardy, vigorous, very prodw-Uve. and 
begins to l.enr when utllte tuUng- l ino Is 
of the largest sine, ter/ attractive and of 
good quality. This I* droidodly the hurt 
now apple fruited up date, tn an experi- 
mental orchard consisting of tcvcr.il Hun 
dr<sl varieties, 
♦ — " 
THE VIRGINIA BEAUTY APPLE 
V correspondent of the Son thorn Agricul- 
turist apo.llk a of UK- above apple ill fol- 
lows: 
•There is much in the varieties of apple, 
planted. Mr. <:. f U wunt< to know 
what appl-' to plant, and v*e would stiL'g*’ c t 
Virginia Beamy nr a suitable npj-b |..e 
him. Her. cm the Him- Bldg*-, In we*lum 
North Carolina, It Is our of I Lip best, cot 
tulnl) the I lest qualify of any cotmnnnly 
grown here ami of Hue • ■dor and rise; In 
shape. like Cooper'* Mniket. and >f a 
bright rod color. ItV .-Torybudy's l..rorlte 
for callus, hut. «» 1 heatd It *ilhl y«*«"er 
day. It will not stand Pdf one freezing, 
while LUnl.iTtwig tuiil Ben navis will 
sinnd Iwo, Nor does It stand lending 
t vv enty or thirty tulles, tumbled loosely 
I Dio boxen, as well as *.|no oilier varh-til**; 
hut ir (i. C p. IntrluW I routing ll boiler 
than ri rock. 1 l.elleve Hint It would lw u 
good apple fur liliu iiu ihi* higher lands. 
•T. 1- M " 
NEW SEEDLING APPLES ' 
Prof. John. T. 8Ho*nt., Fnlvei«li v of 
Arkansas. 
1 take It that the new /mlllug apples 
Hill! 1 mil nuked to Inlh about lire A. Wai.-..s 
-Calling'- This Is u Mil.Jeet In which I 
have lawn I ni crested for -uni- time, Tie 
Ozark country, espurlally the sitnllietn 
liortiull. luir beroiue tidied (or Hie 'lUltlbel 
of Hu.- seedling apples pi i id Hill'll IV- IlHVe 
rtudlcd and d. 'scribed over "ii> i Irtlutlred "f 
thcwi new appl.- and I here are probably 
many »Hiei- yet unknown that may P. .it 
v.nlm Only n ru.iill nuinher of Hie,, pm 
.••as sufficient merit to Ju*liry tuelr propa 
gallon, there If a sullleh'nt mmier nf 
varieties of applet at prv»un. and unless 
ft cnrt.;ti etv. - eousldernhh- merit It 
should wot be props ttuli-d ssunic nf llir.v 
v h riet i.-i i|mt nr- bring propagated an- y«| 
liable for the parllculor seeMon* 1 where 
they originated, 1)ul It is doubtful if they 
win succeed 60 well ill other localities. 
They should be thoroughly tested In other 
swtlijus before being .Mebslvely planted 
there. A few of them may prove valuable 
*Giiea at State Horticultural SoeUi y 
meeting. SpiTngHeld, 1)1, UcceiiilnT, 1MM. 
for planting farther norili, ns they arc win- 
ter apple, where tlx y orlgth.a ie.l and when 
grown further imrtli they will likely prove 
to he pood keepers. When It is an estab- 
lished fuel tlial they are hardy In colder 
cltoatcs. and nr.- productive thu It will 
be cafe to rvcnninieinl tlit'in, but until then 
tiny Abouid l.e sparingly pin u toil 
Vr the rAperliiiehl Hatton in Vrk.in,u* 
we btive siiullcd a grout uumtjcr of the 
new tipples. ii.« n It. ice eluted, .Hid lire grow- 
ing mi tube r ..f these In tin- unr- r,v for 
the imri>i-e of studying the trees, and ul»j 
growing stock to send out for fe'Hnp In 
different section* of Hie country Trees of 
the moat 1-1X11111810? new sort* Tiatr been 
sent Into other sections for testing, i mini 
her of e i eli were scut to Illinois for f.-al- 
Itlg at tin ,vieu»l trial stutton, Ir will lu- 
hut :i short tltn-' now until tie shall begin 
to get fn< t- ivg.irdftig these vurlellt- Holt 
will iibl In de'. crinUiltic wb.it to recoin- 
mend, a iiunil.i r of these varieties are on 
exhibition In Him exhibit room, nud those 
tiller, st-'d nr. Invited to visit the . xlllhtl. 
V few (if the varieties will lie mentioned 
Three are jirolmbly attracting no. re tirtllci- 
n t rln* present Mint Mum ulhcrs: The flr,i 
two tni'iitli.ncd are Al'UniHJiw au<l vrt;un 
•,is Black. These vnrfH'ie* m*. well known 
and IniVe been grown I'or a tlllil.lier of 
y.-ftfs with IIS. but a s they are being plttnl- 
i-it lo seine extent In till* suite It might In* 
trell tn give an Uplidun nf tlit-ru. 
Aikansaw i Mammoth Black Twig). 
The history of this apple tins been <lis 
cussed In the leading li.iriirult.iial journals 
over i be . oiuilrj fur n iiumlwr of yearn, 
and ii has been confused with tire variety 
known n.. 1 'aro go a ; iiinvevrr, it seems in 
be the IJtinillUtmi* opinion nf pr.-seur that 
lliej are tw> distinct varieties. Thu his- 
tory of tills apple Is given in Unlit 1 tin No. 
»b from the A: kiuisii.* Agricultural Experi- 
ment Slnlloti. 
The Iiruue Arkanstuv for the vuriely Is In 
lug Adopted by some nurserymen, it Is dir 
tleull hi change from a unuii 1 lu such emu 
mmi us.- ns Huh ...r MabJIQOIIi IH.u k Tivlg; 
Jr-weier. Arknnsavv i- prabalily a better 
numt os It eonforin- to tin- rtib-s nt the 
Aim.rt.an Pomnloglral Sndety 
Tills variety u nulier ii »h> lien rer. It 
him Wi n .rften mid of It Hint old tn-. , bear 
well and Lhnt ii i, only *li,v while young, 
toil thin yw.tV i«mn shows It to lie -by on 
all ir. es. The original tree had a tab emp 
*-f apples on It thi, year It Is probably 
-afe to a.IvUp .igallisl phi riling Hit- varieiy 
on a Inrgi- sei.Ui- lu roiiitnnr.Tal nr chard - 
Atkanaa* Block. 
T his > a l ie l v lu., proved to lie n «h, bear 
er in I loti. Washington mu I lywntmi .viup 
to-- tv lien- ll is grown In all locnJllle., II 
<nTirliuil.il in Briltpn eoniily, but I* pro- 
iinuiieoit vt.nl hies, <t« a .-otnpii ichH apple 
Hear In WnshlUgloli .•Ulliitj It i- also ..f 
v,l .t H • 1 1 .- i a I lie owing lo Its being a -by 
I" . li e. and Ih. apple- i > ultt a \ - damaged 
mo... ,,r le-s by ap|de ». .Hi ll U »uhl 
Mil 1 cl | In so nit. He. IT..JI, in lie- southern 
l n, n "f Mi- »IiHk, but u> H.c»t a iv not np- 
plt- growing -ecttrin.. utluil vni'li-llcs have 
prc.luil.ly not Ih' ii tested sullh U'Utlv to de- 
termine the rein I Ivc value of Hilv varluiy 
Arkansas Belle. 
* his Is am.t her apple that i> m arly If not 
Identical with fJano li w said to la- a 
-ccdlltlK. ut") the tree, said to lie the ..rig 
!"*H. |K bi.indlug in lb Illng or. In. id ..f 
I- Hrain-licouib n-ur Llli.-n. Arkiuis.i- 
Beach (Lady Pippin. Richardson Red, Apple 
of Commerce). 
Since Hie publication of the preliminary 
report nu Arkansas seedling apple* 'n l.viS 
vv. ar. . mi vluecd that the ttv.i npplo* men- 
H.m#d a- Beach 1 1 inly Fippln) ami 111. Ii 
up 1 soil lied t Apple of Out reel ate on.- 
i irl.-ty. At ihai time we hail nor Peeri 
able to t nice them to fb« >iune source, but 
since thi n tv. Inivi* been aid- to do this \) i- 
found that Ho- clous rrotti which tlu- trees 
kuovvu u- lUrliB rdamt Bed were grown, 
.■nine troin the same sourc. ns did Uios.- 
of l.sdy Pippin. They were (tirtilshv.1 by 
Oliver Young, n Ic.-nl nursorynutu, lo Mr. 
Hlghtlll for grafting nltutil thirty reals 
ago. I his variety i* pfiulilttllre, aud the 
apple Is a good keeper rtrhen perfecl .'.peel. 
uiiHi* are obtained, The quality of the fruli 
i- fair otil.v. nnd tu there tire so innay bol- 
ter .apples the planting of this variety Is 
not advised. 
Collins (Collins Red, Champion Red, Cass’s 
Champion, Champion). 
Ihu vniTe'.v gave u g.»od crop ihi, year 
f i util young trees, .and Hie growers art- well 
ploa-e.l with it. I'll old trees the iippk-s 
were lUcllm d lo run sinnll this year, and 
• lie n soli- were not so sJitlsf.aetory ll is 
a guild ke.-p. r and the crop u usually near- 
ly all Hiarkuttible. 
Etri*. 
A variety elnliued r.. be a seedling and it 
may be one. but it resembles Culm no 
■ los.-iv iii.ii there -eoms to lu- uo fen ron for 
ke-piug the varieties distinct We have 
I iken o. en-lon to roiiti .ii. the vatlei lea a 
number nf time,, and arc l»r| to believe that 
they are pructlriilly identical. 
Givens, 
This apple Is grow ing iu favor. This venr 
a good crop wire produced on Clvcns tree, 
II mi the apples were nearly nil inn I'Ketnlili . 
1 - l( * •'* Hplemlld keeper uml I* a co.id s. |lci 
‘‘he apple ripens up Ini- after other Tiirie- 
H. h have been Kiillnreil This varlelt Is 
al-o known as the \rlcaiiMU Baptist apple. 
F was given ttiis naino by Mr. lllghlill, but 
1' "" apple known as Haplisl, ibe 
name iJIvens was given it 111 honor of Jnliu 
•liven*, on wh-se fin in tin- npplo orlgl 
nnted. 
Howard Sweet. 
I id' variety Is said to have originated nn 
'l.e i.iiiii of \ii ii. .wan! near iTncliiiiiiH. 
\i kniisa-. T he tie. vvn» brought from Un- 
Holt nur.scry about the elmu; oT tip. war 
nmi M.e nee N -a |.l t., be still atnurllng 
tin- Howard place, It H pre.ludlvp ami the 
;v*! ,u , r .v. i * »*> ".at 
" 1- 'den |e,y| will, Fatly while mi, 
" '.ay flu.t ll Ih not nnd a- tben- me no 
Mas.., I .nily .Sweet |„ ,| |U „ nv|l 
.""I, mini, If to make „ ...nip.iiMm, of Hu* 
hill i ' ■« •""Oe luenlliy |, „ ,. lru „. 
Ivl.ly colored apple „ud prnt, nt.ly will 
rove ,, g,," , | vnrll|Iy - ril|s „ lnv 
U v llo, be l,n.|y Svv eil , |„ I'll her ease I, 
grew it V l "‘ u "' 1 '" 1 •' apple 10 
Obver (Oliver 1 * Red, Senatot). 
r-rop from trees of Mill varicy w.a* 
’ " l "'H'l'o".n , ,g u, u ,..,st s.'iihoii, .a- 
over o. ‘lT V" WmnM ftfCUlint of 
vmlelt before (darning It birg. 'y 
