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Stark, and the Committee was right so far 
as they judged by the specimens before 
them. But no man who has ever seen a true 
Stark would call it a Pcnnock. 
Downing (N. V.)—The fruit exhibited as 
Stark was undoubtedly the Pcnnock. 
Hyde (Mass.)—The Stark, as shown in the 
hall below to-day is not the Pcnnock; but it 
is not the “ Stark" which was shown us at 
New York. 
JIovky (Mass.)— I am delighted to hear the 
explanation made by Mr. Bryant. I believe 
the apple exhibited at New York as Stark 
Grey (N. Y.) — It is a superior apple; 
good bearer, sub-acid; second quality; bears 
heavily, and sells well in market; markets 
in August to September. 
Scott (Pa.)—Mr. Parry regards it a seed¬ 
ling. 
Siberian Apple*. — Dr. Warder called at¬ 
tention to the interest developing in this 
class of fruit, to their importance to the 
Northwest, and to the new fruits of this 
class recently brought, to notice. They are 
a very important class of fruits for the coun¬ 
try north of latitude 41°. He urges atten- 
ner between them. It bears early and pays 
for itself before the other varieties begin to 
bear. It exhausts itself early, and when it 
ceases to be profitable cut it out and there is 
a good orchard left. 
A rnold (Ontario)—I have had it growing 
twenty years. It grows well, is hardy, prof¬ 
itable, over bears sometimes, but is very 
profitable with us and Highly prized. 
Moody (N. Y.)—I planted Wagner twenty 
years ago. If root-grafted, it should be 
grafted on the crown of the root, and only 
one graft made on a root. So grafted, it will 
in its stead. We have had the care of a 
number of Spitzenbergs for many years, and 
we have exerted our best efforts upon them. 
The tree is a very growtby tree,—at least 
when grafted on the old stock as ours is, 
spreading its branches and extending them 
in various ways. One tendency is down¬ 
ward, drooping, as if seeking the earth. 
This is marked in our trees, in all of them, 
five in number. A few limbs will reach 
down, and form a high loft, in large trees 
with high heads, reaching the lower, when 
loaded, to the ground. Thus their sweeping 
_ limbs give them a fine> 
IH j I graceful appearance. 
H 1D HU There is no uni form i- 
11 ;• 1 ||l i ly about the tree in 
rill II mBm ' i1iC disposition of its 
■ffillfil 1,r;nK ' lu> s, only in vn- 
j ri(,, y- Tile limbs arc 
t 1 ^ 1 !i! fllii hIu^uIrRi Mot cif ‘ nse > » ot - close, 
VM 1 I HII lmt Ul1) " it tllc ' all 
yL 'IfPv l )lace8 > give, con- 
■ 
tree, standing loaded 
u 'th fruit, is a sight 
seldom or never sur- 
BIENNIAL MEETING 
Of the American PomoloKical Society, 
The morning of the second day of the 
session of the Society opened with a large 
attendance of members. The work of the 
day began with 
A Di«cuns*ion on Apples. 
Members were requested by President 
Wilder to call the 
name of any apple 
about which they de- • • jjji 
sired information. / ' 
Full Orange. — Mr. / 
Cay wood (New York) / 
asked lor information 
concerning this varie- 
ty whose culture, he i 
said, seems to be con- 
lined to New Jersey. I ' 
Secretary Elliott 1 i ■ I II ill 1f 
said it, is on the Socie- , '! |jiM| \wfj/ 
ty's Catalogue, starred ^ 
for New York and 
Dr. Sylvester (N. J JflfSI p 
Y.)—N ext to the Bald- jjl 
win it, is as prolific a i I ||j|l|ifj !!lHj!jjl(!,i|||| ||l 
bearer as we have in I ji ! i | , j' |j[|lj';il !| I 1 jj 
Western New York. 1 j Jl! III I 1§1 I [I, 
Blodgett (Pa.)-1 
have cultivated it in fj 
Chautauqua Co., N. 
Y., and can confirm 
^ ^ 
Dr. Gillingham ( Va.) 
apple iu Virginia un- ' i! 
der tins name, which | M$|j 
is not described in the 1 |tflKs§fc| 
books. It is early, me- , ,t„ 
diuni size, striped, sub 
acid, firm flesh, excel- , 1 11 • 
grower, hears well; I 'J'lS 
• • H' l: il i.i ^ 
Harvest * It IS t i s_• 
early apple we have. si 
Pilot. — Davis (Va.) 
—The apple originated 
in our State. It is a TT 
winter apple, striped, v— -- 
round, large, bears 
well. It is a first-class 
apple. Originated in Nelson Co., Va. 
Allen (Va.)—It is one of the best winter 
apples we have. 
Westbrook, or Speckled. —Blodgett (Pa.) 
presented this apple, which lie had had in 
bearing thirty-five years. It is a large fall 
and u inter apple. Has grown it in Chautau¬ 
qua Co., N. Y. 
Secretary Elliott — It has already been 
described by the Committee on Native Fruits. 
Early Congress. — Adams (Maine)—This 
apple resembles Gravenstein. It is early, 
ripening from 25th July to 1st September. 
It is earlier than the Gravenslein and more 
prolific. It sold with us at two dollars per 
bushel, when potatoes sold at ninety cents. 
“ Sweet and Sour ."—This apple was pre¬ 
sented by Blodoktt (Pa.) and referred to the 
Committee on Native Fruits. 
McAfee's Nonsuch, Striped Pearmain, Mis¬ 
souri Keeper , Tlubbardston Nonsuch. — Scott 
(Pa.) asked about the apple variously known 
by 1 bese names. 
Kelsey (Kansas)—It is a very valuable 
apple in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. 
Dr. Warder (Ohio)—Does any one know 
of any objection to the tree or fruit? 
Kelsey—I t grows rapidly, and some trees 
have been blighted when other varieties have 
not. 1 know of no other objection to it. 
Dr, Howsley (Kansas)—I know of no ob¬ 
jection to it. 
Dr. Warder —In Kentucky it is com¬ 
plained of it that when the tree is apparent¬ 
ly in perfect health the wood cracks near 
the root and the tree dies. Have heard con¬ 
siderable complaint of this character. It has 
proved satisfactory in my own orchard and 
in Virginia. The apples sent here as Mis¬ 
souri Keeper are the Large Striped Pearmain. 
Stark .— Dr. Warder (Ohio.)—The Fruit 
Committee at the New York session in Feb¬ 
ruary pronounced the Stark and Pcnnock 
identical. This is a great mistake, as any 
one who knows the two apples is aware. 
'■iffly ' Js f rE * u >g and thrifty, neces- 
, WJI u sitating, consequently, 
. pruning uml rubbing 
j t-V - back, will not lack for 
; shoots. Encoiu 
' N- one, the thriftiest, in 
the place of the dis- 
ea-.i il one, and still re- 
- - — — - A tain the diseased, thin¬ 
ning it out somewhat, 
so as to encourage the 
shoot which is to grow in its stead. Gradually 
prune (yearly) until the size of the limb is 
well reduced, and the disease advanced, the 
branch bearing fruit all the while. When 
the shoot is of good dimensions, remove the 
old limb. TJius, in a few years, a new 
growth can he established. 
Sometimes it is best to remove the affected 
limb at once, where it can be spared from a 
crowd or abundance of limbs,—and the new 
shoot will thrive all the better. 
In this way — very simple —a tree, how¬ 
ever much disposed to be diseased, can be 
kept comparatively healthy and thrifty. 
There is little disease perceptible among our 
trees. There is nothing finer than these 
boles, with their wide-spreading, graceful 
all thrill,—all fruitfulness,—and 
KANSAS FRUITS AT THE MEETING OF THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 
to have been the Pcnnock; but that ex¬ 
hibited here as Stark is not Pennock. 
Maiden's Blush and Bachelor's Blush .— 
Scott (Pa.)—asks if the Bachelor’s Blush 
exhibited here is distinct from the Maiden’s 
Blush. 
Dr. Warder (O.)— 1 The apple presented at 
the Rochester meet ing of the Society by Mr. 
Parry of New Jersey as Bachelor’s Blush, 
and which, is exhibited here, is distinct from 
the Maiden’s Blush. 
Several members asked if any one ever 
knew a bachelor to blush ! No reply. 
Southern King. —Dr. Warder—1 have re¬ 
ceived it from Bowling Green, Iiy. It came 
from North Carolina the close of the oast 
fruit, which is known as Fall Queen and 
Buckingham. He thinks its name should 
be Queen. 
Berckmans (Ga.)—It is the Buckingham, 
which has twenty synonyms. It varies in 
character. It is striped and not striped, as 
grown on the same tree. 
Dr. Warder— The nomenclature of this 
apple was settled by the Society when it last 
met in Philadelphia. Gentlemen should read 
up the old report. 
The subject was referred to the Commit¬ 
tee on Synonyms. 
Orange,^ Quinn (N. J.)—This apple is 
cultivated in New Jersey. It is a vigorous 
grower and a productive free. Season from 
September 15 to November. It is a large, 
fialtish apple. 
Downing (N. Y.)—In answer to a ques¬ 
tion, said it is distinct from the Lowell. 
Orange Sweet, — Gillingham (Va.) says 
this is a medium to large fruit, firm, golden, 
sweet. Is it the same as the Orange just re¬ 
ferred to ? 
Several members pronounced it distinct. 
Newtown Pppin. —Dr. Howsley (Kansas.) 
—Is there more than one variety of this 
apple ? There seems to he. Where was the 
original tree? 
Wagner.— Maxwell (N. Y.) asks for in¬ 
formation concerning tills fruit. 
Weir (Ill.)—It does well in Illinois. It is 
profitable and valuable. 
MrLLER — W T e can make more money from 
it than from any other tree we have. 
Weir —It is irregular in Us growth, and 
should he planted close and trained low. 
Edgerton (Iowa.)—Does it succeed when 
rool-grafted ? 
Weir —Yes. 
Bryant (Ill.)—It does not succeed root- 
grafted with me. It should be stock-grafted. 
Kelsey (Kansas)—It is a profitable apple 
to plant in rows between the rows of other 
varieties. Say, plant an orchard of other va¬ 
rieties thirty feet apart, and plant the Wag- 
branches, 
beauty and profit. 
The difficulty with the Spitzenberg is, it 
is a local tree, doing well only in a few local¬ 
ities. It thrives in Ohio, will not succeed in 
the West, or but indifferently. Its habitat is 
Central New York, where it comes to per¬ 
fection. And the wonder is, though culti¬ 
vated largely, that it is not cultivated more. 
Its diseased condition is probably the cause; 
hut it should not he, as we have shown that 
it can be remedied. With us this is of but 
little consequence, requiring, as it does, but 
a little more care. f. g. 
Remarks,— What our correspondent says 
of the quality of the Spitzenberg is true. But 
it will never be a profitable fruit to a farmer 
or orchardist who crops his orchard heavily 
and feeds it little or none at all. There is 
no apple we know of, where it will grow at 
all, which pays so well for care, culture and 
for the manure put around it. During this 
summer we have seen old orchards of it 
that ought to be producing large biennial 
crops that are only producing large crops of 
hay which are taken from it, while the poor 
Spitzenberg is denounced as an unprofitable 
fruit. When fanners learn that grass and 
fruit can no more be grown upon the same 
land than grass and corn, and that fruit 
trees require at least as much culture and 
care as corn, there will be more and better 
fruit and much less complaint of the un¬ 
productiveness of old and valuable fruits, 
and not before. 
THE ESOPUS SPITZENBERG 
The Spitzenberg may be considered a per¬ 
fect fruit, meeting all the requirement of a 
sub-acid apple. It has size, form, color—all 
sufficiently varied, yet established. It has a 
sufficiency of acid, and is superior in flavor. 
It is a fall, winter and spring fruit, capable 
of being used in a month or more after being 
gathered, in which case a little sugar needs 
to he added. It is in its prime from Decem¬ 
ber to April, and is a good fruit till June, but 
is rather sweet then to those who prefer its 
use in the fall or winter. This range, from 
November to June, (six months,) is almost 
unparalleled when the uniformity of condi¬ 
tion is considered. It holds its own through 
half the year. But this is owing in a great 
measure to treatment. Other sorts may also 
be extended. 
The same good word cannot be spoken of 
the free that is said of the fruit. The tree is 
diseased. Its limbs will canker and die. 
This, however, can be remedied, not cured. 
Saw off the limb and substitute a new one 
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