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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 24 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
Apple Trees for Virginia. 
I wish to plant an orchard in this section 
(Piedmont, Va.), and would like to know 
whether trees from a northern or western 
nursery, say from New York or Missouri, 
are equally as good to plant here as trees 
grown in a Virginia nursery. If you were 
going to plant an orchard of Winesap 
apples, and could buy them from nurseries 
in New York, Missouri, Tennessee, or Vir¬ 
ginia, which would be your choice, provided 
the nurserymen were equally reliable, and 
trees propagated in the same manner? 
Viewtown, Va. j. w. s. 
In my opinion it would not make 
much, if any, difference in the success 
of an orchard whether the trees were 
grown in a Virginia nursery or in any 
0 i the States mentioned or in others 
which are of about the same latitude, 
'those from a very warlh climate would 
probably not be so good; for they might 
not be quite so hardy. It is better to 
move nursery stock to a warmer climate 
rather than to a colder one. However, 
after a year’s growth the trees are likely 
to get sufficiently acclimated to endure 
ordinary conditions, provided the varie¬ 
ties are such as are well suited to the 
climate of the new location. 
Pruning Frozen Branches. 
I often read the advice, In the papers, 
never to prune fruit trees when the wood 
is frozen. Will some one tell me the rea¬ 
son why? r>. M . H . 
Calverton, N. Y 
I, too, have often heard and read that 
pruning 'is injurious when the wood is 
frozen, but I have never seen anything 
to prove it, nor do I believe it. It is 
just possible that small branches cut 
back at such times may die back in 
some measure, but I have never seen 
any such results where I have cut 
scions. We are not likely to choose a 
very cold time to do our pruning, and 
therefore there is little experience to 
back up a theory on either side of the 
question. At the Cornell Experiment 
Station they cut off large branches at all 
times of year to determine which might 
be best. The wounds that were made 
when the wood was frozen hard healed 
as well as any. 
Propagating Quinces; Varieties of Apples. 
1. How Is the quince usually propagated? 
Will it grow from cuttings, like the grape? 
2. Are the Banana apple and Flory Bell¬ 
flower the same? 
3. Are the Greenville and Downing’s 
Winter Maiden Blush two distinct varie¬ 
ties? 4. Are they valuable for planting? 
Carmel, Ind. j. f, m. 
1. The quince is usually propagated 
from cuttings about 10 inches long, set 
in the early Spring, in well prepared 
soil, and thoroughly cultivated during 
the growing season. 
2. The Banana apple is a later apple 
than the Flory, better in quality, and 
somewhat flat in shape, while Flory is 
oblong-conic. They are distinct varie¬ 
ties. 
3. Greenville is the correct name of an 
apple that originated near a town by 
that name in Ohio, on the farm of a man 
named Downing. It was first called 
Downing’s Winter Maiden’s Blush, but 
tms being such a very long and clumsy 
name, it was changed by the introducer, 
at my suggestion, to Greenville. 
4. All of these varieties are good. 
Flory is a beautiful yellow Fall apple, 
but of only fair quality The other two 
are Winter apples in the latitude of In¬ 
diana, are of good flavor and handsome 
in appearance. For market they are the 
wrong color, the fashionable color being 
red. 
Climax Plum; Nero Apple; Training Grapes. 
1. Will you tell me of some reliable nur¬ 
sery (in this part of the country) where I 
can obtain Burbank’s Climax plum? 2. 
How long can Nero apples be kept in an 
ordinary cellar? Is the fruit of good qual¬ 
ity? 3. Is there any blackberry that will 
not sucker? I have been told that the 
Dorchester will not. 4. What is the best 
system of training grape vines for family 
use? Size of bunches not of so much ac¬ 
count as quantity. j. p. b. 
Ayer, Mass. 
1. Trees of the Climax and Sultan 
plums may be had of Joseph H. Black, 
Son & Co., Oi Hightstown, N. J. Very 
few nurserymen have these new kinds. 
They are worthy of general trial. 
2. The Nero apple is a late keeper in 
Delaware, and if grown in Massachu¬ 
setts would be a very late keeper in a 
good cellar. It is a red apple of medium 
size, and fair but not high quality. 
3. So far as I know there is no true 
blackberry that does not sprout from the 
roots. The Dorchester is one of the 
first varieties, if not the very first, that 
was introduced to cultivation, and is 
surely one that propagates by suckers. 
There are several better kinds now in 
cultivation. 
4 . A wire trellis about five feet high is 
the best for grapes in a small place, and 
on this the vines may be trained on the 
fan system very easily. This is to cut 
back and tie on the trellis about like the 
open rays of a common fan. Common 
sense and good culture will do the rest. 
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