1900 
225 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
Apples and Peaches in New York. 
1 . We have a small orchard that was set 
four years ago, before we bought the place. 
The trees do not seem to do very well. 
Quite a number were killed Winter before 
last. What would be the best kind of 
apples for this region, for market or home 
use? The land is a sandy loam and roll¬ 
ing in character. 
2. What Is the Bietigheimer apple? There 
are quite a number of them marked on the 
chart that came with this place. 
3. What is the best pear to grow here? 
4. Will peaches mature as far north as 
here? If so, what kinds? t. c. g. 
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
1. It would be unwise to plant other 
than the very hardy kinds of the apple 
where the trees are often Killed by the 
Winters, for the same may occur again, 
but in central New York we can hardly 
expect that this will be true. Almost 
any of the standard varieties ought to 
succeed there. In my opinion, if thor¬ 
ough cultivation is practiced, and not 
the common plan of letting grass or 
other crops rob the trees, there is no 
good reason why apple orchards should 
not pay well for both home and market 
use. Many varieties that are good for 
one purpose may not be good for the 
other, but a list will be given Which 
may be reasonably so for both. The 
varieties will be in order of ripening: 
Yellow Transparent, Summer Rose, Fan¬ 
ny, Golden Sweet, Oldenburg, Maiden 
Blush, Gravenstein, Twenty Ounce, Hub- 
bardston, Grimes, Rome Beauty, Bald¬ 
win, Rhode Island Greening, Stark. 
2. Bietigheimer is an apple from Ger¬ 
many 'that is very large, red and very 
showy, but of poor quality. The apples 
are only fit to sell on 'their looks, and 
for home use would be of little value. 
Those who buy tnem once would not 
likely care for more, except for cooking 
purposes. 
3. It would be impossible to say which 
is “the best pear” for any section with¬ 
out knowing the purpose for which it 
is to be grown, out, in a general way, 
Bartlett is about the best. 
4. Peaches mature as far north as the 
Straits of Mackinaw, and I have also 
seen a few in Maine. There is no doubt 
of the season being long enough to ripen 
the peach at Saratoga Springs, but they 
do much better farther south. It might 
be well to plant a few trees. Mountain 
Rose, Elberta, Crosby, and Fitzgerald 
are good varieties. 
Apples for New York. 
What are the best apples to plant here 
in a five-acre orchard, on a 50-acre farm? 
Would it be best to plant with Northern 
Spy and then top-work the trees? Only 
apples for market are wanted. The land 
slopes to the north. It is good farm land 
and will grow a good crop of almost any¬ 
thing that is raised here. How should the 
land be prepared for the trees, and how 
should they be planted and cared for? 
Tompkins Co., N. Y. C. E. d. 
Properly to answer these questions 
would require about a complete treatise 
on market apple culture for central New 
York. This would be no small job, even 
if I were able to write it. It is true 
that I have been in the orchards of that 
part of the country repeatedly—the last 
time within a few months past, and 
know about what the best fruit growers 
'there believe as to varieties and methods 
of culture, etc., but only the leading 
points are admissible in these crowded 
columns. It is an excellent plan to set 
Northern Spy trees and top-graft or bud 
them to such varieties as may be de¬ 
sired. This is an excellent stock, be¬ 
cause of its vigorous and sturdy growth. 
If I should intend planting a market ap¬ 
ple orchard in Tompkins County, N. Y., 
there would be none but Winter varie¬ 
ties in it. Moreover, they would all bear 
red apples. That is the popular color, 
and, from a business view of the mat¬ 
ter, we may better yield to the demand. 
The varieties that seem to me most 
promising for that region now are Sut¬ 
ton, Hubbardston, Rome Beauty, and 
York Imperial. The two latter have 
been grown in central New York but 
very little, but I feel sure, from what 
they have done there, and in very simi¬ 
lar regions, that they will be among the 
best Winter apples grown there within a 
few years. Cranberry is another variety 
that has been tried but little, and in 
every case of which I have heard, with 
very great satisfaction. It is large, very 
showy red, and of fair quality. The tree 
seems to behave well in the orchard. 
Twenty Ounce, when top-worked on 
some such stock as Northern Spy or 
Ben Davis, is a very profitable early 
Winter apple. 
The northern slope is a good one for 
an apple orchard, and land that will 
yield good crops of grain, hay, etc., 
ought to be good for apples. It does not 
pay to put an orchard on poor land, but 
it does usually pay to put fruit on the 
best land on the farm. Five acres in 
standard apples well cared for will gen¬ 
erally pay more net profit than 50 acres 
in grain or hay. The land should be 
marked off with a plow where each row 
is to be, and with very deep furrows, 
running up and down the slope. I al¬ 
ways plow three rounds at each row, 
turning the furrows outwards, and fin¬ 
ishing with the dead furrow where the 
trees are to be set. Then mark off 
crosswise with a wire stretched very 
tight and plant where it crosses each 
furrow. Then move the wire to the next 
row. Plant the trees firmly in the soil 
to the tops of the roots. After a row is 
set, hitch one horse to a plow and turn 
the furrows back, and the planting is 
done. Then plow the entire ground and 
plant to potatoes. Keep all as clean as 
a new pin, and the trees are almost sure 
to grow well. 
“Good Beginnings 
Make Good Endings.” 
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for any trouble of your blood, stomach, 
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