1900 
THE RURAL 
new-yorker: 
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THE NEW YORK APPLE CRO > 
Good Crop in Sight; Baldwins. 
The prospect is for a fair crop, not large. Some or¬ 
chards do not appear to have many fruits. I think the 
Baldwins are the fullest of any variety; in fact, they 
are the leading variety here. There are no apples in 
cold storage about here. l. r. 
Starkey. 
There is a very good prospect for fine apples. The 
trees hang fuller than last year, and look as though 
they would be fairer and of better quality. The 
Baldwin, Northern Spy and Greening seem to be the 
most profitable. Very little of the crop around here 
iis held in cold storage. J. a. r. 
Skaneateles. 
The prospect for apples in this neighborhood 
is for more than an average crop, nearly, if not quite, 
double last year’s crop. Baldwins are most abundant. 
Roxbury Russet and Twenty Ounce are not very nu¬ 
merous. One year with another, Twenty Ounce and 
Hubbardston Nonsuch are most profitable with me, 
as they are annual bearers. f. ir. o. 
Holley. 
The outlook for apples along the Niagara frontier 
is excellent; not overloaded, but a good, even crop 
of most varieties. Baldwin and Greening are the 
principal sorts. In some or many portions of Niagara 
County the Canker worm and tent-caterpillar have 
done serious damage and now the Palmer worm is 
infesting some orchards. w. ir. 
'Lewiston. 
Apples will be a full crop in Genesee County; where 
Baldwins bore heavily last year there will be none, 
but where they were short last year there will be x 
heavy crop this year. Roxbury Russets will be a 
full crop, Greenings will be an average crop, Spies 
will be short. Pears of all kinds will be one-quarter 
crop. h. c. 
Pavilion. 
Apples in this section will be about an average 
crop. Last year Greenings bore heavily and Baldwins 
were rather shy. This year it is just opposite. The 
orchards which bore heavily last year are shy this 
year, but I think altogether the crop is larger this 
year. Greenings and Baldwins are most heavily 
grown. f. f. y. 
Cedaroliff, 
The apple prospects are for a good large crop of 
most varieties; Northern Spy are the lightest, with 
Greenings next. All other varieties have set well, and 
especially the Baldwin, which we consider, from one 
year to another, in this section, the best-bearing and 
the best-quality apple. With our observations through 
the country we believe that we Shall have a good 
average crop. J. w. H. 
Webster. 
We had a very large bloom of all except Spy, which 
bore heavy last year, and very favorable for setting. 
Little fungus, but the attack of insect pests and tent- 
caterpillars has done a great deal of damage; also 
where the orchard is not worked so that we get a 
dust mulch to hold moisture. Greenings are short 
here. Spy very short; in fact, all except Baldwins 
along the lake shore, where they have sprayed the 
trees. I have 25 acres; have a fine Show of Baldwin, 
with the rest moderate; quality very good at present. 
‘Hilton. J». c. 
As far as I am able to judge, the crop is a large one 
compared with last year; I should say 75 per cent 
more than 1896. I am not able to give much informa¬ 
tion in regard to varieties, excepting as relates to our 
orchards, which are largely Baldwin. What other va¬ 
rieties we have show a fair crop, Greening, Nonsuch, 
Steel’s Red, Blush, etc. The Baldwin is the “main¬ 
stay” in this section. A good many apple orchards 
have been badly damaged by Canker worm in this 
county. A good many apples are held in storage 
here. Q. w. h. 
'Lockport. 
'Everything points to a large crop, and the only 
drawback which we now have, however, is the very 
hot and dry weather. We have not had a rain in this 
immediate section for a month or more, and the 
weather has been very warm. Again, the worms are 
having some effect on the trees, and in the orchards 
along the lake shore we notice that there are many 
orchards which nave the appearance of ravages of 
fire. All this, of course, will tend to lessen the crop, 
but we think even with all the contingencies which 
we can think of bearing against the crop, that it will 
be much in excess of last year, and possibly equal to 
that of 1897. In regard to the varieties, as a rule, 
taking one year with another, we believe that Bald¬ 
wins and Greenings prove the most valuable varieties 
to the growers, and from Which they can realize the 
best money. As a rule, the crop is not held in cold 
storage by the growers. It passes from first to sec¬ 
ond,and so on until it reaches the third or fourth 
hands, when it is undoubtedly put into cold storage, 
but the growers do very little of this themselves. 
Newark. c. h. p. 
The prospects are good for a large crop of smooth, 
good, No. 1 apples. As compared with last year, we 
expect a much larger crop of Baldwins, and as good 
a crop of other varieties. At this time, no variety 
promises to be short unless it is Greening. Baldwin 
is likely to be in excess. One year with another, 
Baldwin, Twenty Ounce, King, Hubbardston, and 
Greening, and for sweet, Lady Sweeting and Pound 
Sweet have proved most valuable. w. j. e. 
Brockport 
Notwithstanding the excessive dry weather, the 
crop is very promising. The prospect now is that it 
will be 75 per cent of the crop of 1896. The crop of 
last year was 25 per cent of that of 1896. The four 
principal varieties for market are Baldwin, Spy, Rus¬ 
set and R. I. Greening; nearly all Russets are loaded. 
The fruit is hanging well, large, and even now shows 
color. Baldwin and Spy are our most valuable apples; 
about 50 per cent of crop is usually put in cold stor¬ 
age. b. b. 
Pearl Creek. 
I think the crop bids fair to be the best for three 
yeans past, but not a full crop. Trees blossomed very 
full, but the late frosts did much damage to the crop. 
In the adjoining town of Sutton the trees bid fair to 
have a full crop. The Baldwin and Greening are the 
leaders, with the Baldwin first. The apples here are 
sold mostly to Providence or Boston dealers, and put 
into cold storage. Canker worms are doing some 
damage in the eastern part of this town. In my or¬ 
chards the Fall fruit will be short. .t. w. p. 
W. Millbury. 
We expect a fair crop, although not as large as we 
have had reason to anticipate, as the Greenings have 
thinned out a good deal, and will not be as large as 
last year. The Baldwins will be quite a little larger 
In this section; at the same time I hear that the 
Canker worm has spoiled many orchards. Where 
people have cared for their orchards, sprayed and 
trimmed, most of us will have a fair crop. Baldwins 
are the principal crop, Greenings come next. In 1896 
I had 1,300 barrels from 4 y 2 acres. Two years ago I 
had 900 barrels; last year had 540 barrels; this year 
will have, from present outlook, 800 barrels from the 
same number of acres, 155 trees. m. c. s. 
‘Hall’s Corners. 
A fair crop, rather more than last year. The or¬ 
chards that are cultivated and sprayed are, as a whole, 
pretty well set with fruit, Baldwin being in excess. 
Greenings are hardly up to the crop of last year; 
Kings are fine, and well set for a crop; Twenty Ounce 
and Russets are light; Hubbardston and other Fall 
varieties are hardly up to laist year’s crop. Baldwins, 
Greening and Hubbardston will bring in the most 
dollars one year with another. As a rule, quite a 
good deal is held in cold storage; what per cent of the 
crop, I do not know. The prospect is good for the or¬ 
chards that have been taken care of, but from one- 
third to one-half have been stripped of their leaves by 
the Canker worm. These have no fruit on them. It 
is rather early in the season to estimate an apple crop. 
Brockport. c. s. w. 
Around here the apple trees are well loaded with 
fruit; the trees are healthy, and fruit has grown rap¬ 
idly. There are, of course, exceptions, where cater¬ 
pillars have destroyed the foliage. Almost all varie¬ 
ties seem to be well fruited, the Baldwin, apparently, 
best of aJll. The fruit, however, is in many instances 
too thick on the limbs for obtaining best results, and 
thinning on very large trees seems impracticable. The 
prevailing drought may cause much of it to drop. 
Our market apples are Baldwin and Greening. Spy, 
Golden Russet and Hubbardston Nonsuch the finest 
kinds; such as Spitzenberg, Red Canada, Wagener, 
Sutton Beauty, Rome Beauty, Blush, in fact, all varie¬ 
ties of apples do well here when properly cultivated, 
and sprayed for insects and fungus. I do not know 
of any apples being at present held in cold storage. 
‘Lockport. a. ir. 
I think the crop promises better than last year, 
especially the Baldwins. So far as my own orchard 
and those that I have observed in this vicinity, the 
Spy seems to be an almost total failure, and Fameuse 
nearly as bad; also Ben Davis. Russet, Twenty Ounce 
and Greening fair; Tompkins King much better than 
last year; Baldwins full crop. For best varieties, 
Baldwin, first and foremost; Spy and King next; 
though I have probably received more income from 
about 40 trees of Red Astrachan and Oldenburg during 
the last 10 or 15 years, than from any other 40 trees 
that I have, but it is largely because I am near Roch¬ 
ester, and can send them to the early market in 
crates, fresh picked. The variety of apple grown in 
this section mostly is Baldwin, then come Greening, 
Russet, Spy and King in about the order named, 
tnough in the past few years Ben Davis and Hub¬ 
bardston Nonsuch have been coming into favor. 
Penfield. c. n. l. 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—About 10,000 persons are congregated at 
Cape Nome, many of them without means, and great dis¬ 
tress is in prospect.A fight between outlaws 
and United States marshals near Glencoe, O. T., July 9, 
resulted in the mortal wounding of five men. The dead 
are one marshal and four outlaws.James Pool, 
president of the Anti-Horse Thief Association of Indian 
Territory, was killed July 9 in a fight with horse thieves 
near Bartlesville, I. T.A large aerolite burst 
over the town of Bellefontaine, Webster Co., Miss., July 
II, completely wrecking a warehouse.Mounted 
guards are watching Eagle Pass, Texas, to prevent the 
entry of 1,200 Italian paupers, who are trying to come 
into the United States by way of Mexico. They have 
been brought from southern Italy to work on Mexican 
railways, and being dissatisfied with their treatment, are 
trying to enter this country. They are all destitute. . 
. . . Unknown persons placed dynamite under the resi¬ 
dence of Plenry Wilson, at Williamsburg, O., July 12, 
wrecking one room. A boy was killed, and one woman 
injured.The Chinese residents of the quarter 
of San Francisco recently quarantined, are preparing to 
demand compensation for the action of the health board, 
damages being placed at about $2,000,000.Fire 
at Prescott, Ariz., July 15, destroyed property in the 
business part of the town valued at $1,000,000. 
Five masked men held up an Illinois Central train 
at Mayfield Creek, Ky., July 11, beat the fireman, shot 
at the express messenger, and robbed the safe. 
While fighting a fire in Chicago, July 16, caused by light¬ 
ning, seven persons were injured, one fatally, by a fall¬ 
ing wall. The fire started in a broom factory, and the 
total loss was $200,000.A cloudburst followed 
three days of unprecedented rain near Coleman. Texas, 
•inly iO, causing a creek to burst Its banks and rush 
through the town; 15 lives lost.Fire at Bangor, 
Pa., July 18, caused a loss of $70,000.A freight 
train dashed into a party of pleasure seekers at Johns¬ 
town, Pa., July 18, killing two children and injuring 
others.Intense heat prevailed over a wide area 
July 14-18, and many deaths and prostrations were re¬ 
ported in the large cities. In several States farm opera¬ 
tions were partially suspended during the heat. Severe 
thunderstorms caused loss to orchard and garden pro¬ 
ducts in sections of New York and Pennsylvania. 
PHILIPPINES.—During the week ending July 14, three 
Americans and 35 Filipinos were killed. A number of in¬ 
surgents were captured. Gen. MacArthur is asking for 
more troops, considering a very large force necessary. 
Gen. Young has not enough men to hold the captured 
Provinces in Luzon, and serious fighting appears inevi¬ 
table in Mindanao and Sulu. 
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.-July 11 the Boers sur¬ 
prised a British garrison at Nltral’s Nek and, after a 
day’s fighting, captured the place and 200 men. 
The plague has appeared at Nictheroy, Brazil. 
The great Christian Endeavor Convention opened in Lon¬ 
don, England, July 14.July 13 the allied forces 
at Tien Tsin, In an attack on the native city, met with a 
severe defeat. The American and Japanese forces bore 
the brunt of the fighting; 253 Europeans were killed and 
wounded. The United States Ninth Infantry suffered 
severely, and Colonel LIscum was killed. July 17, the 
Allies routed the Chinese, capturing the native city. The 
total loss of the Allies was 775, of whom 215 were Ameri¬ 
cans. It is said that 100,000 Chinese are encamped near 
Shanghai, ready to attack that city. Boxer outbreaks 
are occurring in Korea. China has begun war against 
Russia, attacking points on the Manchurian frontier. A 
great horde of Chinese crossed the Amur River. Prince 
Tuan’s army is said to number nearly 1,000.000. While 
all sorts of rumors have been received concerning the 
fate of the envoys, nothing is regarded as authentic. 
FARM AND GARDEN.—Judge Irvin Halsey died July 
11 at Battle Creek, Mich., where he had gone for his 
health. He was editor of the Kentucky Stock Farm, and 
an authority on trotting horses. 
The California Cured Fruit Association reports that 
the June crop of prunes Is unprecedented in recent years. 
It is estimated that 20 per cent of the crop will be lost. 
Peaches have ripened prematurely, and the total output 
will be reduced. 
An era of hot weather that surpasses In intensity the 
drought during 1892 is sweeping over the southern por¬ 
tion of Arizona, denuding the land of all food for cattle. 
To add to the suffering that Is entailed upon the herds, 
every water hole and most of the wells have completely 
gone dry. In consequence the cattle are dying by thou¬ 
sands, and their shrunken frames dot the desert country 
of Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, Yuma, Cochise and part of 
Maricopa counties. Not a drop of water is reported In 
the Gila and in the San Pedro, from Benson to its con¬ 
fluence with Salt River, near Phoenix. Not one-tenth of 
a harvest will be secured. So dry is the air and so in¬ 
flammable have the forests on Santa Catalinas become 
that fire is ravaging hundreds of acres of timber. 
The State Experiment Farm at Charlotte, N. C., is ex¬ 
perimenting in growing 50,000 Harrlsil lily bulbs for a 
Philadelphia firm. 
The Canadian Horticultural Society will hold its third 
annual convention at Montreal, August 16-17. 
Robert Murray, superintendent of the horticultural de¬ 
partment of the Toronto (Canada), Industrial Exhibition, 
died at Toronto, July 2. 
Oregon hop growers are considering a proposition to 
reduce their acreage picked this year 25 per cent. Cer¬ 
tain hop buyers offer them 15 cents a pound straight if 
the acreage is thus reduced in California, Oregon and 
Washington. 
Tuesday of New York State Fair week, at Syracuse, 
will be known as Grange Day. It is expected that 50,000 
Grangers and their friends will attend. 
