March 8 
164 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
SHORT FRUIT ROTES. 
New Peaches.— I have both Frances and 
CapL Ede peaches in my orchard. Neither 
of them has fruited yet, nor do I expect 
them to do so this year. It is the general 
opinion here that the Ede sets too much 
fruit, and this is a serious fault, as far 
as peach growing for market is concerned. 
The Frances, so far as 1 know, will be an 
acquisition. It comes in just after the 
Elberta and fills up a gap very nicely. 
Both, however, are yellow peaches, and it 
may be that the planting of yellow peaches 
in the near future may be overdone. I 
have most of the new peaches, but my or¬ 
chards are largely of the following kinds, 
and. so far, I know of nothing better: 
Champion, Elberta, Oldmixon, Wheatland, 
Stump, Smock and Heath Cling. Those 
are, I think, about the best for market 
purposes, and, while I may plant freely 
of the Frances in the near future, I should 
advise going slow with tne Ede. w. j. 
Godfrey, Ill. 
I have not fruited the Frances yet, and 
but one tree of Capt. Ede, and that only 
one year. I do not consider the Capt. 
Ede likely to be of great market value, 
as it follows rather closely after the El¬ 
berta, to which it is inferior in size and 
appearance, but not in quality. I am not 
ready to condemn it on this scanty trial, 
however. w. w. Farnsworth. 
Ohio. 
W estern Pear Growing.— On page 65, C. 
H. Chapin, of Colorado, is advised to graft 
his Anjou pears with Bartlett. The ad¬ 
vice is given, no doubt, from the results 
of experience in the East, and I am satis¬ 
fied it is not good for the West, for the 
following reasons: The Anjou tree is 
much larger, and therefore bears more 
than the Bartlett, and, as it ripens about 
three weeks later, it is in demand at about 
the same price as the other; though it is 
not so fine in quality, it is larger and looks 
fully as well; therefore, I consider Mr. 
Chapin has made no mistake, unless he 
has to ship a great distance, for Anjou 
will not keep quite so well as Bartlett. I 
think we are mistaken when we plant so 
many of the popular varieties—the Elberta 
peach, Bartlett pear, etc., and glut the 
market in their season, while earlier and 
later varieties bring better prices. My 
Clapp pear trees net considerably more 
than Bartlett. J- m. f. 
Salt Lake, Utah. 
Ben Davis Matters.— I was much inter¬ 
ested in your editorial on page 94, regard¬ 
ing the planting of Ben Davis. The prin¬ 
ciple laid down is certainly right, and the 
tendency of which you speak toward 
planting less Ben Davis will probably come 
into play in time. For the present, how¬ 
ever, I feel certain from careful investi¬ 
gations which I have recently made that 
Ben Davis is being very largely planted 
throughout the East. One other point on 
which I have recently changed my mind 
is brought up by you. At the last meeting 
of the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation I had the pleasure of acting on the 
committee of judges and of making a 
close examination of a number of samples 
of Ben Davis. These were without excep¬ 
tion very fine. The general average of the 
several samples was above anything I 
ever saw in Kansas or Missouri, and the 
best lots were as good as I ever saw any¬ 
where, the color being especially fine. The 
lot which took the first prize was grown in 
Prince Edward Island, which, as you real¬ 
ize, is a long way from Kansas or Mis¬ 
souri—just about as far as it could be in 
this country, 'a he Ben Davis question is 
a big question and an interesting one, and 
it is not yet settled. f. a. waugh. 
Notes on Raspberries.— It is now 25 
years since the Cuthbert raspberry was in¬ 
troduced. At that time it was being re¬ 
tailed at 25 cents a plant. Even at this 
high price there was a lively demand for 
the stock. This was the time when The 
R. N.-Y. sent through the mails free two 
plants to each of its subscribers who ap¬ 
plied for them. The R. N.-Y. seemed to 
recognize the value of this new produc¬ 
tion, and the Cuthbert has surely sus¬ 
tained the faith The R. N.-Y. had in it 
from the beginning. Since its introduction 
probably no other variety of the small 
fruits has given such general satisfaction. 
It has grown and thrived in localities 
where other varieties of raspberries would 
scarcely exist, particularly in some of the 
southern sections of the country. Taking 
it all in all, it has been the most generally 
adaptable raspberry in the fruit-growing 
districts. Perhaps it has been cultivated 
more than all other sorts combined for 
tHe family garden, and grown more largely 
than any single variety for market pur¬ 
poses. Even for the last three years 
there has been a noticeable increase in 
the planting of the Cuthbert. It is yet a 
grand old reliable raspberry, and The R. 
N.-Y. should feel proud that it was so 
largely instrumental in giving the prom¬ 
inence ft so well deserved. The Marlboro 
was sent out three years later. It has 
been a good variety, too; in many ways, 
perhaps, more popular than the Cuthbert, 
but, unlike the preceding, its popularity 
has been restricted materially. Marlboro 
is, so to speak, a local berry, and not 
adaptable to varied climatic conditions. 
However, where it does thrive and is at 
its best, along the Hudson River Valley 
and in some other especially suited locali¬ 
ties, it is a marvel of productiveness; 
large fruit, fine flavor and superb ship¬ 
ping qualities. The Marlboro is eight to 
10 days earlier than Cuthbert, and where 
it can be successfully grown is the more 
profitable market fruit of the two. 
T. J. DWYER. 
Eastern Apples.—T he eastern apple 
grower has good cause to look with ap¬ 
prehension at western competition. But so 
also has the grower of almost every other 
shipable horticultural or agricultural prod¬ 
uct. It is possible that the earlier varie¬ 
ties might be more profitable than the 
later, but it is certain that on account of 
their being more perishable there will be 
much more danger of "glutted” markets. 
As to varieties, we can only say that for 
ourselves we have been planting the past 
Autumn Yellow Harvest, Red Astrakhan, 
Williams Early, Early Hagloe, Graven- 
stein, Smokehouse, Grimes, Baldwin, Ben 
Davis, York Imperial and Rome Beauty, 
and hope to plant some Jonathan and 
Smith Cider. It will pay no one to plant 
apples for market in the East, who will 
not give timely and adequate attention to 
his trees and to his fruit. 
New Jersey. emmor Roberts. 
Profits in Pears.— The pear has now be¬ 
come quite as important a fruit as the 
apple. It is right that it should be so, 
too, for it is a grand luscious, healthful, 
fruit, and one that can be enjoyed in its 
natural state for some six or seven months 
of the year, and, as all well know, for a 
canned dessert for the entire year. A list 
of good varieties that give pretty general 
satisfaction over a wide area of country, 
covering the entire season from very early 
to very late, would be about as follows, 
ripening in the order named: Wilder, 
Clapp’s Favorite, Bartlett, Seckel, Sheldon, 
Beurre Bose, Beurre d’Anjou, Winter Nelis, 
Easter Beurre. There are, of course, many 
other desirable varieties besides those 
here named, and no doubt this list would 
be modified by many growers, and to good 
advantage, too, in many cases to suit in¬ 
dividual tastes as well as local conditions 
and market requirements. The above re¬ 
marks remind us that a large and success¬ 
ful fruit grower recently showed us sev¬ 
eral returns he had from his commission 
merchant in New York City for his Seckel 
pears; $3 per bushel, not for a single bushel 
or two, nor for a separate shipment either, 
but for many different consignments, 
each one comprising many bushels of fruit. 
His Beurre Bose were bringing him from 
$2 to $2.50 per bushel. This fruit was, of 
course, grown by a man who thoroughly 
understands his business, and gives atten¬ 
tion to all the details at the proper time. 
This is, of course, the reason for these 
high prices, and his great success in the 
profitable production of this valuable 
fruit. t. J. d. 
The Lutie Grape: 
The Lutie grape grows rampantly and 
bears abundantly, but the fruit is tender- 
skinned and shells too readily for use in 
market. Its quality is liked by many. It 
it large and compact in cluster, and the 
berries as large as Concord, color dark 
red, season with Delaware. I do not know 
Lucile. J. s. BREECE. 
North Carolina. 
We have grown the Lutie grape for some 
years, and though it was much praised 
some years sgo, I have never been able to 
speak very highly of it. My stock came 
from Bush & Son & Meissner, nence 1 
reckon is correct. It is a vigorous, healthy- 
growing plant, the fruit bunches medium 
to large, and compact, the berries large 
and globular, with a rather thick and 
tough skin. The flesh is firm and juicy, 
with slightly subacid flavor and decided 
mustiness. We consider it a productive 
variety of fairly good fruit. It is not an 
early grape, the season here at 2,000 feet 
elevation, being August 25 to September 
5, hence it is not in the class with Moore’s 
Early, Concord or Niagara. We have 
grown here about 150 kinds of grapes, and 
can say we know of no early red grape 
that compares with Niagara in hardiness 
and productiveness in this climate and 
soil. We think very highly of the Brigh¬ 
ton, but it is a second-season grape, and 
is more delicate than Niagara, but of 
higher quality. Brilliant is a third-season 
grape, not strictly red, but a beautiful 
purple, turning to crimson, and quite 
hardy and productive. I have not tested 
Lucile. 1 regret that I cannot recom¬ 
mend a red grape which will fill the season 
your correspondent desires. 
Va. Experiment Station, w. b. axwood. 
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