1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER} 
*49 
A Family Orchard in Washington. 
R. H., Lake Cushman, Wash. —What varie¬ 
ties of apple and pear trees would you 
recommend for a family orchard In this 
section? 
Ans. —For family use in Washington 
any of the varieties of the apple and pear 
that do well in the East are almost sure 
to succeed as well there. It is a strange 
fact that those that are suitable to both 
the East and West seem to do about 
equally well there. As to apples the 
Early Harvest. Red June, Primate, 
American Summer, Jefferis, Fall Pip¬ 
pin, Grimes, Jonathan, Rome Beauty, 
York Imperial, Esopus and Newtown are 
excellent. Of pears, the Tyson, Howell, 
Seckel, Bartlett, Bose and Lawrence will 
make a good collection. Both lists are 
arranged in order of ripening. 
H. e. v. D. 
Wealthy and Walter Pease Apple. 
E. 8., Delmar, N. 7 .— What are the com¬ 
parative merits of the Wealthy and Walter 
Pease apples? Is Pease as good as 
Wealthy? 
Ans. —Wealthy is an apple that I know 
quite thoroughly, and it is a very early 
bearing and productive variety. The 
fruit is of fair size, handsome, red 
striped color and very fair quality. It is 
profitable as a filler in permanent apple 
orchards in many sections, although it is 
only a Fall variety, except in Minnesota, 
where it originated. Walter Pease has 
been tried but little and is not well 
known to me, except from samples 
which I have seen and tested. It is 
handsome and larger than Wealthy, so 
far as I have seen it, and of fair quality. 
But it is not a keeper and must sell with 
the Fall apples. I am not certain that 
the two kinds are close competitors in a 
practical sense. H. e. v. d. 
Grafting Stock Questions. 
J. H., W ashing tomhlle, N. 7. —1. Would the 
Tompkins King apple top-grafted on hardy 
young Northern Spy trees be more likely 
to live than when transplanted from nur¬ 
sery stock? The King seems to sunseald 
and the bark peels from the trunk, some¬ 
times before coming into bearing with us. 
2. Does it pay to plant Doucin stock, and 
if so, what distance apart? 
Anis.—1. There is no doubt as to the 
Tompkins King doing better when top- 
worked on Northern Spy than in the 
ordinary way in the nurseries. But I 
have seen the large branches become af¬ 
fected as J. H. mentions, and it is a con¬ 
stitutional failing of this variety. When 
I was a boy we had scions of it grafted 
into large bearing trees in Ohio that be¬ 
haved in this way. 2. Apple trees on 
Doucin stock grow very slowly, and are 
so dwarfish that they may be set as close 
as 15 feet apart without injury to each 
other for many years. They are only 
suitable to small places. h. e. v. d. 
Peach “Yellows” and Peach Starvation. 
A. G., Niagara Falls, N. 7.— The informa¬ 
tion in reference to the Peach yellows out¬ 
lined in your issues of January 25 and 
March 1 appears to be very superficial. 
The history of this so-called disease, 
which in reality is no disease at all, is in¬ 
teresting. Twenty years ago it was shown 
that the “yellows” was caused by “soil 
exhaustion,” vide Prof. Penhallow’s re¬ 
port, after investigating the New Jersey 
orchards. At about the same time a Ger¬ 
man authority came over, made an analy¬ 
sis of orchard and soils, gave results, and 
arrived at the same conclusions. It was 
shown that the “yellows” was both pre¬ 
ventable and curable. In the meantime 
some of the learned professors might an¬ 
alyze cuttings of sound and “diseased” 
trees, soils, compare results and perhaps 
the remedy will be manifest. Over in 
Oanada the “yellows” is attributed to the 
borer, which is very prevalent in light 
soils. I fancy it could be safely assumed, 
that if trees free from the borer are prop¬ 
erly planted, cared for and the borer kept 
out, which is a very simple matter, with¬ 
out knife or wire, there would be no “yel¬ 
lows.” 
Ans. —Peach growers are generally 
All Rural New-Yorker readers, wish¬ 
ing to plant trees the coming Spring, 
should send for the instructive and in¬ 
teresting catalogue of Martin Wahl, 
Rochester, N. Y. It is free for the 
asking.— Ad/p, 
aware that starvation or soil exhaustion 
produces a decline in vitality in peach 
trees marked by yellowish foliage, which 
is also common in trees badly affected 
by borers, but it is only a superficial 
observer who would confound this ap¬ 
pearance with such distinct symptoms 
as the abnormal earliness or forcing of 
the fruit, together with its mottled ap¬ 
pearance and washy flavor, and the 
twiggy or rosette-like growth of new 
wood in the latter stages. These are 
characteristic and tolerably uniform ef¬ 
fects of a specific disease and probably 
cannot be produced by any degree of 
starvation or interference of sap circu¬ 
lation by borers. The whole subject is 
obscure, but all experimenters in this 
field agree that the yellows cannot be 
fed out of peach trees when once af¬ 
fected, but a starved tree may often be 
restored to reasonable vigor by judicious 
fertilization. 
Peaches for Colorado. 
At. P. G., Paonia, Col .— What two varieties 
of the peach would you advise me to plant 
to ripen directly after Chairs? I was 
thinking of Susquehanna, as I like its size. 
I have been on this ranch for 16 years, and 
there has been but one year that the ther¬ 
mometer dropped to 14 below zero. Other 
years it ranges from 10 to 12 below. This 
may give you an Idea of the kind of peach 
that I want to plant. 1 would prefer the 
hardiest. What season does Carman come 
In? 
Ans. —Willett is a large yellow, free¬ 
stone peach of the season and char¬ 
acter desired, and is one of the best 
kinds for market. Lorentz is another of 
the same character, that is said to be a 
very dependable bearer. Piquett Is still 
another excellent kind. A little later 
than these the Salway comes in, which 
is an old and well-tried peach of good 
quality. Geary (Geary’s Hold-On) is of 
the Smock type and a good market 
variety. Susquehanna is a very large 
and finely flavored peach, but it rarely 
bears well. Carman is a second early 
kind, of the North China type, creamy 
white, with some red on sunny side, 
and of excellent flavor. It is good for 
its season, which is soon after Alex¬ 
ander, Triumph and the other very early 
kinds. 11 . e. v. n. 
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PEACH TREES. 
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