1899 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
8i7 
Pears and Strawberries in the Catskills. 
One of our readers in Greene County, 
N. Y., asks us the following questions: 
1. What varieties of Fall and Winter 
pears would you recommend growing for 
profit in a valley of the Catskill Mountains? 
2. What varieties of strawberries and rasp¬ 
berries for the same location, for the pur¬ 
pose of catering to the boarding-house busi¬ 
ness, the season opening about the middle 
of June, and closing early in September? 
What varieties would you suggest for this 
purpose? 
1. For Fall, Buerre Bose, Seckel, 
Kieffer and Sheldon. For Winter pears 
we would advise Winter Nelis, Anjou 
and Clairgeau. We take it that stand¬ 
ard trees are desired. If your corres¬ 
pondent intends planting the dwarf 
trees, in part or whole, of course this 
list would be modified. 
2. We would advise these strawber¬ 
ries: Glen Mary, Marshall, Wm. Belt, 
Brandywine and Gandy. In the red 
raspberries. Miller’s Early Red and 
Loudon; for blackcaps, Souhegan and 
Kansas. In yellow varieties we would 
have only one kind, the Golden Queen, 
which is the standard of excellence as 
to flavor. The canes are also hardy and 
productive; the fruit is large, and it 
certainly should be grown in a large 
way in every collection of raspberries, 
especially where family use or a 
good local market is the first consid¬ 
eration. T. J. DWYER. 
Orange County, N. Y. 
1. It is a question whether the prob¬ 
able immense output of Kieffer pears 
in the near future will not unfavorably 
affect the prices of all pears in our 
large markets. Along the Hudson the 
Bartlett is the best known, most in de¬ 
mand, and one of the most profitable 
varieties grown. Clapp, which is ear¬ 
lier, is a strong-growing, prolific, showy 
pear that sells well. Seckel and Wor¬ 
den’s Seckel always command the high¬ 
est prices when properly handled. Anjou 
follows, and is a good variety. How¬ 
ever, in western New York it seems to 
be more at home than in this section. 
Lawrence and Winter Nelis are excel¬ 
lent Winter pears. But in setting for 
market the mistake of having too many 
varieties is often made. Of the above 
named, not more than three or four 
kinds should be grown for market. The 
choice should be made of those which 
have been tested and found desirable in 
the vicinity. 
2. The earliest-ripening strawberries 
are the Michel and Sunrise, the latter 
a comparatively new variety that prom¬ 
ises to be larger, more prolific, and as 
early as the Michel. Probably these 
would be past their best before the mid¬ 
dle of June in that locality. Therefore, 
I would recommend Beder Wood for 
first crop there. Bubach soon follows, 
and is one of the most profitable varie¬ 
ties for a near market. Sharpless or 
Jessie Should be set with it in every 
third or fourth row, as a fertilizer, the 
Bubach having imperfect blossoms. I 
name these two varieties for fertilizing 
because their fruit is so near like the 
Bubach that all may be marketed to¬ 
gether. The Gibson promises to be the 
best market berry we have. I would 
recommend every grower to test it by 
setting a few hundred plants. If it 
does as well for others as for its orig¬ 
inator, none will regret the investment. 
Wm. Belt is one of the pi-omising large 
berries. Clyde is a heavy cropper of 
fine large fruit. It is weak in foliage, 
but is worthy a trial. Gandy is a fine 
late berry, but not very prolific. Hunn 
is equally late as Gandy, and much more 
prolific, but in many locations it shows 
weak foliage. 
It is presumed that in valleys of the 
Catskill Mountalin district a full supply 
of wild black raspberries will be found. 
Therefore I will only name varieties of 
red raspberry to make the longest pos¬ 
sible season. The Cline was originated 
in Ontario, is hardy, and the earliest 
ripening variety known, the entire crop 
ripening in about a week. The Marl¬ 
boro follows soon, and in many lo¬ 
calities is a desirable kind. The Hamp¬ 
ton, evidently a seedling of the Hudson 
River Antwerp, is a desirable kind. Un¬ 
like the others, it must have Winter 
protection. I am convinced that in a 
seines of seasons it will pay to cover all 
varieties of red raspberi’ies each Win¬ 
ter. The Hampton is a few days later 
than Marlboro, but the fruit is larger, 
of better quality, and it is more 
prolific. The Cuthbert is not as good 
color as either of the others named, but 
may be substituted for either of the 
others. With Cline, Marlboro and 
Hampton the raspberry season may be 
made to last six weeks, w. d. barns. 
Orange County, N. Y. 
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[TRADE MARK.I 
1. I sent to market this year 750 bar¬ 
rels of pears; 50 Clapp, 650 Bartlett, 50 
Clairgeau. Some years we have quite a 
lot of Swan’s Orange, and sometimes 
(not so often) Buerre d’Anjou. There 
are practically no late Fall or Winter 
pears raised in this section for market, 
with the exception of Kieffers, a few 
orchards of which are coming into bear¬ 
ing. They do well, but I have none 
planted, as I think that the poor qual¬ 
ity, and the large extent of territory in 
which they are successfully grown will 
make them sell for low prices. I doubt 
very much whether any Winter pears 
can be grown with much profit in 
Greene County. Lawrence pears have 
been quite largely planted, but are not 
generally considered profitable. Bose 
does well in some localities, and I raise 
quite a few, but depend mostly on Clair¬ 
geau to follow Bartletts. They, how¬ 
ever, are much subject to leaf blight, 
and need spraying with Bordeaux. 
2. Berries are fickle things. Varieties 
doing well in one locality are almost a 
failure only a short distance away. 
Your correspondent will hardly learn, 
except by trying in a small way varie¬ 
ties most promising for his trade, and 
then “holding fast to that which is 
good.” p. w. KING. 
Greene County, N. Y. 
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