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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
January 26 
THE PARAGOH APPLE. 
For several years past there has been 
confusion in the minds of most pomolo- 
gists, and among the nurserymen as 
well, regarding the identity of the two 
apples now properly called Paragon 
and Arkansas, both seedlings of Wine- 
sap, one originating in Tennessee and 
the other in Arkansas. While they are 
perhaps equal in all essential points they 
are distinct in individuality. The Ar¬ 
kansas is also called Arkansaw, Mam¬ 
moth Biacktwig and sometimes Para¬ 
gon. The latter synonym was given by 
mistake, many of us thinking at one 
time that the Tennessee variety had 
been taken to Arkansas and by mistake 
renamed. Many trees of the Arkansas 
have been sold by the nurseries under 
the name Paragon, which was done be¬ 
cause of this mistaken idea. Not long 
since I was shown in Kentucky a num¬ 
ber of apples from a tree that came di¬ 
rect from the stock of the true Paragon 
tree in Tennessee. I selected one of 
these, and have made a life-size drawing. 
Fig. 24, and a written description as 
well. This variety is of medium size; 
oblate conic in shape; has a short stem, 
is much like Winesap in color but dark¬ 
er and not so distinctly striped, being a 
dull, dark, mixed red, with almost no 
appearance of stripes; the flesh is yel¬ 
low, not very juicy but of good, firm 
yet fine texture; has a small and nearly 
closed core; perfect seeds; pleasant 
subacid flavor and good quality. It keeps 
about the same as Winesap. The tree is 
of much better shape than its parent, 
being more upright and regular in 
habit. The Paragon is worthy of trial 
where the Winesap is popular. The 
original tree was found by Dr. W. D. 
Moores growing in the orchard of Maj. 
Rankin Toole, near Fayetteville, Tenn., 
30 or more years ago. 
ir. K. VAN DEMAN. 
THE IDAHO PEAR—BLIGHTED. 
At the time of its first introduction it 
was thought by Prof. Budd and many 
others that the Idaho would prove to be 
blight-proof or more nearly so than al¬ 
most any other variety of pear. Unfor¬ 
tunately such has not proven to be the 
case. Until about four years ago the 
blight was practically unknown in this 
section of the country; when it made its 
appearance the Idaho was the first vic¬ 
tim to its ravages. The blight came in 
a virulent form; the peculiar odor 
emitted by the blighted foliage could be 
distinguished quite a distance. Thou¬ 
sands of the trees were dug up the past 
season; it now looks as though there 
would not be any left in a year or two 
more. This is very much to be regretted, 
as the fruit was very fine; I think the 
most valuable pear we had, not only as 
a fresh fruit, but also for canning, and 
especially for drying. Three years ago, 
at the Spokane (Wash.) Fruit Fair, 
which is the leading fruit exhibit in the 
Pacific Northwest, there were more 
plates of Idaho pears on exhibition than 
of all other varieties combined. They 
were sent in from all the different sec¬ 
tions of country. Thousands of the 
trees were planted all over the North¬ 
west, and had it not been for the scourge 
of blight the fruit would have been in 
such abundance that it could have been 
shipped east by carload lots. The qual¬ 
ity of the fruit has continued equal to 
the best specimens ever sent East. I 
think those I had the past season would 
have weighed about 20 ounces on an av¬ 
erage, while occasional specimens 
weighed over 30 ounces. While I regard 
it as a great misfortune to lose so fine 
a fruit from the list of pears I do not 
know anything that can be done to stop 
the ravages of the blight, especially 
when it is so virulent. 
Idaho. JOHN H. EVANS. 
Thb Idaho pear has gone out of date In 
this part of the country. The leading 
pears here are Bartletts and Winter Nells. 
Oregon. *. P. o. 
The Sutton Apple. 
Can you Inform me concerning the merits 
of the Sutton apple? Also, whether it is 
a desirable variety for either market or 
home use? o. n. h. 
South Framingham, Mass. 
Sutton is an apple that originated at 
Sutton, Mass., many years ago, and has 
been tested quite extensively in some of 
the more northern States and in Can¬ 
ada. It seems to do well there, as the 
tree bears well and has no serious faults. 
The fruit is of medium size and round¬ 
ish in shape. The color is red and yel¬ 
low, mixed and striped, making a very 
attractive appearance. The quality is 
very good, being a pleasant subacid. It 
keeps about rs well as Baldwin where 
the two are grown in the same locality. 
It is good for both home and market 
purposes. H. E. VAN DEMAN. 
Stayman's Superior Apple. 
1 write to inquire about an apple that I 
planted in 18a3, called Stayman’s Superior, 
which bore the past year for the first time. 
The tree is quite irregular in growth, with 
a low, wide spreading head, and limbs 
which are Inclined to point to all parts of 
the country. The fruit is of full medium 
size, deep blush-red in color and with fine¬ 
grained, juicy, very rich, high-colored flesh, 
that is as exquisite in taste as that of any 
pear. It has not proved an early bearer 
with me, and 1 would like to inquire what 
others know about it. In tree it agrees 
fairly well with Stayman’s Summer as de¬ 
scribed by Downing in his First Appendix, 
but mine is an October apple and differs 
in many ways from the other in fruit. 
Illinois. BBNJ. BUCKMAN. 
This is one of the seedlings originated 
by Dr. J. Stayman, of Deavenworth, 
Kan., and, I believe, from seed of Wine¬ 
sap, which it resembles in habit of 
growth. It is rarely found, even in the 
most extensive experimental orcnards of 
the country. Just how it will behave in 
the country at large is not known, and 
any further information concerning it 
will be prized by many. 
H. E. VAN DBMAN. 
The Strong Points of the Elberta Peach 
Hardiness, thriving anywhere within 
the peach belt. 
Large size, marketable even when al¬ 
lowed to overbear. 
Fine appearance, so beautiful that it 
sells at sight at highest rates, even when 
the market is glutted with other sorts. 
Freedom from rot, even when fruit on 
adjoining trees of other kinds was badly 
affected. 
Not stung by insects; curculio, wasps, 
etc., let it alone, while they did serious 
damage to other nearby sorts. 
Does not drop; successfully defies the 
winds and hangs on persistently through 
the hardest gales. 
Is a good shipper, standing up well 
after a long journey. 
This is the writer’s experience, and for 
commercial purposes he would advise 
planting Elberta largely. For home use, 
only sparingly, for like all of the North 
China type, it is not up in flavor to many 
of our standard sorts, yet for Its many 
proved excellences it is destined to 
peach immortality, and the wise man 
who raised and introduced It—^the sole 
survivor of 25,000 seedlings—deserves to 
be held in lasting remembrance by 
grateful posterity. j. yates peck. 
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