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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March Vi 
Van Deman’s Fruit Notes. 
ALL SORTS OF QUKST10N8 AN8WERK1). 
A Southern Ohio Orchard. 
.1/. L. Ross Co., O.—l have an orchard 
in southern Ohio (Ross Co.). The trees 
were planted three years ago. The ground 
was an old pasture on which cattle and 
sheep had run for years. The soil is a 
heavy limestone clay with good drainage. 
It is a slightly rolling upland, just above 
the neighboring creek valley. All the 
ground w-as plowed carefully: part trench 
plowed. There is no perceptible difference 
in the growth of trees on the two parts, 
and I think I should not go to the expense 
of trench plowing for another orchard. 
The trees were set in early Spring and the 
ground planted to corn. In the Fall rye 
was sown and commercial fertilizer, bone 
and potash, 150 pounds per acre, was ap¬ 
plied. The second year the rye w’as plowed 
under and corn again grown. Crimson 
clover was sown in the corn, but the sea¬ 
son was too dry, and but little grew. The 
third year cow peas were sown. The trees 
have made a fine vigorous growth and are 
in splendid condition. I have too many 
varieties. Would it be advisable to to])- 
graft undesirable varieties this Spring? I 
have 50 York Imperial, 61 Rome Beauty, 
46 Grimes Golden, 45 Jonathan, 14 Winesap, 
10 Stayman, 23 Stark, 25 ITubbardston (sub¬ 
stituted for York Imperial by nurserymen), 
nine Baldwin, five Dominie, four Newtown 
Pippin. I had several Newtown Pippin 
trees and only four have survived. Those 
that are left are puny-looking. Since 
planting I have gained the idea that Stark 
is not a desirable variety, and that Hub- 
bardston is too early-maturing for our 
locality. Baldwin is also early, and is a 
poor bearer here. Winesap does finely in 
our rich bottom lands, but is small on this 
upland. Stayman trees were planted last 
year to fill vacancies. Would you advise 
grafting Stark, Hubbardston, Baldwin. 
Dominie and Winesap to Stayman? Would 
you prefer any other variety? My desire 
is to make a specialty of raising apples of 
fine quality. 
Ans.—T his orchard seems to have 
been quite well planned, and the after 
management good, with but slight ex¬ 
ceptions as to the varieties used, and 
these mistakes have been already discov¬ 
ered by the owner. 1 can see scarcely a 
chance to find fault with any detail of 
the. whole affair. The trench plowing 
was probably unnecessary in that soil, 
where the natural drainage was good. 
Rye and Crimson clover for a Winter 
covering, and cow peas in Summer, were 
very good. The error of too many va¬ 
rieties is a very common one. The idea 
of top-grafting the trees of Stark, Hub¬ 
bardston, Baldwin, Winesap and Dom¬ 
inie to Stayman -would be very good, but 
I believe York Imperial would be better, 
because it is larger and perhaps more 
salable. How'ever, Stayman may prove 
to be very good there, as it is an im¬ 
provement on Winesap. The writer 
lives in the vicinity of my boyhood 
home, and I know of its conditions. 
What About this Orchard? 
R. R., E-rcter, Pa .—I have an orchard .'^et 
about 12 years ago. The trees were labeled 
25 Baldwin, 25 R. I. Greening, 25 Smith s 
Cider, 15 Pallawater and 10 Red Astrachan. 
Those labeled R. I. Greening are fine trees 
of a spreading growth, bear large red ap¬ 
ples, sunscald badly, and many of them are 
so watery that they are useless for any 
purpose. These trees commence bearing 
quite heavily before any of the others, ex¬ 
cept Astrachan. The apple is a fine one 
when free from sunscald and not watery. 
From the description given, can you name 
it? Not one of the trees labeled Smith's 
Cider was such. Every one is a Northern 
Spy—a variety which never amounts to 
much here, so far as my observation goes. 
'I'hey rot badly on the tree before ready 
for picking. The Baldwins are full of 
brown specks, all through, and have been 
for the last two years, not one in 10 being 
fit for sale. I have noticed Baldwins in our 
markets similarly affected. Are they thus 
inclined throughout the country? I have 
noticed a few of the Fallawaters thus af¬ 
fected. The soil on which this orchard 
stands is a sandy loam, full of quite large 
rocks in places. I kept it cultivated for 
several years, then seeded to orchard grass. 
The trees arc branched so low that it is 
now impossible to cultivate. Has been 
several times fertilized with barnyard ma¬ 
nure; twice with Canada hard-wood ashes, 
and once or twice with muriate of potash. 
The trees have made a good growth, and 
are thrifty. They were set hexagonal, 
26x26 feet, which I think is entirely too 
close. My object in writing you is to try 
to find out what is best to do with the or¬ 
chard; cut it down, graft with .some other 
\’arieties, or let it alone and see what it 
will do further on. 
Ans. —It is probable that the trees that 
bear the large red apples with water- 
cores are Tompkin’s King, for nearly 
everything about the trees, and the fruit 
as well, suggests this to be true. Bald¬ 
win is apt to be a very poor apple south 
of its proper territory in New York and 
northw'ard from there. The brown 
specks are characteristic of the variety, 
and are much more prevalent in those 
grown south than north. Northern Spy 
is also an apple for the north. Not one 
of the varieties ordered or received is 
in my judgment, valuable for market 
purposes in the region where they are 
planted. I would graft over every one 
of them at once. As the trees are too 
close for permanent use, being 26 feet 
apart, a good plan would be to select the 
permanent trees, which should be 52 feet 
apart, and graft them to York Imperial. 
All the rest I would make over into 
Wagener, which is a very early bearing 
and valuable Winter apple. After a few 
years’ bearing the temporary trees 
should be removed. 
Ben Day is Substitutes Wanted. 
/•;. E. R., Manorville. E. /.—Can you tell 
me anything of the Senator, Delicious, 
Stayman and Appie of Commerce, cata¬ 
logued by a western nursery? I wish to 
know as to their adaptability as market 
apples to be grown here on Long Island 
on light, hilly ground, considerable of it 
with a southern exposure. I want apples 
that will grow and bear, and keep as well 
as Ben Davis; but as good or better qual¬ 
ity of fruit as Baldwin. Will the'above 
fill the bill? If not. are tiiere any that 
will? 
Ans.— The varieties mentioned have 
all been tested but little outside of a 
very limited area in the Ozark region, 
except Stayman. It would be very un¬ 
safe to plant largely of these or any 
other new varieties until more is known 
of them than we now know of the for¬ 
mer. A very few trees of each might 
be tried. The Stayman is almost sure 
to prove generally superior to Winesap 
wherever that variety is successful, be¬ 
cause it is lai-ger in fruit and much bet¬ 
ter in habit of the tree. It may do well 
on Long Island. York Imperial has 
many good points for that section. Both 
will do about equally well on either 
slope or on the hilltop. 
For the land's sake, use Bowker’s Fer¬ 
tilizers. They enrich the earth.— Adv. 
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