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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 3, 
ILLINOIS APPLE NOTES. 
Culture , New Varieties, Insects. 
I started a ravenish croak a few years 
ago in regard to the destructive work of the 
curculio in the apple orchards in Ilinois, and 
I am very sorry to be obliged to say that 
the time-despised “I told you so” must be 
Introduced here. When nine-tenths of the 
apples of a locality are knotty and worth¬ 
less it gets to be a serious matter. Even if 
the curculio trouble may be somewhat dimin¬ 
ished by spraying—which is a disputed point 
—it is, and will be. a fact here that the aver¬ 
age farmer will not spray properly, if indeed 
he sprays at all. I incline to the opinion—■ 
opinion only—that the Bordeaux is distaste¬ 
ful to the curculio that works on the apple. 
But whether more so to the Apple curculio 
than the Plum curculio that works on the 
apple, I know not, and I think that this 
point should be a subject for investigation 
by experiment stations. Twenty years ago 
the Plum curculio dropped prematurely, prac¬ 
tically all of the plums here, but did not 
molest the apple. Now, the native plums 
may be counted on usually to mature a fair 
crop, and bring a poor price, while the oppo¬ 
site is true of the apple. Twenty years ago 
nobody mentioned the Apple curculio—it was 
all Plum curculio and “Plum gouger,” and 
nobody—-at least outside of the entomolo¬ 
gists—seemed to be aware of the existence 
of such an insect. The best apples here 
come from orchards where hogs or sheep 
pick up the fruit as fast as it drops, but 
often hogs kill or injure trees by rubbing 
against them, or by gnawing the trunks or 
roots. Sheep, unless the trunks be pro¬ 
tected, will take to bark medicine, and they 
will browse on the low-growing branches at 
any time; this is one of the arguments of the 
high-headed tree men. Very late cultivation 
might be beneficial, but sometimes a little 
coat of trash is beneficial as a protection 
against severe Winters. Burning off the trash 
would kill many insects and leave others 
without a home, but the destroying of the 
humus, and the danger of injuring trees and 
from Winter injury, bobs up on the other side 
of the fence. So what shall we do? I hgve 
noticed of late years a remarkable absence 
of injury from the Codling moth and have 
wondered if it might be the case that it had 
ELEVATED SPRAY COOKING PLANT. 
See Page 171. 
found an enemy in the curculio. Does any 
one know? 
As all know, there are a great many seed¬ 
lings of the Ben Davis afloat. It is a great 
producer and reproducer, but so far as I know 
cone of them is good enough to rate as “very 
good” in quality. Some will pass as “good,” 
but many are so dry and insipid as to be 
positively poor. Among the best I have 
tasted is one received from an experiment 
station under The mark of “B. B. 2” eight 
years ago, and this is what now passes under 
the name of Black Ben Davis or Reagan. 
The flesh of most of the family is soft and 
white, lacking in juice and insipid in flavor. 
They are all large and showy—also produc¬ 
tive. As I taste it this Black Ben Davis is 
a little richer and better in quality than 
most of them and there is more yeilow in 
color of flesh. I am of the opinion, judg¬ 
ing from tree and fruit, that it is the same 
as a variety I received in 1887 under the 
name of “Marion Red,” from a person who 
had gathered scions in the Southwest for his 
own grafting. But it would seem to me to be 
distinct from Gano, for the latter shows 
more strtpe and less of the solid wash of 
beautiful red. Yet I will not be drawn into 
the Black Ben Davis vs. Gano controversy, 
as too much has already been said on the 
subject. 
Benton County Beauty is of the same class, 
but the flesh is white with a greenish core 
line, and flavor is quite insipid. The tree is 
vigorous, but rougher and more irregular than 
Ben Davis, and the junction is very large and 
strong. Poor Man’s Friend, from' California, 
is very similar to Ben Davis in tree and 
fruit, but the latter seems even poorer in 
quality and if I had the authority to do so, 
I would transpose to “Poor Friend to Man.” 
Highfill, which is also spelled Hyfill, differs 
from the others in being more oblate and in¬ 
clined to be uneven and warty, also the tree 
is more spreading. Martha Washington is 
from Arkansas, and although I do not know 
that it is a seedling of Ben Davis, there 
is sufficient proof in the pudding itself with¬ 
out historical authority. The soft white flesh 
is there and the flatness of taste. It is 
also inclined to be warty. Gill’s Beauty is 
different in tree, some, or really many limbs 
droop, while others are perpendicular, grow¬ 
ing from the curve of the drooping limb. 
The fruit is a showy red, and oblate in shape. 
There is an apple from about Warsaw, Ill., 
called Ben Bolt. It has not been exploited 
much, but it is one of the brothers in the 
large family. It is a little smaller than its 
parent, but the solid is as showy as any of 
them, and if it tasted as good as it looks it 
would Be a rival of Jonathan. But it doesn’t 
—you would know it anywhere. Perhaps a 
little better than Ben Davis—'perhaps not. 
Shackleford was exploited, and I Imagine 
that those who praised it would b.e glad to 
have all of their praise words stricken out. 
It drops and fails to keep for even an early 
Winter apple. Most of the family will keep 
in an ordinary cellar into December or later, 
but this one leaves—without regrets—even in 
Autumn here. It is remarkable how little 
the birthmarks vary in the children of the 
Ben Davis. Perhaps only the Oldenburg may 
approach it in this respect. I have always 
suspected a close relationship between it and 
the Brewington Pippin which is said also 
to hail from Kentucky. It is even a little 
larger than Ben Davis, fully as productive, 
and fully as good in quality, but yet not 
“very good” as rated in Bulletin No. 56 of 
the Department of Agriculture at Washing¬ 
ton. There is some gray with the red, but 
the flesh is white, soft and spongy, and when 
bruised it leathers in place of decaying. Who 
knows its parentage? 
Varying the subject, among the best apples 
I have newly fruited this year is Dr. Noyes. 
As this is its first year here it is well enough 
to remember that “one swallow does not 
make a Summer.” It is said to hail from 
Maine, and appears to me now in about this 
light: Tree, quite vigorous; head upright, 
tall and compact; limbs long and straight; 
junction of limbs strong; leaves numerous, 
dark, dense; fruit full medium, oblate conical, 
quite large base and medium apex; color 
light to purplish, smooth, red, solid and in 
stripes, little russet; cavity wide, deep-fur¬ 
rowed. Calyx open. Basin large, abrupt; 
skin thin and tender; flesh yellowish, fine, 
fragrant, very brittle and tender; quite juicy, 
medium rich; mild subacid and fully very 
g ood; core small. Season October this year. 
arreft Seedling comes from Idaho, perhaps 
It is of full medium size, yellow like Grimes 
when mature and oblate conical in shape; 
flesh greenish yellow, very fine, very juicy, ten¬ 
der. piquant—a trace of agreeable astrin- 
gency, if this be possible; subacid and for 
me “very good.”' Season. September. Wat¬ 
kins No. 1, is, I suppose, from California, 
and has fruited here for the first this year. 
The tree is vigorous, with no blight so far. 
Head low, very wide, rather dense and droops 
at the base. Fruit large, oblate, flattened; 
color yellow, flesh yellowish, fine, crisp to 
tender, very juicy, rich, lively, refreshing 
subacid and very good. Season October and 
November. Other California apples that have 
fruited here are Gold Ridge, a greenish red 
annle of full medium size and moderate qual¬ 
ity. with a season of October or November; 
Duffey Seedling, which blights some; fruit 
medium in size, light greenish yellow with 
a bright red blush and only “good” in qual¬ 
ity. Season November to December. Ober 
Seedling, very oblate, yellowish—with a 
gray fiber and dark specks ; fully good in qual¬ 
ity and with a midwinter season. Ukiah, 
full medium size; color greenish yellow, near¬ 
ly covered with smooth red. It is fine and 
tender, quite juicy, medium rich, peculiar, 
spicy, lively subacid and from good to very 
good. Season November and December. 
I have never seen a “very good” Rus¬ 
sian apple yet—or at least one with high 
flavor. Some are soft and tender like Yellow 
Transparent, but lack in richness or flavor. 
Livland Raspberry is of fair quality and as 
beautiful as any picture, fair in quality and 
nothing more. b. buckman. 
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