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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April fi. 
THE NEW YORK PEACH BELT. 
I find the peach buds along the lake shore 
and several miles back from the lake are all 
right, only a very small per cent injured. 
Eight to 10 miles hack from the lake there 
has been quite a lot of injury and many 
good peach orchards show hardly a live bud. 
The peach acreage Is light through there, and 
so that will not make very much difference 
In the total for the counties mentioned. This 
is certainly one of the most remarkable peach 
sections in the United Stales, and the people 
hardly appreciate it. Of course their railway 
service is more or less of a handicap, there 
being no competition; but: the It. W. & O. 
seems to be waking up to the possibilities 
of their local freight traffic, and are putting 
in icing stations. obsekveu. 
THE NIAGARA PEACH. 
What is your opinion regarding the Niagara 
peach as a commercial variety? Why should 
it be planted in preference, let us say. to 
Liberia or other standard varieties? Is it 
a profftable variety in your judgment, and 
what: are the reasons why it should not 
be recommended for general planting? 
We have not fruited the Niagara peach, 
although we have trees about large enough 
to show some fruit this season, so cannot 
say much about it from our own experience. 
Connecticut. .t. norms baknen. 
I believe the Niagara peach as a commer¬ 
cial variety for western New York one of 
the host of recent introduction. It is of the 
Crawford type, a great producer, aind as 
compared with the Elberta ripens somewhat 
earlier. I know of no bad qualities in con¬ 
nection with it. 8. I>. WILLARD. 
New York. 
Niagara has not, to my knowledge, been 
fruited to any extent in New Jersey or 
southward. I have grown the trees several 
years, but not fruited it here. From all the 
Information I have it. is a success in New 
York State, but I have no idea that it would 
do any better than our standard varieties 
in New Jersey. Charles black. 
New Jersey. 
The Niagara peach is one of the best 
varieties I have on my list. It is a strong 
grower, has a good leaf, but is not as 
good a shipper as the Elberta. It. is a 
better grower, longer lived, and the quality 
is better. It is a profitable variety, and in 
my opinion, there is no reason why it should 
not be recommended for general planting. 
Orleans Co., N. Y. JAY e. ALLIS. 
I have never ix’on aide to see any great 
commercial value in the Niagara peach that 
would warrant my planting it im preference 
to some others. It strikes me ns a rather 
poor type of Crawford, and ns I have never 
been able to secure sure and satisfactory 
crops from any of tlie Crawford family I 
avoid planting any of the new ones that 
come out except in an experimental way. 
I know there are some sections of the 
country and some soils where the Crawford 
type are fairly satisfactory, but on the whole 
not to l>e compared with the Elberta, Chairs 
Choice, and some other seasonable yellow 
peaches that are far more hardy in fruit bud, 
and therefore more sure to produce annual 
crops of fruit, and so cannot recommend 
the Niagara. J - H > hale. 
Connecticut. 
You wish to know the good qualities and 
bad qualities of the Niagara. It: is a good 
grower with strong leaves; good sfzo and 
holding its size through the crop; fully as 
large as largest Crawford, but not quite ns 
large as largest Elberta. About half way 
between Early Crawford and Elberta in sea¬ 
son ; of fully ns good quality as Early Craw¬ 
ford and far ahead of Elberta. It is not 
as hardy in fruit buds as Elberta, fully as 
hardy as Crawford. Not ns highly colored 
ns Elberta. but if plenty of potash be used 
about the trees, will give a very beautiful 
semi-transparent body with a pretty cheek 
on sunny side. I notice what II. A. R., on 
page 170, has to say of Niagara, and very 
much doubt his having that variety, as I 
have never seen any with a “bluish tint. 
Either his soil is off or he has something 
elp‘. The Elberta here in western New 
York Is very subject to the curl-leaf, while 
Niagara Is very free, and when it comes to 
quality no one would eat an Ell>erta if he 
could get a Niagara. They compare about 
with Ben. Davis and Northern Spy. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. J. s. woodward. 
The Niagara is a new peach in western 
Michigan, and the fact that it is a sucess 
In Western New York would he far from 
positive proof that it would be a success in 
Michigan, where the soil and climatic con¬ 
ditions, especially the soil, are entirely dif¬ 
ferent. The peach is of the Crawford type, 
and midway between Early and I/ate Craw¬ 
ford, reasonably hardy and fairly productive. 
Several years’ experience as Superintendent 
of Horticulture of West Michigan Pair and 
other work in the State have led me to 
believe that the list of penches in com¬ 
mercial orchards is quite limited. One or 
more new varieties of peaches are put on 
the market every year, claiming all of the 
good qualities of the best with none of the 
defects; but for some reason a Inrge per 
cent of them never get into commercial 
orchards. The Crosby was largely boomed 
a few years ago, but who is setting Crosby 
now? I believe the future has an apple with 
the fine appearance, hardiness and productive¬ 
ness of Ben Davis with quality equal to 
Spy; that we will some time get a peach 
with the size, coloring and productiveness of 
EIl>erta, as free from disease ns Kalamazoo, 
and ns hardy as Chili, but it will be more 
likely to IK! the result of careful painstaking 
Scientific research and patient toil than a 
chance seedling, and such a result would 
bo worthy of the life work of the best men 
of our time. L- J- P- 
Kent Co., Mich. 
Moving Treks. —On page 181 is note on 
moving a maple tree. I find the lietter way 
Is to move the tree when the ground is 
frozen; dig a hole to set the tree and then 
dig a ditch around it about two feet from 
tree, and deep enough to get under the roots. 
Then you can lift it out or pull it over and 
haul or roll it over to where you want It. 
When the frost leaves the ground 
will not know it has been moved, 
have the same earth as it had last 
Du Hols, Pa. 
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ing after being transplanted. We prefer 
light mulching to cultivation. c. w. 
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