1908. 
263 
APPLE GROWING FOR PROFIT. 
From A New England Standpoint. 
Part II. 
Red Bietigheimer.—This apple started 
in like a rocket and came down like a 
rock. We have no use for it here, and 
have found no one who has in this 
section; a very large handsome apple of 
poor quality. 
Maiden Blush.—On our light land 
has not proved profitable. 
Bismarck.—A very early bearer; if it 
has any value would be as a filler. 
Fruit has been inferior and flesh has 
never grown fair and clear. We have 
discarded it as too poor for us. 
Walter Pease.—A large striped red 
apple of fair quality. Our grafts bore 
one very fine crop, but last few years 
apples have not been clear and fair in 
flesh; has not equaled Gravenstein in 
same tree, neither has it proved as 
thrifty and healthy as Gravenstein. A 
fairly early bearer. 
Longfield.—We have used this Russian 
apple as a filler in a limited way; an 
annual bearer. Tree inferior in growth. 
Sets large crops and should be thinned 
Has fallen quite badly in the past, but 
last season held well to tree and proved 
fairly profitable. 
Baker.—Where this apple can be 
grown, sound in flesh it ought to prove 
a money maker. A heavy yielder of 
large, handsome, firm apples that sell 
well in our markets. With me is liable 
to water-core, and grows worse if kept. 
Winterstein (Burbank’s).—Think ft 
will take the California climate and the 
enthusiasm of a wizard of horticulture 
to grow this apple like like Graven¬ 
stein except as a Winter apple. Moder¬ 
ate grower, medium to small in size, 
similar in color to Gravenstein, but in¬ 
ferior in quality to that variety. A 
little later than Gravenstein, and would 
class it here as late Fall; can be kept 
into early Winter. Sets heavily and 
should be thinned. I see no commercial 
value in it for us yet. 
Wolf River.—This apple has com¬ 
mercial value and sells well at good 
prices in our markets. A very large, 
handsome fruit when well grown, and 
hangs well to the tree for so large an 
apple. Apples of this class require good 
care and feed, and generally a location 
that suits them; under such conditions 
it should prove a very profitable apple. 
Hubbardston.—Comes into bearing 
fairly early, and is a heavy bearer; not 
as good a seller as Baldwin, and the 
market is more easily glutted with this 
variety than some others, especially the 
poor grades. The orchardist who raises 
first-class fruit will find this a fairly 
profitable variety if grown well to the 
North, or where he can raise good 
firm well-colored fruit. 
King.—This apple is all right where 
it grows well, but the variety has not 
paid me as well as Baldwin. Should be 
grown by the man who wishes to grow 
fancy, high-priced fruit. 
Sutton Beauty.—Why this apple 
should be described as similar to Bald¬ 
win I do not understand, as the fruit 
is quite similar to Hubbardston in 
every way, but an improvement on that 
variety except in size, which runs 
medium to small; a good keeper. Its 
chief value is as a dessert fruit. I have 
seen no reason to plant it extensively, 
neither do I believe it belongs very near 
the head of commercial varieties for this 
section at least. Tree a moderate, stocky, 
healthy grower. 
Barry.—The name is all right, but the 
apple is of no value here. We have 
seen native seedlings which would give 
us better results. 
Seek-no-further.—May be all right 
where it does its best, but here we can 
find something better. 
McIntosh Red.—This is a late Fall or 
early Winter apple of high quality; one 
of the best of sellers where they grow 
fair. Both foliage and fruit are liable 
to fungus diseases, and this variety needs 
spraying more than most others. One 
of. the' handsomest apples I have grown. 
Might fairly well be classed as an an¬ 
nual bearer. 
Wagener.—I should set this apple as a 
filler and a filler only, and the only 
Winter apple which has proved profit¬ 
able with us as such. A handsome fruit 
and well liked on the fruit stands, and 
first-class fruit has always brought good 
money. Tree has not a strong root 
growth and makes a small tree. 
Jonathan.—Grows too small here to 
prove profitable. 
Shiawassee Beauty.—Has never done 
Well here, flesh always imperfect. 
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Rome Beauty.—An early bearer and 
might prove valuable as a filler. A 
handsome apple when well grown; think 
it needs light land and spraying in un¬ 
favorable seasons at least. 
Fallawater.—A large, handsome apple 
on our light land, but poor quality. An 
early bearer and might prove profitable 
as a filler in a limited way. 
Winter Banana.—A large handsome 
apple; would grow at least one for the 
home anyway. 
Stark.—A very thrifty grower; lacks 
both color and quality here, and I see 
no reason for planting it. 
Palmer Greening. —A medium-sized 
apple of high quality; in good eating 
condition for a longer time than any 
other variety I grow. A weak grower 
and can profitably be top-worked on to a 
more thrifty stock; an apple we like for 
our own eating. 
Arctic.—-A good grower and hand¬ 
some fruit; have not tested enough to 
know its value. 
York Imperial.—Grows unevenly, and 
I do not consider it of value for this 
section. 
Spy.—A high-priced commercial va¬ 
riety of value where it succeeds; not 
profitable on light land here. 
. Boiken.—I was well pleased with this 
Jight-colored Winter apple for a few 
seasons; lately it has not grown good 
and fair-fleshed. Has proved an annual 
bearer with me. 
Stayman Winesap.—Although I have 
grown this variety on grafts only, I 
have been much pleased with it. I shall 
try to give it a fair test to show its 
value, and would recommend it to those 
who like to try other varieties. 
Baxter.—A very upright grower of 
large red apples; if they will grow fair 
and smooth will sell all right. 
Ingram.—Grows too small with me. 
Ben Davis.—1 his apple has the com¬ 
mercial build and could be used as a 
filler here. One must depend upon its 
looks to sell it. I have found it good 
stock to bud or graft to other varieties. 
Rhode Island Greening.—This apple 
evidently needs strong and somewhat 
moist soil to do its best. A commer¬ 
cial variety of value, not adapted to 
cold storage as I have seen it. 
Roxbury Russet.--Although the de¬ 
mand for this apple is not as large as 
formerly there is a limited sale of first- 
class fruit at good prices. The Russet 
needs high culture and favorable loca¬ 
tion to make it profitable for orchard 
planting. 
Baldwin.—The one great Winter apple 
for a large share of New England and 
farther West. I doubt if there is a 
Winter apple where this succeeds which 
in the long run will pay as large 
profits as tlie Baldwin, for there is a 
demand for it wherever apples are sold. 
There has been no time in the past 
when strictly first-class Baldwins have 
not brought good money. Neither is 
there any prospect that in the future 
the demand will be less; for every year 
the markets demand a larger proportion 
of first-class fruit, and there is a. good 
opening for any man so situated that he 
can raise first-class Baldwins, either for 
our home markets or export. Although 
looks count largely in the sale of fruit, 
quality will count more than ever in the 
future, and although Baldwin may not 
be classed as the best there is a quality 
in it which prevents people from soon 
becoming tired of it. When well-grown 
it is good enough to suit the great 
majority of buyers, and as a sauce or 
pie apple it is always in demand. 
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