1912. 
'THE RURAL, NEW-YORKER 
407 
Ruralisms 
MISSOURI FRUIT NOTES. 
A friend living in the midst of a town 
of 10,000 people has two of the largest 
Wild Goose plum trees I ever saw. On 
being measured, one of them revealed 
a circumference of 37 inches with a 
height in proportion. Its exact age I 
could not ascertain, but it was great. 
Is there any record of this plum grow¬ 
ing larger than this? I find all manner 
of variations in plum varieties -to rot 
and curculio. This must imply a dif¬ 
ference in the character of the epider¬ 
mis of the fruit. Just what this dif¬ 
ference is, a description of its nature 
would be most interesting. Along the 
same line would be an inquiry into why 
some blackberries are resistant to the 
rust and others not. These would ap¬ 
pear to be great questions for research 
work, but we would not need to wait 
for their solution to begin a series of 
crosses with the purpose of evolving 
varieties which possess disease and in¬ 
sect-resisting qualities. It would seem 
to be a not impossible task to bring 
into existence a new race of plants that 
would allow us to dispense with the 
greater part of our spraying. It strikes 
one that if the Government would divert 
some of the money spent on war for 
such utilitarian objects as this, it would 
be acting judiciously. 
Ben Davis. —Indications are not want¬ 
ing here as well as in the East that the 
popularity of the Ben Davis is waning. 
I notice that on the St. Louis market 
it is quoted decidedly below high quali¬ 
ty varieties. In my home town the 
grocers always have a large assortment 
of choice apples for their patrons, and 
while of course many Ben Davis are 
sold and some can nearly always be 
found in stock, still it is plain to be 
seen that they are in disfavor. On one 
occasion I was able to buy Ben Davis 
for 35 cents a peck while other kinds 
ran from 50 to 75 cents. It is of course 
a boon to the public to be able to buy 
them at least for cooking purposes at 
a moderate price, while others are pro¬ 
hibitive to many. For this we feel 
grateful to Ben, and wish him a long 
life and prosperity—as a real friend of 
the common people. Vigorous young 
stomachs will always find him accept¬ 
able, while culinary processes enable 
him to gain the approbation of the more 
fastidious appetite. 
Winesap. —On the other hand the 
equally venerable Winesap appears to 
be actually climbing to a still more re¬ 
spected position as a result of compe¬ 
tition with a swarm of new aspirants. 
For my part I find few apples on the 
market here to equal it and none to sur¬ 
pass it. Out West I read of it holding 
its own in the great apple exhibitions 
and winning prizes in hard-fought con¬ 
tests. It is criticized for too weak a 
growth and the small size of its fruit, 
but I have seen it among the very last 
survivors of old neglected orchards, 
still preserving its reputation for one of 
the most dependable bearers, and as for 
size, that is merely a matter of thin¬ 
ning its superabundance. But, like the 
Seckel pear, its general excellence ren¬ 
ders its size of secondary importance. 
Last Fall I met a farmer hauling to 
town a wagonload of uncommonly 
small Winesaps for which he was get¬ 
ting a dollar a bushel, the top price. The 
two chief qualities which determine the 
rank of an apple, color and quality, 
the Winesap certainly possesses in a 
high degree. As a keeper, it ranks next 
to Ben Davis, and when planted with 
many different varieties, it will be found 
one of the first to come info bearing. 
Stayman.— Its seedling, the Stay- 
man, has come to the front in a re¬ 
markable way during the last few 
years, and is now found on every nur¬ 
seryman’s list. The tree is a stronger 
grower than its parent and its fruit is 
larger, but lacks the deep wine red of 
the Winesap. So large does it average 
that Western judges condemn it for 
the box trade, but it certainly sounds 
strange to hear of any kind of fruit dis¬ 
carded from the market for large size. 
About a year ago some fine specimens 
of Western grown Stayman and De¬ 
licious were sent me. Curious to learn 
how the public would estimate the qual¬ 
ity of these two apples, I gave a pair 
of them to several different parties with 
the request that they inform me whether 
No. 1 or No. 2 was the better. In 
every case the decision went to the 
Stayman. It seemed to me a little 
sprightlier and juicier than the De¬ 
licious. The latter partakes a little of 
the flavor of a sweet apple, as though 
an ancestor might have been a sweet 
variety. But certainly such unanimous 
judgment must be considered high 
praise for the Stayman. 
Jefferis. —Several years ago I planted 
some Jefferis trees, but they have been 
a disappointment. They did not bear 
early nor abundantly. The tree is of 
ideal shape, growing upright in grace¬ 
ful pyramidal form. It is said to de¬ 
mand good soil and this it had. There 
is, however, no discount on its quality, 
which is very fine, but when in full 
bearing its fruit runs small, and unless 
it has plenty of sun does not color up 
well. I saw this variety bearing good 
crops at Canon City, Col., but growers 
did not seem to regard it very highly 
and would hardly have chosen it for a 
place in a new orchard. 
Golden Sweet. —Among other varie¬ 
ties on trial a tree of the Golden 
Sweet was one of the first to come into 
bearing. The tree is inclined to be 
drooping, but this can be avoided by 
pruning to upgrowing shoots. It is very 
vigorous and smooth-barked. It loaded 
itself with apples above medium in size 
and of a golden yellow. Their flavor 
was very good and sweet, as the name 
indicates. For a Summer sweet apple, 
running here through July, it should 
give satisfaction. I have not made in¬ 
quiries to ascertain if this apple is the 
same as the one catalogued as the 
Sweet Bough, but the description of the 
latter fits it. It is shown at Fig 160, 
L. R. JOHNSON. 
Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. 
Poisoning Cutworms. —Tell D. II. O., 
page 90, that if he will sow his Paris green 
poison broadcast, the same as wheat or 
oats, and do this three days before sowing 
his seed, he will have no further trouble, 
no matter what crop is used. The land 
needs to be prepared first, and then bushed 
or planked. Try it. o. D. c. 
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