THE KURA. I* NEW-YORKER 
AN ESSAY ON BAKING APPLES. 
I wonder how many of the “dyed-in- 
the-wool apple cranks”, realize the great 
value of baked apples as food that 
“stands at the head of the list in several 
respects.” They were so regarded by 
an old family doctor more than 50 years 
ago. If so, why is it that in so many 
families apples are seldom or never 
used for baking, even on farms where 
they are plentiful? Get after those peo¬ 
ple, Mr. Hope Farmer, with more of 
“that continuous ‘dope’ about baked ap¬ 
ples,” and if they won’t take the “dope,” 
just try the apple consumers’ club on 
them. 
H. T. of Michigan wants the opinion 
of some of us “dyed-in-the-wool apple 
cranks” as to the best apples for bak¬ 
ing. The Dominie apple stands at the 
head of the list with us, not only for 
baking, but as a long keeper that holds 
its flavor and juice longer than most 
varieties. A few days ago (1913) we 
sampled some Dominie along with sev¬ 
eral other varieties that had been kept 
in the cellar of the 1911 crop just to 
test their keeping qualities, and we 
found the Dominie apples had retained 
their flavor and juice far better than 
any of the others; in fact, they were 
almost as good as last season’s fruit. 
Those who prefer a very mild apple— 
almost sweet, if kept late—it is an ex¬ 
cellent eating apple. But like many va¬ 
rieties. to be good they must be well 
developed, not grown on trees that are 
overloaded. 
If an apple with more acid is pre¬ 
ferred, the Roxbury Russet is one of 
the very best; like the Dominie it bakes 
easily and the skin bakes tender. Golden 
Russet, Northern Spy, Stayman’s Wine- 
sap and Baldwin are also good. Green¬ 
ing we consider poor. Some prefer 
sweet apples for baking, but some varie¬ 
ties take too long to bake and are rather 
dry or have tough skins. We are now 
using Victoria Sweet, preferring them 
to many others, either raw or baked. It 
is a fine late Fall and early Winter 
apple that should be better known. With 
us it is a good annual bearer. Ben 
Davis, if properly baked, is not to be 
despised; the skin is rather tough, but 
they are better baked than used in any 
other way. It is a good one to fall 
back on when others are scarce or gone. 
Properly baked means that they should 
be put in- a hot oven and baked quickly, 
taking care not to burn them; a slow 
oven shrinks the skin, making it tough 
and the apples dry. No sugar or spice 
of any kind should be used; it impairs 
their wholesomeness and digestibility. A 
large square agate pan about two inches 
deep we find about the best for baking 
apples in. Put several cups of water in 
the pan and place on the- top of the 
stove a few minutes, to start them 
quickly, before they go in the oven. 
LEVI BELL. 
ORCHARD FRUITS IN NEW JERSEY. 
blight, and San Jos6 scale in rapid succes¬ 
sion. Old orchards were destroyed, and 
nobody dared to set out young orchards. 
But once more science came to the rescue. 
Judicious spraying with different kinds of 
materials has almost completely eradicated 
these evils. There is in many sections a 
kind of light, sandy loam soil, dry and 
warm, that is peculiarly well adapted to 
the production of peaches. Under halfway 
favorable circumstances the trees grow 
strong and healthy, and fine flavored, beau¬ 
tifully colored fruit is produced in great 
profusion. Many farmers who keep in touch 
with the results of scientific achievement in 
agriculture by reading station bulletins, 
agricultural periodicals and the general 
newspapers, seized the cue and have begun 
to set out peach orchards again, and 
young peach trees to the number of hun¬ 
dreds of thousands will soon come into 
bearing. Unless all signs fail this State 
will once more become the banner peach 
growing district of the United States. 
Local farmers have tried pear growing 
with more or less varying degrees of suc¬ 
cess. Such varieties as the Kieffer and 
Le Conte are hardy, and good bearers, but 
the fruit is of inferior quality. The better 
sorts such as Bartlett and Seckel fell easy 
victims to both the twig blight and San 
.Tos€ scale, and but few orchards of them 
are loft. Science will no doubt come to the 
rescue of the pear growers and ere long 
we may expect to see this luscious fruit 
one of the foremost of our crops. 
Apples, pears and peaches all do pretty 
well upon the same soil. Fruit growers 
generally set out their orchards according 
to the following plan : Apple trees are 
set out 36 feet apart. Peach trees are set 
out between the apple trees, or 18 feet 
from each apple tree, except at the diag¬ 
onals where a pear tree is planted. The 
short-lived peach trees bear their five or 
six crops and are removed when the pear 
trees begin to bear fruit. When the apple 
trees arrive at their maturity, the pear 
trees have about outlived their usefulness. 
Some good farmers still further economize 
space by planting rows of blackberries or 
raspberries between the trees and setting 
strawberry plants between the rows. One 
of the best tests of a successful fruit grow¬ 
er is this—that he utilizes all the space at 
his command at all times. 
The raising of plums here has well-nigh 
proven a failure, and no scientist has yet 
been able to devise a plan to combat the 
dampness of the climate which causes the 
fruit to rot. Several years ago the craze 
to set out Japanese plums swept over the 
State, but it is hard to tell who got 
“stung” the worst, the trees with the cur- 
culio or the farmers who planted the trees. 
The same objections hold against cherry 
growing as against plums, and the writer 
would advise no one to set either for com¬ 
mercial purposes. For shade, ornamental, 
or family use, a few plum and cherry trees 
will be all right. If the former are to be 
planted, however, they seem to do better in 
a poultry yard than anywhere else. It 
goes without saying that no one will set 
quince bushes in this latitude except for 
family use. Experiments in the raising for 
market of Spanish and Japanese chestnuts 
are now being watched with interest. Two 
or three have grafted native chestnut trees 
with these varieties. But it seems as 
though the new chestnut blight would have 
to be conquered first, d. j. hendiiickson. 
Monmouth Co., N. J. 
R. N.-Y.—In our experience setting 
peach trees as fillers for an apple orchard 
is not to be advised. Quick maturing apple 
varieties like Wealthy and Black Ben are 
more satisfactory. 
When you write advertisers mention The 
R. N.-Y. and you’ll get a quick reply and a 
“square deal.” See guarantee editorial page. 
Fruit Trees 
Call’s Nurseries, Perry, O. Have a 
large Stock of Fruit, Shade and Orna¬ 
mental Trees, Shrubs, Roses and Bulbs. 
They deal direct with their customers, 
and send out the finest stock that can be 
grown. Write them for Price List. 
The application of scientific principles to 
agriculture has proven of incalculable bene¬ 
fit to farmers everywhere, and especially to 
farmers in New Jersey. Intelligent meth¬ 
ods of planting, cultivating, pruning and 
spraying fruit trees are based in great 
measure upon the results of scientific re¬ 
search. Experience has been a great teach¬ 
er also, but fruit growers blundered along 
for a century before their products took 
first rank. Too much credit cannot be 
given to those connected with the State 
Experiment Station at New Brunswick for 
this advance in scientific agricultural 
knowledge. Here and there one may still 
come across some old monarch of an apple 
tree, whose youth may have witnessed the 
Continental army in pursuit of the 
coats. But why this single tree, standing 
where once was a large orchard? It is 
but an exemplification of the doctrine of 
“the survival of the fittest.” Disease, 
scale, insects or some fungous growth has 
robbed him of his fellows. Had the orig¬ 
inal of that orchard lived in these days 
of fungicides, scalecides, Bordeaux mix¬ 
tures, and tree doctors, a greater part of 
the trees would still be putting our their 
blossoms in the Spring, and yielding up 
their abundance of apples in the Autumn. 
Apple growers are giving as much study 
to the care of their orchards as the chem¬ 
ist in his laboratory gives to the investiga¬ 
tion of the constituent elements of matter. 
The results are plainly evident. Our State 
is rapidly taking first rank as the region 
where the finest apples in the world are 
produced. The soil with its underlay of 
marl; the climate with the salty winds of 
the ocean coming landward; the cold Win¬ 
ters, which give the tree a hardiness im¬ 
parted to its fruit; all combine to make 
the apple grown in this district un¬ 
equalled by those grown anywhere on this 
globe. When to these natural conditions 
is added skillful culture, and the scientific 
treatment of the trees, the result is a 
fruit which for flavor, beauty, consistency 
of flesh, and keeping qualities, is unsur¬ 
passed. 
With the half century ending in 1890, 
New Jersey was famous for the production 
of peaches, and several of the best varieties 
including the Smock. Crawford Early, ('raw- 
ford Late, Lovett White and Keyport White 
originated here. Then came the yellows, 
opulai* 
Collection 
1 Elberta Peach. 1 Harvest Applo, 1 
Bartlett Pear, 1 Winter Apple,Bald¬ 
win, 1 Montmorency Sour Cherry, 
1 Oxheart Sweet Cherry, 1 Orange 
Quince, 1 Maloney Prune. All 4 ft. 
high. GRAPES : 1 Concord, blue; 1 Delaware,rod. 
CURRANTS : 1 Perfection, red ; 1 White Grape, 
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the country has ever known. Fruit twice ns targe as 
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flesh firm and melting: smooth, fuzzless skin; most 
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TREES 
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Established I860. 
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20 Maple Street, Dansvilie,' N. Y, 
700,000 Fresh Dug Trees 10c Each 
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Roots Fresh from the Soil 
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BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO. 
Box 8 Yalesville, Conn. 
10 Fruit Trees 
First-class stock, 4 ft. high, worth S2.00; One each of 
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L?»ON|y 
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L’Amoreaux Nursery Co., Schoharie, N. V. 
!878Grown Right,Handled Right 1913 
Cherries 4c Plums 5c Apples 8c 
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8 Oak St,, Dansvilie, N. V. 
"It's Cheapest to Buy the Best ” 
—.. -r 
STRAWBERRIES 
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Explains why Thoroughbred plants are best. 120 
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FRUIT TREES 
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PEACH and APPLE TREES 
a specialty. _ CATA LOGUE FREE 
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HIGHTSTOWN. N. J. 
1 FRUIT TREES ^ atel 
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Box 55 . PAINESVILLE, OHIO (58) 
Best Tor Over 
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the Fruit Grower. 10 two . YEAR APPLE TREES S1.39 
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112 Reilly Road Dansvilie, N. Y., 
