1913- 
THE SUTTON 
APPLE. 
The picture at 
Fig. 4S4 shows a 
bunch of Sutton 
apples grown at 
Hope Farm. This 
was on a young 
tree nine years 
planted. The Hope 
Farm man ob¬ 
tained two hunch¬ 
es considerably 
better than the 
one here shown; 
but in carrying 
them from the 
orchard they were 
dropped on the 
ground and could 
not be well pic¬ 
tured. This photo¬ 
graph was re¬ 
duced somewhat 
in size in order to 
accommodate the 
picture to t h e 
page, the apples 
being really about 
25% larger than 
here sho w n . 
Where the fruit 
grew singly or in 
pairs it was con¬ 
siderably larger. 
We have found 
considerable fault 
with Sutton in 
the past, from the 
appearance of the 
tree, and the fact 
that it is trou¬ 
bled with collar 
rot or blight. As 
the tree comes 
into bearing, how¬ 
ever, the head of 
the tree broadens 
out and the shape 
is greatly im¬ 
proved. The fruit 
as grown on our 
hills in Northern 
Yew Jersey is ex¬ 
cellent, of high 
color a n d good 
quality, running 
on the average a 
trifle larger than 
Baldwin. When 
grown in sod the 
Sutton takes a 
high rich color. 
We call it a bet¬ 
ter eating apple 
t h a n Baldwin, 
though the latter 
'v o u 1 d be pre¬ 
ferred for cooking 
purposes. As it 
grows with us the 
Sutton w o u 1 cl 
make a good filler, 
as its compact, 
u p r i g h t head 
would not be like¬ 
ly t o interfere 
w i t li t li e sur¬ 
rounding trees for 
12 or 15 years. 
When we planted 
our orchard we 
were advised to 
plant Sutton in 
place of Northern 
spy. Up to this 
year of fruiting 
we have regretted 
i lie choice, and 
would have top- 
worked the Sut¬ 
ton trees had we 
not felt that the 
trunk is subject 
to disease, and 
would not make a 
permanent stock. 
As the trees are 
a o w developing 
'1' I-I 1Y JRUKA.L NEW-YORKER 
THE SUTTON APPLE AT HOPE FARM. Fig. 484. 
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we feel much bet¬ 
ter over the selec¬ 
tion. and shall let 
most of them re¬ 
main. It is a 
q u e s t i o n, how¬ 
ever, whether the 
planting of Sut¬ 
ton should be ad¬ 
vised where Bald¬ 
win does well. 
Sutton or Sut¬ 
ton Beauty is one 
of that famous 
group of apples 
which originated 
i n Southeastern 
New England, and 
Beach says that 
it is supposed to 
be a seedling of 
Ilubbardston. We 
were led to plant 
the trees from 
seeing some years 
ago beautiful 
specimens of fruit 
at exhibitions. A 
first-class Sutton 
does certainly 
make a fine speci¬ 
men, and with us 
it is more uniform 
in size and color 
than Baldwin. If 
the tree were 
stronger, and of a 
different shape, 
we should be in¬ 
clined to plant 
more Suttons, for 
we believe a fancy 
trade could be de¬ 
veloped in this 
fruit. We should 
hesitate, however, 
to advise its gen¬ 
eral planting, and 
in our own or¬ 
chard we shall 
hereafter p 1 a n t 
Baldwin or North¬ 
ern Spy instead. 
We often have 
letters from peo¬ 
ple who say the* 
h;• ve a few chick¬ 
ens or a dozen 
barrels of apples 
or 25 bushels of 
potatoes. T h e y 
want to send these 
c o m p a r a t j v e- 
1 y small lots to 
New York. Our 
advice is not to 
ship such produce 
here if it can be 
sold at a fair 
price nearer home. 
The cost of ship¬ 
ping and handling 
will usually eat 
up the profits. 
These smaller lots 
are swallowed up 
here as a chicken 
swallows a fly. 
This great mar¬ 
ket is not the 
place for them un¬ 
less some special 
trade can be ob¬ 
tained. In nine 
cases out of ten it 
will be better to 
sell nearer home. 
Do not be deceived 
by reports of the 
highest m a rket 
prices. These 
prices are often 
manipulated b y 
interested parties, 
and represent 
standard grades 
and packing which 
the small shipper 
cannot duplicate. 
