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THE RUK.A.L NEW-YORKER 
January 29, 
AMERICAN BLUSH ON OTHER APPLES. 
E. D. C., Litchfield, Conn. —Beach’s “Ap¬ 
ples of New York’’ says that American Blush 
is probably only a strain of Hubbardston. 
Can any of your readers tell me wherein the 
differences consist, and whether, if they 
were planning to plant 500 or more Ilub- 
bardston as fillers, they would get the 
American Blush strain? Ilurlbut, or as 
it is called, Hurlbut Striped, is a very 
popular variety in this part of Connecticut. 
The tree seems to be a good bearer and the 
fruit to be considerably above the average 
in quality. I have had many that seemed 
to me as good as most Spys. Prof. Beach’s 
statements do not do the variety justice 
as it appears here. Can any of your read¬ 
ers tell me why it has not become more 
generally popular? One of your corres¬ 
pondents recently stated that King and 
Spy would not cross-fertilize each other’s 
blossoms because they bloomed too far 
apart. Geneva Experiment Station Bulle¬ 
tin 299 gives the average blooming date 
of King as May 13, and of Spy as May 16. 
Is three days’ difference in average blooming 
date sufficient to prevent cross-fertilization? 
If so, is two days too great, or does some¬ 
thing depend on the individual variety? 
As to American Blush apple, I have 
had no experience with it. I find in 
our lists of over 290 kinds growing, we 
do not have it. I may add, however, 
if the inquirer wishes to plant Hubbard¬ 
ston, that he can do so and be sure to 
get a good apple in this State, and it 
would probably prove as valuable as this 
untried strain. Hurlbut is a very strong 
grower, early bearer and produces heavy 
crops, but here usually small for that 
reason. However, the worst trouble is 
that the apple maggot takes it about the 
first of any; so much so that we have 
found it difficult to get perfect specimens 
for several seasons. a. g. gulley. 
Connecticut. 
From all that I have seen of the many 
specimens under the name American 
Blush, it seems to me to be the Hub¬ 
bardston and nothing else. At the re¬ 
cent great apple show at Spokane, 
Wash., there were several lots under 
the former name and also some bearing 
the latter, and they were identical in 
all respects. Hurlbut is a handsome 
apple of good quality, and the only 
reason that it is not more generally 
planted, so far as I can see, is because 
it is known only in a limited way. As 
to Northern Spy and Tompkins King 
inter-pollinating, I think there is more 
than three days between their blooming, 
and there is little chance for it. Any 
two or more varieties to inter-pollinate 
should bloom at the same time. 
h. e. van deman. 
The only American Blush I ever knew 
anything about in this locality were 
grown from scions secured from the 
person who first introdured that variety 
under the name of American Blush. 
They are identical in every particular 
with the Hubbardston grown by us and 
others in this locality. I have never 
been able to discover any difference in 
wood, foliage or fruit from that of the 
old Hubbardston. Whoever may be 
planning to plant Hubbardston as fillers, 
if in Western New York, can make no 
mistake. The matter of American 
Blush strain is in my judgment all bosh. 
I have no knowledge of the Hurlbut 
Striped. Referring to difference in 
time of blossom preventing cross fer¬ 
tilization, I think would do well to de¬ 
pend on the advice of those who have 
closely watched and made a study of 
the matter. H. s. wiley. 
In the preparation of the “Apples of 
New York,” Beach made a careful 
study of the American Blush apple, and 
came to the conclusion that it is “iden¬ 
tical with Hubbardston, or at most but 
a selected strain of that variety.” He 
does not tell wherein the strain differs 
from the Hubbardston, nor am I able 
to find £my characters whereby the 
American Blush can be distinguished 
from the older variety. The differences, 
if any, are probably slight. In my 
opinion the inquirer may as well plant 
the Hubbardston as fillers, since nur¬ 
serymen are not likely to be as sure 
cf American Blush. This station has 
Hurlbut in fruit, and the writer can¬ 
not see but that Beach’s statements, as 
quoted above, in regard to the variety 
are correct. On our grounds the va¬ 
riety is small, poorly colored and the 
tree bears biennially. The apple was 
under cultivation at least 60 years ago, 
and the fact that it has not been widely 
disseminated and is hardly known to 
fruit growers is evidence that it has 
little to recommend it to the commer¬ 
cial fruit grower. Since the experi¬ 
ment of using Spy as a cross-fertilizer 
for King has not been tried no one can 
say definitely whether their blooming 
dates are too far apart for efficient 
cross-fertilization. My opinion is that 
they are not. Either the Spy or the 
King, however, are in most cases pro¬ 
ductive without cross-fertilization from 
other varieties. u. P. hedrick. 
Geneva Station. 
Apples for Pennsylvania. 
Do you think the following apple trees 
will do well in Columbia Co., Pa., Baldwin, 
Gano, King of Tompkins County, McIntosh 
Bed, Opalescent, Paragon (Mammoth Black 
Twig) ? 
Maryland. w. w. 
The conditions in Columbia County, this 
State, are not very different from these in 
the southern tier of counties in New York ; 
and I see no reason why the varieties named 
would not do well there. 1 would, however, 
offer a few criticisms. In the first place, 
“Gano’’ is nothing in the world but a slight 
variation of our old friend (?) Ben Davis, 
so far as I can discover, having no better 
quality, only a possible improvement in 
color.' Paragon, which your friend wrongly 
synonyms Black Twig, is a southern apple, 
but it is a very good one, and may do well 
as far north .is Columbia County; and I 
should encourage trying it there. The Para¬ 
gon, Mammoth Black Twig and Stayman 
are all seedlings of the old Winesap, and 
are very desirable apples where they do 
well. C. J. t. 
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