THE CULTIVATOR. 
North Western Fruit Growers 5 Association. 
Transactions at /heir Second Annual Meeting, held at Dixon, 
Illinois, September 29 and TO, 1852. 
We are indebted to Dr. Kennicott, for a copy 
of this report, which is a neat pamphlet of 40 
pages, and which, from the amount of information 
it contains relative to the fruits of that region of 
country, and its methodical arrangement and ac¬ 
curacy, does our western friends much credit. 
The body of this report is occupied with the 
discussions on fruits, and perhaps we cannot ren¬ 
der a more acceptable service to our readers, than 
to give a condensed statement of their results as 
applicable to that region. 
Carolina Red June —Regarded by some members as 
distinct from Blush June; the former striped, the latter 
with a simple blush. Pronounced the best early apple, 
hardy, beautiful and productive when young. 
Sweet June-—“Yery good,” productive, transient, 
best when fresh from the tree. 
Early Pennock —“Good,” or second rate; bears 
profusely when young; valuable for market. One 
of the members called attention to the rather singu¬ 
lar fact, that the Association recommended this apple 
last year, and placed it at the same time on the list of 
rejected fruits, under the name of Shakers’ Yellow, 
which is fouud to be synonymous. 
Hocking —Good, very productive, August, resembles 
Townsend ; a second rate sort, but thought to be dif¬ 
ferent—also differs from Rambour Franc, which it much 
resembles. 
Keswick Codlin —Good for limited culture, for culli- 
narv purposes. 
Early Harvest— -Quality fine; poor bearer on young 
trees. 
Sweet Bough — Not reliable for productiveness. 
American Summer Pearmain —First rate, good 
bearer, very slow grower. 
• Rambo — £C Best,” very productive, profitable. 
Snow (j Fameuse) —“Very good,” very productive, 
recommended for general cultivation at the North. 
Maiden's Blusli —For quality not highly spoken of; 
recommended l'or general cultivation for culinary pur¬ 
poses. 
Porter and Gravenstein were passed, as not suffi¬ 
ciently known to decide upon. 
Autumn Strawberry —Highly recommended, pro¬ 
ductive and fine. 
Monarch —A sweet apple from Ohio; tree a rapid 
grower, moderate bearer; ripens at the end of summer; 
of fine quality. 
Fall.Pippin —A few cases were mentioned of its bear¬ 
ing well, but mostly unproductive. 
Yellow Belljlower —Mostly, but not always, a good 
bearer; of fine quality. 
J Donline —Quite pi'oductive; valuable. 
Rawles' Janet—“ Very good,” not “best;” profita¬ 
ble in most localities. 
Wine sap —Constant in productiveness, and of fine 
quality. 
Fallawater (or Tulpehocken )—Good for limited cul¬ 
tivation. 
White Winter Pearmain —Very highly commended; 
“best;” worthy of general cultivation. 
Bcllmont —Recommended for limited cultivation. 
Vandevere —Needs good culture, and is best on sandy 
soil. 
Tollman Street —Recommended for general cultiva¬ 
tion, and for stock. 
Rhode Island Greening —Several members said that 
root-grafted trees were uniformly unproductive, even 
when 15 or 16 years old. A few had found it to bear 
well budded or stock-grafted. 
Roxbury Russet —Nearly the same opinion was ex¬ 
pressed, regarding its productiveness, as with the Rhode 
Island Greening. A few members had found it profita- 
bie. 
Baldwin —Many instances of its unproductiveness 
were stated, especially when root-grafted; a better 
bearer when budded; bears well in Northern Indiana. 
It is a singular fact, that from Eastern Massachusetts 
through New.York and Michigan, the Baldwin is valu- 
ble and productive; but no sooner do we cross Lake 
Michigan, than its value ceases. In Ohio and Illinois, 
it is of little comparative value.- 
Swaar —Generally productive; quality of the highest 
character; recommended for general culture when 
worked standard height. 
Pryor's Red —A fine apple, but unproductive. Old 
trees have borne well. 
An ambiguity occurs in this report, in the use of a 
word, that in all its different meanings would rather puz¬ 
zle the uninitiated,—the word “ passed, ”—it is some¬ 
times used to express the decision of the Association; 
sometimes to express the absence of any decision; and 
in a number of instances, as for example in the case 
of Pryor’s Red, Baldwin, Willow Twig, &c., it 
would be very hard for most readers to say what it 
does mean. We are aware it is in common use in fruit 
conventions, but the evil of an ambiguous expression is 
no better for being frequent, and we should like to see 
a substitute having a distinct meaning. 
The Association meets next year at Chicago, 
on the 4th of 10mo., (Oct.) at 10 A. M., and we 
have no doubt, from the exellent beginning al¬ 
ready made, that much will -be achieved by our 
western enterprising friends in the pomology of 
that portion of the Union. 
Fruits. 
A Western Fruit Book .—A work on Fruits, 
and more especially on western fruits, by F. R. 
Elliott, a person eminently qualified for the task, 
is announced to appear in the spring. It is the re¬ 
sult of years of labor in the examination and com¬ 
parison of varieties, and no doubt will prove of 
great value. 
Dwarf Pears —may be trained as half stand¬ 
ards, that is, with clear stems about two feet high, 
for market culture, on all soils but those liable to 
become very soft by excess of moisture. On such 
soils they are apt to bend over by wind, or by the 
weight of heavy crops, inconsequence of the short¬ 
ness of the quince roots on which they grow. 
Where this difficulty exists, it is better to allow 
the branches to cover the whole stem, forming full 
pyramids. 
Market Peach Orchards .—Trees may be placed 
within 12 feet of each other, if they are kept pro¬ 
perly shortened-in. It is perfectly useless to al¬ 
low the long, naked arms to extend out from the 
trunk, so as to require more room than this. The 
commonly recommended practice, of clipping off 
a part of each yearling shoot, is too slow a pro¬ 
cess for a large orchard, and when alone relied on, 
commonly proves quite insufficient 5 being imper¬ 
fectly or only occasionally performed. To keep 
the heads sufficiently compact, it will be found 
best to make a wholesale work of it, and remove 
the ends of the branches of several years’ growth 
