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Plant Quality Apples 
(Continued from page ‘>1.5) 
came out from l.ivcrpool in a gr.at 
storm ; my berth was well forward, and 
there I 'laid for three days on my bark, 
one moment 00 feet in the air, iind the 
next as much jindcr water, while the 
seas broke on deck over my head like 
.salvos of heavy artillery. And for those 
tliiee days the only thing 1 e<iuh] keep 
on my .stomach, excepting my hand, was 
American Haldwins. 
Let us all do all we can to advertise 
and hoom the great American ajiide in- 
du.stry. hy only producing the very high¬ 
est quality fruits, pieked at the proper 
time iuid packed in the proper way. and 
never rest siitisfied until the average 
American family is consuming its jirir]>cr 
quotum of at least half a dozen harrehs 
jior annum I iiahvkv j.osee. 
Value of Apple Trees 
Will you give me an estimate f)f the 
worth of live apple trees 2;") years old in 
good condition and tlire(‘ trees one year 
old, also apple? There is a road opening 
up which will destroy this number on the 
side of my orchard. (IEOROE PArt. 
()hio. 
Such values depend on several things 
—health and size of the trees, nearness to 
market, value of last crojis, etc. t)f 
course, a tree close to a good market town 
is worth more than one 10 or 1.5 miles 
away over a poor road. The general es¬ 
timate is that a tree one year old and 
well established in tlie ground is Avorth 
one dollar. It gains one dollar in value 
each year it grows and remains vigorous. 
‘I'liis rule varii's, hut h.as been u.sed in 
settling some cases of damage. The best 
rule is to figure the value of the crop on 
ihe IrccH for the past five years, ami 
take th(‘ average as an income from the 
investment. 
A Few Notes on Apple Varieties 
Now and then fr<im among th<' man.v 
new varieties continuall.v introduced 
springs a variety that apiienrs to have 
true merit, either for the home orchard 
or from the commercial standpoint. The 
reqtiif*’iit<?tits for the latter, however, are 
.so .strict, and the financial risk so groat 
in .setting large numbers of an untried 
variety, that few fruits find favor with 
the commercial fruit grower until time, 
has tested them thoroughly; though 
often inexperienced planters’plunge into 
these new varieties and usually to their 
sorrow, in years to come. In reading 
reports on the behavior of varieties, re¬ 
member first of all that conditions vary 
greatly, and a variety may behave with 
A exactly opposite to its behavior 
with H. 
Oi.iVEH. —This variety is very promis¬ 
ing here, after fruiting three ymirs. The 
tree ajipears perfectly hardy, is of 
.spreading open growth and comes into 
hearing early. Fruit medium to large, 
in color a deep dark red. uniformly 
smooth, with ver.y few culls. Quality 
better than Haldwi^. It appears to keep 
fully as well as Baldwin in comnmii 
•Storage. A peculiar charactonstic is its 
broad abrupt basin. If it continues to 
do as well with me the next three years, 
I will jdant it to the full exclusion of 
Baldwin. . 
Winter Banana. —Fruited here, for 
the first this season. A very handsome 
apple and do.sirahle for a fancy local 
trade. It needs extremely careful 
handling, as its delicate waxy .skin 
shows bruises very readily. Tree is a 
vigorous grower, open, flat and inclined 
to droop. Fruit large to very large, 
varying considerably in size. Color a 
clear waxy yellow, with a pinkish red 
blu.sh, an(i in highly colored specimens 
the yellow is practically obscured. 
Flavor good, but deteriorates after .Tan. 
1. Should be u.sed in November and 
December. Worthy of trial for the home 
orchard at least. 
DEi.KTOrs. —Fruited here for the first 
last season, but it has fruited near here 
for several years, and on a light soil 
attains good size and exceptionally good 
color. Worthy of trial for the home 
orchard, but am not yet satisfied it is 
desirable for commercial planting in 
this State. 
Rome. —While not a new variety, 
Rome is not very well known in many 
parts of this State, and from it.s_ be¬ 
havior here it is worthy of trial_ in a 
small way. Tree comes into bearing at 
an early age, and it may prove profitable 
as a filler. On soils where it develops 
good color, it is a handsome apple, as 
the red is very brilliant and fruit grows 
very uniform and smooth with few culls. 
It is a good keeper, of fair to good 
quality, and is exceptionally good for 
baking. 
.Tonatiian. —An old apple, but little 
known in this State until recently. It 
has been planted in the Hudson Valley 
(piite extensively, but does not seem to 
hi::. 
bo adapted to the State outside of a 
few favored localities. Some very hand¬ 
some Jonathans of good size are grown 
by careful growers along the Hudson 
River, but as a rule New York 
Jonathans are too small. The variety 
needs thinning and good culture and 
feeding: believe it will make a desirable 
filler under high culture. Fruit usually 
develojis a high color and is very good 
to best in quality. 
Grimes. —This variety is little known 
in New Y'ork and develojis better in the 
Oliio Valley, but it is worthy of a place 
in every home orchard. 
York I.mperiai.. —Though we occa- 
.sionally see very good .sjieeimeus of this 
,yari<*ty gniwu in New York, ir is out of 
its latitude here and can not comjiete 
with the Renusylvauia. Maryland and 
Virginia York Imjierials. A good ajijile 
vhere at home, hut not for N’ew York. 
Yellow Transpare.nt. —One of the 
best early ajiples and good a.s a filler, 
('omes into heiiring early and is a heavy 
ercijijier. It needs high <ailture and thin¬ 
ning to produce fancy fruit and .should 
he picked four or five times as it rijiens 
unevenly. Wben well grown it is a 
very de.sirahle apjile for local trade, but 
.shows bruises very readily, and needs 
excojitionally careful handling. Good for 
cooking over a long jieriod. hut best for 
des.sert for a few days only. This lat¬ 
ter eharacteristic is. howi'ver. overcome 
h.v its jirotracti'd season of rijiening. No 
lioine oreh.ard is eomjilete without it 
and it also has its jdaee in the commer¬ 
cial orchard as a filler under high cul¬ 
ture. 
IMissohpt Pippin. —A variety that in 
New York is entirely out of its latitude. 
Ilere it is inferior to Ben Davi.s. as it 
is very little better in quality and so 
small in size that it is jiractically 
worthless. 
Arctic.—A large red apjile, noted for 
hardiness of tree, but little grown In 
New York. Tree an open spreading 
gi-fiwer. and productive. Fruit medium 
to large, attractive in color, hut not as 
good as Baldwin in qualit.v. Season 
November and Deeemher. Not jiromis- 
ing for either home or commercial 
orchards. 
Si’TTON. —Sutton is a strong upright 
grower, very backwaid in coming into 
hearing, but when once started has a 
tendency to oveidiear hiennially. Fruit 
is medium to large but if not thinned 
is ajit to average medium or sometimes 
below. Color a bright red and usually 
develops full color. Skin ver.v smooth 
and clean and with the bright color 
gives the fruit an attractive appear¬ 
ance. Quality good for dessert but rath¬ 
er mild for cooking. A good kcejier al¬ 
most if not quite equal to Baldwin in 
this respect. At least worthy of trial. 
Stark. —Stark is a very healthy vig¬ 
orous grower, comes into hearing early 
and is productive. FYnit is medium to 
large, grows uniforml.v smooth and clean 
and is good in quality but its color is 
against it as a market variety. Piven 
well colored sjiecimens lack attractiveness 
on account of the dull shade of red. It 
is a good kcejier, excelling Baldwin in 
this respect. It is an exccjitionally good 
baker and if it had a more brilliant color 
it would become a popular variety. 
G. R. s. 
Saratoga Go., N. Y. 
Prunning the Peach 
(Continued from page 328) 
ground should then purcliase trees of a 
%-inch grade instead of larger or heavi¬ 
er trees. The exjieriments also indicated 
that the more severely the trees were 
cut hack at time of planti-ig, the greater 
the tendeney toward development of a 
few very long branches. For example, 
the six-inch treatment resulted in the 
formation of the largest number of 
branches 40 to 50 inches in length, 
while the 12-inch treatment gave the 
largest number of branches 37 to 40 
inches in length, and the 18-inch treat¬ 
ment. the largest number of branches 30 
to .3(i inches iu length. The average 
fruit grower, however, is concerned in 
.securing from three to five well-placed 
branches upon each tree that would 
average anywhere from 24 to 50 inches 
in length. Observations ujioii this 
basis showed that there is comparatively 
little difference between the 24. 30, or 
3G-inch treatment.s. 
IvOOATiON OP Btrns.—The examina¬ 
tion of nursery ^ trees of the peach re¬ 
vealed the fact that well-formed buds 
wore found to be most numerous at the 
3(> to 42-incli sjmee ujxm the trunks, 
and that they were least numerous upon 
tlie 12 to six-incli space followed by the 
12 to 18-incli sjiace. Measuremmits of 
trunk lieight were all made from the 
point where the original stock was 
huddl'd. There is, of course, several 
inches of trunk of the original stock be¬ 
tween the surface of the _ ground and 
the point whore the trea is budded as 
it stands in the mir.sery. In general it 
is economical to jmrehase year-old peach 
trees of a % or %-iiich grade for plant¬ 
ing, and it is believed that .such trees 
will commonly form hetter-hranched or 
balanced tops the first year if cut hack 
to a height of 30 to 30 inches when set. 
Good trees with shorter trunks can be 
formed if the grower so pri'fers. It is 
not economical, however, to purchase 
trc'cs of the larger sizes if one intends to 
cut them back to .six-inch trunks when 
set. M. A. BLAKE. 
