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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
October 25, 1919 
Commercial Fruits for Western New York 
Part II. 
King—This is a fruit of high quality 
anrl quite productive. It is subject to in¬ 
sect and fungus injury, and the tree is 
liable to be injured by canker. It is not 
nearly as productive as Baldwin, and not 
usually much higher in price. 
Long Island—An early white apple of 
high quality, but handicapped by its color. 
It is very good for dessert and for cook¬ 
ing, but is not being planted. 
McIntosh—One of the newer varieties 
which has come into prominence because 
of its remarkable combination ot good 
qualities. Its most serious defect is that 
it is subject to scab and requires very 
careful spraying. 
Northwestern Greening—I should be 
greatly pleased to get some real informa¬ 
tion as to this variety. The published ac¬ 
counts vary so much that it seems there 
must be more than one variety under this 
name. Taking all the accounts together, 
it seems to be an apple which ripens right 
after Duchess, and not until about with 
Baldwin. It is a flat or rather long ap¬ 
ple of light yellow or deep green color, 
with or without a red cheek which may 
cover more than half the apple. Its sea¬ 
son is shorter than that of Wealthy, or 
longer than that of Rhode Island Green¬ 
ing. The specimens which I have seen 
would indicate that it is sold largely to 
persons who think they are getting Rhode 
Island Greening, and when they learn 
their mistake do not pull them out be¬ 
cause they hope to get something from 
the fruit. 
Northern Spy—This grand apple is not 
being planted very widely because it does 
not start bearing very early, and because 
many of the growers have not learned 
to handle it in the packing house. Its 
serious defect is that it is so delicate that 
it will rot down from a bruise which 
would not even show on most other va¬ 
rieties. When well grown it is almost 
perfect for dessert or cooking, and if prop¬ 
erly handled will keep in good condition 
until late in the season. 
Newtown Pippin—This, the Albemarle 
Pippin of the South, is hard to grow in 
good condition in Wayne County, but 
when well grown it will keep until well 
into the next Summer. For the home 
orchard it is by far the best of the late 
keeping sorts. 
Porter—An early white apple of good 
quality, but which does not usually bring 
a high price. 
Rose Sweet or Hendrick Sweet—A very 
good sweet apple of about the same season 
as Rhode Island Greening. 
Roxbury Russet—This old standard va¬ 
riety has been almost driven off the mar¬ 
ket by the advent of cold storages, which 
made it possible to keep better apples well 
through the season. 
Ram bo—The small size of the fruit has 
kept this apple from the commercial place 
to which its quality would entitle it. 
Red Astrachan—This is the great gar¬ 
den apple. If it were not so freely plant¬ 
ed in the small gardens in city and town 
it would be a very good sort for the com¬ 
mercial orchard. It is early, very pro¬ 
ductive and of high quality for cooking. 
For dessert it is too tart to suit most per¬ 
sons. 
Red Canada—This is a very good apple, 
but not well known and too small to be 
very valuable commercially. 
Rhode Island Greening—This is the 
“Greening apple” of American markets. 
A number of inferior sorts have obtained 
some popularity by having a similar name 
or appearance. It is a good dessert va¬ 
riety when well grown, and a most excel¬ 
lent sort for cooking. It is one of the va¬ 
rieties on which the fame of Western New 
York as an apple-growing section is 
founded. 
Spitzenberg—This is a very good apple. 
Probably the best cooking variety grown 
in Wayne County. It is too tart for some, 
but others prefer it to all its competitors. 
It is a shy bearer. The apples hang sing¬ 
ly on the outside of the tree, and make a 
great show, but they do not fill the bar¬ 
rels. The price is little above that of 
Baldwin, and a tree similarly loaded will 
have barrels of Baldwin for pecks of 
Spitz. 
Swaar—An old, late-keeping variety of 
high quality which does not sell well on 
account of its color. 
Twenty Ounce—A very productive ap¬ 
ple of good quality for cooking or dessert. 
The tree is-subject to canker. The fruit 
is too large to se : l well, and the price is 
usually rather low. 
Wealthy—A fine new variety from 
every point of view. Excellent for cook¬ 
ing or dessert, it is just the right size to be 
most readily bought. It comes into bear¬ 
ing early and produces large crops an¬ 
nually. 
Wagener—This apple is of high qual¬ 
ity for dessert or cooking, but is not 
planted much because the tree is so weak 
and short-lived. 
Much of Wayne County is not adapted 
to peach growing. East of Sodus and 
south of the Ridge a crop cannot be ex¬ 
pected much oftener than twice in five 
years, and at least one of these crops is 
likely to come in a year when peaches are 
too plenty. A strip about 10 miles wide 
along the lake shore west of Sodus is 
peach country, and a large number of 
varieties are found commercially profit¬ 
able there. Under our conditions I should 
plant practically nothing but Early Craw¬ 
ford or some of its seedlings. These will 
give as long a season as we want. The 
later ones, which cannot be distinguished 
from Early Crawford except by the sea¬ 
son, will come in the edge of apple pick¬ 
ing, and then they are simply a terrible 
nuisance. It is no light matter to move a 
big gang out to the peach orchard for a 
few hours’ work each day. It often seems 
that the loss of time is greater than the 
profit on the peaches. Unless all the 
peaches are to be shipped it seems to us 
that this Early Crawford group is the best 
to plant. These varieties are the ones our 
customers want, because they are the best 
for dessert and canning. Elberta will stand 
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