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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 13, 1920 
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New or Noteworthy Fruits 
Part X. 
A Word of Warning. —This is the 
fifth report to The Rural New-Yorker 
on new or noteworthy fruits from the 
New York Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. The objects of these reports are to 
describe the beet new fruits and to call 
attention to noteworthy sorts which are 
not receiving the attention they deserve. 
It sometimes seems that these discussions 
of new fruits invest them with a value 
that may not belong to them. There is 
a tendency on the part of growers to 
plant at once largely of sorts recom¬ 
mended as promising by the horticultural 
press or by experiment stations. In other 
words, discussion in the press may put 
a premium on rarity and scarcity, making 
growers believe that that which is un¬ 
common is more desirable than that which 
is common. A word of warning, there¬ 
fore, is necessary. Markets demand com¬ 
mon and well-known fruits, and no mat¬ 
ter how many the merits of new fruits 
it is often difficult to sell them in the mar¬ 
kets because they are not known. The 
buyer wants common commodities and not 
rarities. The new fruits described in 
these articles, therefore, should he looked 
upon as possible speculations. A novelty 
should be thoroughly tided out before it 
is planted extensively. Standard varie¬ 
ties should form the basis of every large 
plantation. 
Making for Progress. —These intro¬ 
ductory remarks must not be mistaken. 
They are not written with the idea of 
condemning new varieties. To condemn 
new fruits is to set oneself against pro¬ 
gress. In the long run there can be 
little progress in fruit-growing without 
new fruits. We aim here only to protest 
against the rather too common idea that 
new varieties in large numbers should be 
set in commercial orchards with the hope 
that their rarity and possibly some new 
and wonderful character will make them 
more profitable than standard varieties. 
The most profitable commercial sorts are 
those that have an established reputation 
as money-makers. With this mild caution 
to fruit-growers to make haste slowly in 
planting largely of the promising new 
fruits that are brought forth from year 
to year, we pass to the task of describing 
some of the worthy fruits now on proba¬ 
tion on the Experiment Station grounds 
at Geneva, New York. 
Cortland Apple. —The Cortland apple 
is a cross between Ben Davis and McIn¬ 
tosh, which originated at the Geneva Ex¬ 
periment Station from seeds planted in 
1S99. The fruit of the new variety re¬ 
sembles McIntosh in color, shape, flesh 
and odor. All who have tried the two 
apples side by side agree that Cortland 
is richer in flavor than McIntosh, but 
perhaps the outstanding character that 
may make Cortland an improvement on 
McIntosh is that it keeps a few weeks 
later in the season in common storage. 
The trees on the Station grounds up to 
the present time are of but moderate 
vigor and productiveness. It is to be 
presumed that they are quite as hardy 
as those of McIntosh. Whether or not 
it will turn out that they are adapted to 
as many different soils as McIntosh re¬ 
mains to be seen. 
Tioga Apple. —Tioga is another seed¬ 
ling from the New York Experiment Sta¬ 
tion which promises well. It is a cross 
between Sutton and Northern Spy, seed 
of which was planted in 1900. Curiously 
enough, however, it does not resemble 
either parent, but is more nearly like 
Newtown Pippin. If it finds a place in 
the fruit culture of the country it will 
be as a variety for the Northeastern 
States to take the place of Yellow New¬ 
town Pippin in localities where that 
variety does not thrive. It is not quite 
as high in flavor as Yellow Newtown 
Pippin, being a little too tart for most 
palates. Another good character that 
commends it is that it keeps in common 
storage until late Winter, maintaining its 
handsome golden yellow color to the very 
last. 
King David Apple. —King David has 
now been in the markets for a decade or 
more but, notwithstanding, few growers 
know it. In the Northeastern States the 
fruits run quite too small for the general 
market, and because of the smallness of 
the fruit the trees are not sufficiently 
productive. On the grounds of this sta¬ 
tion, however, the trees make up in num¬ 
bers of fruits what the fruits lack in size. 
The quality of the apples is most excel¬ 
lent, few other sorts meeting so well the 
demand for a rich, spicy dessert apple. 
The apples also are handsome in appear¬ 
ance, attracting the eye at once wherever 
shown in fruit exhibits. In some seasons 
the apples water-core if allowed to hang 
on the trees too late. Whether or not 
King David can be grown as a commercial 
variety, it certainly can be recommended 
for home plantations. 
Golden Delicious Apple. —Golden 
Delicious is creating the sensation 
of the times among apple growers. 
It is being more widely talked about 
than any other sort, and apple growers 
everywhere want to know about it. Un¬ 
fortunately, the several trees on the .sta¬ 
tion grounds are not yet in bearing. All 
that can be said is that the three and 
four-year-old trees growing at Geneva are 
handsome young specimens, and promise 
well for the future. Such fruits of 
Golden Delicious as have been seen by 
the writer have appeared promising in¬ 
deed. They arc excellent in quality, being 
often better in this character than the 
well-known Grimes Golden, with which 
it must be compared. Fruit-growers every¬ 
where at the earliest opportunity should 
try a few trees of Golden Delicious with 
the hope that it may make a money-mak¬ 
ing sort, and with the certainty that it is 
a variety which every man wants in liis 
home orchard. 
The J. II. Hale Peach. —This variety 
has been mentioned in one or two of the 
preceding articles of this series. It does 
not need an introduction nor general dis¬ 
cussion. In mentioning it, we only want 
to say that it fruited heavily in Western 
New York for the first time in 1919, and 
that the trees behaved most excellently 
and the fruits were all that could be de¬ 
sired. A good many growers confuse it 
with Elberta, but it is typically distinct 
from that well-known sort in being more 
globular, a little larger in size and a little 
better in color. From reports that come 
in to us, it. is to be feared that Elberta 
is being substituted rather generally for 
the J. II. Hale. 
June Elberta Peach. —Peach growers 
everywhere want a peach of the Elberta 
type which is a little earlier than this 
well-known sort. June Elberta is a can¬ 
didate for this honor. On the grounds of 
the Geneva Experiment Station it is a 
wonderfully attractive peach, the fruit be¬ 
ing large, of a handsome yellow, with a 
blush on the sunny side that makes it one 
of the handsomest of peaches. It begins 
to ripen early in August, the fruits matur¬ 
ing at approximately the same time, and 
running very uniform. The flesh is a 
deep, rich yellow, slightly streaked with 
red, and almost free from the stone. The 
quality is good, but is a little lacking in 
sweetness and richness. To most palates, 
however, it is equal to or an improvement 
on Elberta. The variety can be recom¬ 
mended for trial by all peach growers. 
Imperial Epineu.se and Agen Plums. 
—These two varieties have been men¬ 
tioned in previous articles an<l need no 
lengthy discussion in thus article. Of the 
200 and more varieties of plums on the 
grounds of the Geneva Station, Imperial 
Epineuse and Agen lead all others in 
quality of fruit. Moreover, the trees are 
large, vigorous, hardy and very produc¬ 
tive. Every man who grows plums in a 
commercial plantation should try these 
two sorts, and certainly better sorts for 
the home orchard cannot be found. Un¬ 
fortunately, nurserymen in the East have 
not begun to propagate these varieties, 
and buyers must go to the Pacific Coast 
to obtain trees. From the number of let¬ 
ters asking where these two plums can 
be obtained, it is certain that nurserymen 
would find it most profitable to make a 
specialty o? Imperial Epineuse and Agen. 
U. P. HEDRICK. 
Geneva, N. Y., Experiment Station. 
“Dearest, I am not worthy of you.” 
“That’s what mother says, Harold. It’s 
so nice to see you two agreeing.”— 
Louisville Courier-Journal. 
