Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-04-12
For the Charles City Intellig encer.
Apple Orchards.

EDITOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sir: /
noticed an article in your paper of the
5th inst. copied from the Bremen Coun-
ty Phoenix on "The Homestead" how
to make it attractive, apple orchards,
&c, in the main good one, and one
in which we are all interested. take
my pen more particularly at this time
to criticise, somewhat, his list of apples
recommended for cultivation here, as
being "hardy and productive" Relia-
BILE information upon this point is de-
sirable to those putting out orchards, -
and their number am happy to state
is rapidly increasing-for without it
both money and labor will be thrown
away and worse than that for the
chronic cry of "you can't raise apples
in Iowa will be heard on every hand.
"Can't raise apples in Iowa" Why
not "Too cold" Indeed, but they
raise apples in Maine and Canada,
which have the reputation of being
slightly cool at times. "Too windy"
Protect by belt of timber, willow and
cottonwood planted at the time of set
ting the trees in orchard will thorough
ly protect them by the time the trees
are in bearing. can see no real OBJ
stacle to prevent us from raising all
the apples we can consume. am so
sure that we can do so, ! expect to
add to my orchard yearly until get
at least twenty acres. The main thing
is, to get the right kind of fruit. Some
of the finest eastern varieties we can
not raise, but that we can raise others
nearly equal to the best | do knotc.
Some of the second quality we have
nearly as hardy as the oak. Years ago
/ correspondent on the subject of fruit
with such men as DR.. Kennicott of
Cook county, ILL.,, the pioneer of fruit
growing in the West, who said "plant
largely in orchard. missed it that
l did not plant largely in orchard in
the beginning" With DR.. Pennington,
of Sterling ILL.,, who has an hundred
acres of orchard with A. X. Whitney,
of Franklin Grove H., who last year
picked six thousand bushels of apples !;
and with others of almost equal ce-
lebrity as fruit growers. have fruit
ed many kinds myself here, and as the
result of myown and Others experience
would confidently recommend to those
wishing to raise apples the following
varieties, viz:
SUMNER.
Red June, Red Astrachan, Early Pen
mock, Keswick Goblin, and Sweet
June.
Fameuse, Saint Lawrence, Sops of
Wine, Duchess of Oldenburg, Baily
Sweet and Autumn Strawberry.
Rawles Jannet, Courthouse or Little
Romantic, Limbertwig, New York Pip
pin or Ben Davis, Perry Russell, Tai
man Sweet, Willowtwig, Hoss, Wine
Sap, Roman Stem, and Westfield Seek
no-further
Duchess of Oldenburg and Sops of
Wine on most lists are classified as
summer apples, but with us will prove
to be early fall omit from Mr.. Lind
ley's list the Early Strawberry, as l
find no authority for its hardiness-l
do not find the Washington to have
any connection with the Sops of Wine
| omit Maiden's Blush as not proving
very hardy here and the Gravensten
have never before heard of as being
hardy Hope it may prove so, as its
quality is No. one. omit Northern
Spy, as not yet fully proved I; it is late
in bearing, but think it may yet be-
come very popular apple. Yellow
Bellfower is poor bearer on prairie
soils. Wagner, properly Wagener)
| have not found hardy Golden Rus
sett not perfectly hardy. The Ben Da-
Wis, Perry Rnsset, West6eld Seek-no-
further and Autumn Strawberry, in
clude in the list, wholly on recommen-
dations in which | have confidence,
and on the same authority | might add
Benoni to the list of late summer APP
Piles. Siberian Crab is indispensable.
Yours for the Fruit Growers,
Charles City, April IN, 1866