Nebraska advertiser., 1869-04-22
what APPLES sIlalEEPIant4

what APPLES
From C6lman's Rural World
This IS a very important question ;
It interests the pocket as well as the
palate. If, by planting certain yarie-
tie. i can have an orchard bringing
me ln a snug little income at hve o
six years from setting out; while, by
planting another list Of varieties, /
have to learn to labor and TO wait IF
teen or twenty Years for the same re-
sults-the choice becomes deeply inn
pOrtant to me. That there " varie-
ties that commence bearing the sec
Ond or third year from planting, Is
well known; and, that there are also
varieties that appear 10 have no earth
ly idea Of what they were set out for
that seem7 to live TO tantalize their
owner; growing vigorously; extend
ing their long branchess SO as TO touch
each other. like the Belle1oWer, or
shooting up heayenwards like the
Northern Spy, bearing nothing but
leaves-is q fixed fact, we'll enough
known to be appreciated. But, what
trees shall ] plant2 / don't want to
plant for pOsterity-as the Irish orator
said, "pOsterity has done nothing for
me:n why, then, should / plant for
pOsterity2 I want to plant so that
should a kind Providence spare my
fife six, ten, or twenty years, / can
reasonably expect 10 eat the fruit and
enjoy the proceeds of it. Having been
through the school of experience, /
will give some Of the lessons I have
learned. One have learned is this
not to set out every variety that is
recommended ia the fruit books, and
thus have a mixed lot Of trees-per-
haps fifty, sixty, or a hundred varie-
ties, in an orchard, not half as profit
able as afeW Of good bearing. hardy,
popular apples. Four, or At the most,
six varieties of winter; three Or four
summer, and the same of fall-are
enOuChfOr amarket orchard.
Another lesson: hyOur ground Is
not ready for your trees when you get
them, heel them In by all means, If il
is only for a day or two. Don't put
them in the cellar; IL may rain so as
70 put off planting a week or more,
Gndthe roots of trees should not be
exposed any longertO the light or all
than Is necessary.
Another lesson phave learned-nOi
from my oWn experience Il was not
fool enough for that, but 'front.' the eX.
perience Of Others, is: Never TO pur.
chase trees of a tree pedler, but 60 e
q good reliable nursery-the nearer
home the better.
Now for early bearing varieties.
First in the list Of summer apples, il
the Carolina Red June; the Early
rH..1 "A H. 49,
still I have no fault to find with IL
Fer cOokingf Ceswick Cooling will al,
ways come TO time; HawthOrnden il
also an early bearer among fall apples.
Maiden's Blush does well. Porter
grows slow, but still commences bear
ing tOlerably early. Hawley is mo-
much known in the West; but, judg'
ing from one tree we have, it is q no
bic apple; commences bearing early
Is frst-rate for cooking, and not bat
20 take without. Jersey Sweeting il
avery early abundant bearer, but the
tree Il tender. The RambO isa mum.
Der n apple every way; in fact, ]
cannot think Of any other variety d
MS season, that pleases me as well a,
this; there is money In il. Along TO-
wards the winter apples-Fameuse OF
Snow does well. Westfield Seek No
Further does its duty: / wish I could
say as much of the Yellow BellefiOW.
Is; but its shortcomings are well
known: however I have seen it break.
ing down with fruiton the river bluff
The Wagner goes TO work nearly as
soon as planted. Herefordshire Pear.
man comes ia about right. Peck's
Pleasant does passably weli-I really
wish I could say the same of PryOr's
Red, for / like the apple; but the fact
Is, that one Wine Sap will bear more
apples for me than thirty Pryor's Red,
what the latter viii do for pOsterity
can't tell. The Romantic, where il is
appreciated and free fromsdry rot, is q
desirable variety-it does its duty no
bly,. English Russell does well.
Among sweet apples: Talman'sS Sweet
and Ladies Sweeting, are about medi-
UNI for earliness in bearing. The Ja-
net grows so slowly that it takes 9
number Of years for it 20 get large
enough to do much, though it pays
well but, the Wine Sap will "dO tC
tie to - l find there is more money in
Il than any other apple Of its season.
r 4 acquainted with. Little 70.
mantle does its besttO please; but, the
Northern Spy, deliver me from thirty
trees, set out fifteen years ago, have
altogether, actually for the last six
years given froma peck TO a bushe,
per year; however, there ishOpe even
for q as Elliott, in his Western Fruit
Book, says sit cannot be considered 8
profitable variety until the trees have
acquired at least twenty yearsOf age
However, to sum it al up Early ap.
ples-Red June, Early Harvest, Kes-
wick Cooling (fOr cOOking.) Fall APP
ples-Hawthorne, Maideu's Blush.
RamhO, Famuese. Winter apples
Wagner, Peck's Pleasant, Wine SaF
and Janet. For sweet-Talmani:
Sweet and Ladies Sweeting.
RUSTIC.