Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-12-03
PROCEEDINGS OF TIE NEW YORK
FARYE..s CLUB or TUE subject
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OF SEEDLESS APfLES.
Lysauder Barrett, Of French Creek,
West Virginia. forwarded a half BUSH
Ell of this remarkable fruit, aud wrote
as follows: l trust he Club people
will no longer doubt my former com
munication GU the sui ject' The origin,
as learn it from the owner, is something
Ike this Eighteen years siuce lie scnt
to fruit grover in Monongahela Coin'y |
for some CRAFTS Of his choicest apples,
aud further informed mo that the seed
less apple trees lave never failed to
b,ar fruit every season siuce the first
commencement OF their bearing up I"
the present season, while the ordinary
kinds u fruit around it were all killed
by the frost in the Spring. l was iu-
iJrmed that they are a good apple foi
cooking purposes, aud will keep until
the month Of F,ubruary, Those sent
You we're gathered on the 18th OF Octo
ber, we're exposed 10 all the hard frost
since, and these have made them con-
siderably tougher and improved the
favor. They are considered good aP
pie to cultivate for drying, being much
heavier than other apple, aud no waste
in eoreing, &c.
Mr.. Greeley-Allow me a word. A
least so years ago | saw it stated tia
il limb Of an apple tree he stucl
in moist ground bottom end up it wonlC
take root and grow and produce thu
sort of fruit which our friend describes
don't believe the story was made en-
tirely out of whole cloth-still gentle
men may hav some cause to sheer
Now say that if there is q mode o
producing apples of the kind descibc'
it is a very great advantage. 1t is al
important circumstance that this bear
uniformity when others do not. / Ger
tainly should like TO have our ordinar,
varieties manifest these characteristics
means that the blossoms are, as com
pared with those Of other trees, YER
small and peculiar. Unless gentleme
eau argue the seal of the bond the fac
is established in my mind that apple
will grow without seeds. .fa TGr
Mr.. Fuller-I hope some Of thcs
specimens will be forwarded to Charlie
Downing, and | have no doubt tina
next Spring he will take the trouble {
60 aud see the tree. have heard G
scedless apples being produced in th
way explained by Mr. Greedy. l an
satisfied that these apples are seedle't
though there may have been in tn
tree some freak of nature which we d
not understand | don't see the peces
sity, according to vegetable physiology
that fluit should have flowers, but Their
certainly is nessiIy Of producing seed I
propagate the species. "a
Mr.. Gregory The disposition of al
plants prepared and continued BY roots
cuttings, eyes, grating, aud bull, 4
seem to have to tend toward becoming
seedless, or impo.ent to produce b.
blossom and seed bearing, as by coure
Of habit. Take fer instance the com
mon potato, dahlia, Ranie, (Boohmeri
Teunacissima), and Southern suga
cane.s These have mostly reached
sterile condition, perhaps chiefly frou
this habit of continuing "like" il
this does not exactly beget like, bu
has general if not an exact resemblance,
to the parent, whereas, from seed, til,
fruits generally widely differ, and sxcep
when hybrids, aud care is used small
percentage only is equal to the parent
Mr.. Quinn-lf the law of which Mr.
Greeley speaks produces apples without
seeds il does not op, rate With otheI
fruits. For instance, | inverted som,
current cuttings and no change was no
ted in the returns.
Mr.. Greeley-I do not say or thiul
1t may be so in all cases, but do sa,
aud think that if what our friend write
be true, it is Of great importance to 6nc
out how VIC can make the principl
generally apply. My apples are gener
ally good part Of them at least
destroyed in the blossom. l hope som,
Investigations will be made.
Mr.. EIly-I consider the subject o.
sufficient importance for committe t.
whom the subject sbal DO referred will
Instructions to report in regard to al
the peculiarities and collateral facts
For this work | will name Messrs. Full
Ter, Downing, Lyman, Quinn, anC
thand,,ll