, 1869-09-29
THE FARM AND GARDEN,


TIE FARM AND GARDEN.
THO Apple Orchard-Hesufck Cod
llpg-*ops of Wlno-ERrly Fennock
-Moss ell cooper = Irish Fehch-
t1hkeIss Swcel-Tclfotv 1nlctksio-
Autumn Apples-Ssannrd-It
Bees-secdhpkW Wet Iands-missouxi
LnndH.
trRox OR AGRICULTURAL coRAEsTpsDnsr1
CHANfAlax, Ill, Sept h
TIE fARN AND 6lxDxN.
On The ID Of September, 1858, now eight.eu I
years ago. the fIEt letter tn ths7seties with the
hbovc heading WA pubiiAhed. At1thAt time It !
WAa supposed that the spp1e would not flourish
On the pHaHiea, and That, "a 4 commercial ven-
tare, orchard planting wonM provn failure At \
that utoe the writer had twenty acyes planted IN
appe trees, md his tAlth WAS unooopdet thst |
they would succeed Trat orchard IL It |
tnts day succcas, but the tees nrsl |
planted have mostly been replaced |
Had no chsneea bten made that orchard would
have been failure Tnts has proved that 1t IS
only b. practical expes1ence thai We can decide
what Is best to plant Wlfhln these eishteen
3eass commercial orchards have been largely
planted, with more Or Ieaa Of financial SUCCESS.
The h.tory OF this new enterprise has been pretty
freely recorded In TuE TRlsusE, aud Its readers
kept posted In tho annuA1 psog1tsa. Bat Wa are
not Al the end Of Improvement, and in the setting
OF new orchards It viii DC well to aid the resQ1ta
Of the current year. AE. kaufman, the able ho1-
tttnltnrai editor Of the ioea Hons<stsod,
naa been looking through one Of tho
best orchards of lows With the vew Of
making h new {ist for the orchard, and hss done
good 1hiog for that State, and many Of his sogges-
iens are OF value In Illinois, The most valuable
letton n the article referred to u, what has been
previously stated, that these thtngs mnst have
practical test Out Of the tFo OF three thonsnud
varieties Of the apple that hATe been named and
described In books, have f1uited something over
two hundred and out Of this List there Il not tweu-
ty.0se that would plant IN coumescisl orchard.
There may be many Hundreds equally valuable,
but to teat them MI = too costly IN experiment for
fatmers; no. b It noW required, ~ our Industrial
Enlserblty haa undertaken the task, the progress
! Of which shall Eote FROM time to time. Will
| now proceed with the experience Of the current
| year.
KxswICK copL1xa, :
] IN1l peemIee that this orchard has been mostly
| Planted elefen Je4IA The KcsWick Cooling IL an
English apple. and the most popular and most
| hugely planted In England iof 4 summer cooking
| apple. The tee sB hardy q profus1 bearer, and
the nrst spple for the kitchen that We have, a. 1t
t eoosA very u!ee when bals grown sent over =
hundred barrels Of Them 10 Chicago and they sold
| for 1tty cents barrel over any Other cooking
| apple IN the market a. the time.
MI Kaunnau says Of this apple, for Iowa:
"Don'a want 1t in tho orchsrd.'' Dr.. Purr1nKtou
and others have net fouud'it profitable Fatmera'
wives cotup1an Of II lhxt It requires TOO much
sugar. though they admit that Il coaks the best ol
any other early apple have sent this apple To
market for more tnan nfteen yekrs, and have
found II among the tnoAt profitable.
I soPa or WINE.
\ IN the north Part Of the State this app1e has
been generally disseminated under the name oil
Williams Favoste; but 1t !s entirely dsttncs from
| the tue Wllfamk Ind this to bo one OF the
most desirable Of all the carly app1ea fot market,
The tee Ia vigorous grower, An abundant
bearer, fruit large ard snowy and Of fale quality,
npens here the 95th OF July. The fruit sold fol
\ SIX dollars per barrel. Ten tfeea produced forty
btlehels, Shall top graft several other va1ietica
with this Ia The srf1Dg. ! think there Is only q
lii,sd numrer Of trees Of this vsretf for sale 1t
Ill the nurseries Of the State but II can be grated
into poor sotts, OF which any orchard has tos
many already.
NARLT TEEEocE.
L%FHe, FhoWJ, good bearer; follows the pre-
ceolnE In markets profitable, but would not ptAn
too many; rotten At that per,od dlvtdo with otte
vefte1les.
This Is 1&rge, anowy. yellow spple thAt sell
: for eating; II rpeus the middle Of August, an
: beass good czcps htennlaly.
COorEK.
This sppls haa beeu overlooked among the ma
! ket apples; upens with the Lowell, aud a utti
: lasct.
: IRISH rxAcn.
A striped apple, r1pening with tho two prece<
2 Ing, n1d profitable for market The trees hare
rough hs.F, and even IN tbs nursery look sczubp,
!; but they bear young, and most abundautIy.
4 GOLDEN swIKr.
: This has proved tho most proutsb1c OF all It
= early summer sweet Hpples that have culttratet
Dskers Sweet follows Il IN the season, snd ID vc
+ vA1uabo. This latter variety has been sent We
1 unLer the nAtoo OF Late Golden Sweet It NJ
2 lslgely Disseminated By tho late n. Esnnleoa
. under that nAme.
!. 1nLpw 1SJrsrMI.
"a A yttJ desirable apple for ama1l coliectiouJ, b
70 too small for mazkct
n bExoF1.
4 4 very rue Apple but have doubts Of lts val,
X in the market orchard. The sree h TOO Upright
a grower, It u4J do better With moro age.
4 e Among the popular summer applea At the E,
il | NC might natne American Summer peaznal
m EA1ly Harrest Ea1tT Strawberry, LztEe Yello
11oush, Red Attrachau, and S2muaeF Rosa. All
the4e nasn tested, but would not p,sat oae
~ them for marker. Red June and Sxoes juno
rorld leave ou. Of tho Ast also. Summer Que
Il l
70 Duchess Of Otceuburgh has not been aanlc1co
- teyted here 10 form m opinion Of III vAlne.
mt the summer apples now tnu most proM!alnG v
20 nt for market NC kcsw!ck CodEna, Sopa Of VT
sf. Earl, rennoeS, Lewtll Cooper, Irish PeAch, Go
~ nSxees, and Bakery sxect
M ACrrAR ArF1H
~ OF thcte the lit Aa short ons- Al the e.
ii Fall Ftpptp, 0sovestem, and Porter ata most p
de- ulnf.
,es ,ss a. this point MAdc1s Bluan, Autumn sxs
~. Porter, Rambo, and Snow applo give good u
1T !ses!oe.
~ 6rANAKn4
Il Thu iE one of tho best autun1n and early win
ra.les spples that nxve eToNn prot
bearer of The ruost showy Unit, that comma
the Top OF the market hare made 1nufe MO
e PER lgee of this thsn teozn 4ny otHee variety, v
ont 1t may b the eops Of Wtna. Fun tnelr
eu- spectlye seasoas nothing rss JET been Prese1
sitl | 10 compete With Them.
" After Ill Ibis Is bot limited expsFtence, bz
on- u rrom ,nst sueh data TINT ws ded1ca se&enca
Gus rule1 Of ac4oo Sol and climate have their IL
enee On plxnta, and from thlA we have the dnr
San locations. The rezE9 Ruaset 3azt neads the
the IN Wisconsin II Ct doubtful valuc hero The
onR low Bennowef, 10 popalsr 8nd Valuable In y
'ou, locations. Is wo.th!efa in otnct1- These 1es.
and teach u that, xhlle the books are vA1ushls
Eepe1Ht way, md AID N tn our inycs11gau
up Individual experience In the locality u ~
va nuch lrpott2Dce,
Ing The culture Of the fo1, the planting OF cut
ttat 1 down OF forests the growing OF hedKc4 and
~ draining Of the soil, aIl tend 10 create nav
diston Of thiuga thsf need corresponding chsl
We IA our plowe, OF new combinations nr old q
At TIE man who comes from WtsreTa New
Re u With bis orrhxd vAsteres and plants them
u II WIN be very apt 10 lAJ the charge Of his fsiu1
and the sotl or climate, not stopping to inquire II
this sorts are not better adapted to Il Fer
the reason We should gtvc due weight 70 evcl
the limited experience OF the past eighteen JeArA
1 be Orchards for matket arc now an,org the r.
nszed branches Of rrsA economy, well worth
Gold special attention. !.
beeu AmopR me most va.ush1e winter apples ln1
dent | year may BE- noted the Stanazd. 5o1aihAns 7
lers; | II ouuca Timber Twtg, Sullas Ctdes, and
AVE. Da.i1 Tlpesun Rome BesntT, and rsny .
ttat popnla. sorts, hare done badly On sccouns oi
the | scale.
,oed, Il cuz Industrial University carries ont the
tvp IA proposed u regard to VasseaSeA Of fEus1,
'agnt viii accomplish raloahse and nueh.neede0 '
q re- | ITALIAN tkE3-
1x.s vesJ much pleased n she geutte1
Nay IN whbch "Rur4 ~ answered my com4u
lion Concerning The Eany Bose pota1oA r
lnoas, - 1oass.! AsA.s ~ <A - ].,tss~ :,
. stsL "Ru1O" eslis khs johnny Waop2er, taas =
sGs sS.se s:<1s e '1se e. e s1s
,ss- wat7 In reading DO eoniEo.e1r between n5end
a.es. 20. sood fd<a. = talnf, tasRa, tne II
ssns~ bee can aather no1e1 tsom tho second c1op
e g clottr, which II. Dodani atdrres 70 b Ene
ID aada,l9 IRea & IL su osser eoaaasa d. my
, psst put Only es3ney honey from the second 0op
u the lcaoEer but tho ME- e5op 019 Aao N Ell
tha e1gsoet, 1e rstas .oA ~ ,set ~ - ,neM
itJ o& siFs n 1.tatr nooey WIS he foai "
Eul Of 1nsfnd n enn 9Ht n9ana eutH4pftNpE MI