Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-03-23
Jhe 4frald,
[From the Hearth and Home
Apples for Western Market
Orchards.

regard to varieties of les TO
market orchards. 1t is a very ol(
and somewhat wearisome subject K
the sophisticated fruit grower; bu
it exceedingly interests the new be
ginner, who is perhaps a little toe
prone to believe that all that i:
needed is to select good sorts and
plant the trees. But / am not SC
much inclined as many now are to
depreciate the Importance Of plant
ing the most successful varieties
Practically we find great many
conditions of the most successful
culture not yet attainable for many
varieties, even of special excellence,
without a disproportionate COST
and so il will hardly pay to grow
them for profit. The American
Summer Pearmain is one of the
finest of apples, but neither its nat.
ural productiveness or its color
can recommend it to the CONNER
cial orchardist Perhaps root prun-
ing would make it bear better, and
highten the color of its fruit; but
this is not yet proven, and mean
while we must recommend trees to
those who cannot, or will not,
make the experiment.
We want, in short, for the com.
mefcial orchardist, trees that with
good common culture will yield
good crops of salable apples. The
apples need not be more than
good" in quality, but they should
by preference be of size aud color,
and uniform in size. They should
be fair, and consequently not very
susceptible to climatic influences
and the attacks Of insect enc
mics.
Combining as many as may be
of these qualities, ! enumerate the
following The list could no doubt
be increased, but ! speak from per-
sonal experience or observation,
which narrows the limits, and main.
ly with reference to this part of H.
linois latitude 30 degrees):
Sops Of Wine, Kirkbridge White,
Hawthornden, Porter,
Maiden's Blush, Rawles Janet.
Here are only six varieties, as ]
omit many that have planted, and
shall plant myself in order to cut
down the list to meet strictly com
mercial wants only.
Sops OF Wine is an old English
apple which has been a good deal
disseminated in some parts of the
State as Williams Favorite, 1t
succeeds well in the very Northern
portion of our State, and is much
esteemed in the Southern. 1t has
a very tough, thick skin, and a
rather dry flesh, and accordingly
endures brusing and carriage bet
ter than most varieties. As | have
seen it in New England, it is subac
id but here in Southern Illinois it
is nearly sweet, 1t is of medium
size, and of a deep red color. 1t
ripens through a long period Of
time, like many other summer ap-
Piles. President Higgins, Of the |
Alton Horticultural Society, who is
enthusiastic in his admiration of
this variety, has exhibited good |
specimens Of the fruit on the first
Thursday of July, August, and
September,
Kirkbrldge White, a variety first
described, so far as know, BY |
Henry Ward Beeeher In the notes,
afterward published as "Frult,
Flowers, and Farming" and may
be found in "Downing's Fruit
Trees" and other works, though
not very widely known or approx
ed. My father planted 1t In 1922,
from John Smith, Of Greenyille,
who sold it under the name
of "June Apple" which on the
subsequent introduction of the Car
olina "Red June" was modified in
10 "white June" and yellow
Iunen 1t il apparently Seeding
IF the Keswlck Cooling, which 1t
in shape oftee and fruit,
Dnt It is better apple, and with
ne more productive 1t Is great
learer OF tair fruit, of good to very
good quality. 1t oyerbears and
becomes too small IN some sea-
sons, and has no red color, which |
$ unfortunate; bnt its good quail {
les largely prepondemte. {
The Hawthornden is Scotch ap.
lie, which | find very early bear !
II, and 90 prolific as TO dwarf the I
rec Trees Of ordinary size for /
,lanting bore a peck Of apples each /
he third year after planting, =
Phe fruit Is large, fair, and we'll,
hough not hardly good enough for :
IN eating.apple, but the demand, IN !,
is season, Is rather for cooking !.
han eating apples,
The Porter, d Massachusetts va 3
iety, Is very successful here, This !
.ariety Is notable for hardy, rath. y
= slow growing, round-headed :
rec, through which the fruit Is ?
evenly on the shoots Of !
heinlerlor limbs. and for large, fair 8
ven sized fuitog very good quail.
j Ii seems to have resisted oil
nngus and most insect attacks, as
veil as tie Hawthornden, last MN
ioned
The Maiden's Blush, a well
mown New jersey variety, Is one
lfthe most popular market sorts
n Chicago. lis large size and ilne ,
.oloy anA valna far eaakinV and .