Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-30
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most grown for market in this valley is the
Summer Pippin of Downing and Thomas.
1t is the Tart Bough OF Sour Bough Of others,
and is generally known here rs Champlain.
The tree is vigorous, forming beautiful
head, and is II regular and good bearer. The
fruit is inferior in quality to Early Harvest,
but the flesh is tender and of an excellent
sub-acid havor-an excellent variety for
cooking. Two weeks later than Early llar-
vest Garretson's Early is of much the same
character, and its season is the same or n
trfe later. The tree is vigorous and pro-
ductive; the fruit very large and fair. Con-
sidered here n very valuable apple.
For IN sweet apple for August we have
nothing to compare in popularity with the
Early Sweet Bough. The tree is not quite
hardy even in this valley, and is of slow
growth. But give it II choice situation, and
it is II regular, though not great bearer.
Fruit very sweet, tender and rich. Every
one should have one tree at least. 1t is II
first filvorite with the children.
We often meet here with another sweet
apple which Immediately succeeds the Sweet
Bough. | have heard it called Bennington
Sweet, and have been told that the original
tree stood on the battle field of Bennington.
1t is hardy and of vigorous growth; fruit
large and varying from green to nearly red.
The large, well-colored specimens have II
good flavor and are tender and juicy, but
those imperfectly colored retain n raw. bit
terish taste.
As indispensable us the Sweet Bough, and
to fill the place of Il sweet apple from the
middle of September almost till winter, is
the Golden Sweeting. 1t is n great bearer;
the fruit large, II rich sweet, perhaps II little
, too dry for the table, but fine for baking
+ Among the very best table apples for sum-
mer are the Benoni, Early Joe and Primate.
, The tree of Benoni resembles that of the
Northern Spy in its habit of growth, is hardy,
vigorous and productive. The fruit is large
, and handsome; its flesh tender, rich sub
acid. 1t was pronounced mt the last meeting
of the Champain Valley Horticultural Soci-
ETY. our best summer apple. Ripens the last
of August. The Early Joe rpening about
4 the same time, is IN exceedingly delicious
h fruit. 1t possesses rare combination of sugar
and acid which gives it peculiarly rich
n vinous flavor. Of all apples it most rcsem-
@ bles the pear in character. But the tree is IL
It slow grower though productive, and the fruit
S is small. The Primate ripens later, is of
e good size. very fair, fine grained. very
Y juicy, with very agreeable, mild, sub
g acid, flavor. The tree, however, is II re-
G markably slow grower, trees in my orchard
: remaining mere shrubs with round, compact
q heads, while other varieties of the same age
It around them have reached five times their
" size.
Early Strawberry is justly held in high es-
t, timaton. Its quality is not so fine as that of
n those just mentioned, but it has II peculiar,
= berry-like flavor. The trees are handsome
1t growers, generally good bearers, and mature
e their fruit by degrees, so as to remain in
(. eating II long time. The Prmate and Will
liams' Favorite bring us through to the fall
10 apples. The latter is handsome apple,
medium to large, mild and rich tree grows
- freely and bears abundanty. In some parts
" of our valley it is held in the highest repute.
l. As my eye runs down this list of summer
s. apples, what visions of ripe fruit arise in my
mindi And such ripe fruit, beautiful to the