The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-03-05

1t il very desirable that the product
of our orchards should be as uniform in
amount year by year as possible. Es.
pecially would this be important, should
we be at pains to make preparations for
keeping it. As the case stands, we are
burdened and our trees exhausted, by ex.
cessive crops in some years, and in 9TH
crs we experience dearth of fruit. The
bearing Of orchards is more under the
control of the orchardist, than may gen.
orally be supposed. Despite the inau.
ence of favorable and unfavorable sea-
sons, the removal of the young fruit from
a part of the orchard will be very likely
to cause that part to bear the next year,
while the other part rests; and this al
formation will be apt to continue. Other
means more or less efficient mi ght be sug.
gested.
| cannot undertake, within the limits
of this paper, to enter into all the details
of fruit culture and the abundance Of
our fruit books renders it unnecessary. l
merely offer those hints, successfully the
pecularities of our climate and agricul-
ture.
| will close with lists Of selected fruits
adapted to the various purposes that
have been suggested. For general mar.
ket use the Baldwin stands prominent by
reason of its productiveness and fair APP
pearance. In unfavorable soils and ex-
posure and at distance from the lake, it
is tender and short-lived; but here it will
often succeed, if grated in the head Of a
hardy stock. Next in value, and even
more popular, because more hardy, is the
Grcening. The King Of Tompkins Co.,
and the Northern Spy, the latter very
hardy, though tardy in fruiting, are good
keepers, and are freely planted. So of
the Russets, Roxbury, Golden and Eng
lish, of which the Golden is most sought
for, though the English is one of our very
longest keepers.
For a succession of choice apples for
family supply, through every month Of
the year, the following may be named.
SUMNER: AUTUMN:
Early Harvest, Hawley,
Red Astrachan and Lowell,
Bcnoni, [both very hardy) Porter,
Sweet Bougb, Jersey Sweeting and
Summer Rose, Munson Sweet, for
Early Joe, desert; and
Primate and Gravenstein and
Golden sweeting, fol table, Lyman's Pumpkin
and Keswick Goblin and Sweet for cooking
Summer Pippin for cooking.
WINTER: SUMNER AND FALL MARKET:
Hubbardston Nonesuch, Red Astrachan
Pcoks Pleasant, Keswick Goblin,
Yellow Bcllcaeur. Summer Pippin.
Melon, Fameuse,
Belmont, Grsvenstein,
Swan and Colvert and
Ladies Sweeting, for Lyman's Pumpkin
dessert, and Tolmsn Sweet.
Sweet, for cooking.
MARKET PEARS: Clapps Favoritc, Bartlett,
Flemish Beauty, Howell Buium, Seckel, Louisa
Bonnc d Jersey and Bonnie d Anjou.
A succession for home use might be
secured by the above list, adding n few
good winter sorts, as Josephine de NAL
ines, Duchess de Bordeaux, Mt. Vernon
and Faster Beurre. The new winter pears
just named, it is hoped, will serve as late
keepers for market
Among Plums the Lombard proves
hardest and most prolific but under
good care many others give good results
Our hardest cherries are the Dukes
and Moullos, the best of which are the
Common Pic, or Late Kentish, the Late
Duke and the Early Richmond. The
Heart and Rigarrean cherries in warm
gardens may survive some time and bear
moderately.