Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-27
winter Apples.

fed that several varieties will prove to have
enough hardness for any but the very worst
localities, in which growers may be compel.
ed to replace them with the new Winter 81.
berians, q number Of which are as good as
any apples, except in point of size.
FAMEUsE. Went through the winter and
leaved out we'll, but seems hurt, don't grow
off freely.
GRAvENsTEIN. Killed back considerably.
Trees grow in Massachusetts,.
NORTHERN SPY. About like Grdvenstein.
Trees from same source. Spys in nursery,
two years old, stood well. A very late va
riety to come into bearing.
yellow BELLFLowER. Badly injured.
Shall plant no more.
ToLMAN SWEET. Some injured but cannot
be dispensed with unless absolutely compell-
ed. The best baking apple for win ter known
MORGAN SWEET. A Maine apple, recon-
mended as hardy, but every tree killed to
the ground.
WEsTFIELD SEEK.No.FURTHER. Seems por-
fectly hardy. An excellent apple; six.year-
old trees in bloom this season. Kept the
fruit in cellar this spring until May.
RED CANADA, (OM NonsUch) Trees I'M
healthy, and seemingly not suited to the To-
cality, though not killed.
CANADA REINErTE. Every tree killed to
the ground, though in fine condition last fall
BLUE PEARMAIN. Seems quite hardy.
RAMsDELL's SWEET. This is a splendid
apple, and desirable; it is dark red sweet
ing with a blue bloom; keeps all winter.
Trees seem to have wintered full better
than Tolmau Sweet. Have strong hopes of
this variety.
BEN DAVIS (Neo York Pippin) Trees
of this variety passed through entirely un-
harmed. Western growers tell us that the
fruit Of the Ben Davis is best far north. 1t
is free grower, good and early bearer.
The fruit is hardly surpassed for beauty, and
sells well, though not first class in quality.
KENrIsH FILL BASKET. An early winter
apple of excellent quality, good size, and tree
a good grower and regular bearer. Has been
planted considerably around lake Memphre.
magog, ali succeeds well.
SHAKER PIPPIN. Seems hardy, and is said
to be desirable variety. We have never
seen the fruit.
JEwETT's RED (Nodhead). Killed back
some, but growing well this spring. A splen-
did variety very popular market apple, and
succeeds well in New Hampshire.
GOLDEN RUssEr. About with the Jewctt
in hardness
PoMME GRIsE. Ends OF branches hurt
some, but doing very we'll.
MCCLELLAN. Very popular early win
ter apple in Connecticut, and succeeds well
as far north as Orange County, but killed
back some last winter with us.
GRIMES GOLDEN. Stood about as well as
Northern Spy and Gravenstein in the same
row.
BOTTLE GREENING. Seems perfectly hardy;
highly recommended by Manning, of Massa-
chusetts, to take the place of Rhode Island
Greening when that variety will not grow.
GRANITE BEAUTY. A New Hampshire va
riety much praised and apparently hardy /;
anything but a beauty" in its habit of
growth-thc most struggling trees in our Or
chard.
BLACK OXFORD. We have had great hopes
of this popular Maine variety as hardy win
ter apple but last winter three-year-old trees
in the nursery suffered badly In the or
chard it stood well, and it may be that we
killed the nursery trees ourself by too severe
summer pruning. We suspect that was the
trouble, still we don't want to fully recon-
mend the Oxford yet.
RoCKwOoD APPLE. This variety original.
ed in Belgrade, Me. 1t resembles the Bald
win very closely, is equally as good bearer,
and the fruit averages larger and better on
the trees we have seen. 1t came through
the winter all right with US, and six-year-old
trees have bloomed full. If it holds Out
like this it will be big thing for Northern
Vermont
WHITNEY RUssET. Thought to be a seed
ling of Pomme Grse, but better grower
and fruit larger and more abundant, while
not inferior in quality. Wintered well il
nursery, except such trees as were killed by
splitting of the bark, to which it seems very
subject. A hopeful variety, originated il
, Canada West, and received from Jos. l.
Budd, Secretary Of the Iowa Horticulture
Society, who recommends it enthusiastically
both for hardness and excellence.
MAGoG RED STREAK. Although we hav,
marked a number Of winter apples hardy,
they having suffered little or no injury nom
has come through the winter so triumphant
ly as this, which we can place alongside o
the toughest Siberian for utter contempt ant
{ defiance of Jack Frost. We are replacin,
every tree that fails with this variety, an,
now have some forty in the orchard, not on,
of which has lost Il terminal bud. This beat
: Totofsky and Duchess, though both of then
are hardy enough. The Magog Red Streal
' is a magnifcontly rapid, upright grower, ear
5 ly and free bearer, and gives an apple of goo
l size handsome appearance, and more tina
average quality, which keeps till April. Orig
c mated on the west shore of Lake Memphre
magog. The original tree, about eightee
! years Old, has never suffered any from eli
t mate, and is now in perfect health.
PLUMB's CIDER This variety is unfOrtu
o natelY named since one Is apt to attach tn