Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-05-02
9urtitulture.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE JOURNAL OF INGLEsIDE. NO 8.
BY HoRTENsIUs.


thio NeAANtJ WV JNNAot
am prepared to join in its praise. 1t is not
a new apple, since it originated in West Vir-
ginia about ninety years ago, and has been
grown to considerable extent in Ohio for
about fifty years, aud in various places west
Of the Mississippi for twenty or twenty-five
years, yet il has but recently bee1 brought
to general notice. In the few years that il
has been before the public it has attained
great popularity, and probably no variety is
more sought for in the Western nurseries at
the present time.
The tree is thrifty and handsome grower,
proving quite hardy, and seeming to succeed
everywhere. 1t produces abundant, annual
crops. The fruit is Of medium size, lemon
yellow, covered with minute brown dots.
The flesh is yellow, crisp, rich, with a brisk,
sub-acid favor. 1t is a good keeper and in
this section its season will probably continue
till March and April, perhaps later, since
they are reported to have been kept with
good care till June. Were this fruit Of
larger size, it would seem that nothing would
be lacking to render it Of the highest value
for market purposes, though being rather
tender in flesh, and of such color as shows
bruises, it would require careful handling.
But let us try it widely both in the valley
and on the hills.
The Minister Apple,
Received from VIM. II. Bailey, Esq, of
Plattsburgh, by whom it is very highly es-
teemed. 1t originated in Massachusetts,, and
was first shown to the elder Manning who
brought it to notice and recommended it, by
a minister, the Rev. DR.. Spring, of New
buryport, whence its name. The fruit bears
much resemblance to that Of the Benoni. 1t
is large, irregular, oblOng.conical, ribbed.
Skin very distinctly splashed and striped
with red on greenish yellow ground. Stalk
an inch long, slender, curved. Calyx small,
closed, in plated basin. Flesh yellowish,
moderately rich, with a mild, sub-acid and
agreeable favor. Season, mid-winter. A
productive and snowy fruit.
American Golden Russst.
What a delicious morsel we have here.
Where can we find anything to surpass this
pretty little apple with its tender and juicy
flesh and mild, rich flavor? It's pregminent-
ly a fancy dessert fruit, and for this use
holds much the same rank among winter APP
Piles as does the Early Joe among summer
sorts. 1t is too small to become very 'popu!
lar, or to be profitable sort to raise for mar
kct; but whoever plants one or two trees of
it will provide for his family source of
much satisfaction. It is very productive,
but unfortunately the surface of the fruit is
subject to black spots of fungus, which often
render it of little value.
The Belmont Apple.
Thus far no fruit succeeds better at Ingle.
side than this popular Ohio apple. The
trees are very vigorous in growth, perfectly
healthy, and remarkably productive. In
consequence of its bearing so heavily the
fruit is not uniform in size, and many small
and imperfect specimens are produced. But
l gather a large yield, varying in size from
medium to large, and of such beauty and
excellence that rank the Belmont with the
Swaar as table fruit.
The color is clear, waxen yellow, often
with a bright vermilion cheek, and thinly
scattered with irregular, carmine dots. The
flesh is tender, crisp, juicy, with a mild, sub
acid, fine flavor. Season, February.
This variety does not seem TO endure in
the colder sections, and | cannot recommend
it for extensive planting here, 1t is not suf-
ficiently known TO command ready sale,
and does not handle well, but it is really a
delicious dessert fruit, and valuable as an
amateur sort.
The burlington Pippin.
Here is a winter Fameuse for the hills of
Vermont. Some forty years ago. when our
growing city of Burlington was but country
village, the late Charles Adams, Esq, occu-
pied large property lying about the present
high school building and known in those
days as the Town Farm. The tree to which
this apple has been traced back stood on this
estate, and being we'll known among the fruit
men Of that day and place, was from this cir
cumstance called the Town apple. Long ago
the old apple tree died, or was destroyed by
the changes going on around it but Judge
Smalley and DR.. Hitchcock had each preyi-
ously taken scions from it and grated them in
young trees on their own grounds. Shortly
before the death Of A. j. Downing, Judge
Smalley brought the apple to his notice, and
he, taking considerable interest in it, proposed
naming it the smallcy Pippin. The Judge,
however, in replying declined the honor, as
not his due, since he had merely aided in
common with others in bringing the fruit in
to wider notice, and suggested that it might
very properly be called the Burlington Pip
pin. This was just before the terrible dis
aster on the Hudson in which Mr.. Downing
lost his life, and nothing more was written
about the apple. The new name proposed
by Judge .Smalley stuck to the fruit, how
ever.
For this history | am indebted to Mr.. A,
Taylor, nurseryman, of Burlington, who, find
ing the apple held in good esteem there
when he came into the place sixteen years
ago, has propagated and disseminated it to
some extent. Whether the tree on Mr.. Ad-
ans place was the original Seeding tree or