Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-06-20

GUS white specks. 1t cracks upon the tree,
falls prematurcly and rots quickly. 1t is
fine in some sections Of the country, but not
profitable here.
The Red Astrachan originated in Sweden.
The tree is very hardy and vigorous, and an
abundant bearer. The fruit is above medium,
very smooth and fair, skin deep crimson in
the sun, of good quality, but rather tart. If
not taken from the tree when ripe it is liable
to become mealy and rot. 1t is one Of the
handsomest dessert fruits and very salable.
Golden Sweeting or August Sweet of some,
enormously called High-top Swesting
think the best sweet early apple raised in
this section Of the state. Fruit above medi-
um, roundish, color greenish yellow, flesh
tender, sweet, rich aud excellent. The tree
is medium grower and bears large crops Of
uniformly fair fruit, fine for the dessert or
baking 1t is an old Connecticut variety,
and well known. If picked care fully, 1t
bears transportation well.
The Early Sweet Bough is fine apple,
but the tree is not hardy and is shy bear
er.
The Red Shropshirevine is dry and insipid.
The tree is tender and liable to bark blight.
The Williams is a splendid looking fruit,
but requires high culture to bring it to per-
fection here
Fall Apples.
The Porter is generally esteemed our best
fall apple.
The Holland Pippin resembles the Porter
in shape, but is larger and little later.
1t is nearly as good for the dessert and bet
ter for cooking and drying. The tree is Wig
orous, great bearer, and the fruit fair. The
skin is little rough and not troubled by in.
sects. The fruit bears transportation better
than the Porter. If carefully hand picked
and put in cool cellar will keep till Janua-
ry. | have tree of this variety about 10
inches in diameter which raised from seed
since | was man grown, that has yielded
10 bushels of apples in three years. re-
gard it as our best fall apple.
The Fameuse, called by some Snow Apple,
has few super;ors as an autumn dessert fruit.
1t is especially adapted to northern latitudes,
and attains its greatest degree of perfection
in the rich moist, loamy soils in the vicinity
Of Montreal. 1t is an old variety, familiar
to European writers on fruit. The early
French settlers planted it on the eastern
shore of Lake Champlain and at Ogdonsburg
and Detroit more than 100 years ago. Down.
ing thinks it an old French fruit although its
origin is usually ascribed to Canada 1t is
only yof medium size, but its beautiful crimson
color and snow white flesh render it very at
tractive, The tree is hardy and great
bearer in alternate years. 1t ripens in Octo-
Der, but will keep till midwinter.
The Gravenstein, a German apple, is little
cultivated here in our valley. The tree is a
good grower and bearer; the fruit large and
excellent, and worthy OF more extensive cul-
tivation. 1t is the leading apple in North
ern Europe, and cultivated extensively at
the West
Winter Apples.
The old varieties of winter apples are not
superseded by any new kind yet produced
The Baldwin must still he classed as first
for profit and, although not perfectly hardy,
it stands our climate as we'll as the Il. l..
Greening Roxbury Russet, or Esopus Spit
zenburg All these varieties do better when
grated in the limbs of young trees, or work.
cd as high as where you wish them to head.
As nursery trees they are not hardy.
The Northern Spy tree is as hardy as an
oak, but it comes late into bearing, requires
high culture and severe thinning to produce
good favored fruit, and is not very good
keeper. 1t is very thin skinned, tender
fruit, and must be gathered with care. When
in perfection it is very fine,
The Hubbardston Nonesuch is a fine large
winter fruit of first rate quality and profit
able apple for the market. 1t is perfectly
hardy with me, The tree is great bearer.
The Red Canada or Old Nonesuch of
Massachusetts is a very fine dessert apple,
and one Of the most saable raise The tree
is slow grower, but hardy aud productive.
The Yellow BellAower, sometimes errone-
ouslY called Lemon Pippin, is large, hand.
some and excellent winter apple. In some
locations it is shy bearer, but upon dry,
rich, sandy loan it is very productive. III
could have but one variety Of winter apples
for the dessert and the kitchen l should
choose the Yellow Bsllfower.
There are many varieties of sweetings,
very good in their season, little known away
from the place of their origin. Sweet APP
pies are not salable, therefore it is not desir.
able to raise them in large quantities, except
for feeding stock. Hence when the quality
is about the same the most hardy, productive,
and enduring kinds should be selected.
The Orange Sweeting, described by Down.
ing as Munson Sweet, is largely grown in
Springfield and vicinity, and is very profit.
able variety. The tree is a prodigious bear
er' Fruit medium to large, oval, skin or.
snge, little russet, with sometimes q slight