The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-01-07
LATE ktEplN0 FRUIT.

WIG aihNts tlth' u ~ W iuf lfIbuutlltI
of
LArE ktEPGNG FRUIT.
that our most thonghtlu aud iar.secin.
orchardist- are hegnniug to ,urn their al.
'eulion. This will doubtless come to b,
our special and chief aim in our irui,
growing We eau hardly expect to 6no
much profit in growing summer and fall
.rples. in our towu- but it will be ST.
readily met by the surplus Of small orch.
ards aud gardens ia each immelAtc vic
unity that the lorge grower will be expos.
ed to much uncertainty III marketing hi.
crop. This and the attendant veXation
must be increased by the pcrishabIe na.
ture of the f'uit, aud by the fact that i,
demands attention at a time when cult.
walton and other cares engage the farmer
low or Canada offers us II market for SUM-
mer aud full fruit; and Canadians are
especially partial to the Fameuse. West.
ern New York with It's direct water COM
munication with this region is our rival
IN this market. We, however, are clost
by the st. Lawrence, and enjoy superior
facilities for transportation by means o.
the Canadian boatmen engaged in the
lumber trade with Burlington. We may
deriue advantage from sending such fruit
uorth aud probably to some extent in sup.
plying our mountain towns eastward +; bul
III the large markets south of us the sea.
son and the paying prices will be over be-
fore we can reach them. Our early fruit
will not be early fruit in Boston or New
York.
As great perplexities attend our rails.
ing early wiuier apples, except in raie
seasons, the markets are at this season
full of the abundant aud cheap crops OF
the West. Ii we are forced to compete
with these crops our own fruit Interests
will as'uredy dwindle. Our farm, RS will
find thele is more money in something
else; aud their young orchards, now be-
ing planted with 50 high hopes OF success.
will be cut down. But we need not be
troubled about Western competition. Tn.
situation OF things the present season
should teach us our lesson, rather than
dsmay us. Many are selling their best
apples at S 80 per barrel, aud are re-.
piuiug in their secret thoughts that the
crop is so abundant throughout the cuun-
try. Neither is right. The apples thus
sacrificed at low price will be wanted
at richly paying prices in the spring
Slcn varieties may be planted aud tn,
lIuit may be so well grown aud so care.
fully handled that it will safely keep TIL
then. BY February the market is re
iievcd OF Western apples; or if any re-
main, they are not, from their peri>hahi,
uatuIe,a desirable Investment A tier thar
time the market may he ours. Our
proximity to the great markets of tn,
>eahoard and our close connection with
them by rail will at any time enable u,
to send forward the stores from our fruit
cellars aud iiuit houses.
When this course shall he generally
adopted ani carried out with intelligence,
aud energy the full harvests of others will
not be ii disaster 10 us; and the long
keeping quality of our fruit. which it ac-
qulres from gIowiug under our short sum.
mers aud cool uulunns. will be turnen
to the best account. and then our white:
apples will acquire "a just reputation foI
'ong endurance; aud will on this account
be sought after in many quarters. As now
they are in a few, where knowp
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