Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-24
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Some Useful Varieties of Sweet Apples


- former article, an appeal was ma,
Ia ~ mo- e extensive culture of sweet A
useful varieties 'N Va son
53EOr market the nri,at,>,,
DE OF The late autumn srd ,yinte. ", ri,i,.
TOT domestic animals those of m sn,s,n
~ order As an article OF diet. sue
lesion shoald be provided. so thatfror
az N'''ff end OF sumner t. the tins whe
81, Derry NAV n. sdiply all seeds {
M s' .ie n and crisn pokstantly SUPPLE
bakcd. coddled. or oherwi. apples, raw
cor,ling TO the HABITS ana use az -
family.
yFIRsr. THE AUG'r SWEET Boron =
large snowy apple, AIR, yellow and h,'.,
some. The tree gears to be abova =,
average for hardt>S. aud l. 4 cons,a',. az
u1odcrate bearel Al early apple so i,r ou
n this must nC 'e HShf, and II $40, ~
comes dry. W., = ! ut only for cool inc
,Hd nct LONG, 'or That. judging fro1,
aiifs',ed s'"iience, obseryati,-n -. ron
itamation think i; bears ,ni ,,,"i and in-
NIL. Ron the whole lis c,i,,, ,.,'on very
fe@innoe d only TO those VIII, go = 10 De
20 ''d,, Iaicy at the expen>. az "i,,,iu
sire IRE are better sorts N"'e oi utility.
tCND. Better than tho ,,,..
va nile earlier. i ,ba S ana
So oN some called ria. S,, ,,'ier
b.. or Ia. .,.,. lin Il i not named i'm ,,,,,.
IL, any conventional au,ha.;.. "','
,,ir, ~, originated ia Sidney ny ~ a
sor ina run II less than I,lf,t''s
N the .ho,iI'' bnh"h. long faperin.,
.et. M. - Yellow. inicv. erin AMI
'"e Tree j. >frnne, ",iu
aver. hardy and praJpc,irc upfsSht q,
i0-h 81 August To iD,h of S-.,,.Ncla,.f i,
Halter. / think II tit e.. Hepfe mi
e. ~ lot Geucr4 S''- j
iHIhp- HIGn-Tor Swrrr,,c. Tls- j. Il
f'hloer apple. runnir., ihr-fgh .ie a
noe mouth. Il : Suppo,,-l- = ha'v org 1
'"t'" III tiNmouti couut-- hnd nom Other 4
hilN OF Mass i.Au>t..S. whence IL WAS ,
tpugAt by mark - the early settlers of !,
hiN State aftr,ihe revolution. and pr"bl-
ply before. aid thus extensively dis>cni- ,
ratrG through The older portions OF the
Sia'r. ~ eli trees piauie! ia those DAYS
lars now found on many If the farms I
>hieh WIRE hewn ont OF the forest during .
those periods Of migration hithrrwarl :
Apples OF this Kind were exhibited nj the .
late Eslr OF the Pathological Society 10y Mr !
H. \. Gilbert. which grew on tire, that
were brought from The Old Colony b, Mr. F,
Elisha sylvester upon his back, probably :
ll.ure than eighty wears ago. Mr.. Charles j.,
Sylvester of Greene. 4 grandson OF Elisha
they were planted. Hud still survive The !,
vi-.or and longevity OF The tree j. sufficient =
y attes'ed by these facts. II j. fair and :
constant bearer. Uudcr hi.h culture '
think II = ~ abundant bearer. \ lur"c "
Tree pa the orchard. planted hy Mr.. BeujI- :
lnln Alden uf Greene. who was one ct Tie
lploi GERS VS. in vigorous bearing iouy
ears ago. think ii j. still living. Mr.. !,
Lewis Gibert l. now the lord Of that maui :
Or II has probably horne a thousand y,
bushels OF apples, whether thuus auds, '
know not.
The fruit Ia of golden yellow. fair and
almost always perfect upon a healthy tree:
medium In size. Under good culture II i
OF large medium size; bu. under neglect II
j. small. aud the color fades to pale j,
II is Of iirmer flesh than the !,
sweet, Yet tender, very sweet "
and, though not 30 juicy IS the last named
variety. is, | think, FOR N uses consider :,
ed together, more desirable. and comes in u
and holds ont later.
The summer Sweeting is sometimes "
miscailcd High Top Sweeting. This i, "a
mi>nomer, which ought 20 be carefully
avoided ny nursery men ana fruit growers. :
since both are OF uncommon excellence.
aud The misnoner Is likely to make con :,
fusion and disappointment. In the Wet.
the High Top Sweciing Is called .Sloesf
Jane. rhis is one of Thomas's synonyms
The last two apples described ought TO .
be 10 every fall collection for family use
But II one is :" situated that Tho culture OF
all kinds Tor summer and early autumn for
market Is profitable, the 10 rsner of the two
is perhaps preferable Tor thai purpose
l an acquainted with no sweet apple ,
named by the genealogical Wi tiers which
flis the period uext following that OF the
ttFft 4. l.
either rely upon better seeding OF sopS
improved ya,i.., ,afl name tac best for
general Use that am acquainted with.
IHi: ALDEN ," EFT Is an apple, so far as
] an Informed. ;iret known Ia the orchard
Of Mr.. Benjamin Alden before named.
thHh one or more trees Of that kind. plant
by his hand, are stiIl in brarin. con,ii-
tion. lie was Connecticut man. and had
The best collection. aud almost the only
collection OF grated apples in all that
region IN his time. Mr.. Lewis Gilbert.
ms son-in-law. doubtless could tell u how
he obtained his trees. The apple in que,-
ton took the name of Alden Sweet. be
cause no other name was known. | am
not aware that il is mentioned In any OF
the catalogues, or whether il had a more
ancient name abroad.
HE fruit i large medium to larger.
green, becomes yelluwish green when fuIly !
maiurrd. broad aud fiatti>h. ,ameiimc.
slightly ribbed near the clIyx. fair, hand
some tender and good. IL i>a mid-auiumu
apple, good 10 pare. To those who choose
10 dry sweet apples FOR cider apple sauce.
1t Will be useful. la Pitt,hcd. grated
upon youngish tree. found il To be a
vigorous grower and hardy. As TO it,
character for bearing and for more exact
description OF the apple, it, history and it,
merits. beg leave 10 refer the pubiIc Ia
hr. Gilbert or his son, who think, would I
do public service by writing what they
know OF il. In my next. | shall speak of
sweet apples which are adopted for winter
use.-lW w. q. in Maine Farmer.