Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-06

Several other sorts received smaller
number of votes
The subject %. apple- joy domestic ami
ma vas discussed 20 some length. The
lallMau >weetiu- was commended the
best SlIt. both on account OF rs sweet and
rich L-v-r, and lt- great pr11ucilyene-s
No a-ldr variety gave such heavy crops.
Mr. Douglass recommended the free plant
IN ol this apple. both for market and ior
feeding animals, and If the market failed,
il would still prove valuable ior home Use.
lie regarded il as the cheapest food that
could be raised by farmers for their cattle.
requiring comparatively little labor ior
harvesting or gathering. ana no expense OF
annual planting. The Importance OF mod
crate and regular feeding was spoken OF.
and tie bad reputation ID apples to- COWS
Wa owing 20 their being allowed TO break
into orchards ana 20 gorge themselves. J..
: Gold. OF Connecticut, SGIl he had former
j. stored a thousand bushels of apples In a
cellar for winter feeding. and fed peck a
day O. each animal WIKI excellent results.
lie had not found much difference between
the quality Of sweet and sub-aci1 fruit,
which was r-obardt5- BIS some others.
Benjamin Mac1mber, who had thorough
ly tested many varieties of pears, was called
upon TO name the best sorts for that region,
and gave the following osband sum
mer very hardy tree and moderator bear
er Supreme De Quineper. remarkable for
IT. hardness Dearb II : Seeding. not
quite So hardy bat very good II. Ghislain,
hardy ana reliable Flemish Beauty. the
mos. valuable o.. al pears in every respect a,
| Pratt, hardy and Of lair quality OnOnta-
ga, ute hardy AuiOu. excellent, ripen-
ing well IN the cellar without extra care =,
and " inter Nelis. pretty good. Tyson j.
valuable, but j. injured by winter Law
renee has n0t succeeded vel Iowel, Seek
e. aud Sheldon and Bartlett are all too ten
der With another clltivat1r. OnOndaga
had proved tender. A Chapman. Of Mid
dlcbury. recommended Clapp fav0rite as
valuable and extremely hardy. Some had
been successful with Es SER Belrre and kept
till July. bnt il required special culture /,
had not always succeeded. The general
voice wa more :1r Flemish Beauty than for
any other sort.
i. Mac1mber ala that the Concord and
Delaware grapes are the two most popular
and successful varieties. but the Concord
was not of good quality and that the
White Sw6etwatCr succeeded well if cover
ed IN the winter he has vines ten OF twelve
years old, Jhat sometimes midew slightly,
NAL A-NA-lf Ltt -uutur OF GtlAt Llt SAINT az
Allen Hybrid, but the last named i not
So good bearer. lie als5 stated that the
Diana had done SO badly that be dug it NJ.
Mr. Chapman, OF Midi.ebury had been very
successful with the Diana, and be spoke
highly of the Adirondack. but it often
proved uncertain, while Concord was gene
rally failure. ard always /. much pruned
or covered Rogers Hybriis uncertain but
No 4 the most uniformly good. Cre7eling
was excellent. the only draw back being it,
loose bunch. lie remarked, and the remark
wa corrobJ-ated by Others. that Rogers
grapes were generally excellent keepers.
wherries are cultivated TO limited
extent i0r home use. Tho " ilSon was gen
era..y racammeujed, but was rejected by
some John a. Chamberlin. of Grand Isle
named she Charles Downing and Collax as
the two most valuable yarieties-the Colfax
fIr its extreme hardness and great produce
tiyeHes~-and he remarked that it was "a
good SOY; for lazy man to raise. and it
was 90 rampant in growth as to run out all
other sorts. and even the knot grass. lie
preferred the Downing, however. for flavor,
and il seemed TO be 4 general fav0rite in this
region, among those who had planted it.