Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-11-03
Correspondence.

cold drying winds.
Correspondence.
TuE PrwAuRrE Apr1E.-Mr William
A. Springer, Of Fremont, Wisconsin, sends
us specimens of this new winter apple,
Seeding from that popular Russian fall ap
pie, the Duchess of Oldenburgh 1t is Of
The same size and form as the Duchess, and
is similarly marked with red stripes on
yellow ground. Mr.. Springer tells us that
the Pewaukee win keep until july. We
find it to be Of good flavor, though, thus
early in the season, It has not reached its
best condition for eating. The variety orig
mated with George 2. PETER, OF Pewaukee,
Wis; and Downing, in his supplement to
the Fmits and fruit trees Of America"
says of it." Fruit, medium to large flesh,
white, little coarse, breaking, half-tender,
juicy, sub-acid, slightly aromatic; good
core small; season, January to May"
We have been looking with hope for seed
lings from the Russian strain Of apples that
would give US the much desired hardy win
ter Sorts adapted to the colder sections of
the country. We have strong hope, there
fore, that the Pewaukce may prove one Of
these. It is described rs an early, abundant
and annual bearer. Wisconsin is as cold as
Vermont, and apples that are rated there to
be as hardy Duchess" may be depended
on anywhere in this state
A BrsnrL OF ONioNs. Mr.. Timothy
Wheeler, of Waterbury, enquiries of us what
is the lawful weight of bushc of onions
Fifty-two pounds Of onions are bushel.
LARGE YIELD on CARRors.-Nlr. J. J.
Watson, Of Washington, VT, who pays us
the compliment Of saying that he searches
the Agricultural Department eagerly re-
ports that he sowed part of the ounce
of carrot seed you sent me last spring and
raised thirteen bushels"
A lIIGH ENpoRsEMrNr- venerable
Charles Downing, authorof d" The Fruit and
Fruit Trees of America, is a man extremely
cautious in estimating the quality and value
Of new kinds Of fruit. The following ex-
tract from one of his letters may therefore,
be regarded as settling the fact that Pringle's
Sweet Siberian apple is worthy of trial
whore hardness is an object Says Mr.
Downing" They are of good size and good
form for Siberian, and their peculiar sweet
flavor is quite distinct, and for your locality,
and others like it, it is valuable, and all
that is claimed for it,"
The SNOWFLAKE PorAroE-A recent note
from Mr. c. G. pdngle, of Charlotte the
noted horticuturist, and member of the
state Board Of Agriculture, informs us that
he recently took the first prize of the Massa.
chusetts Horticultural Society, ON the best
peck ofhis new Seeding potatoes, the Snow
flake" Mr.. Pringle was also elected mem
Der Of the society
We raised about eighty bushels of the
Snowflake, the past season, and found them
excellent yieders. In uniformity of size
and shape, they are all that could be asked !;
aud as for quality, every one who tries them
declares them the best potatoes they have
ever eaten. They are very dry and mealy
with a sweet, rich flavor, possessed by no
other potatoe within our knowledge Mr.
Pringle certainly deserves well of the farm
ing community for the Snowflake"
TuE "NoRTHFIELp BEAUTY CRAB."-
This remarkable fruit trees of which were
advertised in this paper last spring by Mr.
A l[abetnr ,,f Eost p,vIrr,, Y, - Joe
tined to attract great attention. We have
recently received specimens Of it from Mr.
Webster, who writes as follows 81 have the
pleasure of sending you to-day specimens of
mems were picked before the Dog River
Valley Fair, and as the weather has been
very cold for several weeks past, they are not
as ripe or high colored as usual at this time.
Three Of my young trees bore this year,
several specimens growing within three feet
| of the ground, and one within two feet.
see nothing to lead me to change my views,
as expressed last spring of the value of this
variety for general cultivation for home use,
or to supply near by markets. but its deli.
cate texture and thin skin may prove OBJ
iectionable for commercial purposes, | do
not regret this, for the competition in fruit
growing is now so sharp that apples for dis
tant markets can be proftably produced only
in favorable localities, where extreme hard
mess is not a necessity"
1t will he extremely hard for those familiar
with ordinary "crabs" to believe that the
Mortified Beauty" has any kindred with
fruit of that kind. The specimens sent us
were three inches in diameter, or about the
size Of an average Baldwin apple. The only
characteristics allying it with the Yellow ST.
berian crab, from the seed of which it came,
is the clear delicate beauty of its skin, and
the ease with which it is marred in hand
ling. In quality, it is tender, mild and
juicy, with a very agreeable sub-ocid flavor,
having not the slightest touch of " grabbed
ness" We had a few trees of Mr., Webster
last spring, all Of which grew well the past
summer, and we shall watch their future
growth and fruiting with much interest.