Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-11-01
Experiences In Growing Hardy Fruits.

establishment, that very little fruit was
grown in the vicinity. "No apples but the
Siberian Crabs will endure our winters"
was the statement which found confrma-
ton on every side. Yet the older inhabi-
tants told Of the large orchards that once
existed, but had gradually died out, every
attempt to grow grated fruit being a |
failure Most people thought the climate
had been SO changed by clearing off the |
forest, or the soil so impoverished by tillage |
that fruit trees that formerly hourisbed |
would thrive no longer.
Giving candid hearing to these state
ments and opinions we yet did not feel that |
We cosld give up the idea Of growing fruit, |
and especially apples.
There was one nursery in the neighbor- |
hood, engaged in growing trees OF the larger
crabs. Conversing with the proprietor (now
deceased), we were told that as yet he had |
discovered but one English apple as he
called it, that would do well. This was a |
fall fruit of very good quality, which he
called the Peach Apple" Trees of it he
was selling at two dollars apiece, and var-
Gus crab-apples at from one to two dollars
each.
Determined to begin the trial at once, as
soon as we had selected the twelve acre
patch of ground that has since constituted
our farm" we looked over the fruit books,
+ho .r,;onl,,r.l aud bor,;oui,,,roi ,,o,,ors ,,,d
'.Po,''' anu ''sA" o"' 'o'o'''ons' ""''" i'i
the hrst TWO seasons were as 1oliows
FROM BLOSSOMS NURSERY, rHErFoRp,vr.
representations tavorte, St Lawrence, fel-
low Beethoven, Tolman Sweet Red Astmchan,
Westfeld seek-no-further, Blue Pearnain, Fam
euse Mcclellan Apple Tracy Apple Colvert,
Pomme Grise, Manson Sweet, Jewett's Red,
uolden hnsse'', ran tlppln' F"'"s-smth
SEw YoEK.
AE''es-st Lawrence lied Astaehan, Cooper's
I,"iA''' iSsivp N'.o' "Vn''e"' ne""S On"o
,,o1ar ph,n,s.- yva.h;,.,,,n ,aca,s,n C1ar
ries-Reine IIortense Arch Duke NAV Dixie
Grapes-Concord, Hartford Prolific, Delaware,
Salem, Clinton, Iowa, lsracla, Adrondac, Walter
FROM joins NELSON'S NURSERY. HALLowElL. MAINE.
hRpes-Diaek oA'oru' american summer rear
S,"na , D peas 80 e., ~" y. ,y U", aosa"
canada Repette. Northern sweet Tolman sweet
Ramsdelrs Sweet Franklin Sweet. Moses Wood
Duchess Ct oldenburgh Piims-M Iaughn
cherr'es-several unnamed seedlings
IRON Jos. l. pupp' sunsERr' snELLsprRen' IOWA
~ 80 CO. 49, '1 na.. ~ o 80 VI o'u.n
str;ne ran Orange ys,low Inrss,rs whi,ney'.
Russet, westfeld seek-no-rurther, plumb's e.
der, Summer Hagloe
FROM sAssises suRsRRr. READING, MASS.
hPpes-po'.e ereehins' uiahi'e Beauty crimes
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ara Greatly ;r;nred w;n;an,s. ra,a.,,a
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Annie colvart colden Ruo.a, cana1o
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calities some of these ara snccessfnllv crowr
in our vicinity asnaciallv tha Tolman Sweet
Red Astracban and Rlus peaymain
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