Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-06-04
Mcintosh Red and Other Apples.

II. N. b., of Waitsield writes" Last
year l ordered with other apple trees one
Mcintosh Red, and when the trees came
there was none marked "McIntosh Red"
but one "Canada Red" Are they the
same? Another was the Canada Baldwin,
and by the looks of the tree that might be
marked Canada Red, but it can't be posi-
BILE that was took in" by the peddlers.
re the Peach Apple, Canada Baldwin,
Brunswicker and Magog Red Streak trees
that any nurseryman in your section or any
where else has right to claim as specialties
and ask special price for Can't you give
us a little light before the next humbug
peddler comes along p
REPLIES BY THE EDIToR.-The Mcintosh
Red and Canada Red are by no means the
same apple. The tree of Canada Baldwin
does not resemble either Canada Red or Nc
Intosh Red. Mcintosh Red appears quite
hardy in our orchard after four Winters
trial Canada Red (also grown in Michigan
and elsewhere West as Steele's Red Winter
is not hardy in Northern Vermont or Lower
Canada. 1t is very peculiar in its growth
while young, the shoots being long, slim,
and very upright. When the tree bears
these shoots are borne down by the weight
of the fruit, and the tree then assumes
dropping aspect. The fruit is excellent,
and has been brought quite extensively into
Caledonia county from Michigan by the
Fairbankses, the barrels being branded
"Steele's Red We have tried to grow it,
but could not succeed. We know of no
orchardist in Lower Canada who grows 1t,
though perhaps it may succeed in protected
localities like the city of Montreal.
The "Canada Baldwin bears no resem-
blance to Baldwin, either in tree or fruit.
The tree is tolerably hardy when young,
but the Abbottsford P. o. Fruit Grow
ers' Association report it as liable to have
the bark die in the forks of the branches
soon after the trees come into bearing. The
fruit is of the Fameuse type, medium in
size, spicy in flavor, and good keeper. We
think it might do well in Waitsfeld.
No one can claim the Peach Apple peach
of MontreaD the Canada Baldwin, or the
Brunswicker Duchess of Oldenburgh) as
specialties. They are in the hands of all
enterprising nurserymen growing trees for
cold localities, and are sold at regular
prices. We might claim the Magog Red
Streak as a speciality of our own, having
introduced it and possessing the only bear
ing trees except the original. But we
have never charged special price for
that or any other variety. We sell ali
our trees at uniform price. Nearly all
nurserymen ask great prices for novelties,
and people seem willing to pay, indeed pre-
fer to pay, big price rather than little
one if they can be persuaded that it is a
"big thing which they are permitted to
have as special favor. Our view is that
all novelties are of .uncertain nature until
well tested. They cost no more TO grow
than standard kinds, and why should an ex-
ira price be asked, except because it can be ?
The Magog Red Streak and Scott's Winter,
which we have introduced, are with us the
best hardy Winter apples, and the trees the
hardest and most productive of any we
know. We hope they will prove SO on gen.
eral trial. and they are now being tried all
through the "Cold Belt from Aroostook in
Maine to the Lake Winnipeg region in
Western Canada. The last report of the
Iowa Horticultural Society speaks of the
beautiful Magog Red Streak as doing well
in the northern part of Iowa, near the Min
nesota line. We do not think any but the
introducers have Magog Red Streak, SCOTS
Winter, or Mcintosh Red trees of full size
or in any quantity, for sale. Peddlers
however, will supply you with anything you
want. We have never sent out any from
our nursery, because we have never
found out way to keep them from lying
and cheating. But they do about all tn,
business, for the people love to be deceived
"Populus uM decipere" is maxim tw,
thousand years old, and as good now as ever