The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-31
night name, all of which are claimed

might name, all of which are claimed
by some to be the best of their season.
In peaches so great has been the i'm
provement in season and quality that
one can hardly go amiss-
Quite a number of new cherries of the
Duke and Moreilo class are claiming
attention, and should he carefully but
sparingly tested, but your main depend
ence must be on the MOrello and Early
May.
The following are worthy of trial: Lii
eb, Montmorenci, Ordinare, Olivet and
Louis Phillippi.
In raspberries the varieties coming to
the surface, all best, is wonderful
My friend, Samuel Miller, in his cir
cular of last fall, says ''the Turner is u
host in itself-the best raspberry 1 ever
saw or raised" Gregg, Thuruak, Oak
vile, Pride of Hudson, and several others
are worthy of trial, and may develope
some qualities, making them worthy of
extensive planting.
l take issue with Prof, VanDeman on
the question of red raspberries, as I
think there are two or three kinds promis-
ing well, although the main dependence
must be Black Caps.
In gooseberries 1 think my friend
draws his conclusion too hastily, as a
reference to the State society list, shows
the Downing occupying cO-prominent
position. do not deem the Houghton
worth planting in comparison with
Downing, Smiths Improved or Noun
tain Seeding.
Since the disastrous season of 1874,
which almost eliminated the strawberry
from our gardens our people have, until
within year or two past, given little at
tention to this fruit.
In the meantime growers in the older
States, have been improving the varieties
sorts, some of which promise to be valu-
able. Notwithstanding the introduc-
ton of host of the "largest, highest.
favored, most productive" and other
wise valuable new sorts, the old Wilson's
Albany is perhaps the best for ordinary
garden culture when the culture is most
ly on the let alone system.
Mrs. SlOcum, who is the foremost
and most successful grower Of this de-
licious fruit in this locality, recommends
the following in the order of preference
as involving her experience: Downer's
Prolific, for family use, but too soft for
shipping. 2. Chas. Downing, for family
and market. 3. Cumberland Triumph,
very large and promising. 4. Wilson's
Albany, for careless culture, as thriving
under neglect, and giving partial returns
where the better kinds fail 5. Captain
Jack, for late, very large, hardy and pro-
ductive. These can all be depended up
on to give good results, while dozen or
more, all promising well, are deserving
of trial to see what is in them.
need add nothing to what was said
above regarding the culture of currants,
but at some future time l promise to ex-
plain a method by which l believe cur
rants may be successfully and profitably
grown in this locality
will conclude this paper by giving
one or two lists of apples, W it'll the num-
Der of each kind for orchards of 100, 500
and 1 600 trees, for profit: For the first
and second the following, by DIR. A G.
Chase, formerly editor of the Kansas
Farmer, will perhaps fill the bill, and
for one of thousand multi ply by 2:
Prof VanDeman has answered your
correspondents questions as to what
trees to plant, in general way, but it
may not be explicit enough to answer
their purpose. Permit me to submit a
list for a small orchard of fifty trees that
l have been revising for ten years, ex-
pecting that should want to plant such
an orchard myself 1t is based on state
and county horticultural reports for the
most part, though in two or three in
stances 1 have inserted trees upon local
representation and observation.
SUMMERTIME Red June, 3 EARLY
Harvest, 3 CoOper's Early White, 2 KeS-
wick Cooling
FALL.-Two Maiden's Blush, 2 Fa-
meuse, Grimes Golden Pippin
WINTER.-Three Jonathan, ? McAfees,
3 Winesap, 3 Smiths Cider, 2 Tallman's
Sweet. 5 Genet, Ben Davis, 5 Rome
Beauty, 2 Willow Twigg, 3 American
Golden Russell.
For an orchard of 500 trees for market
purposes, chiefly, should plant 100 Ben
Davis, 100 Genet, so Willow Twig, so
Jonathan, so Rome Beauty, so Missouri
Pippin, 80 Winesap, 80 McAfee's Non
such.
Others probably would change this
list somewhat, but whoever plants it
anywh ere in the eastern half of Kansas,
will undoubtedly have a good orchard /;
with our present light, one of the best.