, 1879-05-31

Oakland County, Ntlch,-A Great Arplo
1scsion-The shipments Df Frult Lnat yenr
rho Fruit. Prospects for tho Ysar to
Cotnc.
fso,n f,,tr t},tr, Cnrrt,pnnifnt.
PLYMOUTH, AiieI.. May 20.-rhts is town OF
sor,o 1000 inhabitants, ncstllng among arl
almost covered by the trees, nnw bcnutlfu1 Ia
thrlr dress OF living green. call It pretty 1T.
tIe rural town, where man with "clcan hands"
MAI live md bc hapnv. How tllc world within
l1cns to create the world Without A heaven
within tnakcs heaven without, nnst n lloll With
In makes hell without. But this town. like
II for tho sake Of the trees, nill t!'a birds In
them. And there Is SOME business louo hero in
fruit,
OAKLAND COUNTY,
l should Judge from what have accn md
heard, Is ore OF the greatest apple counties IN
this ureat npplc State, Michigan. | learn that,
At tile depot where wc land, 5000 nnd moro
barrels Of applos were shipped IRON this ono
station last year.
AT Nuyf, 4 few miles further Oh, In Oakland
County, more than sc, 600 barrels Of apblcs were
shipped last year.
The business being considerable, competition
nmong buyers is great; SO Tint money Is sonc-
tines made and sometimes lost. Tfc markets
for this fruit arc Chiefly Chicago nu1 CIncinnasl.
We were particularly interested III noting the
varieties OF fruits that succeed best; also. the
quality Of the soil lint nnkes the npp1e.orchar,i
the best paying crop ol tllis reginn Of country,
anil the rnethtds OF culture.
Orcharls tlcrc bear full about
EVERY oTlIHn YEAR.
OF course, II IN different with different varieties,
i,Il1 the different ethO]s Of culture Afftct tho
results also; but ordinarily VIC may count on a
full crop OF apples each alternate year. Last
tnt,N In f,41r tHtu Ia ftlit Mt
IN theory, aud 80 wa liud 1t III fact+ Applc.tEecs
haze, Us a rule, few blossoms. Occasionally NC
lind orchards that PrGtntsc a full crop, and tn
every orchard some varieties have set fair crop
The orchard, an told, Is
THE HEST rAflH0 c1.or
in Oakland County, Notwithstanding prices nrt
usuullY 1ow. Peaches grow, hero, .nnd till
spring The trees btossumeu full enough. Tllert
lavc bccn lroe.s since. md there are both hopel
Afnl fcars CONCERNING tsn peacll-crop. Thern art
few ,artics growing pears, ami milking murt
u! q success OF it than VIC In Illinois.
THU sot1.
In Oakland County il Of sort That dclights sht
0rchnr1 but Ia EoNu-l WINS going 70 81,
for nutlltng else, but that ia not trus. i
is rood for grass: and corn, n1.,
wheat, and vegetables are grown heru; bu
tlIe rocky AMI not 1scll soils OF Tits region louI
fOrhlddiiig to MI Illinois farmer who has ar, gy,
~ growing rrain.: This hi'iy, rocky, nnd iigll
Rt!I }ar1, however, Is the placo fur orchards
Some have alrcady found It out; others will llnt
1t out, Hl1ti will dO moro ln this direction. 81
We may depend upDn Oakland urd nctglbornJ
rouities to supply Us 1tbctallY With apples 10
pil tiMe to colNc.
TIE CLIMATE
hero also fs no doubt favorable to The erown
Ut 0rchart-CrUps. The larihrr north nipples chi
hu grown. the hettcr their Keeping qualities
Varieties lIltc tlt Northern Spy nI.u Roxhar
Nnssct, grown here, arc Eoot1 Keeping upplcs
hut these Erown IN more Sou ushern fntitude, II
Alton Atul IT. lais. aFa worthless, and will ro
before they ctIl,lg to maturity.
THE vAElET1Hs or APPLES
which arc most popular hero are: First Of al
Steel's Red, which Is q red apple, not large
keeps we'll mud Is O[ EoUd flavor: next, Ball
win; nnl third, Kfng Ut 1ompkins County
With SUING the last name is first Ia cstItnntit,s
. The King Is oue OF the things That have i've
down prejudice: 1t las won u name among til
worthy, when for time nobody thought we
OF 1t. it Is one OF tho beat.bshavct apples no'
III ths cuunty.
The GoldGu Russct aud tho Roxbury at
found In almost every orchard, and are wc1roul
lerc.
IL q man Inns M orct,arl OF the above varieties
aud plenty of them, hu hardly could want Il
my otllrF winter varieties, except it bu ti
Northern Spy mud the Del!oQowcr No ma
ever yet had all tho Yellow Dclleilowers |
wnntcG, In dlstrlcts where they arc produetiy
Ordinarily this trc0 Is d shy bearer, and hul,s
growers arc shy 0f IL. But no atlpio 40 temp
q weak man as Yellow Hellct!owcr In II
month OF December. O. l., D.