The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-13
wAYsIDE NOTES.


tural Society, February 4, 1880, by
Robert Milliken.
The prospect for crop OF fruit in
1880 could not be more promising. l
have letter from Douglas county say
ing: Find fruit buds so far all o. X,
and everything promising for $780,"
From Davis county: Peach buds mostly
alive yet, and tits strange-ihey are best
on low land" In some cases pears
pushed out the bloom in the warm wealth
er in November, but not to any great ex-
tent.
Some persons in this section have been
making an effort to procure the grind
stone apple, on account of its long keep
ing qualities. Noticing acquainted with
the apple, and knowing that VIM. Gutter,
of Junction City, was about as well post
ed regarding varieties in general as any
one of my acquaintance, wrote to see if
he could supply my friends, and to hear
something Of its character, and this is
his reply: 1--WE have not the Grindstonc
(or American Pippin) the same. 1t is the
poorest apple known of any season.
No one but Tennesseean, or some other
southerner who has been hard-up for n
good keeper, would ever think of plant
ing it, 1t is a poor bearer in Illinois,
and its only merit is its keeping. 1t is a
small, flat apple, coarse, rough, thick
skinned, and the most spreading, naked
! lilnbed tree | ever saw Its taste and
| feeling in your mouth would remind
yen Of piece Of picked grindstone,
hence its name" In the same conncc-
/ ,i,n Mr.. Gutter si,eaks rs follows of The
/ Fink apple: The Fink is fully as good
u keeper, about the same size and shape,
aud has very smooth ska and fine
ry,! check. The tree is very upright and
good bearer The man sold
my place TO in Illinois says il is his best
| paying apple. IL should never be sold,
and need not be looked at, even, until
| June. /, has been known to keep two
ytars. II is II sprightly, juicy apple and
cooks well; flavor, mild sub-acid"
The question OF the proper varitics o;
fruit to plant To insure Success is now
pressing forward as the time for plant
ing draws near. This question is ans
wercd in two ways. Most generally by
some tree vendor, who has no more in
terest in the success of orchard culture
in Kansas than to get the planter to buy
0f>him lot of the stuff the nursery he
repres nts las the most Of, regardless OF
its atlaptability TO Kansas soil and
climate, and get good ronnd price for
il aud get away. The other way is by
learning the result of the 90 years ex.
perience IN actual trial in our own state
This is made available through the
voluntary labors of our various horticul-
tural societies. The state society's list
brought up TO ono year ago, stands as
follows in the following fruits: Apples
-Summer-Early Harvest Red Astra-
can, Red Juna, Early Pennock, Ameri-
can Summer Pearmain. Fall-Maiden
Blush, Lowell, Rambo, Fameuse, Fall
Wine. Winter-Rawles' Genet, Ben
Davis, Willow Twig, Winesap,
Missouri Pippin, Jonathan, Rome
Beauty, Gilpin little Red
Romanite) Dominic, White Win
ter Pearmain. Bear in mind that these
are not the only ones which succeed, but
the ones which have so far given the
most profit, "all things considered y
There are no doubt other kinds as good,
or may be better than these, but it will
take several years to demonstrate the
truth or falsity of the claims put forth
for them. The following peaches in the
order given have given the best results,
but you will perceive that the list on
ly includes two of the newer kinds,
A few more years may displace all of
these and I'LL their places with kinds not