New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-28
FpUIT ALONG TIE HUDSON.


WHAT TIE LOVERS OF STRAWBERRIES r'A' NJ
pIJMs GRAPES. CHERRIES AND AiPILs MAY IA
PCT PROMISING INDICATIONS OF GoVp
YIELD.
tyHON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF Ihh i'i"' 81
K1NGsTox, May 2G-Tho time has now az
rived when It becomes possible 10 form h"ncht "A'
an intelligent aud safe estimate Of the fruit crop III me
Hudson River Valley ;or Tie approaching sc">"H ARC
,,os.om buds are now expanded and the ground l. Wh'e
with the fallen petals. careful inNcssAtl" WI" no"
reveal the proportion Of embryo fruit 'A"' r. MAINS
which gives a much safer basis 81 products IMAM mas
twisted at any previous time BIZ there are i'.'''
contingencies which may yet arise to iiJnTe ~ To de-
strsy the entire crop Of any special variety H'hc' .'
grower Ia. learned TO wait and not be surprised or "
o,lrased by del.ction aud losses AZ present u Nay
De said that the fruit prospect IN general ti"-'"'
this locality Is cheering ami full % promise
Strawberries are the nearest maturity ana II = 'fir
60 cav that a prospective abundance ~ this luscious
berry was never more clearly Indicated livery .A'l-
hasbeen favorable In the highest gree Tor the> pants
NIL winter and spring Protected 10y the snow 'h')
from the winter fresh and green The late
,ons rains have covcrc! the fields with bloom AID Ink
nrinp. tc and the setting Of fruit seems mary c"Hs
fair continuation Of moisture. 50 necessary 4" TIE
development Of this berry. must Insure al tn"in"nS
crop The first shipments Will not he i"rV "Idtd
until the first week in june and the bulk OF the crop
,yin ne sent ont two weeks later. Wilson's Albany si
the larger snare OF Tue u'lilta Si"f'i' ~" mum"
While il is neither attractive nor so good In quality az
many other newer varieties 1t Is firm, and can be de
nended upop for the main crop The Shaipcss, Lincoln
Downing and few other new kinds. are grown L" some
extent and bring fancy prices The Crescent Seedlings
doubtless the productive variety In cultivation but
II is rather aciduous and not large Germantown Is the
principal strawberry section Oh tho river A large
acreage is there devoted this fruit individual growers
having az many as $4,000 plants in bearing Then al
Tyo and further down the Eastern shore, and also in
the lower Ulster towns. and at Cornwall on the west
side strawberries grown TO large extent and an
Increased acreage win swell the product this year The
largest strawberry known TO have been produced
I'm this country OF the President Lincoln variety
measuring g inches in circumference and grown In
the garden Of an amateur In this city.
Cherries have also bOssOmed ahundantly and nm aver
sge WELD looked for, although the trees have suffered
from the winter and many OF the Duke spec cs ,sci
than the others large share Of the blossoms Is al
ready blasted and the crop yet liable to depletion and
locality named for strawberries also devoted to cher
ries Catsk and Athens also grow this fruit for mar
inuneratve one. however owing to its uncertainty and
the limited demand al least for early Kinds. -.
Raspberries indeed very promising. and growers
confident OF heavy crop They have not b'"ssOel
yet but the GS cane En H f 5ng d .Son
Antwerp berries which have 50 rapaiy de-
e efd M wondepuy THU ' spring aud thosc who %rc
about to plough up their cds containing thrsc berries
will now hesitate 10 DO The Philadelphia, highland
Hardy Cuthbert. and few newer reds grown 20 u
large extent All promise ful crop ana the cratic VII
begin to go down the river by the thousand early IN July
The Gregg DOOitlc and other blackcaps are a>" MAX
ing vigorous growth and fulI supply i promised
raspberry locality, which II mainly confined 20 the
towns Of Lower Ulster But the varieties In cult at'
are inclined to be w!ntcrk,d and the crop OF native
berries from the mountains 80 large that the cusa
ton OF them is often uupr"ita!c aud yet wcHar"Wn
garden backbcrncs are 80 iar superior To These that 1t
wonld ,re.n rs though trait ioV,I- should make SOME
effort either obtain hardy new variety or improve
Curran;s are fairly set With fruit though less ahln
dainty titan has been reported The worm has arr y
put Ia ah appearance and thi,'h- l" -'Ip me avs
from The bushes unless speedily checked with hr' n-c
The currant product 81 tie valley large and growing
In extent Athens leads ~ ihi- irIl then CONF Mail
boro. Milton and Lloyd, and OIL the east bank. from
Germantown south large acreage is devoted To the
eurIant NerSalnes ana Chtil! are the icI- must IL
favor and the White Grape II tue best Whit irt Go-c
demand for the fruit and the difficulty OF cultivation
Pums have bOs-oined very ahrudaEtly ~ spite ~
the heavy crop last year, aud the fruit seems 10 h '
tlng iary Bat owing to the rdyagcs OF Tho Cmcuho,
which growers will not aAe The trouble to DESTROY u
mains to be seen how much Of marketable crop viii be
iei IL was amusing 10 read report wmCh appeared
before plum blossoms were out stating that The dcda
lions OF the curculio we're already large. Athens and
Catskill Oh the west and Hudson and GermantOWn
The east are the main plum sections.
year and full yield may be expected. The
are vigorous than they were formerly and IA ing
exhausing crops IN years past are now ready 10 mature
aload of line fruit The wave of blight l. believed to
have passed by for time. Pears grown 10 u mod
crate extent all along the river.
verse and unrustwOrthy. But II is yet believed that at
least partial crop will be grown in this famous peach
section The extravsgant claims which have been made
are, however, speculation. In the lower Ulster
towns 40 largely devoted to peaches, good share Of
bloom has appeared, especially on the river slope. Fur
ther back and higher mp the yield will be small In the
vicinity Of this city not live blossom has been found
At Germantown and along the east bank small crop Is
expected. Many trees have been planted this spring
10000 In the town of Lloyd alone 1t has been estimated
nearly 200 peach trees will row bear in southern
Uuter for the fret time OF course many old ones have died
snce last year and yet the total crop may cqua that of
last The product orchards is already under
contract from dealers who take their chances and OWING
70 the scarcity South here hold prices very high
mor there any prospect Of cheap peaches this year
Tue iruit WIN doubtless be large and hue. and may net
the producer more than heavy yield. Late varieties
are mainly grown here The peach section extends
Cornwall 70 this city, and of late large atr,ar has
been planted at Germantown and other points on the
eastern bank
Ills the of year for apples and yet the indica, ions
that the yield will I've somewhat larger than in
former nOn-bearing seasons Some orchards have rcs
which are well set with fruit and these looked upon
BY their owners as peculiarly valuable But plentiful
OF apples need not be looked for price, for t
most useiu OF all fruits are likely To rule high
large grape product IL indicated throughout this
entire locality where hundreds OF devoted 10
whey ards and where the annual product has become
Immense. Leading growers expect 10 ship from nifty
rxty tons each, and common average will be from
teen ~ twenty tons In addition 10 the lower Utter re-
Hon the product IL now large at Germantown and
1yol, on the east sdc where individual growers mar
xesed from twenty TO thirty tons each last year The
vines are vigorous and heavily fruted but the
qspc peculiarly liable 10 1jnry from causes
nc Tar safer 70 estimate the product from the bloom
Va the I rounded berry than from the expanding bios
soB The Concord IL the main market sort grown here
tnoueb some OF the newer kinds being planted
VINE extent, notably the famous Niagara of which
Se4er OF Highlands, has recently purchased IA 900
ss ct cost Of over s2l 900, which 6e viii plant with
re purpose Of supplying the New-York, London aud
ounces also setting fruit and even the delicate an
@ 70 lender and rare, Ia now numbered In prOnis-
- ~. o. nuts which the fertile and teening valley Of
Huason wiu THIS year bring forth