Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-10-12
Grand Isle Fruits,

Grand Isle is one great fruit county. 1t
is stated that the two towns of Grand Isle
and South Hero will alone sell ten thou
sand bushels of apples the present sea-
son. Besides these, a great quantity of
pears, plums, grapes and other choice fruits
is grown upon the islands and the Alburgh
peninsula.
Our valued friend Joseph T. Macomber
of Grand Isle has furnished us with list Of
varieties grown upon the long established
fruit farm of his father, the venerable Ben
jamn Macomber which is highly interest
ing and valuable. We subjoin it, confident
that it will be studied with interest by all
of our readers who are concerned in fruit
culture. One star indicates approval, two
stars high merit, and I recent introduction.
AppLEs
Summer rarieties -ts Early Harvest, Glass ap-
pie; Summer Rose; Benoni; - Williams Fa-
vorite . American Summer Pearmain; Sum
mer Chandler; Summer Pearmain; Early Red Mar
garet Early Strawberry; Large Yellow Bough,
tree tender, best on sandy land; Red Astrachan;
Sine Qua Non, tree tender; Tetofsky Primate,
tree too tender.
AUTUMN Varieties-" Champain, Sum-
mer Pippin of Downing and the Paper APP
pie, or Paper Skin, OF others; Porter, tree ten
der; ~ Gravenstein, tree tender; " Northern
Sweet; 'Fall Pippn; Brittle Sweet; Bailey
Sweet; .lIawey tMaiden's Blush; Autumn
Wine; Duchess Of Odenburgh; sRambo; Twen-
ty Ounce; 'Mosher Sweeting, tree hardy, but
fails on clay soil.
Winter VdrieteS.--Danvers Winter Sweet
.tDominie; . Dutch Mgnonne; English Russell
tree tender, - Esopus Spizenburgh, tree too
tender; - Fameuse; American Golden Russet, tree
tender; IIubbardston Nonesuch, tree tender;
- Jonathan, superior in every respect Ladies'
Sweeting; Lady Apple; Newtown Pippin, fruit
seldom fair; Northern Spy,tree too tender; Peck
Pleasant, tree TENDER sPomme Grise; Red Tor
Black Gihower; Burlington Pippn, always
I Landon Apple, originated with Buel Landon,
South Hero, tree very long coming to bearing
| Rhode Island Greenlng, tree becoming tender
Ribston Pippin, tree tender Swaar; ~ Ialman
Sweet only winter sweet worth raising; Wine
Sap; fYellow Bellilower; Willow Twig, proms-
ing Grimes Golden; Nickojaclx, poor; ( Belle
ct Bon, promising; Rawle's Janet, poor Rome
Beauty, poor
| Summer Varieties-Bartlett, tree too tender
Bloodgood, tree tender; Buffum, been discarded
DearDorn's Seeding; Madelene 'Rostezer
| Skness; @Tyson; Osbauds Summer
| autumn Vdrieties.-** Beurre d Anjou; Beurre
| Diel, discarded; Dix, discarded; Dunmore; Ouch
esse d Angouleme; Flemish Beauty, mildews and
cracks on old trees; Fondante d Automne; Gray
Doyenne, tree tender; Louise Bonnie de Jersey,
tree tender; Marie Louise, discarded; t Paradis .
d Automne, promising; Seckel, tree tender; . st
| Ghislain; Stephens tennessee; Surpasse Vir
galieu Urbanste; Van Mons Leon lie Clerc
| Vert Tongue, discarded Washington, discarded
White Doyenne Howell, discarded s*f Grand
Isle; u Platt; Sheldon; u Jackson, over-bear'
alternate years,-t.en fruit poor.
| Winter Vdrietes-t Easter Beurre, tree tender
Gout Morceau Passe Comar Vicar of Wink
| field ~ Winter Nelis.
=. jefferson, August Washington, August
~ Princes Yellow Gage August; ~ lawrence
| favorite, August Lombard, August Coe
Golden Drop, September Yellow Mag mum Bo
mum, August ~ Schenectady Catherine, Sep
| tember Red Gage, August; *Beecker's Gage
| August Imperial Gage, September; columbia
| August; Red Diaper, August Duanes Purple
August; Hulings Superb, August Imperia
Ottoman, July; Orange, August Siamese, Sep
better smaller and earlier than pareDt,-not full,
tested; sst Green Gage Seeding origin un
known. So closely resembles Green Gage that /
is thought to be Seeding of that variety. Tree
hardy, rather large, strong grower, spreading
with age, good bearer. Leaves dark green
rather large. Fruit, medium to large, roundish
Color light green, with bloom, yelowish in tn,
sun. Flesh light green, and cngs very slightly
melting and very juicy. Flavor sugary, exceed
lngy rich and luscious, some say better thai
Green Gage. Season, last of August.
GRAPES.
Hartford Prolific; Israella, vine tender; Isabella
has stood three winters without protection an,
borne full crops but is too late to ripen well
concord, hardy; - Delaware; Diana, discard ed
White Sweetwater tender, mildews badly Crev
cling; fEumelan; Aliens Hybrid, mildews; Mas
sasoit; Martha; Adirondac.