Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-04-10
EASTERN APPLES.
Why They Do Not Succeed In Kan
-sas. Where and How to Look for


In our last we gave the varieties Of
winter apples that had succeeded ia
Kansas. 1t will be seen by a compari.
son Of the mean temperatures of the
places of their origin, that none of
them vary one degree from the mean
temperature Of Kansas, except, per.
haps the Winesap, which may. as some
suppose, have originated in New Jer-
sey, but of that there is much doubt.
What we have said of winter apples
is just as ture of fall varieties. In
fact, we do not know of single one
which has originated north or north
east Of us, but what becomes sum-
mer apple when grown here. The
CoOper's Early White, that originated
north Of us was a fall apple there, but
here 1t is the best and most valuable
summer apple we have. In fact, it is
about the only summer apple that can
be grown extensively with profit, ex-
cept, perhaps, the Benoni and Maiden's
Blush. Some of the eastern winter
apples that have not originated too far
north have proved to be good fall ap-
pies, and in favorable seasons, with
careful handling, will keep until early
winter-as Smiths Cider, of Pennsyl-
vania, Grimes Golden, of West Vir-
ginia. and Rome Beauty, of Ohio, but
Of this class we have enough as they
are not generally profitable.
We need high-colOred red shipping
summer apple, with the characteristics
of COoper's Early White, that can bs
all gathered at any time within its sea-
son and sent to market.
FROM what we have already said, it
is very evident that we must look for
winter apples either in our own state,
or in districts within very nearly the
same range of temperature as our
own. Chiefly grown from seed, not
at random, as we have been doing, but
! by some definite and determined rules,
in accordance with natural laws. The
same rules should be observed in the
vegetable kingdom rs in the animal, if
' we wish to arrive at any definite con-
, clusiOn.
AS hardness, prOductiveness and
long.keeping are indispensable to sue
cess, and size, color and quality are
important considerations, we, there
fore, should select seed only from va
rieties possessing these qualities in
some marked degree, upon the princi-
pie Of like producing like. Where
this cannot be done we should resort
to cross fertilization, and perhaps this
would be the most certain and expedi-
cent, as we are more likely to end some
of the qualities in several varieties
than to find them all in one. And
from present experience and Observa-
tion, we should select the Winesap for
our parent stock, either naturally fer
tilized or crossed with some desirable
variety. For lOng-keepers, we would
cross with Boyd, LAWYER and Hoover.
For fine quality, with Rawles' Janet.
For mild flavor and sweet varieties,
with Gilpin, Holly and Maverick
Sweet. For hardness, productive
ness and early bearing, with Missouri
Pippin and Ben Davis. And for fur
ther experiment, with Clayton, Mink
Ter. Willowtwig and Nickajack.
For summer and fall varieties, for
hardness, with Gutenberg, Kansas
Queen, Pewaukee, Wealthy, Fameuse
and st. Lawrence. For fine quality.
with Early Joe, Benoni, Jonathan and
Muster. For cooking, large size and
, good color, with Alexander, Red AS
trachan, st. Lawrence and Summer
, Queening. And for further experiment
with Kentucky Western Beauty, Early
PennOck, Rome Beauty, Summer King
and Smiths Cider.
These would all produce colored ap-