The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-24
Seedling Armies.

/ had expected and had promised
you to give your readers an article
on my observations in fruit culture,
of which l have been a close OBJ
server and a great admirer, and
very successful grower for an anna
teur for twenty years. The fact is,
prepared said article, and it was
mislaid.- will reproduce that at
another time.
This article is made necessary
from the great number of letters 1
receive in regard ..to some Seeding
apples l showed at the fair. The
public seems to want to know more
of these apples. The apples were
of the crop of 1884, and we're shown
at our fair Oct. 3, 1885. They were
firm, and had every appearance that
they then might keep tor months.
Oct. Sd was school day at the fair,
and great many children were in
the floral hall. Those apples were
gone, and the management could
not lind out how they went. l had
great curiosity to know how long
they would keep. thought it pos
sible from their then sound and
solid appearance that could keep
the muntil the 1st of January, 1886.
This apple is small, and said to
be very much like the "Shockley'
in size and shape. 1t is only
slightly acid, is of fine flavor, and
is a good eating apple even in the
fall, but is of very firm texture;
color bright red, with a yellow
cheek. These apples grow in clus-
tiers of from two to four. Our fruit
men have given it the name of Bur-
rows Everlasting Prolific, which
expresses some of it's Characters
tics.
l set out the tree IN 1870. 1t
came into bearing soon, and has
borne continuously immense crops
every year. So it has been for
several years. The tree is twelve
inches in diameter, and very thrifty
l will thoroughly test its keeping
qualities with this crop. l have
allowed them all to be eaten in for
mer years.
When a boy on a farm in Ala
bama, there was a Seeding apple
tree that has always been my ideal
of an apple tree. 1t was some
eighteen inches in diameter, and
had immense crops on it every year.
1t was famous in all that country
lit has since died). 1t was to get
an apple like my Alabama apple
that have planted so many seed
lings. Many of them are worthless;
some are all l could desire. One is
large and as striped as. striped
June apple; is the most beautiful
apple l ever saw, and 1 think it will
be an excellent keeper; is of fair
flavor, and is the admiration of all
who see it. I think every one
when setting out an orchard should
set a few thrifty seedlings. They
are prolific, and often we may Sc
cure new and valuable varieties.
The grated trees have their off
years; my seedlings do not. 1
have a small orchard of sixty select
trees, grated apples, that are fifteen
years old, that for excellence l have
never seen equaled; but, as before
remarked, years occur IN which l
get more apples off Of one Seeding
than all sixty of the fine trees. l
shall always be an advocate for
Seeding apple trees.
My crop of apples are extra fine
this year, and are keeping finely. 1
keep them in barrels in the cellar,
and have no trouble with rotting
apples. / have a secret to which l
attribute my success in keeping ap
Piles while my nelghbors lose theirs,
it is this: L keep my cellar per-
fectly dark during the day after
storing, while l open it every night
to cool it; let it remain open even
when there slight freezes and frosts.
The trouble with apples is they get
warm. To keep, they must be kept
cool.
Last week 1 showed those north
ern excursionists some of my APP
pies. The Striped Pearmain,
very large apple, they said would
sell readily at FIVE cents apiece.
They admired the rich coloring of
our apples; said such apples they
sold for show case apples at five
dollars per barrel. One old gentle
man said he had been in the fruit
business thirty-four years in north
ern Kansas; had immense orchards,
and one hundred and sixty-two va
rieties. One sad, cold night last
winter, every apple tree he had froze
so hard the bark all burst off. He
has an orchard of dead trees for
sale, and he wants to come to Ten
nessee. He was pleased with Giles
as a fruit section. We think we
have an unequaled section for APP
pies. have uncOnsciously wan
dered from my subject. The truth
is, am fan enthusiast on the sub
ject of fruit, and don't know when
to quit talking or writing fruit. l
think fruit is the poor mans luxu
ry. J. II. B.
Lynnville, Tenn, Dec. 8, 1885.
The magnitude Of the cattle in
terests of the country was striking
ly set forth in statement made by
the commissioner of agriculture be-
fore the cattle growers convention
at Chicago. Mr.. Coleman said that
a column of cattle twelve deep
stretching from New York to San
Francisco and back again to Bos-
ton wonld contain about the num-
Der of cattle that there are in the
United States. The value of this
vast herd the commissioner placed !