Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-15
LEADING AMERICAN APPLES.
T. II. HosRIss' OPINION AS Ex
PRESSED n sGARDES AND
FOREST"

American apples take the lead In
every market where they have ap-
peared; and they stand ut the head
Of the list, with few local exceptions,
wherever sold. Each section Of the
Union texcept, perhaps, the Pacific
Coast and Rocky Mountain regions
has produced its own varieties, hav-
ing merits and adaptation which
give them more or less preference
near the place OF their origin. To
the older sections, where fruit
growing has been longest pursued,
belong the best known varieties for
the general market; Yet the south
and southwest have many apples OF
all seasons, native to the soil, the
commercial merits OF which have
only 10 be made known in order 20
be Acknowledged. Ii l. only among
the summer and fall apples that any
foreign sorts find acceptance with
our fruit growers, and the list OF
these hardly exten'is beyond five
named vaTieties-Ye elbow Trans
parent, Red AstricbaD, Oldenburgh,
AhxaIilier and Gravensteln. The
AstRchan Is a most remarkable
fruit, In the fact that il II equally ut
home, valued and pEoduetivs in
Canada and Louisiana, anc from
the Atlantic TO the Pacific.
In the northeastern and middle
Atlantic states the four leading
native carly market apples of Amer
lean origin are Sweet Bough, Early
Harvest, Williams FavOrite and
Summer Pippin. Some would re-
place the Williams Favorite with
American Summer Pearmain, which
Is popular also southwark along the
Atlantic slope, with the Early Har-
vest, the Summer Queen anu Sum-
mer Rose. Farther south Carolina
Red June comes into this list. For
home use PrimAte ami Early Joe
must be added; while, south aud
WESTWARD. Early Red Margaret Is
popular. IL Is not certain, however,
that this Is an American variety.
The fall apples are numerous:
and, as the latitude varies, many
sorts among them will rank rs sum-
mer fruit. In the north and east
Fall PlppIn, Porter, Munson Sweet
and Maiden's Blush are most COM
monty seen. Westward. and In
Canada, st. Lawrence Il added;
while, rs we go south, we note Ia
addition buckingham, Fsllawater
and Rsmbo. In the northwest
Fall Wine, Haas and Saxton
appear
The early winter apples OF the
northeast are numerous Fameuse
lin southern New England a late
fall applet. Jewett's red, Believer
and Hubbardston are abundant.
Southwark the Baldwin falls into
this list, with the striped winter
Pearnain, Smokehouse ami Smiths
cider. In the northwest the
Wealthy is becoming the leading
early winter apple. Northern Spy
is not q long keeper in the Ohio
valley. Wagner Is popular in the
milier parts Of the no .thwest.
Late winter apples In the north
east include Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening, Northern Spy and ROx-
bury russell among the most prOmi-
nent and profitable: but there II q
long list Of others we'll kuswn and
81 able, especially in the smaller
iucsll markets. The King OF fomp
kins must be included for New
York, while westward Timber Twig
and Golden russell, Of western New
York, are prominent, though Ben
Davis leads all of this class in the
Mississippi valley, from Iowa and
Illinois southwark. or winter sweet
apples, TalmRn easily leads in
market value. In the south and
southwest, aside from Ben Davis,
Pryor's red, McAfee and NicAsjack
are probably the most widely
known.