Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-10-27
soNs oooo ApplIs

While at work about th- trccs plckin.
aud handling th- fruit 4. favorable
time o. stuhy varieties, snd learn their
peyuliar characteristics. and their spevlal
msriis. Eyvrv year among planter. the
query u coming az, What Narlcty shall
plant IN thi. snd that lo,alityt - the
qaestion Nill never be scitled. The call
toe Information Nill be continuous.
The Nello~ Bslisfo~sr L. giving .
good Acc"ant 20 Itself this year. In
beafly every instance wherc the tree Il
feuni, n I. thi. ys,r heavily laden With
large anl fine fruli. In our race after
tb. BAldSln. the Bslisfioscr, a. we'll a.
some othrr ,arieti-s not ryi In color, Il
gvtiing overlooked. Hut u posse.ses a
lArgv measure 20 merit, aud IL worthy
"a att.aiiou. IN genuine quality u
stands clear up la the bead 81 the llst.
The tre. l. lispiy. aud therefore long
lVc,i We werc looking AZ tr,cs bat a
feW days since loaded down With their
burthsn q fruit. that had ,.en upsaris
20 ssNenty-hVe yvars In bearing. The
fruit holis to the tire t.uaciously, aud
seldom blows % of drops Tor any rrason
o. auy extent. Thi. 4 an important
characteristics. q. al fruit growers sell
know. Tor thls rvasou u l. cspeyially
desirable 10 plant by the sIde % stone
wars. n l. great b-ar.r when proIrt-
ly fertiliEci. aud the fruit never IL badly
lnic.i~,i sith the c0dlin moth. Thus u
!. easily ss,n that thsr, sf, icw varieties
o. which 49, many credit marks may b.
given.
The Milding /. now being grown In
manv playes In the state. SoDc nn-
spc,imeus Wcrv shown at the fpnklin
County fair, grnNu in the toNn of Icm-
pie. and showing they will give guoi
scCouni 20 thsmsslSs. ca the Highlands
% narthsfu Franklin. This Nafisty
seems a. an plsc. iust ouisiie snd b.
yund the limit "a .ucCcssful Bsldstn
produCtion. The tree u hardy, aud q
strong grower. n l. also prOmp, bear
- aud hogntliul bcsrvr. The Variety
D. highly rccommended by the groSvrs
whsrvysr Il has hc.u introduced.
The Northcru spy stands highly r.com-
msndsi The NOR. u l. gro~u. u u a
bong While coming iuto barring. bat
vhsn old enough hcar. ahundanily.
Ihs fruit holi. a. m. trrc veil, and
never u badly Sormy. Tho trc. !. hsriy
aud sisnd. az Wcll under q load 20 fruit.
Il can d. fsr h.tist sith thu Northern
spy. saiia fruit growet AZ the Frank
un fair, ''than wiih the Ben Davis, that
l. Call-d so great q bcarvt.'
The Mclnio.h Eci l. hne hacking
apple. aud 20 good quality. IN. tree
also "a fne gruSer ani hardy. III"
fruIt. however. has ons "out.' Like the
Famsuse. it !. liable Ca spot la years
when that ualady l. abroad. In ssction.
20 ~. state wh~fr this trouble !. not
specially prv,al-ut. th.rv s~cms, how
ever. o. D. little trouhlc from this cause.
Th- puly 20 thi. fruit l. soit, Shlch may
Affect IL. shipping value uniANorahly.
Tie Alexander l. q tstisf apple Than
Il generally passes tor. u usually pass
q. ior a fall apple, snd l. usei az, " a.
al. h-fory iis s~asun of ripeness. When
krtt tlll fall, Hg~ " l. really pretty
g,sul appl-. Mh~u carefully handled,
h sill k.sp 10 g,-si coniition ull early
" inter. ard la the northern part ~ the
state. e.r-,ytally. sh0gld - Cuuui.d 81.
au Important Nafi~ty. u can b. grosn
to gu,si sd,antagv A. Gar north a. s1uih-
srn Art-astoog County. III. trv~ l. a
strong growcr. aud IA. fruit large snd
fair Maine Fsumrr.