Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-26


Farmers liz Aroossook county who
have long wanted To grow sumeieas
fruit for their own Uses as least. for ~
farm home Ia Maine u really home
without It's apple orchard and the sun
stAntiaI fruit which IL yields. have long
been interested In the efforts which hare
attended the introduction Of Russian APP
pies into the cold regions OF the
United States. By the well known
Budd-Gibb exploring party OF lss1.
Professor J. T.. Budd OF the Iowa
Agricultural College, and the late
Mr.. Charles Glib Of Abbostsford, Cue
bee. In that summer travelled through
all the more northern orchard regions OF
Russia, visiting by the way those OF
North Germany and Poland. They
brought 70 this country many Of the
best varieties Of tree fruits known 70
the coolest sections Of the continent Of
Europe; many OF which were placed In
the hands Of DIR. T. II. Hoskins Of New
port, VI, an eminent and careful fruit
grower and practical experinientallst,
and we'll known 10 Maine orchardists,
being q native Of this State and valued
correspondent TO the agricultural press OF
the country. In the last number OF his pa
DER, the Vermont Waterman, DR.. Hoskins
gives the results Of his experiments with
many OF these new apples for the cold
north, In the following entertaining and
vet cautious manner: at was matter
Of course that some years must pass
before the trees and scions brought 10
this country by our friends coaid De
brought to fruitage In America
Yet as II IL marked character
Ist!e OF most OF these northern va
rieties to fruit at an early age, 1t was not
long before some specimens were pro-
dueed. We had already in this country
a number of Russian apples-some OF
them. A the Red Astrachan, Duchess Of
oldenburgh, Alexander and Tetofsky'
pretty we'll known In Nermont-but
amongst them there were no long Keep
ers. and IT seemed to be general BELIEF
that there were no winter apples in Rus
sia--or, rather, that the winter apples OF
Russia would prove only late fall fruit
In the United States. There was some
reason for this suspicion, seeing That the
whole Russian empire lies north OF the
northern line Of Vermont
These later importations were uade
with these facts In mind, and the very |
longest keeping apples were sought Tor
hv our friends Ia their investigating |
Although eight years Is very |
short time to get into full bearing these
new corners in our orchards, enough is al
ready know to fully settle ii that Rus
.ia has many large, handsome ana
good winter apples But 1t Will still
lake come time to decide which among |
these are the most productive and mer
and to grow stocks OF them
for general introduction. Judging by |
past experience, 1t will probably be |
twenty years before these apples will
Degin to be plenty amongst us IL mas
AIKEN as long as that to Introduce our
,wn best iron clad winter apples. such |
u Wealthy, SCOTS Winter, Bethel, Win
.er st Lawrence and Canada Baldwin. |
We have some dozen or more OF the
Winter Russians, but cannot yet posi-
,ively choose between them We at
present incline to favor very fine. Wig
,rous and early bearing sort called
Bogdanoil' meaning God given }
nut there are several others OF nearly |
,1ual merit We need to have them in |
luantity, rather than to try to determine
between them by the behavior and quail
ty OF few specimens. The trees OF
nearly all OF them are fine thrifty grow
RS and early bearers -