Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-11-08
PROFITABLE VARIETIES OF FRUIT

NJ the fruit exhibition of the Turner
Grsngc there wss an opportunity To con-
cult With msny fruit growers from that
and adjoining towns. "fhe Wealthy" /"
ssys Mr.. v. Il. DeCo.ter of Buckheld, q
gentleman Who Il giving much careful
attention to fruit growing. aud With
marked success. IL do not want, and am
goiog Ia graft my trees all over. Il IL
In no respect flrst-class apple, and I
do not want u. The Baldwin and the
Grccning are the apples for me-"
The King is not q favorite In the fruit
section named above. while u IL of
high quality, and -ell. well in the mar
Net, vet Mr.. X. ". Iravitt of Turner
says u u not as reliable as q bearer. and
In no case counts M the barrels of
fruit like the Baldwin. nor will Il max.
the grower so much money. And In
Tact. he continues, What do We want so
many varieties fors The lees varieties
man has the better II L. for him.
The Northern spy L. giving q good
account cf itself this YEAR. The warn
aud late autumn has rlpened IL up to =
full perfection, aud Il I. yielding hesv.
ily of large and fine fruit. solon Chase,
Who drove Them >teers" Into notoriety
q few years ago, SAYS u took him TWEEN
ty-fiye years 10 learn that the Northern
spy Vas the apple for him Ia raise With
profit. IL takes any one one-half that
time to find out Shat Il viii bear at all.
bat once In bearing, and With high cub
tivstion, IL will make . good rccord.
Thi. variety needs To be forced, or
there will De much inferior fruit. Hut
the tree u hardy and lous lived, and
~ill bear the forcing, and will pay for
II, too.
\ neighbor, In planting out his hrst
orchard, thought Ia take advantage Of
the laies, offerings, as presumably Oh.
beat. and hough, largely of uniried vsri-
eties. In hi. li.t MAS the walbridgr.
The tree. are nov of good bearing sire,
aud this year were loaded With fruit, bat
so Inferior la slxc and quality that they
are not worth the picking, and still i've
In the orchard Ia waste. ~ much Tor
the fooli.hnes. ~ planting the unknown.
l. Il not time for pcople Ia learn the lee
.ouf
What Kind. shall I plant. The kinds
thst other. round about you and on
similar soil. are making . success With.
There !. no need of making q mistsk. II
Intelligent forvthought IL exercised.
rher. u enough nov known about ,sri-
rtie., their habits, characteristics aud
meriis, .o that no one need plant igno-
raatly. II I. well for him Who like. u
io experiment With the ne~ and un-
knosn, bat u NAV Just a. we'll b. ON .
small scale, for II IL costly business.
Dii any Que ever eat . really good
Bu.rre a Anjou pesrS E,er since the
variety MAS brought to public notice,
ne have been seeking and testing In all
parts of Ne~ England, and have yet To
iind the pear of this variety that has
given any satisfaction In eating from
the hand. Mr.. DeCoster sho~ei some
flne sample. of this variety st the exhi-
biilon referred Ia above. 81 am going
to gpit my Anjou. all over" ssid he,
''tbey are not good enough. The trrc u
all right; they bear we'll, but the pear
u. not 10 Ia eat" This L. rank testimony,
bat Il came from Que that IL good Judg,
of fruit. What have others Ia ssy about
ht
II can make more money out of the
Ciapp'. fayorite pear at sesenty-hN.
cent. q bu.hel az the canning factory"
aid Mr.. l.. u. Blos-om, Que of Turner'S
mo.i notei fruit growers, ethan With
any other Kind, at whatever Price they
may briug" And he IL not vide of the
fact. IL iss large spreading tree, bears
every year aud perf-cts every pear. u
stands No. 1 on the list for Maine.
spraying tr-.. for the destruction Of
insects ~. practic~i quite widely the
last summer, and so far q. Ne can learn
grover, Of the efficacy IL the treatment.
for the prevention of fungi We find the
testimony L. by no means .o decided.
Thi. may b. from the fact that II u not
a. easy to compare results In this az Ia
the case of insects. Ia fact ther. has
been less of the appearance of fungi
Ou fruit the past year than has been
the case In some previous years.
Insects have been less prevalent With
fruit than was the css. last year. u u
generally expected that the codlIn moth
Will lnrTea-. each consecutive year III
hearing till there come a desrth of fruit.
When he Is reduced In numbers for
the want ot propagating ground.
Hut Ne have had three bearing years In
Succession, aud with not so much ~ormy
fruit thl. year as q year ago.
Neither has the apple magsot been as
prevalent this year a. for several years
past. Ia our osn orchards, varieties
that have been totally destroyed for tso
wear. past, have thi. year shown but
little Of IL. presence. IL may be after all
that thl. in.ect l. not going continuous
In Ia de- it, work.-Msine Farmer.