The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-02-01
Fruits for Windsor County.

A Windsor county CORES pOndent
writes to say that he wishes TO grow
apples, pears, pums and gooseberries
for market, He adds: 50 need to
know the varieties best for this local
ity, the best book or books on the cult
walton of each of these, a nurseryman
who will sell me stock true to name,
and where to find a good market for
them. | have asked the above ques-
tons of A. w. Cheever, agricultural
editor of the Ne,o England Farmer, and
Professor L. II. Bailey of Cornell Uni
versity, both of whom have referred
me to you. Will you be so kind as to
questions? Is Moorc's Arctic plum a
good one to grow? What are its good
aud bad qualities? Generally stated =,
the fruit-growing here is as follows:
Apples-trees grow well, bear well,
great number of varieties; Baldwin pro-
duces secondrate fruit; Northern Spy,
best winter apple so far grown. Pears
Bartlett does well, but they are not
much grown. Piums-Green Gage
and Lombard do well; only five or elk
growers have a few trees. Gooseber-
ries--no good ones are grown here, but
native green and purple varieties are
common"
We will answer these questions
briefly now, and shall be glad to receive
and answer, in these columns, all ques-
lions in reference to fruit-growing, to
the best of our ability, First, as to re-
liable nurserymen. For tree fruits we
can highly recommend, from long per,
sonal experience, Elwanger Il Barry OF
Rochester, n. Y, and William p. Ru.
pert Of Seneca, in the same state. Fol-
small fruits--especially currants, goose
berries and grapes-George S. Josselyn
Fredonia, n. Y, has always treated his
customers not only well but generously
in our experience, We wish we knew
of equally good growers il Vermont
but if such exist they have kept the Sc
cret so we'll that we are not aware of
Moore's Arctic Plum is seeding Of
Lombard, and We should prefer the lat
ter, where it will succeed. We recon-
mend the Arctic only for those parts o
the state where Lombard fails. They
are neither of them of very high quail
ity; but they are both productive, ant
salable at a good price. Green Gage il
much superior in quality, yet is rarely
so profitable to grow for market
Northern Spy is probably the best vari
ely of apple to plant for pre- fit, wher'
the Baldwin and Rhode Island Green
ing do not succeed well. The drawbacl
with the Spy is that it is slow in coming
TO bearing, and requires the best sol
and good culture to bring its fruit +
perfection. When so grown, it lead
the market as fancy, high priced apple
The Bartlett is the most salable pea
of its season grown in New England
but it is so easily grown, and the ire
bears so young and is so productive
that the market is often flooded viii
them. Nevertheless, when the Bartlet
is grown to perfection, especially as fs
north as Windsor, it will pay to gro
it. But if we were intending to gro
pears, and found our locality to b
adapted TO that fruit, we would make
r spC ciality of the winter varieties.
l fruit that you can hold without loss
, always the best for profit
l OF gooseberries, Smiths Seeding {
Y the present pays us best; but there al
= a number OF new varieties, lately intr'