Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-10

cen or yellow varieties, and always
zen if they are Of poorer quality. In
as and adjoining towns, taking everything
into consideration, the Baldwin is the most
profitable apple grown. The tree bears
well and grows well: the fruit looks, keeps
and sells well and is not by any means in
ferior in quality. If winter fruit is quoted
at all in the city papers nine times out of
ten the Baldwin leads the list, for there is
always a demand for it in every market.
Other good winter varieties that do well
here and also sell WELL are the Rhode Is
land Greening, Bottle Greening, Mcintosh
Red, Pewaukee and Stark, and are all
profitable TO grow. OF the list of summer
varieties the following are considered the
best: Red Astrachan, Golden Sweet, Vel
low Transparent and Tetofsky are consid-
cred the best. For fall the Duchess OF
Oldenburgh, Twenty Ounce or Blessing,
Fall Pippin and Grayenstein lead all others.
With the exception Of Flemish Beauty,
which is thought by some good authorities
TO be worthless in this part pears do eX-
ceedngly well on nearly all soils. They
should be planted more extensively, for
they always bring a good price. The va
rieties that do the best here are Clapp's
Favorite and Bartlett for summer, Seckcl,
t7utlNNl anu ' tlllO lFdulN lOl duAAllllls
and Beurre d'Anjou, Baron d'Mells and
Lawrence for winter Any Of these va
rieties, with possibly the exception Of the
Bartlett, VIII stand our winters uninjured.
Plums DO not thrive first rate here gen
orally, because Of disease known as
black knot" that affects them. which re-
mains incurable except by immediate use
of the knife. The best place for plums is
in q hon ~ small aprrtrl, "a, tho rrrasc ie
kept down by the hens. They grow rapid
" here and the hens tend 70 keep away all
disease. The best varieties are the Lom-
bard, Niagara, Moore's Arctic and Yellow
Egg.
Peaches can be raised quite easily here
if people will only think so and plant them.
They should be set on a hillside sloping
toward the north or west so that the hot
sun Of early spring will not start them and
make them subject to late frost in the
spring. Ii isn't the hard winters so much
as the late frosts that kill peaches. The
best variety is the Early Crawford. Il is a
free-stone, yellow-meated. juicy. rich and
delicious. 1t is good enough for any one,
and j. one Of the hardest. For extra early
the Early Canada, Amsden and Waterloo
are highly recommended, but they are all
cling-stones.
Ia the ounce line We shall recommend
but one, and that j. the Orange. Ii cannot
bee beaten. If You have a damp moist
place set your ounces there.
In closing. bear in mind that il is better
10 plant a large number of one good variety
than TO plant large number OF varieties.
Especially i this true of apples, which are
usually sold by the barrel. No buyer wants
more than one kind in a barrel, and when
the trees first begin 20 bear it will be nee
essary to pick from eight or ten trees to fill
a barrel perhaps
Above everything else, do not delay
planting tees if you are ever going to.
The sooner they are cut the better for YOU
and the sooner you will get returns from
them. Thousands can bear YOU witness
that, if you plant good varieties and take
care Of them as you ought, nothing on the
old place will pay you better.
CARL :. HOPKINS.