The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-21
ORCH ARD AND FARM.

Grange, Stump the World, woodbury's
Utah Orange, and Heath's Cling.
The best varieties of peach to plant
for the market may be CLEANED from the
practice of ]. H. Hole, the best
authority on peaches in the United
States. He recently planted an orch
ard of 1Ol. 900 peaches; he planted 10000
alberta, 10000 Mountain Rose, 5000
Crosbey, 5000 Stump the World, and
5000 Late Crawforls. Obtain trees in
the fall if possible, and heel in damp
soil, covering entire, and plant in
spring.
The best varieties of Crab apples TO
plant are Martha Transcendant, Cen
eral Grant, Hyslop and the Siberian.
Plums and Prunes are hardy trees,
and may be planted in the fall to good
advantage The best kinds are the
Bradshaw, Goes Golden Drop, Genii,
Lombard, Ponds Seeding and Yellow
Gage plums, and Tragedy, French and
Italian Prunes, named in their order of
merit. For market, the prunes are the
most profitable. OF the plums Lom-
bard is the most profitable to cultivate,
though it is not the best eating.
The Japanese Plums are becoming
very popular and some of them do well
here, as the Burbank, Abundance and
Simoni, and bear very early and the
fruit is excellent.
spring; the best varieties are: For
sweet-Yellow Spanish, Black Tartar
ian. Napoleon Cor Royal ANN and
Black Eagle. The best sub-acid cher
ries Qhe most profitable to grow for
marleD are Dyehouse, Montmorency,
May Dal1e, Hortense, Olivett, and Eng
lish Morello. Zach variety is named in
the order of ripening.
The three leading Nectarines are
EARLY Violet, Hunts Tawney, and Bos-
ton.
The Apricots are led by a Utah
variety in point of quality s
Seeding, followed by Breda, Early
Golden, Moor Park and Blenheim.
The best Ounces, in order. of merit,
are the Rea Mammoth, Orange and
Mech Prolific. Plant in fall or spring.
OF the hardy iron clad grapes, the
best varieties to grow in Utah are
claimed to be the Worden (black),
Moore's Diamond (white), Niagara
(whfte), Agawam (red), Pocklington
(amber), and Delaware (red). The
first three named are considered the
best of the kind for all purposes.
Many Of the so-called tender kinds of
grapes will stand our winters in many
localities without any protection. We
recommend the following as the best
and most certain in our climate:
Black Hamburg, Muscat, of Alexandra,
Black Prince, Rose of Peru,
White Sweetwater and Vergennes. Try
the two first named.
From the extensive list of blackber-
ries Erie. Wilson Jr. and Snyder are
recommended and the Lucretia Dew
berry.
Four kinds of raspberries are named
the Cuthbert Cred), Gregg lblack cap),
Souhegan Cblack cap),. and Turner QeO.
The Gooseberries recommended as the
freest from mildew, and as the most
profitable are Downing and Oregon
Champion for white and Industry for
red.
The best currants are Fay's Prolific,
Ching, Versailles and White grape.
The Leading Strawberries at present
are Hood River Cor Clark's Seedling),
Buback, Jessie, Crescent, Sharpless
and Wilson. Plant the Buback in rows
adjoining other varieties. OF the varie-
ties named above the Hood River IS the
earliest and claimed to be the best
grown.
Begin with Small Fruit.
We would suggest to the beginner TO
start his orchard with strawberries and
small fruits, they will bring almost
Immediate returns, are the most pro1ta-
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