The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-27

been paid this year for the Albemarle
pippin has aroused great interest in
that variety of apple. The people of
all sections of the country have been
sending to this division for informa''
ton concerning this apple, and large
number of growers have expressed the
desire to try the species. 1t is great
mistake for the people to think that
the Albemarle pippin will grow in any
and all soils and climates, and I wish
you would tell them, through your
column Of correspondence, that they
should go slowly, and study this va
riety of apple as to its fitness for the
soil and climate in which they live;
and not rush pell-mell into it's cult
walton. In case they do this, and find
that the pippin will grow very well in
their part of the country, well and
good. But should they rush into the
growing of Albemarle pippins without
any thought of the peculiar charac-
teristics of this apple, they may in
little while find that they have made
an exceedingly serious mistake, and
that the Albemarle pippin is not an
article of profit to them but serious
drawback.
Perhaps the farmers and fruit
growers may think that l am only
speaking of the utter uselessness OF
the Albemarle pippin In some parts OF
the United States, but can assure you
that 1 am speaking from my own per
sonal experience, and also from the
experience of others that have tried
this fruit under different climatic con-
ditions, and in different soils. l tried
to grow the Albemarle pippin on my
own farm in Iowa, in 1850, and 1t prov
ed a perfect failure there, as 1t did in
a number Of other places in the West.
1t will be very great mistake If the
people of that section Of the country
attempt to plant 1t now.
IAN example of the serious results
that occur from growing apples and
fruits out of their regular climatic
conditions occurred a few years ago
when a Western gentleman journeyed
through Russia for the purpose of col
Letting fruit trees that thrived under
such climatic conditions as are found
in our Northwestern states. He col
lected a large number of such trees.
and brought them to America, propa-
gated them, and sold them to the
farmers of that section of the United
States, who were looking for some
thing new and profitable in the line
of fruit trees. When the trees grew to
bearing age, 1t was found that there
old ones, and in fact the new varieties
were in many cases inferior to the
ones already planted by the Western
FARMERS; so that, with all their care
that section Of the country was in no
way benefited. 1t is thus seen that
unless the farmers and fruit growers
Of the country study the different va
rieties of fruit which they contemplate
growing, instead of considering the
pecunlary benefit alone, fruit grow
ing In the United States can never
reach very high state of perfection
1t is a we'll known fact that the
same variety of apple grown in differ
I ent sections Of the country and under
dlfterent climatic conditions will have
very different shapes and sizes For
example, take the wine apple. or the
pennsylvania red streak. as it is some
times called This is a very old va
rlety, but not Of very high value. 1t
is not grown very extensively, but if
mas worked its way through the West
until IT has reached Oregon and the
P&cifc coast, and has changed its size
and shape in its journey We have
specimens here in wax models which 7
got up for the worlds fair especially
Tor the purpose of showing the varia.
t ions OF the different varieties grown in
dlnerent sections of the coutnry
THE Ben Davis. grown in Kentucky
missouri. Arkansas and Illinois. has
reached its highest state of perfection
but as you go north and especially into
the New England states it becomes
very small and of not near as high a
quality, which shows that it is out of
lts latitude for the perfection of the
fruit '-'0
Another apple which is fast coming
TO the front as a market apple. and
which l think is the coming apple Of
the West, Is the York Imperial that is
grown especially in Illinois and Iowa
1t is probably one of the best for mar
ket purposes, coming up very nearly to
the Albemarle pippin as an export ap-
pie.
"The white pippin ought to be grown
more. 1t is very close in quality to the
Albemarle pippin, will grow in a wi Ter
area of country, and will succeed better
than the Albemarle pippin in a great
many sections of the country. II is
grown quite extensively in Southern
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri; and Is also
grown easily in Virginia and in Penn
sylvania.
"a few years ago while I was in
Iowa, gentleman there who was an
extensive grower of apples. and who
mas perhaps the largest apple orchard
In the West, came to me and said that
he had been growing the more COM
mon varieties of apples, such as the
Ben Davis, America Golden, etc, and
that he wanted something new. 1 sug-
gested to him that he try the York I'm
perial, but cautioned him against TAX
ing the advice of any one man. He
experimental and became satisfied
that the apple would be a great thing;
and in the following spring he bought
UP all the trees that he could find and
those trees are now just coming into
bearing At the winter meeting of the
Iowa State Horticultural society he
had specimens of them on exhibition,
and from what 1 learned from the man
who had charge of the exhibit he was
very much pleased with the result of
the planting Of that variety"