Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-15

Nells. Krui. A prominent New York or
chardist says. In planting an orchard
Of one thousand pear trees. should
plant one hundred Wilder Early, three
hundred Barlettts. three hundred An
jou. one hundred Clalrgeau, one hun.
dred Sheldon. twenty-five Keller. nfty
Howell. But for commercial purposes
four varieties are better than n greater
number, although the orchardlst may
plant few trees OF different varieties
to test them.
Plant pears tn october and Novcmie or.
u possible. or In spring
For peaches In succession through the
season. plant Alexander. Brigdon. schu-
maker. Amsdcn, Crawford'a Early
Mountain iloHe. Elberta. Miss Bret
Crosby, Muir, 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 J. H. ilou. the best
authority on peaches In the United
states. lie recently planted an orch
ard OF i0i 900 peaches. he planted $1,000
Eihcrtn. 10000 Mountain Rose. 5000
Crosbcy. COCO stump the World. and
1900 Late crawfordH. obtain trees In
tho fnll. N possible. and heel In damp
soil. covering entire and plant In
Tho best varieties OF crab apples to
plant are Martha. Transcendant. Cen
ernl Grant. Hyslop and the Siberian.
piums aud .prunes are hardy trees.
and may be planted IN the fail to good
advantage. The best kinds arc the
bradshaw. Ponds Seeding. Goes Gold.
en- Drop, Cent?, Lombard, and Yellow
Gage plums. aud Tragedy. French. Ger.
man and Italian prunce. named IN their
order of merit. For market the pruncs
are the most profitable OF the plums
a "A NuIa 60.
tivate. though II is not the best eating
The Japanese plums are becoming
very popular aud some Of them do well
here, NJ the Burbank. Abundance and
Snnoni. ana bear very early and the
fruit il excellent
Cherries are better u planted In the
HpriuE; the hest varieties ate. For
sweet Yellow spanish. Black Tartar
ian, Napoleon tor Royal ANN and
black Eagle. The best auh.ncid cher
rlea 1.-THE most profitable TO grow for
mnrkeD, are Dychouae. Montmorcncy.
May Duke. Iiortensc. ollvctt. and Eng
llrh Mofrilo. Each variety IL named In
the order OF ripcnlng,
The three leading Nectnrines are
Early Violet. Hunts Tawney and Bos.
ton.
The nprlcots are led by u Utah
variety In point OF quality WOodhury's
Seeding. followed by lireda, Early
Golden, Moor Park and Blonhcim.
The best ounces. In order or merit,
are the llen Mammoth. Orange and
Mech Prolinc. Plant In fall or spring.
OF the hardy iron clad grapes. the
beat varieties TO grow IN Utah are
claimed to be the Wordcn ,blackb.
Moorc's Diamond. Salem twhits). MAI
CARA twhitc). salem tbiacb. Agawam
(rcd), pockllnEton tambcrl, and Della
ware tfcdD. The first three named arc
hss hfN nl
purposes,
Many OF the ao.caiied tender kinds %
grapes will stand our winters In many
localities without any protection. We
recommend the fOnoving ~ the best
and most certain In our climate; Black
Hamburg. Black salN disc. Muscat. OF
Alexandria. Black Prince. Hose OF Peru.
White swectwatcr and vcrEcnnes. Try
the two first named.
From the extensive list ~ blackber-
ricr Erie. Wilson Jr.. and snyder are
recommended and the Lucrciia Dow
berry.
Five kinds OF raHpbcrflcs are named
the Culhbcrt trcd), urccg lblack capl.
sonhegan ,black capl. Turner trcd).
and schaffcr tpurple).
The gooHebcrficr recommended NJ the
frecrt from mildew. and ~ the most
profitable are Downing nnd Oregon
Champion for white and Red Jacket Tot
red
The best currnntr are fay's Prolific.
Versailles aud white grape.
The leading Strawberries at present
ARE Hood River Tor clnrks SeedllnEl.
nuback. Jessie. Crescent. Shafpl"as
and Wilson. Plant the Bubnck In rows
adjoining other avtictlea. OF the ynrie-
ties named above the Hood River Il the
earliest and claimed 10 be the best
grown -.
BEGIN WITH SMALL FRUIT.
II IL suggested 20 the beginner 90
start his orchard with strawberries and
small fruits. they viii bring almost
immediate returns. are the most pront-
able nH we'll