El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-24
SEPTEMBER FRUITS.
Bulletin From The New Mexico
griCultural CoIlege-FruitS
Not Well Matured On Account
OF Drought-Best Varieties Of
Apples, Pears, peaches And
plumS For This Section

| On account of the severe drought
none of September's fruits have matur.
ed in good condition, but allowing for
imperfections caused by the dry
weather, the following varieties de-
serve mention as the best that have
fruited in the orchard OF the Agricul-
tural college.
| Apples: Wolf River, Grimes Golden
Pippin, Bledsoe. Pears: Louise Bonne
de Jersey, Howell, Kieffer. Peaches
Sallie Worrell, Wonderful and Craw-
ford's slate. While the last two men
toned varieties did not bear in the
college orchard, they have been the
leading sorts in commercial orchards
in this valley. Plums, Prune de Agen,
and ST. Catherine.
| Wolf River is large roundish OBJ
late apple, with whitish skin streaked
with red, and overspread with a white
| bloom. Flesh white, q little coarse,
crisp and juicy, and of q pleasant sub
acid flavor. Tree strong and
vigorous; moderate bearer, Septem-
Der 7th. It 10 q fsvorite fall apple in
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Grimes Code Pippin:-This beauti-
in this territory, If on good soil, but
its season 10 September and October, in
stead of Decem Der as in Missouri and
the east. It ia a good and regular
bearer, of best dessert quality, and 90 q
market sort is always in demand.
Bledsoe:-Medium to large, oblate,
yellowish green, striped with red, stalk
short, inch long. flesh greenish white,
tender, mellow, of excellent flavor,
having much the same qualities as the
rambo. Tree vigorous. A fair bear
er. September 7th.
Louise Bonne de Jersey is . pear of
medium size, oblong pyriform, skin
pale green in the shade, but overspread
with brownish red in the sun. Flesh
whitish, very juicy and melting, with a
rich flavor. Very good. Tree hardy
Howell:-Large roundish pyriform,
skin light waxen yellow, oftep with q
finely shaded cheek. Stalk long. in
serted without cavity. Flesh white,
juicy, sweet, melting. Tree of aver
age vieor, but light bearer.
Kieffer:-This pear grows to perfec-
ton on good soil in this country, bear
ing fine large fruit ana a heavy crop
every year, but tie quality is too poor
Septem Der 20th..
Peaches:-Sallie Worrell, large,
roundish oblong, skin yellow with a
fine red cheek on sunny side. Flesh
yellow, red at stone, juicy and rich, of
good flavor. Tree vigorous and spread
ing. A moderate bearer. September
LIST.
Wonderful and Crawford's Late are
large yellow peaches that have proved
good market sorts. having been fruited
in the leading commercial orchards of
this valley for the last five years.
They are moderate but regular bear
ers. In quality they are good, es-
pecially Crawford's Late, which is ex-
cellent.
Prune de Agen il medium oval.
slightly uecked. Skin violet purple,
overspread with q bloom. Flesh
greenish yellow, rich, sugary, a very
desirable prune for drying. Tree Wig
orous, large grower, and good bear
err.
st. Cstherine:-Small to medium,
obovate, taperipg towards the stem.
Skin pale green overspresd with a
white bloom. Flesh yellow, firm,
sugary, adheres slightly to stone,
flavor rich and highly perfumed.
HUMBOLDT CASAD.
hor 2Skh 1900