The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-17
New Variety of Fruit Trees, Vines and
Berries.

Read by j. B. Fergus at Horticultural Meet
ing August 10, 1901
New varieties of fruit should be
sought and tested by the farmers and
fruit growers, with the greatest ofcare,
with the view of improving and ad-
vancing all the time.
{. As we discard the poorer and adop
the better fruits, we increase the
chances for making improvement in
varieties.
And many seeding apples from this
| locality attracting the notice of plant
ers would seem to be good evidence in
support of this position. The apple is
not less susceptible to Improvement
than other fruits. The many chance
-eedlings coming to notice frequently
would lead one to believe that Scien-
titc crossing crossing of the apple
would be successful. But one would
have to take up the work early in life
and leave it only begun.
A member has declared before this
society that he would as soon eat
pumpkins as Ben Davis apples, The
, Horticultural Society has taken no ac-
tion in the matter to restrain the
brother from exercising his own sweet
will in regard to his choice but it is
net known whetheHit is because pump
kin is believed u be nearer his size
or because he is the father of the illus
trious Brig. Gen. Fred. But the fact
remains as long rs the title King of
Commercial apples is held by Ben
Davis there is room for improvement
in quality, and where Ben lacks in
this one point many other varieties
lack in many points,
We need apples from the earliest to
the latest with trees as good or bet
ter, as hardy as Ben Davis as hand
some as Johnathan as good or better
than Spitzburg or Grimes Golden and
as big as pumpkins.
This gives lots of roomfor improve
slent in the apple, and as varieties
brought from the east and north as
good winter varieties ripen too early
TO be good winter apples here we may
look to the Great Natural Fruit Coun-
try, Land of the Big Red Apple to
Eproduce new varieties of apples that
may reasonably be expected to prove
better for our variable climate
Collins Champion and Ingram dan
other seedlings are largely planted
there and are worthy of trial there
Missing Link is also highly recon-
mended to us by the Missing Link
Apple Co., Clayton, Ill. II only hall
as its originators claim it must be a
grahd good apple.
DR.. Stayman, of Leavenworth, Kan.
sas has produced some Seeding ap.
pies of acknowledged merit and many
years his Seeding Wine Sap, former
ly called "Stayman's Wine Sap" is
attracted the attention of planters.
New varieties are produced by cross
fertilization in the flower and is either
the work of nature or of nature as
sisted by man, Some of the best illus
trations of the natural affinity OF
plants for accidental crosses are the
we'll known Kansas and the New Car
dinal Red Raspberry. Both origi
mated with Mr.. Griesa, of Lawrence
Kansas.
The character of the original plants
attracting the attention of Mr.. Griesa,
they were saved to prove their great
worth.
The Baldwin cherry originated with
Mr., Baldwin at Seneca, Kansas, also
springing up and attracting the at
tention of Mr.. Baldwin by its thrifty
and handsome appearance, was saved
? and is thought to be the best of the
, Monillo class.
, The most noted hybridist of fruits
and plants is Luther Burbank of Santa
= Rosa, California. Had he not given
us anything but the potato which