The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-27
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unique gathering OF apple trees that most
casual visitors to the arboretum do not
appreciate. though its beauty is apparent
to every one who, at this season OF the
year walks along the pathway past the
various species OF berry-bcaring and wild
crab-trees, which stand laden with heavy
clusters of their diminutive fruit. OF
course these apples do not appeal very
strongly to the human appetite; they GER
tainly show mono OF the lusclousness OF
the huge hybrlds raised in Nova Scotia,
in the orchards OF western New York or
On the rich irrigated lands Of the far
West. The Arnold Arboretum, as
matter of fact, makes no effort to collect
any but the primitive varities OF this,
cur most useful fruit: for. properly to
exhibit all the sorts OF apples that have
been developed by selection and cult!va-
ton since nrst the natives OF the. western
Himalayas discovered that the little
juicy berry was good to eat would re-
quire a tract of land at least tho size OF
the State of Rhode Island More than
two thousand varieties OF apples are said
to be cultivated in the Island OF Great
Britain alone, and in this country doubt
less many more are to be found. In fact
we might almost think that he is poor
fruit-grower who has not at some time
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he regards as the finest ever grown.
But to have always at hand for pur-
poses OF consultation and study col-
lection of what we might call the ances.
tors of our apples, tho wild shrubs and
small trees of the primitive typo, some
one of which undoubtedly bore the fruit
that Mother Eve ate In the Garden OF
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sion than the laymnn might suppose. A
good case IN point is the use that is now
being made of specimens from the Ar.
mold Arboretum collection by the agri-
cultural experiment stations OF the Cana
dian Department of Agriculture at Otta-
wa and at Indian Head, far up In the
Northwest Territory. The country up
there Is perhaps so nearly like paradise
that the authorities want to complete the
likeness; at any rate, with Immigrants
by the tens of thousands pouring into the
Canadian Northwest and taking up mill
lions upon millions Of acres of the fat
black alluvial soil that produces So richly
turing the brief, hot summer, tho neces-
sity fol, apple-trees that arc hardy enough
tc withstand the rgors Of the long severe
winters has become very apparent, Tho
ordinary varieties developed In England,
France and the United States are hope
less for such purposes, Fortunately, how
ever, there are the Siberian apples, bear
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which, in many cases, grows no bigger
than small blueberry In these species
of the great family of pyrus malue with
their numerous variations the Arnold
Arboretum is singularly rich, and has
been able to supply the Canadian cx-
perimenters with a number Of specimens
that promise to do well In even the ex-
treme North. IN Norway varieties at
apples have been evolved that will ripen
In the ATTITUDES of Dronthem and there
seems to be no reason why similarly
hardy trees should rot thrive In tho
fIuhson's Bay region
The great apple-tree collection. which Is
tust now being enlarged by more than
enc hundred new varieties, which are