The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-05-05
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Windsor.
There are no new varieties of sour
cherries that promise TO take the
place of those already we'll known and
largely planted. There is one new
variety, Monteveil, of the Duke type,
which is little known, but has been
highly recommended for some years
lows very closely after Montmorency,
is large, handsome dark red cherry
of fine quality and has proved very
productive here. We have a number
of varieties such as Soda, Northwest
and Wragg which are very similar to
English Morello and are valuable as
grown here; but | am sure that they
are an improvement over that variety.
The variety Minnesota is of some
promise. The trees are hardy, mod
erately vigorous, productive some
seasons; fruit is medium size, dark
red flesh and juice, and ripens soon
after Montmorency.
The desirable qualities For different
kinds of cherries are productiveness,
vigorous growth and hardness of
wood large size, resistance to fungus
diseases, a desirab bic season, and dark
red flesh and juice. We have many
varieties of cherries that have some
of the above desirable qualities, but
not enough to make them promising
or valuable.
| PLUMS.
With plums there is already long
list of very desirable varieties for any
purpose. There has, however, been a
mistake made in Michigan plum grow
ing, and that is in confining the
paintings to two or three varieties
rather than a larger number of va
rieties covering a longer season. The
varieties | refer to are Abundance
and Burbank, two Japan varieties,
and Lombard of the European kinds.
All are hardy, productive varieties,
and valuable for their season and for
canning factory purposes where size
does not count and the fruit can be
picked before it is colored up. There
are a number of varieties that are not
as we'll known, such as Giant Prune,
Fellenberg Prune, Black Diamond
Red June, Grand Duke, Arch Duke
and Monarch, which make valuable
list from which to select for general
planting. The more recent introduce
tons of some promise and value are
Climax, Sultan, Clyman and French
Damson, the latter named variety be-
ing more vigorous and stocky in
growth than Shropshire Damson,
which is better known and largely
planted. Clyman is one of the first
of the European kinds.to ripen here;
is of good size and quality and prom
Uses 70 be productive.
Climax and Sultan are Japan n.y.
birds, and Climax is especially prom
Using as very large red plum of fine
quality. Sultan is a later ripening
variety.
GRAPES.
While this paper is being read be-
fore a society in the grape district of
Michigan, and this fruit would be OF
the most interest, there is less to be
said about promising new varieties
than of any other kind of fruit under
discussion.
The unpromising varieties make a
long list. With Worden, Concord,
Niagara and Delaware as standards
for their season, color and marketing
qualities, it can readily be seen
what heighth of perfection new va
riety must attain to excel. There are
two newer varieties which may be
said to be promising; those are Camp
I af-lu ~
BELLS Early is desirable as an early
ripening kind with good shipping
qualities, usually productive, with
berries and punches of good size.
Guinevra is a white grape, vines
vigorous growers and very productive,
punches and berries large; but the un-
desirable quality in this variety is IN
its being subject to the attack of an
thraxnose; otherwise very desirable
variety.
SMALL FRUITS.
OF the small fruits, the strawberry
is the berry of all berries. 1t comes
first and lasts until other berries be-
gin to ripen. With good shipping fa-
cilities and good market points it is
second to none in profitableness, and
the income from this fruit always
comes at a time of the year that is
most acceptable to most fruit grow.
ers. The desirable points in a variety
of strawberry are productiveness,
good strong plants sending out suf-
ficient runners to make a good row,
large size, firmness, smooth and per-
feet in form, dark red in color, and
!. good quality. The varieties of straw.
berries are so numerous, with many
very desirable kinds, that with a large
number of varieties it is hard to draw
the line and say which is the most
promising; also those that are the
most promising this season may be
the most unpromising the next. With
this in mind l will name few of the
more promising new and newer kinds.
In the class of those that may be
termed the newer sorts that have been
under cultivation for two or three
years, l will name the varieties Sena.
ator Dunlap. Sample Glen Mary.