The Newtown bee., 1906-03-23

There is no part of the nation where he possibilities are as great for the ooy as they are in Connecticut. The irst thing to be considered is marke, or your fruit product. The fine, high, product of fruit is being 'hipped in the northeast corner of the Jnlted States. The great wealth of ,he country is in the northeastern part. As people become more cultured md refined they become more refined the use of the finer products of the 'oil. The cultured and refined section If the United States is the northea, more apprecia ting fruit as food on their table. We are looking for easy things these days. We want to get cross lots. Many of our foods are adulterated. But fresh fruit cannot be adulterated The more you cultivate your fruit the more the pub. lie will pay for it. When I was boy they said the only state that was fitted to grow peaches was Maryland. Now they are grown in nearly every part ot the United States. Connecticut has had more average crops of peaches in the last 20 years than any other sec tion of country. In Connecticut we can grow big red apples and have tn. quality. There is no town in the state that has as many acres of land suitable for growing apples as Newtown.
 PEACHES MUST BE GROWN ON THE
 HILLS.
 Frost runs down hill and settles in the valleys. Climb to the hills where the soil is dry, for peaches will not stand wet feet. The small fruits you can raise anywhere. The people are de- manding better fruit all the time. First class apples are manufactured product. There is no business in which there is so much pleasure as fruit cul- ture. It is real pleasure to think you are doing something for your fellow men. Some day I want you tt' come over to Oxford and see my peach orchard. l will fill you so full ot peaches you won't be able to get home again. Don't think, boys and girls, you can run off from the farms and go into business and live on Easy street: For you can't do it, for they are all road making has great deal to do with the success of agriculture. The time is coming when men will grow fruit and run the product to the city oy automobiles and thus escape the demands of the railroads. Every tree that is planted needs care. No mother would raise baby without giving it a bath at least once a year. In answer as to what were the four best varieties of strawberries for market, he replied:
 The Haviland, the Glen Mary, the Clyde and the Sample. The varieties of peaches best suited for this section are the Elberta, Carman, the WadelI, the Belle of Georgia, etc.
 Prof A. G. Gulley, of Storrs college, the closing speaker of the day, said among other things: Of the orchards that are 30 years or more old there are very few that would take as gift if 1 expected to make money out of entire question in apple culture.
 There are 22O, 900. 900 apple trees in the United States, which means that there will be 250, ,O0O, 900 barrels of apples in .he United States. For this great crop they expect to land in Boston, New York and Philadelphia. You nave thus the advantage of the mar ket at your door. The man who is growing young orchards can get some money out of 1t.
 THE APPLE CROP REPRESENTS MORE than any other fruit grown in Con- necticut. In the planting of young orchards, what land shalt we take would take the best land on the farm. This means land we'll drained, we'll cultivated. Cultivating an or chard does not mean using blow.
 Turn in herd of pigs, for you can direct hog where to dig as we'll as a man. The orchards cultivated by pigs are profitable as rule. At the col lege where we have turned in pigs il, mas yielded big crops since the ex- pertinent was tried. Sod cultivation without care produces no results The man who mulcheS his orchard and feeds it. gets results. Another troub ble n this state is that the land is not strong enough for sod cultivation. For the orchards at the present time you don't want them up high. These high headed trees are not being used by those who are raising apples for money. Plant lower headed trees You can go to any nursery man and buy these low-headed trees. The man who does not spray apple trees might just as we'll quit, for if you do not you will have to chop them down. On this whole matter of spraying it is a thing that must be done if you keep your trees. There IS no question but that all sections of the state will have to fight the San Jose scale. Birds can carry them and even the wind. The oldest of you can remember when the potato beetle came into this section and the youngest will never live to see it go out. This matter of apparatus has been developed nicely. You can get an apparatus that will do the work SDol I Ch o1 uic h<,l buy a spraying apparatus without put ting in at least $2O. The small or chardists are going out of it unless spraying comes in. Any work we are doing in spraying we are doing for two reasons, to get rid of diseases and in- sects. You can improve the size and quality of the Baldwin apple by thin ming, simply pulling out half the fruit in July. Our new Mcintosh apple will pay to pick three times and you will be surprised to see the results. As a rule our orchards are not trimmed too much. The one who trims carefully need not cut large limbs as a rule. would always put a deal of work on young trees. Keep them evenly bal anced. The man who is careless about boxes must do careful packing. The boxes can be shipped to us flat. The boxes should be of about 5O.pound capacity. AS to varieties, we are grow ing the standards, the Baldwins and Greetings. The Mcintosh
 IS THE MOST POPULAR OF THE NEW
 APPLES.
 The heaviest crop exported has not exceeded 5000, 900 barrels. The home market is the thing to look after here. The old apple orchards should be trim med out at the top and thinned out.