Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-10
Apoles the Market REQUIRES.


(This interesting and helpful article written by
1T. MOlumphy of Connecticut, gives man.
pointers On desirable varieties. Mr.. Molum.
ply is manager Of the Connecticut valley or
chard company which has 400 acres In fruit.)
So far as commercial varieties are con-
cerned, the Baldwin is probably the best
winter apple, all things considered.
But as Prof. Gulley of the agricultural
college pointed out at the recent meet
ing of the Pathological society, it is well
to avoid having all your picking come at
once. To spread out little on varie-
ties, Just to enable one to handle the
crop in better shape, is good plan
Fallawater, on an elevated situation and
rather gravelly land, produces splendid
crops of very handsome fruit; large,
yellowsh green with a blush. The
same variety on low lying, heavy soil
gives us dull green, unattractive apples.
We can always obtain more for good
Fallawaters in the south than at home
They are not pie apples, and down in
Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama,
where we have shipped many cars,
apples are rarely used for pie timber.
This variety can be picked just before
Baldwins are ready.
Pewaukee, although a western variety
and not considered especially adapted to
New England, has proved good bearer
and a very satisfactory winter apple
Kings have not 80 far been productive
enough. We have 400 fine trees, and
hope they will do better as the trees be-
come more mature. Although the finest
Kings are had by waiting until toward
October l before picking, we find it
most profitable to gather and sell, or
put in cold storage, about September ID.
When stored, they should be taken out
and sold early in the winter, as they will
not stand up very late in the season.
DOES NOT FAVOR GRAvENsTEIN.
Rhode Island Greetings will always be
wanted in our local markets. For the
south, the Fallawater, when well grown
takes much better. would not advise
planting Greetings on any but rich,
strong land. Select other kinds for
light, gravelly soils of average fertility.
Gravenstein, on the whole, is disap-
pointment, although have at times had
very fine crops and the quality is excel
| led by none We do not like it because
the average yield is too light and the
color is against it; high colOred apple
is wanted Mcintosh combines many
good points and We like it. 1t is troub-
| led with scab and should be we'll spray
ed with Bordeaux. Wealthy is not of so
good quality as Mcintosh, but is rather
more inclined to bear heavy crops while
the trees are young and would be OF
value as filler.
Ben Davis is not generally considered
worth planting, on account of the poor
quality, however, we have a few trees
and when buyers are around after Bald
wins, We find they are usually very
quick to take car or two of this much
criticised variety at the same price per
barrel. The fact is apples are bought
not alone because they taste good, but
for their looks as well. Esthetic APP
pearances are often convertible into cash
and it would seem that the beauty of
the Ben Davis is remembered long after
| its lack of quality is forgotten.
HANDLE EARLY APPLES WITH DISPATCH.
Early apples are in class by them
selves. If properly managed, they are
profitable, but do not use barrels and do
not keep them standing around long
after picking. A basket holding 20
pounds of some such shape as climax
grape basket, but with Slated raised
cover, is the package we have used for
the past five years and it takes well,
both in our local markets and in New
York. Astrachan and Williams are
both good early varieties.
We had few barrels Of Sutton in 1905
on CRAFTS inserted in some 40year-old
Seeding trees. The fruit was all right
| in every way and this promises to be
very valuable winter apple. We have
few Spy trees, but usually graft part of
these to something else every year and
SHALL top-work most of what we have
left this spring, as it does not bear salts
| factorily with US.
One of the most successful apple
growers in the state has said that if he
were to plant out 1000 trees, $50 would
be Baldwins and the other 80 Baldwins,
too. The whole world will take New
England apples. We have shipped from
our orchards to the western states, the
Gulf coast states, Bueuos Ayres in South
America 1--WE packed 1000 barrels for
that point one year, We do not export
direct, but have sold good many cars
to Boston and New York dealers who
send across the water. This export
trade, together with the cold storage
business, is the salvation of the orchard
list, as it enables the markets to absorb
almost any quantity of good, sound
fruit.-New England Homestead.