The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-28
RAISING APPLES IN VERMONT
Claim That Deer Prevent the Growing
OF Orchards.

Claim That Deer Prevent the Growing
Of Orchards.
The two following communications
from the Rural New Yorker will be Of
interest:
Vermont's great advantages as an
state are climate, loea-
ton and soil, important in the order
named. The Apple Consumers Leag-
ue started things, and now that heal
thy public opinion is demanding one
or more apples per day for each per
son in the land, jaws have begun to
waE and the cry is for good eating APP
pies At all seasons Of the year, and no
state In the Union can fill the bill as
completely or as chsRply as Vermont,
climate and location being the domi-
nant factors. The greatly increased
demand in the northeastern United
States for fns eating apples in early
fall and winter can be met from Yer
mont with Gravenstein, Wealthy and
Mcintosh OF great beauty and highest
ture there so late, and in such per
feet apple climate. as to be good keep
ers we'll into the winter, while from
most other sections Of the country
these same varieties are late summer
or very early fall apples that must be
quickly consumed or lose their value.
and as it is the table apple Of beauty
and quality that brings the most mon
ey. Vermont with these varieties, com
mands the situation.
Then the Spy and Fameuse from
Vermont are unsurpassed in beauty
or quality by those from any other
section OF America, the Fameuse hold
ing on until April In proper storage.
while the Spy and several other yarie-
ties almost as good, may be had in
perfection until the new crop comes
again. Owing to the rigid winter eli
mate fungus and insect pests are much
less troublesome than anywhere else
east OF the Rockies, and less spraying
is required to produce perfect fruit,
These are all climatic advantages that
add great permanent value to Yer
monts apple industry while her near
ness to the greatest high-priced and
| best consuming markets of our coun-
try give her orchardists chance to
keep their fruit In storage at home
while in touch with the markets from
day to day, and thus be able to make
shipments only when best prices can
be made sure of. in "a to 4S hours a
carload Of Vermont apples may, at a
cost of $40 to $50, be delivered to 20,
100000 people who have more money
per capita than any like number OF
people on the face OF the globe, while
the no more beautiful and inferior fla
vored far western apples must pay
$3.50 to 5000 per car to reach the same
markets. Much of the best apple sol
Of Vermont is rich in natural fertility
has q deep. strong subsoil, which with
thorough tillage and cover crops re
Iquires but little added fertility to pro
duce perfect trees and fruit, and much
OF this good apple land can be bought
at price far below its value for or
chard purposes, prices ranging any
where from one-fourtb to one-twenti
eth of the asking price of some ives
tern orchard lands In the OVERLOOKED
sections Within the past II years
have planted nearly 300 acres of Con
necticut hill lands to apple orchards
and from the beautiful specimens
showing upon many OF these trees the
past year or two, | am fully convinced
that | have a great and profitable in
vestment that will stay with me
through life as sure thing, and it Is
a great satisfaction to do things
with neglected lands at home. There
are great apple possibilities all ovel
New England, but Vermont can be tht
great apple state of the Union IL she
will; there Is nothing to hinder, ex
cept men without faith
J H. Hale.
Connecticut.