Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-12-09

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shire Sweets and Bsthels.
On the George Nutting farm are good
many Founding apples, variety which
MIR. Nutting introduced ia town and
which is called one OF the best fall apples
for eating and cooking. Its season ID
from September to the first OF January.
Mrs. j. A. Washburn has one of the
largest and incest orchards in town cover
ing two acres or more and yielding for q
lig ut crop so barrels of Bethels, Hamp-
shire Sweets, Fameuse, Wolf Rivers, Rus
sets and Foundlings.
II. V. Fletcher is a successful apple
grower and from not more than an acre
and halt OF trees gathered 60 barrels OF
Blue Pearmains, Hampshire Sweets, Nc
Intosh Reds and Wolf Rivers.
Samuel Day marketed 81 barrels Of Ben
Davis, Bethels, Nodheads, Fameuse and
Mcintosh Reds.
A. f. Edison raises Hampshire Sweets,
Bethels and Fameuse in two orchards of
an acre and halt and picked 30 barrels
this fall.
Luther Harrington has a small orchard
OF different varieties.
Mrs. Ellen Byrant sold 40 barrels for
shipment and had more. Her fruit is
mostly Fameuse with some Bethels and
Mcintosh Reds.
f. t. Ball on the j. B. Mead farm har-
vests 40 barrels and frequently more from
a couple of acres Of trees.
ID. w. Eaton raises Bethels and other
varieties on an acre Of trees.
Gilman Smith on the Charles Morrill,
farm usually has lot OF apples but this
year be had only rs barrels from his
trees.
John Bass cultivates Bethels, Greetings
and Northern Spies, OF which he picked
20 barrels.
Charles Waldo, in the east part OF the
town was ready TO sell 40 barrels OF
gratis, which is a larger surplus of fruit
than usual.
Charles Chadwick had light crop OF
is barrels TO sell, mostly AIexanders.
DR.. Herbert A. Allen has a small orch
ard, in which be raises more Greetings
and Baldwins than most growers and
has also Hampshire Sweets, Fameuse and
FoundIings. He had S5 barrels in all.
Joseph Boudro, on the George White
farm in the northern part Of the town,
grows extra apples in an acre orchard and
must have had at least "a barrels OF Nc
Intosh Reds, Fameuse, and Wolf Rivers.
George bearing put in market over 30
barrels OF Greenings, Mcintosh Reds,
Fameuse, Blue Pearmains and Russets.
II. J. Clark, on the old Cornelius KEEL
logg farm, has two acres Of trees which
generally produce big crop of apples.
Ransom Slack had an extra large yield
Of 80 barrels OF Fameuse, Mcintosh Reds,
Wolf Rivers and Tolman Sweets for
market.
Nelson Morse grows excellent Green
ings and Tolman Sweets.
Charles Smith, on the Wells Granger
farm, raises fine Baldwins, but had few
this year. He picked, however, 40 or 80
barrels OF Blue Pearmains from the orch
ard OF Luke Parish and as many more OF
other varieties from the George Nutting
place.
BRAINTREE.
V. l. Spear has one orchard so years old
which the worms have about ruined and
besides that has eight or ten acres OF
trees, from which he gathered this fall
a light crop OF Greetings, Baldwins,
Tolman Sweets, Pound Sweets, Bethels
and Nodheads.
Clarence A. Webster has a good orch
ard, which, however, did not produce
heavily this year.
Henry Brothers, who bought the H.
F. Flint farm, brought 20 barrels to mar
ket, mostly Bethels and a few Tolman
Sweets.
Perry and Delos Flint marketed 20
barrels this fall.
Perkins Flint, on the Allen Flint farm
has a young orchard Of mostly Northern
Spy trees.
Andrew Ladeau raises Kings, Greetings
and Northern Spies.
Joseph Spoouer, on the Finn farm, has
an acre or more in an orchard OF princi-
pally Rhode Island Greetings.
The Mason Battles farm, now owned
by NJ. G. RowelI Of Randolph, furnished
40 barrels, mostly Bethel apples, for ship
ment.
On the Henry Fits farm there must
have been this fall at least 30 barrels Of
Rhode Island Greetings, Northern Spies,
Mcintosh Reds, Fameuse, Wolf Rivers
and Kings.
BROOKFIELD.
Leroy Wakefield of West Brookfeld
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