Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-25
APPkEs lN NEW ENGLAND,
By GEORGE FRENCH

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 Two or three years ago man bought . faEm not far from Boston on which there were about 400 Baldwin apples trees. They were about 25 years old and had been consckentnously ne- slected. They were in bad condition. and the new owner debated whether he would try to have them dootored up or cut them down. He was strong ly inclined for tho axe. but he reier,sed as sonoslgh to consult . tree doctor as to the Initial cost for necessary suGery and tonios. The tree man said about A37e0 to start. The owner declared for the axe. But there was a bit of par ley, and Ak length. in spant of bra vado. the sowners offered the tree man all the hrst crop of apples after treat ment and half of the two succeeding crops iygg,ieu of g fCo in scash. The into the orchard at once.sIt was April He sold about ]. 900 barrels of No. l apples that fall, filled the owners eel lar with seconds, made a lot of cider, and had all the apples his firm could use, beside giving. away many lots He got back about two dollars Tor every one he spent. and had two half yearly crops coming to him. He turn cd the orchard back to the owner, having demonstrated what proper England orchards.
 This is sample I could go on and HI page with just such stories. all true. and all veridable from data have on file. And then I would not have begun to tell the tale about the apple possibilities of New Eng land. The West or the Northwest have nothing that can compare with tho Possibilities of New England-the proved, demonstrated posSibillt1es-an tho way of apple raising.
 ;, There is a reason. It is the land and the climate. God made New England the potential orchard of the world. The men of New England are begin ming to realize what riches there are in the rocky pastures that they have a hated to have assessed at a few dol lars per acre. The scientific reasons have been stated by the Department of Agriculture. and by many experts have not space to go into the mat of New England that make the apple land. The rocks have made nearly all of the New England land. But little of 1t has come from other sections through the agency of water. But lit tie of it has been blown from other regions by the winds. It has been slowiy formed by the disintegration of tho bottom rock foundation that un- deriies New England. That rock has the chemicals that are necessary for good apple culture. Therefore the native soil of most New England sec tions has in it the essential salts and chemicals that must be present in the best apples. The rest is easy. It is easy to supply the humans to make the trees grow. It is not practicable to supply the chemicals to the soil.
 Thus it happens that while the famous apple regions of the West and Forthwest produce beautiful apples, and apples having fine flavor of their own, they cannot grow the New England apples with the New Eng land flavor. and character. The best epple that the West can produce can- not compare with the best New Eng land apple. That is a truisn that does not have to be argued The New England Baldwin, Rhode Island GFeening, Roxbury Russet, Hubbard Aton, Nenesuch, Old NoneSuch. Spy, Porter, Grayenetein, Yellow Bellhow- Ar. Red -Astrachan, and a dozen oth- CTS that can be mentioned. do not come out of the West.
 t55 In Now England also the crops far sxceed- those produced in the West. The trees are larger, and it is fact that they bear barrels to pecks from the western trees. I remember a famous apple grower from the Middle West once told me. with great pride, tAat.fis trees averaged a bushel each. seenis to us New Englanders who have been reckoning our apple crops in terms of barrels per tree. And in New England the trees live and bear for a hundred years, if they have any kind of care, and many thousands have lived to that age. or longer. and borne good fruit every other year, have not been cut down and burned in the kitchen stoves. The western ap- pie tree has very limited life. in tcmparison.