The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-03-05

Early bearing. probably is the most
vital requirement OF all. On account
OF their taking hold in earnest more
quickly one-year trees do much more
growing than two-Year trees during
the frat few seasons Here again
varieties differ, and it would not do
to compare SLOW growing sort with
a fast growing one, says The Garden
Magazine. A two-yeaI Delicious tree
will outgrow a one-year Grimes but
one-year Delicious planted at the
same time will be ahead OF the two
year Delicious A four or five years
One-year trees can be made q third
bigger than two.year trees planted at
the same time.
Which class will bear the sooner ?
In this matter experience seems con-
elusive. The great fruit-growing sec
tion of New York is noted for It's ad-
vOoacy of Older trees for planting
trees two years old aud even three
years old. G. A. Green, OF Rochest-
or, has put himself On record many
times saving that apple trees never
are expected to begin bearing before
they are eight or niue years old, nor
to produce fruit to any mercisl
extent till they are ten or twelve
years old. This is the gist the opin-
lons of those who plant tNo-year
trees. Part of this excessi vely long
wait for fruit is due TO the nature OF
the varieties usually planted in New
YOrk-Baldwin, Spy, Greeninp, Hab-
bardston, and other standard sorts
noted for tardy bearing. In the West,
In Pennsy lvauia, New Jersey, Mary
land and other states where one-year
trees are the rule, the chief varieties
-Stayman Winesap, Winesap, York
Imperial, Yellow Transparent-are
by nature earlier bearers. But in
New York, with two.yesr trees, tue
waiting period is shortened only a
year or two even when early bearing
surts, such as Mcintosh Red. Stay
mar, and Delicious, are planted.
But it is different with one-year
trees, In New York nr Pennsylvan
or Maryland or any other section.
The orchardists OF the Vest make
Yellow Newton and Spitzenburg,
among the tardiest bearers Of all, hr-
ain to produce fruit when the trees
are four years old. At seven and
eight years these orchards are pro-
duciDg big commercial crops None
but one-year trees are planted in the
West. 1t is the same Ia the East
with other varieties. w. j. Lewis Il
Brother, OF Pittston, Ps. have
twenty acres of Stayman planted on
the hills OF LuzerDe county. These
trees were we years old IN the sprlng
of 1913. In 1910 Mr.. Lewis showed
me these trees, and that year ths,
had set as high as sixty apples each.
They bad on an average of thirty or
forty spples that year. Most nf this
crop WAS removed on account Of the
tender age of the trees. Last year
these little trees set three times as
many Spples as they did the wear ne-
fore-that Is, every four-yrsr old tree
vas bearing upwards ~ 4 hundred
apples. Alongside these one-yeAr
trees Mr. Lesis planted sixty two
year trees a. the same time, and last
year the whole sixty Of these trees
did not produce a hundred apples
Another example OF boa one year
trees bear very early IL The orchard
of ". Scot WhiIelord s Sons, White
ford, Nd 10 1911 they had absut q
Thousand ons-yesr trees shich then
had been planted nye a3d six years.
TuSt year the hVe-yeAr I'D IRE :
averaged tee bushels each, sud the
six-yeAr old trees averaged hVs bush
els each Nearly all are StHFwAn.
Aside frum tue advantage Of iOs
beads, ~hich one-year trees have and
two year trees such a. you buy on
she market today cannot have, tile