Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-10-13
A Vermont Apple Orchard.


the information of the sale Of the (
entire crop of apples from the DIM
ock orchards in East Corintb. This |
fact is not one of vital importance I
and is referred to here only to call |
attention to what can be done on a /
Vermont farm when modern meth |
DDS and energy are applied to the
task. Coming to Vermonttive years
ago in search of health, Julian c. |
Dimock purchased this sidehil farm |
in East Corinth. On it was an or
chard of about 500 trees, which bore |
some years and some years did nOt,a
crop of moderately good apples. He
Immediately put his energies into
developing the orchard, pruning fer
tilizing and cleaning up the trees,
which were neither very old nor
very young. For three years now
he has had a bountiful crop of as
fine apples as are grown anywhere
in New England. In that time their
reputation has increased so that this
year it wasn't a matter of seeking a
market, but rather it was one of de-
Gliding who should have the apples,
and large dealer in Massachusetts
gets the whole crop Of a thousand
barrels. So sure he is of the future,
Mr.. Dimock has a young orchard of
1900 trees growing, which will in a
few years quadruple his output.
The success which this man has
made of revitalizing an old orchard
on sidehill farm in Vermont ought
to encourage many other energetic
meE to try the same experiment.
There are plenty of sidehill farms
waiting for customers, many Of the
farms already having small orchards
with which to start the business. a
Barre Daily Times.
Mr.. Dimock is putting in successful
operation the modern methods Of
apple culture, but The Times article
is greatly misleading and would have
been phrased different if the facts
had been known, for we know The
Times never Intentionally gives q
misleading line in its editorial col
umns. Mr.. Dimock purchased his
orchard of A. w. Eastman, and we
personally know of the success Mr..
Eastman made Of apple culture long
before Mr.. Dimock had his attention
turned toward cultivating a Yer
| mont farm. Mr.. Eastman is one Of
the pioneer growers of apples in the
town of Topsham. He has given
many years of practical work to the
growth and culture of apple trees.
He knows the work from planting
the seed, grating, transplanting
and cultivating until the mature tree
brings forth rich harvests. This or
chard of Mr.. Dimock's grew origin
ally from the trees Mr.. Eastman
raised, grated and cultivated. 1t
was in no sense a runOut orchard
when Mr.. DimOck purchased It.
Mr.. Eastman for many years raised
large crops of apples and always
found ready market at good prices
and his fruit was noted for it's large
size and fine flavor. Mr.. Eastman
frequently harvested 1900 barrels Of
marketable apples. Mr.. Dimock
studied apple culture theoretically,
the practical side he knew nothing
about until he purchased thisEor-
chard. 1t is true he has made a sue
cess of applying modern methods,
but there is vast difference between
applying other peoples ideas than
having to work out a successful
method from your own intelligence
and experience. This is what Mr..
Eastman did and he made a grand
success of apple culture. Mr.. Dim
ock's revitaizing an old orchard is
misleading and throws an odium Of
failure on Mr.. Eastman when the
contrary is the fact in the case.
| We seriously question whether Mr..
Dimock with his modern methods
and high prices has been able toreal-
ize so large a percent on the amount
invested in apple culture as did Mr..
Eastman. Surely a sidehill orchard
that has produced 1900 barrels of
marketable apples in one season
from trees grown, grated and cult
waited on the farm, shows that the
vitalizing process was pretty well in
operation when Mr.. Dimock pur-
chased the property.
"When the frost is on the pump
kin and the folders in the shock, +"
nature clothes the hillsides in rich
autumnal foliage. Vermont in the