The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-15
NEW ENGLAND
FRUIT SHOW
CONTINUED from first pagc)

we could give more consideration u
the individual preference of varieties
. This includes not only soil management
but also methods OF pruning, harvesting
and marketing, Some varieties are NOR,
susceptible 10 certain diseases than 9th
ers and perhaps less clearly insect pests
have their yarietal preference. Finally
we should consider that every large mar
, ket takes more kindly than to others
Before deciding what varieties TO grow
one should inquire in all available mar
kets as to their preference.
"g.et US consider now the question
which good variety must possess, in
orier to be desirable for commercial pur.
poses.
Passing to the points of important
qualities in the fruit, | would name as
of first Importance high quality. This is
now meeting with more recognition than
formerly, and nearly all the heavy plant
ings in recent years are OF varieties com
paratively of high quality. Second in inn
portance is good color or attractive APP
pearance. We may educate the public TO
a certain extent to accept an apple not
of attractive appearance, but this is a
difficult process and must be repeated
with each generation. Next comes good
shipping quality. We are learning to
handle apples more carefully than for
merly, though there is yet room for
great progress. Few growers realize the
close relation between skin punctures
and decay.
"The fourth essential of the fruit is
good keeping quality. This is likely to
be correlated with good shipping quality.
This means that the full development of
the fruit should occupy the whole sum
mer and it should not mature until the
cool weather Of late fall is at hand. In
the fifth place, would put uniformity
both of size. form, color and season of
Iripening,
sixth I would place desirable size.
The market has limited use for an apple
that is undersize and not vary large
use for extremely large apples Finally
a good variety must be OF good form,
smooth, regular and neither too flattenei
nor too much elongated.
According to the figures of the de-
partment of agriculture, the commercial
crop is made up OF the following varie-
ties, with percentages OF each; Baldwin
Is per cent, Rhode Island Greening 10
per cent Northern Spy II per cent, Me-
lntosh 6 per cent, Ben Davis 6 per cent
Fameuse s per cent, Yellow Bellfower 4
per cent. the remainder of the CONNER
cial crop being made up Of miscellaneous
varieties Baldwin is by all means the
leading variety in southern New Eng
land, but is Of less Importance in Yer
mont. II should not be planted except
in the southern part of the state. IL re-
quires fine sandy loan or at most a
light clay loan. II is well known in the
market and in most ways an excellent
variety. Rhode Island Greening is bet
ter adapted to Vermont and is very de-
sirable except in certain sections of the
state where the winters are too severe
as to iniure the wood. II requires a
much heavier soil than the Baldwin for
best success a light clay loan or at most |
a medium clay loan. 1t is culinary |
apple and most in demand in the New
York markets. 1t is much affected with |
the scab and with sooty fungus, IL also |
scahs in storage.
Northern Spy should be one of the
leading varieties of Vermont. where it |
succeeds better than il does in Massa-
chusetts. IL is particular as TO soil and |
delicate to handle II is OF high quality /
and in great demand in the market,
where it brings good prices. Mcintosh /
Red is also very desirable for Vermont,
more so than for Massachusetts on ac-
count of better keeping quality of Yer
mont grown Mcintosh 1t is productive
and Of the highest quality and now sells
IL "a IAr1;la -
has been heavily planted in recent years,
think the market demands will be such
~ to insure all frst-class fruit that is
grown Ben Davis has been grown some
what in Vermont, but is of very poor
Iuality and will doubtless be discarded.
Fameuse is probably not planted to any I
sxtent in the state at present, as IL is
replaced by the Mcintosh, as should be
he case.
wealthy Is a very desirable variety
or Vermont although it does not figure !
very conspieuously in the commercial
rop of the state. 1t is one of the best
'arieties to plant for a seller, very uni
orm, handsome fruit and good quality.
Wagner may be used, but is Of somewhat
doubtful value in the state Probably {
he four best varieties for the state are {
Northern Spy Rhode Island Greening, Q
and Wealthy, though it may q
,e necessary to substitute other varieties I
or Northern Spy and Rhode Island =
ireening in the colder parts of the state. t
with the proper choice of variety and a
roper care, Vermont can compete with G
he world in apple growing" l
How to Make a Profit on Apples.
profits in Apple Growing" was the /
ubject considered this afternoon by Prof 5
7. 2. Hedrick, horticulturalist OF the c
lew York experiment station at Geneva, :
I. Y. He said: I
mo doubt before me are men from
ity or town who are planting orchards
eginners embarking upon what seems
D be pleasing hobby and yet one ca
able of giving a living and an income 8
or old age. Possibly all viii 90 well. },
t is to be hoped that your castles in the
ir will materialize. .
I'VE are well justified in saying that =
18th increasing competition, manifold
in orchard conditions and !,
like administration. fruit >
rowing is becoming more and more
sky business. In the hands of the care
IS and uniformed it is likely to prove ;.
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