Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-27
APPLES
SHOULD Be FIRST
No Other State Can Grow Their
SuperiOrs, State HOrticul-
turists Hear

Rutland. Nov. q The convention Of
the Vermont Horticultural society to-
day resolved itself into a round table when
owners Of large orchards IN the State
told of some of the problems they have
had TO meet In getting their business
started and gave suggestions for begin
ners to follow In the apple growing in
dustry. There were three session OF
the convention to-day, the closing meet
ing coming this evening whom q. W.
Perry of Chester gave free public lee
ture showing the beauties of snow flakes
by means of lantern slides.
Both II. II. McRae of Castleton and C.
l.. Witherell of Middlebury, two of the
largest commercial orchardlsts in the
State, told the convention that It had
beS demonstrated without question that
Vermont can raise the finest apples as
to color, size, favor and general quail
~ of any section in the eastern United
States If not in the country Cultural
problems were 'o'rcA over and growers
re advised to stick to four or five vari-
cites suCn as MOlntIsnus, Northern Spies.
Greetings and Wealthys, which, 1t has
been demonstrated. can he grown to per-
lection in the Green Mountain state. BY
uniformity as to packing and honest
countrywide reputation for these ap-
pies. In other words, it is useless to
grow apples which bring 50 to So a bar
rel, when fruit selling at $40 to Sl2 can
be produced, 1t was argued.
That the state Legislature should make
an appropriation for State exhibit
at the New England fruit show If Ver-
mont is to have conspicuous place on
the apple map. was n point made by Mr..
Wtherel. who described conditions at
the last New England show in Provi-
dence. Although the showing from this
, State was small in 1919 1t did not lack
quality and practically everything dis
played took prizes, q firsts among others,
being brought home. Mr.. Wltherel said
that several thousand dollars are appro-
priated annually for this exhibit by the
larger New England States.
The convention listened this afternoon
to an illustrated lecture by Prof. F. A.
Waugh of the Massa chusetts Agricu-
tural College, Amherst. Mass, on What
to Do for the Home Grounds"
The Rutland county exhibit of r. r.
McRae which is intended to show that
this county has no serious rival in the
far-famed Grand Isle county in the
Champlain valley. has been the subject
| from Massa chusetts and from the depart
ment of agriculture at Washington, who
visited the Vermont show. Northern
| Spies four inches in diameter and McIn-
toshes only a quarter of an inch less
than this. with their red cheeks shined
to a glass, open the eyes Of the unini-
tiated as to what may be done in apple
raising in central Vermont and the WISH
tors say that they have never seen any
thing better at the biggest shows in the
northeastern United States.
The prize for the best artistic display
of apples, so, has been awarded to Mr..
McRae of Castleton Corners. with c. L.
Witherel of Middlebury second. The
orchards of Bennington received $500
for the best general display and $500 for
the best plate collections. f. H. West
of Dorset gets five frsts for shallow box
displays. OF the $50 prize offered by
Gov. p. w. Clement for the best Ave
boxes of apples Mr. West received SO
for the sweepstakes box and so each for
Spies and Fameuse. Mr.. Witherei won
on Delicious and the orchards Of Ben
nington on Grimes Golden