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Show Best Varieties of Apples. Kdtlor if Dosorot Farmer: At this time of the yeur 1 am In receipt of a large number of inquiries concerning con-cerning tbo varieties of fruit best adopted to this locality for tho borne plantation. 1 tboroforo tako ploasuro iu Bonding you tho following artiolo for your paper in tho hope that it will roaoh a great number of tbo people who might otherwise plant wortliU- yorlotU'H whibb h'utjj, nuWJ oriora aro endeavoring' to pawnj'off oh" unsuspecting patrons T Tbo list of applufl wbloh might bo planted for homo use is largo and variod, but tha principal aim should bo to have thnsx whioh aro regular nnd sure boards of high quality. Thoy should I telectod to glvo u sucoossiou thro K'h tho summor and fall and bv t.it'tm into storugo oomo out at the i i i -r time during tho wiutor, thus j, . uic a oonstunt sup ply, which iu ttic majority of casos nro of lich fli and Quo toxturo. Tho folliiMiog 'Mmod vu-ietioshavo noon found hi'cimshmiI throughout tbo borthorn nd "tr-W part of the stato or in other pait- whoro tho altitude is suoh that ti- 'llinnto is similar to that of Halt, i nk valloy. Thoy ripen or oomo cut of -toiage in about tho ordor named : Yollow Transparent, Astraohau, Early Ilurvo" Oliounngo, Protor, Longileld, Mnuioii Hlusb, Molntoah, Famouso, Grimes Goldeu, Doll Flowor, '.lohnathan, Wlnesap, White Winter Pearmain, and Gano. If a liM t ut'out llvo or six varlo tios is deslifd frictly for homo uno tho follnwiiig oiiild bo well soleotod as vorv dxniial lo: Yollow Triir piiront, Chenango, Longllol'f Ornt.nr Qoldeu, Jobnn-tban, Jobnn-tban, Wli to Wlntr Pearmain, whilo ouo intoi) ling to plnnt an orchard for comni"folal purptiscs would make no mistake in lining tho winter vurio-ties, vurio-ties, particularly tboso of red color, us tho it" it any of tho buyor to piok for tho "hlu rn.l appl-s" is woll un derstood U' tbn conimlsaiou man. Tho foil nvlng varieties uro thoao most largely planted for this purposo: Jnhnatliau, Wineuapand Gano. Prof. Robort S Narthop in Doserot Farraor |