Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
A FORTUNE N APPLES
One Orchard Near Fort Dodge Will
Market 10000 Bushels
This Year
A Hundred Acres of Wealthies and
Forty Acres Of Mixed
Varieties.
Development and Care ofthe Orchard
and the market for the
Product.

Fort Dodge, Aug 2S-An orchard
rom which over 10000 bushels OF APP
p.t VIII be harvested this year is one
81 iis attractions TO which Iowa people
MA; toint with pride. Probably not one
sses il. LEGO iii the state knows Of the
sNte3ce Of this orchard, but at this
tlsne Z sreat force OF men and boys is
slga9ea in picking the apples from it,
pasNelins them and loading them on
cars for shipment TO 81. Paul, Minneap-
offs, ST. Louis, Chicago. Cincinnati and
market points in tine West. While over
l,eeo barrels viii be placed in cold stor-
age fer sale during the winter months. 4
This orchard. the second largest in
Iowa in the number OF acres and the
largest producer in the state. is located
a mile north of the town OF. Fort Dodge,
in Webster county, and belongs To
Bardwell y HaNiland The one larger
orchard IN the state is the property OF
Attorney General Stone, and is To-
Gated near the town OF Gienwocd, in
Mills county.
The press representative visited the
HaYiiand orchard, AZ il is generally
called IN Fort Dodge. one day last Week
and MAS IN time 70 feast his eyss on a
sight thar a person may 81 hundreds OF
miles taru the great fruit districts of
michigan and New York without See
ing, fhJ orchard contains 40 acres, on
witch are planted loo acres Of Wealth.
ips a'!d FORTY acres 81 MIXED Varieties
M the tii1ie, Jhe NealJhies wei;e nearly
i,li fipe, and the harvest was on in full
aast A big force Of NJ @H and boys was
s.ssaged IN gathering tbs apples and
IA i5yillg them out iate the avenues,
@!ils 9tiiers We're packing then in bar
.e!s ans sespsrins thaIlsiIis down. still
9theas hauling them 70 freight cars, and
saa@ther big force WAS engaged at ihe
cider mil in disppsiug OF those rejected
as 700 ,;l5e BY ti,e halr4l filters
Every tree I. lhs orchard Mas l9aded
Lawn With big. red luscious aplaies, and
adUMn the org avenues tfle prospect
Was enc calculated Is make he absery'-
rSyiSa llt Mas q hay again. just for
ne night l'Ile ailllss on may u tne
rees Hele 50 ,hieil as 10 give them the.
ar3Hee of q solid sank u j., i rAd,
nv oil the ffani:las si4@9psa untlsr the
8lstlsis thsS carried. some ilasta aces
llr5aIe teaar9ak off and n essi tat
3 Z j
A5s ms E.aetisss 81 It9ils 70 Support
m. There Were miss Of avenues Of
his ,iind IN this big orchard eVerN -1rse
gtt WHICH ifress;a tsf! he same pre- poet
Alelis he ayenlies grea !liles a APT les
many Of hem ceilt ainsrg q lszti sysss-
On loa3ss had btsf 3ilfrea b. ,he
pick6s.s. ard still ffs tres. for iile NEST
uast. l9eRed as tho they had been hard
~ touch q.
WIFI iias5land, manager ~ the or
li}arl! sai MS season We
RAYS taken 1,9o't BUSHES 9t apples
f:;orr this orchard ard We viii TAX an
satf3er 10.ano bushels aut before We c5lill-
iaolete OR task making a harvest of
sNsl 22fsaao III, III more than 1000
l.naflAls W. havs about 10000 trees
Itssar;f3s. bali Il mus not be taken rom
titis that tile trees carry tn.p busheis
leach. some Of the younger ones bear
lsss han tflis aud The oldrr ones often
4 6Nice tn average
OUR 0rcharG was started in 1881. IN
that yeal. We set out tila fi',sfs trees.
fael, Wear s,l Nsosor three Succeeding
years we adtled te Inc number unssl the
Isntre tract had nesa i5ian.ed oyer and
Fben comnIetced the work Of rearing
fWhera5 d tl.eos shnwea wear or gave IN
1dication of5dHing wecutit out ana sili5-
stituted another from the nursery,
lratcf. in which We ;il " sys have on han d
a large stock fer tsis purpose unsil nov,
we have not II poor tree on the i40s acres.
We are sill adding to the size Of the
E0rchand but wiil not haze more ;iiaii
Ithe present bearing a.taa for some time
Ito CONG.
a ft.sr we get the orchard well along
we were kept ausy zach season spray
ling the trees To keep pests ava. and
4 III setting ont currants ard small fruit
under the treas We waited patiently
flor seventeen years before Ms. COM
fnnced 10 realize on our outlay. end ii
was a big one, but two years ago this
4 sall we We're amply repaid by harvest
Ing the first bly, yield Of apples. we
sEtook cut nearly as many applas that
season as we will this year. Last sea
ilson the crop was not 50 good. but Still
it Was. a profitable year. This year the
1 crop is beyond orr expectatioMs
Where d. we find our market Well
ftyNe df,Y't8 nsvt. to find IL Ai,rit.s dsal-