The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-10-19

@ny OtHcr iOtal paper IN the NOrthWee
lhese are written in such a wav ths
their trutbfulness is apparent. Frol
the columns OF the eGlaciertheya are tran
ferred to the Rural Northwest and othe
state papers, and many of them reappea
e IN horticultural and fruit trade pane,
Y In all parts OF the United States.
Last year, on account Of the light cror
! most of the orchardists at Hood Rive
dId not spray their orchards thoroughly
MI ID, II. Sears, who has persona
J charge OF the Sears K Porter orchard
sprayed early and late in the most thor
ough manner, and secured fine crop o
apples OF which all but a very small per
} centage were free from worms. tn,
raYages OF the Goblin moth in other or
chards put Mr. Sears' success in a stron,
light. The Glacier told what he hat
done and how he did it. 1t was a good
article and republished, not only in the
hnrai Northwest, but in horticultural
papers all over the country, and Mr.
Sears name is now on the lists Of grow.
ers OF fancy fruit which are kept by lead
ing fruit dealers everywhere.
Everybody is compelled to admit that
the Hood River district has secured a
very desirable class Of settlers. They
are the kind which are naturally at.
Iracted by facts published in the Glacier.
Inc advantages to everybody in the
community from having that class of
people engaged in the fruit growing bus-
mess shows itself in many ways. When
Mr. Sears made his success last wear the
other growers did not say it was inst n
matter OF luck, but declared they had
learned good lesson, and this year.
with one accord, they also sprayed early
and late, and Hood River has great
crop OF apples free from worms. That
the worms would have been numerous
II IT had not been for the spraying. was
apparent. A careful examination of the
apples grown there this year showson
a great number of them little scar
which resulted from the work of the
worm on the skin before the poison
killed it.
There were number OF exhibits of |
Jonathan apples. This is a very attract. |
i've apple OF medium size and fine color
ana quality, is apparently destined to be-
come leading market variety. The
Northern Spy trees are beginning to bear
in Hood River. There were some exbib-
It's of apples Of this variety of great size
but the most striking thing about them
vas the fact that there were boxes in
ynich the Northern Spy were rich red
VI over. There was a fine display of
5aldwlns, some Of them phenomenallv
arge Tor this variety, weighing % ounces
ach. There were also quite number
" the Yakima, a Seeding OF the Bald
vim, which cannot be distinguished
rom Its parent unless it be that it aver
ges larger, which is claim made for
y 1t was past the season for Craven ,
TENS, and even Kings were not yery ,
RELY exhibited. The Wagener is prov. :
lg to be very valuable apple at Hood !
liver. 1t is ordinarily OF medium size. !,
ut box OF very large ones were shown. :
Though described as yellow apple :
18th red streaks, it is almost solid red :
Hood River. 1t is long keeper and !
n apple of high quality. A few Ganos !.
ere shown; This variety surpasses its :
aren't, the Ben Davis, in appearance, :
elnlg almost q solid red 1t is claimed -
Hood River as at La Grande, that it +
decidedly better in quality than the y
en- Davis and has all the valuable :,
laracteristics OF the parent variety. =
mere were good many exhibits labeled :,
Arkansas Black" and few labeled =
Mammoth Black Twig." Eastern horti- G.
Iltural authorities hold that these two II
Irieties are the same, but it would be IL !,
lrd work to convince anyone who saw N
e Hood River exhibit that there were ~
Vt two varieties there carrying one or i; Il
Q other of those names. The anples !.
ere labeled by the growers i'm accord 80 80
ICE with the names given by the nur- ~
rymen. A majority of the plates Ia "
led Arkansas Black" contained an ~
IS identical in appearance with those
own on trees bought for Mammoth
ack Twig,p and quite distinct in ap- j
arance from those grown ON a portion u
the trees bought as Arkansas Black. ro
ere We're some very fine specimens of Nj
lode Island Greenings. Growers saw ifo
. apple Is not wanted in Portland. Jo
lch Is a peculiar fact, for it is one OF EN-
very best apples in quality. There w
some very peculiar things about the 4tl
rance in the taste of people in differ to
cities. Some very fine Winter Mel do
pears are grown at Hood River. This Tho
'r is generally recognized as the best in.
II grown unless it be the Seckel, but wa
re is very little demand for it in kal
'tand, and the Hood River growers at
that on an average they get three car
es as much for Winter Nellis pears in the
title as in Portland. A limb loaded VIII
h White Winter Pearmain apples par
very attractive exhibit. wal
he most striking feature of the fair a
the large number OF boxes OF apples. aga
apples in these boxes were as good see
hose on the plates. In some cases ina
boxes were packed with unusually MOI
Q apples for the variety, but the ma mar
~ OF the boxes were samples of what IKE
grower could furnish by the hundred bio
% and were intended to represent tne
ply fair sample of the variety and eu
shown. A few fancy exhibits were oi !.
q, W. Kennedy showed number clail
oxes standing on end, all four sides was
hich were made of marrow strins Si0
4 strip ran along row of apples and The
confined the armies in tha box " ing
yerv effective wav of ;ll,strat; Phel
packing. Mr.. Kennedy also had a plou m
81 immense Northern Spy apples mar ar
'ides OF which were made to bulge wo
eyeral inches on all four sides. This rade
was labeled, 1--WE believe in expan- sne
" nj. Y, Rand had pyramid Of pune m.
a Mundt apples, the largest apples IN
9 fair, surmounted by diminutiye an sn "a
apple, placard over which an 1tth,
ced 1t to be ''l0 to ~ Chris the
man had skeleton barrel filled gram
superb Spitzenbero ann,os "l,uu nOa of tn,
i appeared consnicSonslrr r'os ..GI oael the e
lard.n oo'u ticips
vas pre-eminently an apple fair.
were some excellent pears. The
took the lead among the pears. Ih'
were few grapes, a fine display wire
'etables and corn, and one exhibit Krick
/ iirst ela u sS st;o sie appearahce OF a of fun
most annroSaJ ~ S'eu s.,.in sia WA WAS put up In Gle
fine a;spSav ~ ssS; ssS,ei ihere was the id
cake and bread. ms 81 y
cNnninO tOH.,ofr hS IN