The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-16
RAISE APPLES, SAYS HALE.
He Thinks the Business Will Increase
 in NaW Enolapd

He Thinks the Business Will Increase
 in New England.
 The Worcester Agricultural society
 and Worcester County Agricultural so-
 ciety united in joint institute, on | Thursday, in Horticultural hall, Worcester. The speaker of the morn | ing was J. H. Hale of South Glaston- bury, Conn.,, who also conducts large orchards in Georgia, and is recog-
 nized authority in the cultivation of
 peaches and apples. His subject was "Pomology." MT. Hale devoted a large portion of his lecture to consideration Iof conditions of apple culture in New England and offered many useful points and suggestions to Worcester county
 growers. The surprise of the address
 was his staunch advocacy of the use of
 electric car lines to carry the produce of
 farms to market, and his prediction
 that within few years their use for the
 purpose will be almost universal.
 He said "The first object of raising apples in New England was to procure
 something to drink but they are now raised for commercial purposes The New England is the best apple on the market, and commands the highest prices, yet they are most subject to fun gus growth, because the people of New England have been in the business longer and have cultivated the growth of fungus for a longer period along withthe fruit. The New England apple is not used as an article of food as much as other apples. owing to it's lack of tempting beauty. This is due to the fact that apple culture is not conduct ed along as scientific lines as it should be. There will be constant increase in the size of the business in New Eng land.
 T have taken two old abandoned farms in Connecticut, and converted them into apple orchards and feel sure they are becoming some of the best paying property own. The New England farmer is the nearest to Lon- don, which should be his great apple market inasmuch as several people there are now dependent on the impor- tation of Australian fruit We have not gained our rightful place in the British market because we are producing infe- rior fruit, and are dishonest in our shipments. The common practice is to pack barrel for exportation with a little good fruit at the top and bottom, and the remainder composed of fruit of | an inferior grade.
 "The result of this practice is that | barrel of American apples cannot be | sold without being dumped and then sold on the basis of the poor ones, the | good ones being throne in to make the | +.r 1a H.! tralian apples brings a better price i than does a barrel of American fruit.
 'If some farmers who are jealous of | their neighbors, who own railroad | stock, should give the same amount of attention to their orchards that is given to the development of railroads the orr chard owners would have much the bet ter of the investment. Farmers are awakening to better things in fruit are becoming more honest in their business transactions, packing ap- ples in bushel boxes and guaranteeing every apple. High grade fruit can al ways be packed with profit Nearly every farmer should have deep tun- nel in side hill, in which apples and other fruits can be kept at great profit 70 the producer
 Apple trees will be killed by the ;caly louse if the menace be not cared Or. Good fruit depends much on the 'oliage of the tree, and the foliage de- bends upon the care bestowed upon the rec If proper attention is given to ,ultivation there will be no so-called ,ff- years and the development of ap- 1les will always be a safe investment Extreme climatic conditions may occa-
 onally cause losses, but this will oc- l ,ur at rare intervals. The care of rec should include pruning, scraping md spraying. Value of land will in rease as the orchard increases in value, md here is legitimate profit of the ultivator.
 Many farmers take what God, the tugs and fungus leave for them. 'hese are they who get discouraged and l re cutting down their orchards to help I Is who are in the business upon sci I ntific hasis" (