The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-25

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fresh state bur the appie1 And what mrn.
ner OF man or woman is there In MI the
| universe of God who does not like appeHG
sons and n few Of her dSnghters in these
latter DAYS successfully play at the rnmc
once SO well Illustrated In "Webster's blue
that story, scme Of them learn "whut vir.
tue there is In stones.' I. e., on the rock
pile.
day In the year. but we may also have
them dried. preserved or made into apple
In the fresh state We may have thcm
fried for breakfast stewed or baked, ana
as pies rolls or dumpllngs for dinner mud
that can be prepared In so many different
p0'atable ways MS the apple, and so uni
Vcrsally liked by all Glasses In fact, the
annle is the most universal cosmopolitan
The home without apples Is Ike bread
without soda and eggs without salt-'it
may he endured. hut 4s not SO pleasant
Raise your boy on an abundance OF this
wholesome fruit and he viii grow luto n
healthy, Vigorous Qctlvc, sober and un.
right cltizen--wlthout II, snd he may mover
develop into the wonderful being that God
There Ia an active demand and ready
sale at tho orchard for all the apples that
IRE. grown, IN the Eden OF TeIas''-tho
Red river belt.
n
II comes TO us IN the form Of twohoras
wagons from NIL the black land belt south
OF ny, and the supply does not usually hair
equal the demand.
No use to worry about the price in for.
elgn countries till we have supplied our
selves and our nelghhors Our nelghhors
want 10 raise good healthy boys, 80, when
they can't grCC apples, they come to ~
for them, and we ought first to supply
our neGhbors aud then we might send "A
few 10 foreign countries.
4 have been unable to stnftEtlcS
showing the production OF apples either
for the United States or any other country,
hut give some export statistics;
The average export price ~ apples for
the years 1921 10 1895 was SOC per bar.
S2,5T per barrel, and the value Of dried
and green or ripe apples exported was
greater In 1900 than Nv former year FOR
which. could ind statistics, being S,de2,:
ripe apples exported was only about 10
per cent 81 the quanilty- exported ~ 1897,
thus showing that the law Of supply and
demand governs 10 great extent the mar.
ket price Of apples
ported more apples than the United States.
Prior to that time we were In rho lead
either retrogated on have consumed more
fruit in our homes than have the people
Of Canada. Probably Canada has not out
In the care OF the orchards but tho cause
may bc that Canada has been blessed with
q better crop for the past three years. Ia
by more than st,OO000O, while In 1900 we
were about 100000 behind
This one thIng | know: The apple sup
ply Of Texas does not nearly equ1l the
demand. for, thousands Of barrels arc
shipped IN from other States when they
should he grown in Texns.
Great is Texas, and great are her re
sources. aud great are her people, Int her
people have yet much 10 learn There are
very few. home grown apples on the mar
Ret u Texas duTng the NH Winter Ter, mouths mouths
tion Of apples is great enough 10 justify
the erection Of cold storage warehouses
Cold stornpes for fruits are not in the
experimental stage they have been perfect.
ed so that in them apples may be safely
kept thirty. sixty or even 100 DAYS and
prices When the production OF fall
and winter apples In Texas Is madc to ex
coed our home demand then the wide
awake. progressive fruit growers Of the
state win sec to II that cold stornges are
built In which 10 store the surplus, so Ms
to supply the demand during winter and
warshohscs dot Texas Ike III INV wells SSG
cotton mills now do. then Cnnada's oxport
more hut not at the expense of Texas.
From the foregoing may safely con.
clude that the owner OF every home whore
apples wii' NJ all succeed: should plant
enough IN supply at least his own home,
and II his soil is VOL adapted 10 the ap-
pie he should plant acres and acres. so as
that pays better with less expense pro-
porilonately. and none for which readier
market can he found. There Is at our very
doors a hne market for fine apples az hne
prices AT nla seasons Of the year
There are uncultlYated orchards on Red
river that pay from $50 to 500 per asfe.
with no expense 10 the owner except the
expense OF gathering the fruit Where APP
pie orchards are well cared for they pay
q much larger profit We have hehrd at
an orchard Ia Erath county IN which the
Wine Sap trees paid at the rate Of 800
per ncre--a price almost beyond belief. or
course, az Is suicidal 10 attempt 60 grow
fruits for commerce upon lands not adapt.
you have or can secure lands well adapted
10 the growth Of apples and will plant II
wisely and care for II we'll yours VIII be
nm independent living; peace aud plenty
Will reign with you, and your nclghboIs
and your children shall rise up and call
You blessed"
This paper ELECTED quite q spirited dis !
cnssion between the apple growers ~ the 4
black land and those of the sandy land, J
Mr.. KlrkpAtrIck OF Collin county spoke I
with emphasis In refutatien II the charge
that apples can not DC grown In black land
~ Is "A failacy." cried he, aud am
amazed that any intelligent fruit grower (
should make such a abatement Our rich |
black landa. undertake with rich CLAW will I
grew In anv country AIpssrs Fnikner OF <
Waco aud Kerr ~ Sherman replied humor-
ousy TO Mr. Klrkpafrlck's remark
Prof rgice delivered highly entertain
Ink address on. the "Ontlook for Hortlcnl \
fnfe In Texas"
Mr. Faikner also addressed the societv on
the question of the outlook for the fruit
grower IN this State, addressing himself
more particularly 70 the canoing factory