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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-06-01
Horticultural Notes
BY F. Walden

present CASE VIII DIT lCdSl pay lIS lOlN
of wise man. On the night of May 9th
we had a severe freeze that did considera-
bic damage to the fruit crop in places. We
suffered considerably. Our peach crop was
lost We would have had from 5000 to
10000 boxes of peaches if they had not been
injured. AS it is, we will not have more
than two or three hundred boxes. The rea-
son | am relating this is for the lesson we
can derive from this misfortune We are
not worrying over our loss, for such things
are to be expected. No man should ever
become discouraged iii Embarrassing be-
cause he sometimes has a loss. The way to
look at the matter is: Does fruit growing
pay after all these losses are counted out?
1t does, and that is the main thing to be
considered But the lesson [ want to draw
from this circumstance is this: My neigh
Dor who lives on the adjoining ranch, and
whose peach orchard is but few rods
from mine, will have full crop. He has
less than two hundred trees, while we have
thirteen hundred, and yet he will have more
than twice as many peaches as we will
have. Why this difference? 1t is simply
a matter of elevation. His peach orchard is
a few feet higher than mine, and yet he es-
capped almost entirely while we lost prac-
tically all of ours What is the lesson to be
learned from this? Plant your peach or
chard on your highest ground. Our peach
orchard is not on low bottom land but on
a mesa-that is, bench-but the ground is
level.
When | planted my peach orchard, if
had known what | know now, L would be
ahead at least 100000 this year alone. My
experience is dearly bought, but give it to
the aders of The Ranch for nothing. But
sem one may say, would it not be Just as
we'll to lose your peaches as your apples
But have apple trees on three sides OF my
peach orchard and their fruit is not killed
except in the case of some tender varieties.
On this point | have something to say fur
Their on in this article Now if | had put my
peach orchard on the very highest ground
on my ranch, and had planted the harder
varieties of apples on my level ground,
would be ahead a snug little sum. We are
planting out forty acres more i'll orchard,
and all of it is higher than my old orchard,
and some of it is much higher than my neigh
boris land On this highest land we will
plant our peaches, and it will be very un-
usual thing if they kill at all. There are
some high points near me where the peaches
and apricots have not killed since the coun-
try was settled Now | have some land
as high as any Of these points. Here will
be our future peach orchard.
There are some other lessons to be
learned from this freeze that are of value
to me- and will no doubt be of value to some
of the readers of The Ranch. | have an
experimental apple orchard near my house
and | am able to make what seems to me
to be a valuable report as to the relative
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for them to be. | have gone over this
detrimental orchard with pencil and paper
and have made careful notes as to the con-
diton of the fruit and the following report
is based on this tabulated investigation.
There are some surprises for me, and may
be for others. The question to be cOnSld-
cred is not the hardness of the trees, for
none of them were hurt. The trees were
in bloom, perhaps we might say full bloom,
and yet the effects of the freeze was quite
different The freeze occurred on the night
of May 9th, and the results were recorded
on May Goth. Twenty days elapsed before
the results were recorded. There can be
no doubt as to the effect of the freeze. In
making my classification divided the APP
pies into three classes viz. Hardy, medium
and tender. By hardy, | mean those which
stood the freeze the best and will make a
full crop. Most, if not ALL of this class will
have to be thinned. By medium is meant
that class that proved less hardy, and i'll
most cases will not make a full crop. By
tender is meant those varieties that killed
badly and in some cases entirely.
Among those that are classed as hardy are
Ben Davis, Rome Beauty, Jonathan Trans
cendent Crab Mcmahon, Whitney No. 20,
Little Red Romantic (Gilpin), Jeniton
(Raw1es), and Coles Ounce. This is
small list among SO many. The variety that
stood the freeze the best among the sixty
two varieties is the Ben Davis Not Ben
Davis tree in my whole orchard but will
make full crop so far as the effects of the
freeze is concerned.
Those | classed as medium are Early
Harvest, Belmont (Waxen), Snow, Grav-
enstein, Red Biehtengheimer, Bailey's
Sweet, Milan, Red Astrakan, Yellow Trans
parent, American Summer Pearmain, Red
June, Tetophsky, Sweet June (Hightop
Sweet Longfeld, Maiden's Blush Rambo,
Arkansas Black, Northern Spy, Winesap,
Shockley, Taman Sweet, Yellow NewtOwn,
Red Cheek Monmouth Pippin), Missouri
Pippin, Hubertson's Nonesuch, Pewaukee,
Westfeld, Seeknofurther, Vandevere Pip
pin, Chenango Strawberry, Rhode Island
Greening, Wealthy and Duchess of Olden-
burg. Among the mediums some that
come very nearly being classed as hardy
These are Arkansas Black, Northern Spy
Winesap and Talman Sweet.
Those classed as tender are Early Pen
mock, Gloria Mundi, Hughes Virginia:
Fourth of July, Twenty Ounce, Iowa Blush,
Grimes Golden, Mann, Benoni, Baldwin,
King w. w. Pearmain, Big Romantic,
Stark, Mammoth Black Twig (Arkansas),
Mcintosh Wolf River, Willow Twig, Wal
bridge, LAWYER and Yellow Belfower.
These are not all equally tender, but all of
them killed badly. I have few other
varieties but they were not in the same plat
with the above, and consequently cannot be
compared as to their hardness The same
variety stood the freeze much better on high
ground than on lower ground. The Black
Twig, Wnesap and Missouri Pippin will
TO 1>a OH
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injured scarcely at ALL Fortunately, the
most of my apples are among the ones that
proved to be hardy. We think now that we
will have 10000 boxes. Without the freeze
we might have reached 5000 boxes.
The freeze has been something terrible
in the Mississippi valley. Apples will be
very high 1t is reported that man from
Chicago is in this county now trying to
contract the best grades of apples at $I.5o
per box f. o. b. next fall Those who have
apples left should take good care of them.
They should be properly thinned and
sprayed thoroughly for the codling moth.
Band the trees and kill all the larvae pos
sible We have sprayed for the codling
moth once, and aim to start in again on
the first day of June. We intend to spray
once month till September We may
spray twice in August and then once in
September. We use a pound of the best
Paris Green and six to eight pounds of good
lime to each hundred gallons of water. For
our first spraying we used four pounds of
bluestone to each one hundred gallons of
water. We do not use the bluestone for the
subsequent sprayings.
In recent issue of this paper I stated
how we filled our spraying tank. This
brought valuable letter from my old friend
Prof. c. M. Higgins, of Portland He has
fine orchard in the Boise valley. This
is how he fills his tank:
Portland, Or, May TO- 1903.
Mr.. F. Walden: I have been delighted with
your articles in The Ranch and only regret that
| read of your purchase of the power sprayer, and
in your last issue find you highly pleased
with it. I much interested in reading of the
arrangement of your tanks
Soon after purchasing my gasoline engine, l
found that the burden of filling the tank by hand
was enormous one, and I having no hill
any elevated ground, you have so nicely
adapted to your purpose, was forced to adopt
other means I bought a cheap tank pump to
which attached ten feet of in. hose. The
pump placed the wagon by the side of
the spray pump and couplings made to that
I could promptly disconnect the engine from
the spray pump and connect with the tank pump
Then in filling the tank holding $50 gallons, at
either end of the field, water being plentiful,
would lift end of the in hose to the water
end in 6 minutes the tank would be full, while
in the meantime another man would put in the
lime and poison, the latter being carried in
five gallon vessel on the wagon We were by this
prompt method of reflling and by keeping the
lime Stacked ahead and ready, enabled to spray
out five tanks in a day
My tank may appear large but since fill it
in the orchard and after each short pull by the
team it grows lighter, I found difficulty.
fear the freeze of April 20 hurt my prospects
in the Boise valley but not tell yet to
what extent.
What do you think of the Grimes Golden for a
commercial apple? G. M. HIGGINS.
In answer to Prof. Higgins question as
to Grimes Golden, I would say that it is a
superior apple in quality, fairly productive,
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Upton WILL BE
READY ON TIME
Sir Thomas Declines Offer
to Postpone the
Races.

WEYMOUTH, England, April 49,
The two Shamrocks left here today at
noon for Southampton. The challen-
ger was towed by the Erin.
Sir Thomas Upton was interviewed
this morning before the departure of
the yachts. Describing the accident Of
last week, he said:
When the challenger lost her mast
there were certainly six feet Of water
over her lee deck. My first impress sion,
when the mast went, was that the boat
was sinking. Later, when I was able to
scramble upon deck 1 found everything
gone ana the boats out doing rescue
work. L never saw the seaman, Col
Her, in the water"
Sir Thomas was bewildered at the
suddenness of the accident and said
that what Immediately followed seemed
to him like the confused remembrance
of a dream.
Questioned as to his future course
he said he meant to work day and night
to get the yacht refitted in time for
further trials before sailing for New
York. His desire was to avoid a post
ponement Of the races.
Mr.. Ward, Designer Fife and Capt.
Wringe have had conference and
have promised to put the challenger in
racing trim again in three weeks. It
will be big job. Designer Fife has
condemned the boom, gait, mast and
topsail spars of the yacht and they
will all be removed, as will the sails.
The decision against a postponement
or the races was reached last night
after a long consultation and this
morning Sir Thomas sent the following
cablegram to G. A. Cormack, secretary
Of the New York Yacht club:
Il am pleased to inform you that
the damage to the Shamrock III. will
be righted in three or four weeks. There
Will be no necessity of considering the
question of a postponement. Please
communicate this to your committee
and also convey my warmest thanks for
their expressions of sympathy"
Sir Thomas said he saw nothing in
the recent accident to lessen the great
confidence he felt in the Shamrock III.
III racing yachts are to be built, he said,
there must be some risk. If we built a
vessel as safe as a liner we might as
well keep her at home for any chance
she would have of winning the cup.
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NATIONAL BOWLERS
TO MEET IN CHICAGO
Executive Committee of American Con-
eress to Discuss Organization Plans.

DAYTON, Ohio. April 19.-At the
meeting of the executive committee of
the American bowling congress which
cago, or Wednesday next will be adopted
the new plan of the organiza ton planning
for a meeting Of locals in every city and
provide new regulations and rules so that
the bowlers of the local associations may
begin TO get in line for the next annual
tournament which will be held in Clave-
land In February. 1904. Cleveland will be
known the amount of prize money that
will be bowled for at the annual tourna-
ment. Resolutions drawn up by the East
ern boWlers at a meeting held in New
York city last month condemning some of
the rules to go into effect June l next will
be read and acted upon.
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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OF ONTARIO DEAD
Sir Oliver Mowat, Famous Canadian
Statesman, Passes Away at Ottawa.

OTTAWA, Ont, April 19-Sir Oliver
MoWat, lieutenant governor of Ontario,
died today at Government house. He
was eighty-three years old. Sir Oliver
had been in feeble health for some time,
but the accident in which he broke his
leg last Sunday night fastened the
end.
Sir Oliver was premier of Ontario
from 1872 to 1896, twenty four years,
thus earning the distinction Of having
had the longest continuous term of
office as premier ever accorded to any
man by the people of any province or
colony in the British empire. In 1896
ne resigned to become minister of JUS
tlce in the Dominion cabinet. In 1897
he was appointed lieutenant governor
of Ontaro. He was one of the fathers
of confederation.
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LABOR LEADER PRAISES
SENATOR MARK HANNA
President Shaffer, of AmaIgamated AS
ISOLATION, Pays Tribute to Him.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 1s.-There
was a parade of labor organizations
and mass meeting at the board of
trade auditorium this evening in honon
of the delegates to the annual conven-
ton of the Amalgamated Association
of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. The
principal speakers at the auditorium
were President Shaffer, of the Amalga-
mated Association; Rev. T. w. Glasser
and Father McDonough. President
Shaffer paid a tribute to Senator Han
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Earned runs, Pittsburg, 2; Cincinnati,
2: two base hit; Bransfield; stolen base,
coran to BeckIey; Ritchey to Bransfeld
Bransfeld to Wagner to Ritchey; struck
out. by Veil, 3; by Lever. 3; by Hahn,
3; passed ball. Phelps; time, 1855; umpire,
Emslie; attendance, 1900.
Rain Helps st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April 19.-In the final
game of the series between st. Louis and
Chicago the game was called at the end
Of the fifth inning on account of rain
with the score to 0 in favor of St Louis.
St. Louis clearly Outclassed the visitors
in every department of the game. Brown
holding Chicago down to on hit. At
tendance. 10. 600 Score:
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Rebels 6esieqinq Monte cristo.

ST. THOMAS, D. w. I, April ia
steamer which left Monte Cristo, Santo
Domingo, April II, arrived here this
morning. She reports that the rebels
are besiegfng Monte Cristo by land and
sea. The rebel gunboat Independence
was anchored in the harbor. The revo-
luton IS gathering strength and has
many adherents throughout the coun-
FRY
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MILLERs DEFEAT THE BLUES.
McIntyre's Homer In the Ninth Saves
Minneapolis Team.
KANSAS CITY.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. April 19.-McIn-
tyres home run in the ninth inning. which
brought in three runs, gave Minneapolis
a victory over the Kansas City American
Association club today. Score:
Kansas City .1O41O OOO1-7 II
Minneapolis % 1 2 2 0 0 3-11 IS 4
Batteries-Martfn, Gibson and Maloney;
st. Frain. Sporer and Yeager. Attend
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With the Amateurs

The Will E. Mathies Furniture Com
pany opened the season yesterday by de-
feating the Pabst Brewing Company by a
score Of 13 to l. The features of the game
We're the unassisted double play of Lud-
din, OF the Mathies team, and the playing
OF Koesting. of the brewing company.
Score by innings:
Pabst Brewing Co....0 0 o 0 0 O. /
The Will E. Mathies Furniture Company
will play Foley Bros. & Kelley next Sun
day morning on the Chatsworth street
grounds.
ALTOONA, Wis. April 19-The AL
toona baseball team defeated the Eau
Gialre Juniors by the score of Il to 10
ing of William Garvey and the batting Of
w. Riley and w. King
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Rear Admiral Walker at Panama

PANAMA, April 19.-Rear Admiral
Walker and the other members of the
Panama Canal commission arrived here
yesterday from Colon. They were Civ
en- banquet by the director of the
Canal company, at which Col. Shaler,
Consul General Guger, Mr.. Prescott and
other prominent Americans on the 18TH
mus were present.
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Y. w. c. A. convention Ends.

.WILKESBARRE, Pa, April 19r-The
biennial convention of the American COM
mittee, federated with the worlds Young
Women's Christian association. came to
an end tonight with an inspiring con, ~
ton address by Robert E. Spear, OF New
YORK. Inc various sessions during the past
week were full of interest and the reporfs
OF work accomplished by those women In
all parts of the world proves the success
OF the movement and the great amount
cOmpIishing.
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Mayaguez Mayor in Trouble.

MAYAGUEZ, Porto Rico, April 10
Secretary Hartzell and Treasurer VIII
loughby arrived here today. They will
investigate the evidence against Mayor
Fajardo, who is charged with municipal
frauds, and will ascertain if Gov Hunt
has sufficient grounds for removing the
mayor from Office.
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FOUR IN A ROW
FOR PITTSBURC
Emslie's Decisions Spoil Two
Chances to Save Game
for Reds.
Standing the Clubs,

CINCINNATI Ohio, April 19.-Pittsburg
made it four straight today. Umpire
Emslie was harshly criticised by the To-
cal men. The game was an interesting
one throughout and had either of Emslie's
two questionable decisions been decided
otherwise, the score would have been tied.
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Chen chuen Hsuan a vicerov

PEKIN. April 19:Chen Chuen Hsu-
an has been appointed viceroy of
hwang Tung and Kwang 81 provinces,
and Hsl LANG has been made viceroy
of SEE Chuan province. Both are
strong men and probably will suppress
the rebellion.
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Queen WiIheImina Expects Heir.

LONDON, April 2O.-A dispatch to
the Daily Express from The Hague
says that Queen Wilhelmina is ex-
pecting an heir to the throne.
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New York Wins In Ninth

HOBOKEN. n. Y. April 10 R. H E.
Few York. 30 0 0 0 ell 10 Z
Hoboken ......1 0 0 l 1-912 2
Batteries, Cronin and Bowerman, Linde-
man and Lamar; umpire, Merrity.
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In the Sporting World

umbus American association teams play
ed in a drizzling rain today. Score:
Cleveland ..2 10 G 1 "-6 8 2
Columbus ...1 0 0 0 0 0 0 OIL 7 2
More. Walker and Bemis; Wagner, Fox,
Bailey and Roache.
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KANSAS CITY WESTERNS LOSE.
st. Louis American League Team Win:
by Superior Playing.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 19.-The ST.
Louis American League Baseball club de-
feated the Kansas City Western League
club today by superior all-round playing.
Attendance. 200. Score:
r. H. e.
Kansas City % 10000 0-6 10 s
st. Louis ....3 L 1 2 0 0 IS 10
atteries-Nichols, Smith and Ulrich;
Donohue. Powell and Sugden.
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*Game called at end of fifth inning on
account of rain.
Earned runs, ST. Louis 8; two-base hits.
SmoOt, Nichols; sacrifice hits, Brain
Weaver, HanlOn; stolen bases Smoot to
Burke; base on balls, off Brown 1; struck
ont, by Brown =, by Williams 2; left on
bases, st. Louis 6. Chicago 2; time, 1903;
umpire, tombstone.
Senators Are Defeated.
COLUMBUS, Ohio April 19-Tba
Cleveland and American league and Col
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herein granted is given subject to all
the provisions Of Ordinance No. 1874, and
an other resolutions and ordinances OF
the City Of st. Paul
Adopted by the Board Of Aldermen
April Z, 1908.
Adopted by. the Assembly April 16. 1903.
Approved April II. 1903.
BID F No 17230-By AID. Corning
resolved. That the Commissioner OF
tuOIlc Works be and Is hereby authorized
; ~ maze tne necessary repairs on the Lex
tns avenue bridge over the tracks OF
Ine Great Northern Railroad. the cost
u vi tHe same TO be paid from the bridge
puilding and repair fund
Adopted by the Board OF Aldermen
April I, 1903. '''''''
Adopted by, the Assembly. April Is 1903.
Approved April Il. 1903.
BID F No. 17231-By Aid. Corning
Resolved, That all companies main
tanning electric wires on Dale street be-
tween paramount avenue and ST Anthony
avenue. be and are hereby directed to
remove the same and place them under
ground. In order to provide for The bOuIe-
Hardlng Of the street from Fairmount
avenue 10 St Anthony avenue
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
April !. 1903. -
Adopted by the Assembly. April 16 1903.
Approved April Il. 1908
b F, No; 172S2-By Aid. Corning
II o Is h re sy ordered by the Common Coun-
CT OF the City of St Paul:
Ihat the matter of curbine and borIa
EardlnS Portland avenue from ChatswOrth
street TO Oxford street be and the same ia
hereby referred to the Board Of Public
w orkS to investigate and report.
necessary? anu
Second-Give the Council an estimate
OF the expense thereof and state whether
one-haf Of the cost thereof Is to be paid
Is let.
ipI 10,
tor said Improvement be found benefited
to the extent of damages. cost and ex-
penses necessary to be Incurred thereby ?
Fourth-IS such Improvement asked for.
upon the petition or application of the
owners of a majority of the property to
be assessed for such Improvement?
ftth-Send the Council a plan or DrO-
fle of said improvement. as required by
law. II you report In favor of the same.
oNth-Send the Council a proper order
directing the work to be done
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
April Z. 1903 -
Adopted by the Assembly. April 16. 1903.
Approved April II. 1903
3D. F No. 17233-By Aid Rohlaud-
Resolved, That the Commissioner Of
FubIc Works be and he Is hereby author
lZed TO build stairway on Omaha
street at the intersection on Randolph
street. the cost of same not to exceed
me sum or Two Hundred ($2O0.0O) Dollars
Fund. ''1i N'
ADOPTED by the Board of Aldermen.
April 7. 1903
Adopted by the Assembly. April 16. 1903.
Approved. April Il. 1903
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30 + NO. lIZU4-By Aid. Boomer
1t is hereby ordered by the Common
Council of the City of ST. Paul:
Ihat the matter of opening. widening
ana ana, extending Pascal avenue, from Lang
same is hereby referred to the Board Of
Pqblc Works to investigate and report.
Flrst-ls this improvement proper and
necessary?
Second-Give the Council an estimate
or the expense thereof. and state whether
one-haf OF the cost thereof is to be paid
is let
Third-Can real estate to be assessed
for said improvement be found benefited
penses necessary to be incurred thereby?
Fourth-1s such Improvement asked for
upon the. petition or application Of the
owners of majority of the property to
be assessed for such Improvement?
Fifth-Send the Council plan or pro-
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Bid F No 17212-By Aid. Elder
Resolved That the City Comptroller be
and he is hereby authorized and instruct
ed to set apart the sum of Five Hundred
t$5O0.00) Dollars for the purpose of re-
tdrlng the Selby avenue sewer between
Aldine and Fairview streets
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
Adopted by the Assembly. April 16, 1903.
Approved April II, 1903
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BID F No. 1720S-By Aid. Bantz-
Resolved, That from and after the pub
LEGATION of this resolution, all sidewalks
built in that part of the Eighth ward
bounded as follows: On the east by Rice
street. on the south by Carroll street,
on the west by Victoria street and on
the north by Mmehaha avenue. includ-
Ing all boundary streets within said
ward, shall be built or rebuilt of ce-
ment, brick or stone. or other permanent
material.
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen
April Z, 1903.
Adopted by the Assembly April 16, 1903
Approved April II. 1903.
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Bid F No 17213-By Aid. Elder
Resolved. That the Commissioner Of
Public Works be and he is hereby author
ized to repair the Selby avenue sewer
between Aldine and Fairview streets the
cost of which shall not exceed Five Hun
dred $500 0O) Dollars. the same to be
paid out of the General Fund
April 7. 1903
Adopted by the Assembly. April 16. 1903.
Approved April II. 1903