The Yale expositor., 1903-12-11
Iowa's Apples.

lowa's Apples.
There Is going on In Iowa a steady
development Of the apple growing in
dustry. An indication OF the rapid in
crease Of this branch q horticultural
activity Is seen In the two last census
reports by the national government.
In 1890 the number OF apple trees TO-
ported was 3.140.5Ss. In ten years
the number OF trees doubled In mum
Der, the 1900 c>asus chewing ESQ.,
5SS. II is noted that the great bulk
OF these trees are In the southwest
portion OF the state. Moreover, tho
orchard paintings follow the courses
Of tho rivers and most Of them are
found along the bfnks OF the rivers
Tho qualify OF tho apples produced Is
very good. IN fact. far better than in
some states more advantagoously altu-
ated tor the growing Of fruit Tho
cause OF the orchards being found
largely along the streams % probably
that there - n less dist,nctively prai-
rife soil. On some farms In the locoh-
ticG mentioned tho apple crop Is the
great money maker.
Unfortunately for the Easy handling
of this crop most OF the varieties
grown are summer or fall keepers.
Lste-keepinG winter apples arc not ex-
tonEvely gro IN. rs the apples 81 that
character thdt grow well iu Iowa are
rather inferior In size and quality.
wGilc the trees lack rrodultiveucss.
TIE Fen Davis co,C not reach lts best
development l1 most OF the localities
in the yat. where apples are largely
-rava. Some foreign varieties OF fair
quality have been introduced. and the
trees inst produce them are hardy.
hut thc trait srlE1m keeps longer ,hla
~ middle o. December. unlcr ordi.
lars fairs conditions.
80 . result OF these conditions the
f-7, apple orchlrs.-t7 ore earnestly
,ereiicr.1r Tho cold STORAGE OF thor
iUt, and some experiments have al.
rcaly brca made along That line. Last
winter tlc horticultural Department
OF the Iowa Experiment Station stored
seq --al lotr oi apples IN q Des Moine8
ccid storage warehouse. A seifreEis.
.cr'1s thcruoucter wa kept in the
storage room from November uil April
IS. The temperature varied from 81
to 81. Fifteen barrels a. apples we're
placed IN this cold storage plant Sep
tgmbor 20, and consisted o. Wealthy.
Famcuso tSuow). Wolf River and Nc
NahoH's White. On October q sew.
crty.two barrels more were added.
these consisting OF Joaathans Do
mines. EccNEo-Furthe-s. Ben Davis.
Willow Twig8. Jaacts. Rcd Romantics,
Roman stems, Northern Spys and
White PiPPrs.
A. it vas desired to learn the keep.
lrg quality. some rom each variety
we're taken out each month. beginning
January t. On that date the percent.
age OF deceived fruit n each variety
-as: Wealthy 81. Mcmahon White
1. Famcu5o {, Wolf River Is. Joaa.
than .. Domino 3, Sccl.No-Further 10.
Gen Davis less than I Janet ., Roman
stem -. Northern Spy H. White Pip.
aln 7. Netc tho large loss with TIE
HcMaboue. which were taken out OF
I rt0ra-s aito-ctNsr.
/ Ga February n the percentages ot
5Hayci fruit rc-u. Wealthy 9. PC.
EruTo 7. Wolf River &C.. scct.No.
ur,hc- tS. Jonathan %, ben Davis 6.
'arot 10. Romantic {. Willow Twis G,
Wh.l- P'lrin 90. Roman stem D..
. Domino =, Note tho large percentage
~ less with Wolf River, Seeh-No-
. u.hcr and White PDp.n.
On March - examination chCwei
/ SO follow.ag losses: Wealthy 30. Fa-
nor.c r. Bca Davis II, Domino 10.
. Janet s. Eomca't, e.. Roman Stem 81.
PovasEoe 81. willow Tw.s g. White
eirpi8 81.
on Aprl % the percentages 81 de-
I cayci fruit wcre: Domino -. Zen
/ Davis IS. Willow Twlg 10. Jonathan
%. Seek No-rurthcr 81. Romantic IS.
Domino, Zen Davis and Willow Twig
/ were thus shown TO be the best keep.
crs OF the salable varieties. Janet and
Romantic are even better keepers.
| but they are too small 90 store CON.
/ u,crclllly The Powuukces were put
/ IN by mistake. but were found half de-.
caycd az The March examination. The
/ Willie Pippins did not stand storing
well aad went down" quickly when
/ taken out. The results with the
/ Wealthy and Snow were most crafty.
: ing. an they show that these apples
can be kept well ill mldw!Hter when
thoy sell readily.