The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-28
He GROWS APPLES.
L. II. Winans Talks About His
Experiences.

i. NJ Winans. of Seymour. Mo. who
IS a practical commercial apple grower
by occupation. is spending few days
IN Topeka. Mr.. Winans is straight
from the heart of the apple country.
where be is a. man of considerable inn
portance in the orchard business. He
is the owner of coo acres of apple land,
which he cleared of the original cover
ing of native timber and planted hlm-
self. HIS orchard IS seven years olu,
and is already making him a wealthy
man After starting his orchard Mr.
Winans built himself "A 14-room house.
equipped with the conveniences of city
houses and his establishment is uSll-
ally full Of visitors. as the locality
around Seymour is something of a
health resort
Tn speaking of his orchard and the
orchard business generally Mr.. Winans
said TODAY:
II have been in the orchard and apple
business all my life as an apple buyer
more recently as an apple grower My
father settled i'm Benton HarbOr, Mich,
when I was II years Old and purchased
sixty acres on which we lived. He was
q pracucing physician but we raised
fruit on our farm just outside the cor
porate limits i got my nrst education
IN the business there. When / was p
] bought thirty acres In Michigan and
planted it in fruit and still own it, I
came to Kansas and followed the apple
business here and in Missouri Eight
years ago cleared a thousand acres in
Missouri and planted it in apples and
other fruit. / do my own shipping and
go into the markets myself. I can
handle my apples at greater advantage
in that way.
"One of the reasons that Missouri ex-
GELS in apple growing is that it is con-
Quoted upon the most practical prin-
ciples. The orchards are sprayed at
the proper season. planting is conduct
ed scientifically. and every detail of the
business is watched and managed with
the view Of economy. If q man wants
TO raise apples there he should do it on
a large scale. Then when he once gets
a good crop be and his wife and chill
dren VIII never want for anything
more There is one of the best OPEN
lngs for young men to be sucCeSsfuL
that can be found anywhere. if they
understand the business and follow ir
conscientiously.
Kansas is not the state that Missouri
le IN raising apples because her soil is
less well adapted for it and because her
fruit men have not studied the business
as carefully. With judicious methods
Kansas can be greatly improved as an
orchard state. The soil, however. is
in many places, too rich. Where this is
the case it should be thinned by heavy
cropping and the trees should be plant
ed wide apart. The rich soil here
makes the trees run too much to sap.
forming foliage that shades the fruit
and develops fewer buds. In our cOun-
try we do not have this to contend with
and the iron in the soil gives fruit a
rich coloring that can not be obtained
in Kansas
Fruit growing in Missouri is now
recognized as one of the biggest indus
tries of the state and business men
from the larger cities are going out into
the wilderness and establishing them
selves in orchards. They are doing IL
simply because they recognize its i'm
portance as a business, and not because
of natural inclinations toward horticul-
ture- Young men whom one would eS-
pect to be inclined to anything else, are
taking it uD and are becoming success
ful growers Once established an apple
orchard viii outlive its owner and with
care viii always bear fruit. I do nor
know to what age an apple tree will
bear I know of trees older than
am that are making regular returns"