The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-20

don't keep good. l don't know why,
but they don't. Before this my Law
vers have always kept we'll. In regard
to the Newtowns in this locality, you
will find there are two varieties they
call Newtowns in this country. don't
think it is the soil or locality; one kind
is little round, hard, green apple, and
ii you will examine the tree you will
find that is not like q Newtown tree
and the apples are not like Newtowns.
l haven't got any, got them out OF
Mr.. Hunters trees that die every
year.
Mr.. Hunter-I will just make state.
ment that will explain the secret of Mr.
Carroll's success in selling Page 4 Son
his Ben Davis. He planted his Ben
Davis orchard to stock pumpkins and
they mixed with his Ben Davis. If you
will cut his Ben Davis open, you will
find punky places in them, and think
it is the mixture of the pumpkin with
the apple that causes it.
Mr.. Mason--I agree with Mr.. Carroll
that the Ben Davis is good
cooking apple. You can flavor it and
make any kind of pie out of it you
want; any woman will tell you that
cook them up and put in some spices
and you could make pumpkin pie out
of them, and who would want to raise
apples today to make money out OF it!
Ii you can make money out of drying
apples you can beat US at Hood River.
You have big 'drier here and perhaps
you might do it. The worst trouble
with the LAWYER is that the tree breaks
down by reason of the heavy foliage,
even without fruit. | lost four trees last
year and Sproat Bros. lost II six OF
seven-year old trees by this breaking
down. am glad to hear it is a good
bearer.
MIR. Middleswart-I have met with
the same experience; this year seven
broke down. Some broke the body
down aud some just the limbs at the
fork. / want to ask one question.
don't want to get up too many subjects
but would like to ask if there is any
call for sweet apples in the market.
have one tree and they never rot.
think they would keep two years, as l
never knew one to rot. | sent couple
OF boxes down to Portland; it was the
only sweet apples ever sent to market
because we always used them.
Chairman--I am not aware of any
demand for sweet apples They very
seldom call for them. A retailer may
now and then have customer who
would want them, but no wholesaler
would stock up with them.
Mr.. Mason--I think the chairman
has answered exactly right. A frienC
of mine once had tree of sweet apple.
he thought the best apples on earth
He guaranteed to me that l woult
never get less than $500 per box on the
apples. ! took some of the scions bn
they did not grow. Once in a while ,
grocer will have a cranky customer
who will want sweet apples.
Mr.. Carroll-There is only one thins
the matter with the LAWYER, they don
have q solid fork. If man grows {
LAWYER tree and grows center in tina
tree, it will stand. The limbs dom
break; they break at the fork. haC
six boxes on a six year old tree that die
not break
MIR. Mason-Did you have any troubl
with fungus?
Mr.. Carroll-No, my trees are ligh
foliage trees. On my Delaware Reds
or LAWYERS, for they are the same, tn
leaves are long and slim and not S,
thick as on the Baldwin or Spitz.
Mr.. Mason-Heaviest foliage that
have got.
Mr. Hunter--Mine are the lighter.
Mr.. Masonic free the limbs yol
have to shear them like a sheep.
Concluded next week.