The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1904-12-01

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salt to make the compound stick as
long as it is necessary. 1t must be
remembered that the lime-sulphur
wash kills by contact and must reach
the insects at the time it is put on.
The presence of this compound on
the trees may act as a deterrent and
keep the insects from al1ghtlng on
the trees. | find in my orchards that
the preparation without the salt shows
year after it is put on. In large
orchard the omission of the salt saves
hundreds of dollars each time the
trees have to be sprayed Prof. Piper
estimated that the omission of the
lime in spraying Mr.. La Follette's
120-acre orchard saved him $500.
1t is surprising how easily a man
can be mistaken when he undertakes
to write about what he does not I'm
derstand. l am led to make this re-
mark by reading the following on
the editorial page of the Western
Fruit Grower of st. Joseph, Mo-:
In this issue of the Fruit Grower
Mr.. Edwin Taylor of Edwardsville.
Kan, pays tribute to the Ben Davis
apple. Let us tell an actual incident
WHICH OCCuTI0u ldSC LuOuCl oC ChS
Worlds Fair The editor of the
Fruit Grower was talking with Mr.. S.
w. Moore in charge of the West Vir-
ginia horticultural exhibit, when
gentleman approached the exhibit
and said: There are some nice Ben
Davis apples; fine lockers, but not
worth anything as an eating apple"
This aroused Mr.. Moore, who is a
e,;o Of 10 vic on6 hn asked the
gentleman where he was from. The
after replied that he lived in the
State of Washington, and then he re-
peated his charges against Ben Davis.
Mr.. Moore told the gentleman that
perhaps he mad never eaten a good
Ben Davis apple; that he lived out OF
the Ben Davis belt, for this variety
requires a long, warm season, with
lots of sunshine, and these require
ments are not met in Washington.
Going over to one of the tables, MIR.
Moore secured two Ben Davis apples
of the crop of 1903, which had been
kept in cold storage, and gave one to
the Washington man. The latter at
once began to eat it, and had taken
only three or four bites until he said
that Mr.. Moore was right; he had
never seen Ben Davis apples like the
one he was eating. 81 have been
used to a much poorer quality apple,
and my opinion of Ben Davis was
formed from Them" he said. "This
is a good apple, and | wish you would
give me several to take home to my
neighbors to show them we have
never seen the Ben Davis at its best"
MIR. Moore agreed to furnish the gen
tleman with a quantity of the apples,
and it is likely this gentleman will
convince some of the Northwestern
growers that they, too, have been con
demning Ben Davis because of their
experience with inferior specimens.
By the way, this is one of the lessons
which ought to have been taught by
the fruit exhibit at the Worlds Fair:
That there are certain sections where
certain varieties reach their highest
development, but that in other locali-
ties these varieties may prove abso-
lutte failures. 1t rests with the grow
ers in every section to grow the va
rieties which succeed best under their
conditions.
If the editor of the Fruit Grower
would come to Washington and spend
one summer in the Yakima or We
natchee valley he would never write