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

ter apples. | have but two trees, but
the way they bear and the appearance
and quality of the fruit, as well as us
keeping. show that this is a very
valuable apple. The crop is about the
same every year. This is an lmpor-
tant point in favor of any apple. Some
apples bear a full crop only every
other wear. 1t not infrequently hap
pens that when the crop is large the
price is low and when the price is
high there are but few apples to sell.
The Ben Davis, Winesap, Rome
Beauty Mo. Pippin and Jonathan are
annual bearers and make I'D one year
the shortage of another. There arc
other apples like Crimes Golden
BLACK Twig. Vandevere, Rhode Island
Greening and Walbridge that will be
short every other year. The Canada
Red. however, is one of the annual
bearers with me. 1t is one OF the
prettiest apnles that grows. 1t is
deem red and its fine color extends all
over the ann1e. The quality is first
rate Our grandchildren prove that
Nv thnir eating this annie in nrofer-
ence To many others near bv when Vt
is as hard &c anv annie can be- The
favor is very fine and it is verv 1'''N
The annie ic not verv large, but WIN
in making If pack fours. 1t is not
wn11 known in orr markets and that
is q against If Well known aDnles like
tho Snit7enhare WinesaD and JOna-
than sell far better than unknown an
n1oe that ORC equal tn Thorn in nna1itv
and annearance Tt is worth while +"
ronnr,har this in planting a CONNER
cial orchard
In spraying for the cooling moth II
is we'll understood that we must use
some form of arsenic, or more prop
erly speaking. arsenic in some or us
combinations with other ingredients.
Paris green consists of arsenic in
combination with acetic acid and COD
per. This is an important combina-
tion. for arsenic so combined is in
soluble in water That is one reason
WHY paris green makes good paint
the weather does not readily affect 1t.
This is an important fact in its favor
as an insecticide-it does not lose ite
strength by being exposed to the
weather. So long as it remains on
tho fruit it will kill the insects th9f
eat it. The winds may blow 1t
or rains may wash it away. We mus
use something with it to make
stick Lime and sulphate OF copper
(hluestone) both add to the sticking
property of paris green. One ob]nc
tinn TO this combination of arsenic le
that il is very heavy and unless there
is a powerful agitator attached to IT,
snrav pump it will sink to the bottom
of the barrel or tank, and as r0~
some of the liquid NAV be SPRAYED
on to the fruit devoid of poison and
consequently worthless.
Another combination OF arsenic that
is much used in spraying for the cod
ling moth and other insects, such as
caterpillars and canker worms, is the
arsenate of soda. This consists OF
pure arsenic boiled with salsoda IN
the proportion of one pound of arsenic
to four pounds of the salsoda. This
should be boiled fifteen minutes IN
one gallon of water. or there should
he one gallon of the mixture when the
boiling is done pint to pint ana
a half of this mixture to fifty gal
Ions of water into which one to hVe
pounds of well-slacked lime has been
added makes a good solution for the
cooling moth. Some of our leading
fruit growers prefer this to paris