The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-12-29
The COreless Apple.

The coreless apple has at last been
produced. 1t is regarded as "the
worlds greatest discovery in horticul
ture," and in fruit-growing circles is
called "the wonder of the age." II
the fruit is of high quality, of good
saleable size aud color, aud late keep
er, then it will revolutionize the COM
mercial apple-growing industries ev-
erywhere. If it is not full-sized APP
Pile, then, despite the fact that it pos
sesses one-fourth more solid flesh than
the seedy apple of equal proportions, il
can not be expected to supersede such
mammoth though seedy varieties as
the Blenheim Orange, Golden Noble,
Bismarck or Peafgood's Nonsuch.
THE FLAVOR UNoUEsTIoNED.
The flavor of the coreless apple is be-
yond question. If it proves as large as
its rivals, trees producing the new
wonder, which is winter variety, will
be plnnted by the million in the COM
mercial fruit fields at home and abroad.
Even if the seedless apple justified all
that has been said by its best friends
in its praise, there is little likelihood
of its impeding the profitable sale Of
ordinary apples Of high grade. Its in.
PRODUCTION would, however, ruin the
sale of common out-of-date varieties Of
fruit, aud insure the destruction ol
millions Of worn out, mosscovered, and
proftless trees, which for years have
encumbered thousands of acres of some
of the richest and most productive land
in Great Britain. In that sense the
coming Of the coreless apple would de
untold good to many landowners, cul
tivators, and public consumers com
bined.
A BLossoMLEss TREE.
The tree is described as blossomless
the only teing resembling a blossom
being o small cluster of tiny greer
leaves, which grow around the newl.
formed apple and shelter it. Being
devoid of blossoms it is claimed tha
the fruit offers no effective hiding plac
in which the Goblin moth may lay it
eggs, which it usually does in the opel
eye OF the fruit.
THE GOBLIN MOTH.
Tho dCvastations of the Goblin mott
are so extensive that in the aggregat
they cause losses in Great Britain, tn
Continent and the United States ex
ceeding 95,OOO,OOO a year, In som
English counties have known the ar
pie crop to be reduced over so per cen
by the voracious grub of this pest
am not in strict agreement with th
producer of the new apple when b
claims absolute immunity from th
ravage of the Goblin moth on accour
| OF the lack of blossoms making it q
most impossible for the pest to depos
its eggs in the eye OF the apple. In M
tests I proved conclusively that, til
eggs are sometimes laid on the skin
the apple also.
STATISTICS OF APPLE CULTURE.
Apple culture is more important eve
than orange culture. In the Unite
States there are 200, 600, 900 apple tre
in bearing from which 10000
bushels of fruit are annually harveste
, In ten years these trees will give
yield of 400, 100000 bushels. at Il
present time the apple consumption
, the United States is 80 lbs. per head
the population per year. By bush
, measure the American apple crop
. four times greater than the emit
! wheat yield OF Great Britain and Il
/ land. Billions Of apple trees are gro,
: in the orchards of the world, and M
lions of them are stillbeing plant