The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-04-06
NOW coRsLEss APPLE


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essdiess Frnit Has heen Produced.
The coreless apple has been pro-
duced and 1t is full OF possibilities.
The new fruit Is regarded as 1.-The
worlds greatest discovery In horticul-
ture," says writer In the Nineteenth
Century and After. and In fruit-grow-
Ing circles IL called ''the wonder OF the
!age.s
Its flavor is beyond question. II Il
Iproves as large as Its rivals trees pro
ducing the new wonder. which Is u
winter variety. viii be planted by the
million In the commercial fruit fields
at home and abroad There is little
likelihood Of Its impeding the protita-
BILE sale Of ordinary apples OF high
grade.
The new apple. which is both core
less and seedless. was introduced by
an old fruit raiser. For twelve years
he experimental to obtain the fruit
The tree Is described as blossom
less, the only thing resembling bios
som being a small cluster OF tiny
green leaves which grow around the
newly formed apple and shelter 1t. Be
Ing devoid OF blossoms. 1t is claimed
that the fruit offers no effective hiding
place in which the Goblin moth may
lay its eggs, which II usually does In
the open eye OF the fruit. Moreover.
there is nothing to fear from frosts
The color OF the new apple is red.
dotted with yellow on the skin. As
with the seedless orange. so with the
seedless apple. slightly hardened
substance makes Its appearance at the
navel end. But this can be obliterated
by culture. The originator OF the core
less apple states that the further 1--WE
get from the original five trees the
larger and better the fruits become In
every way"
Apple culture Is more important
even than orange culture. In the Uni
ted States there are 100000. 600 apple !
trees In bearing. from which 10000 |
600 bushels OF fruit are annually har-
vested In ten years these three will |
give yield OF 400.0OO.0O0 bushels.
At the present time the apple con
sumption OF the United States Is eighty |
poundsa head OF the population year.
By bushel measure the American up
pie crop Is four times greater than the
entire wheat yield Of Great Britain
and Ireland
Billions Of apple trees are grown In
the orchards OF the world. and millions
OF them are still being planted each
year. The apple imports OF Great
Britain alone range between 100000
and 100000 hundredweight. In ad-
dition, the writer estimates the census
of our apple trees at 20.0OoOO0.
There are now 1900 OF these core
less apple trees available tor propasa-
ton to supply the orchards OF the
world. II Is estimated that by 1906
2. 10000 OF these trees Will be put up
on the market.
The Spencer apple Is not the first
seedless apple that has been grown.
During the last sixty years about half
a dozen such claimants have made
their appearance. But In no Instance
was 1t found possible To reproduce
trees from them which would bear I
seedless apples III
Though no blossom Is at any time
Tisible on the Spencer seedlcss apple =
rees, when budded or grafted they In. G
sure trees that viii produce coreless {
apples. They are great bearers. and
:rop freely In any country where the .
ordinary apple tree win fruit.
In 1926 Able d Dupuy. professor
II natural history Mt Auch. drew atten- y
ion TO the Bon Chretien d'Auch pear.
which produced fruit without seeds. d
hough when removed to another 10 Il
ality the seeds reappeared In the fruit &
n the usual way. This fact up to a
hat period had led the fruit-tree dis q
ributers to treat the pear In one local Of
~ as the Bon Chretin dAuch and In Il
mother district Is the Winter Bon
'hretin. But the Spencer apple rc- %,
nains seedless In any soil. c,
The coreless apple will produce ms
reat sensation when brought before
he public as the seediess orange did a lis
ew years ago. The orange IL n lux CT
ry; the aromatic apple has become m OF
bsolute necessity. 81