The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15


haps raise potatoes year or two and
then reset to trees. IL the ground is
suitably located l will follow my apple
orchard with a peach orchard or the
reverse. An old apple tree gets too
high and too scrubby to be profitable
High trees are hard to prune, hard TO
spray and it is hard to gather their
fruit. Better by far dig them out and
after a time plant new trees than to
fool away your time on the old trees.
There is extensive inquiry about the
coming apple crop. l had a peculiar
experience a few days ago. man by
the name of Appel of the firm OF Appel
C Ujffy, of New Orleans, called on me
and we had half hours talk on the
question of apples the coming fall.
Mr.. Appel thinks he would like to buy
several carloads of northwestern ap'
pies for their trade in the southern
city. Prof. Fl. e. Van Deman says
that he knows the firm and commends
them as good and reliable men. Mr..
Appel had not been gone ten minutes
till Mr.. p. Duffy OF Sidney, Australia
called on me for the very same pur
pose. Mr.. Duffy informed me that
there are seven brothers of them in
the firm OF Duffy & Co., and that they
handle vast quantities of fruit. He
says that they nave been getting their
American apples from California, but
having found out that they can get
very much better apples in Oregon and
Washington he wants to SHIFT their
base OF operations to Seattle, Victoria
or some other northwestern city and
buy about $4,000 boxes of apples each
year. The first day he called he said
that their venture into our section OF
country would depend on what kind OF
transportation rates they could make
from one of our cities. The next day
Mr.. Duffy called and introduced to me
a Mr.. Crawford, agent of the Canadian
Pacific Steamship Company. They
both informed me that the traffic ar
rangement had been cOnsummated.
Mr. Duffy said he would return to Cal
itornia and Immediately arrange tor
shipping apples from our country to
Sidney the coming fall.
The next day Mr.. W. N. White, Oh
the firm of w. N. White & Co., OF
New York, called on me and we had a
talk on the same question. l learn
that Mr.. White formerly operated in
London and is very wealthy man.
he made some Offers lot apples inc
coming fall that indicate that the
prices will rule much higher than last
year. Then a man from Philadelphia
called and made inquiry about apples.
A man whose name l have lost calle1
and informed me that he was from
Los Angeles, California, and wanted to
buy apples. All these things indicate
that our apples will sell we'll this
coming fall. They further indicate
that the people OF the whole world
are finding out that the place to get
the best apples in the world is in the
Pacific northwest. All this is very en-
couraging, for if we raise high grade
apples we will never lack for mar
ket. The people who continue to-
plant the Ben Davis in the Mississippi
valley may strike snag, but to us
who raise our high grade SpitZen
burgs, Yellow Newtons, JOnathans,
Winesaps, Rome Beauties and Arkan
sas Blacks there will never come a
lack Of a good market.
Such fairs as the one now being
held in Portland are worth millions
to the people OF our country. The Pa.
citic northwest is especially being
benefited by the Lewis and Clark fair.
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