The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-15

l0SCOu nursery company, Ol lOpp0u-
ish, Wash. Mr.. Mcdonald, who is the
head man of that company, bought a
lot of Arkansas Black scions from us
one year ago and must have some fine
yearling trees. He is a reliable man
and l have no doubt but can furnish
these trees true to name. l want to
whisper to friend Mcdonald and num-
Der of other nurserymen in Wash
ington that if they will advertise in
The Ranch, we will do all we can to
help them. A good many inquiries
come to this Office about trees. Some
times we can answer them and some
times we cannot. But we would write
the men who advertise with us and
get the information in that way. Yer
bum sat sap!
w. M. Scott, of Kiona, Wash, writes
as follows: I'm making up my order
for a small commercial orchard / ar
ranged to plant all the ground to ap-
pies 80 or "a feet apart, and use
peaches and apricots as filters. Now
comes a nurseryman, who | am salts
fled advises according to his best judg-
ment, and recommends using Wagner
apples as filters, saying they grow
very upright, take but little room, bear
very early and abundantly and grow
rapidly. Inasmuch as l value your
notes and recommendations more
highly than those of any other author
ity l know as particularly applicable
to the Yakima valley, I should like
to have your opinion in this matter"
The Wagner is good apple and If
man is going to use an apple as
filler he could not, perhaps, get bet
ter one. But cannot recommend the
use of filters at all unless it is some
thing like a peach tree that is soon
out of the way. Very few men have
the nerve to cut out apple tree filters
when it should be done. Zone more
crop" will be the excuse and this is
likely to be done again and again.
President Durham, of the Illinois Hor-
ticultural Society, few years ago
offered 500 for the picture of the man
who could be found that cut out his
filters at the right time. The money,
so far as know, has never been called
for. Peach trees are short lived and
in ten or twelve years are generally
past their usefulness and ought to
be removed. Besides peach trees can
be more severely cut back than apple
trees and may be kept out of the way.
A. D. Blowers e Co., commission
merchants of Seattle, have written the
editor of this department under date
of Feb 10, 1905, as follows: Last
fall we shipped sample lots of apples
to Australia, and we now have in
quiries, and think we can place from
five to ten cars provided we can get
the apples at a reasonable price, prop
erly packed, and the varieties that
would stand shipping to that point"
I quote this much of this letter to COM
mend the course pursued by Blowers
& Co. in seeking out markets for our
fruits. This house, as l have before
said, is one of the most reliable houses
| know. They are doing a good turn
for the grower in thus developing
trade and are to be commended. The
apples referred to are not wanted
now-it is too late to ship there this
season, but they are looking to the
future trade.
Inquiry has been made as to whether
the San Jose scale will flourish on
forest trees. Those who have given
this subject careful attention say that
as a rule they will not, but there are