The daily sentinel., 1905-05-22
Must Run Gauntlet

of incompetcnts, those actuated by
jealousy and especially those whose
knowledge on any special line
comes in contact with something
new and original which they have
failed to discover themselves.
Possibly no new thing of the past
few years has had greater advertising
and created so much of a furore in
the line of horticulture as the seed
less apple, as propagated by John F.
Spencer of this city. The apple which
so many would try to make appear
as a freak in the horticultural world
has proven commercial apple with
so many things to commend it to the
public that those who have Lcen au-
thorities upon matters horticultural
and who think to profit by making il
appear that the apple is failure or
] is like some other apple which has
been exploited as seedIess apple,
are filled with chagrin and malice
and permit no opportunity to escape
them to assail Mr.. Spencer and the
apple, not confning themselves to
the truth at all, but piling up un-
truths about the apple which only
make it a greater wonder when these
lies have been exposed.
PossiblySthe greatest means of at
tack has been through the strictly
horticultural or alleged horticultural
papers. Even in this state, the rep
resentative horticultural journal. the
Field & Farm of Denver. with every
means at hand to prove to itself that
the apple was all and more than is
claimed for it, inveighed through its
columns against the apple. But, not
withstanding all these attacks, the
fame of the apple continues to spread
and the more lively and vicious the
attacks the more anxious are the peo-
| pie to obtain the trees for their own
planting.
The papers. though, of high stand
ard, both in America and Europe. af-
ter most careful examination. award
ed the praise to the discoverey which
it has merited. Such papers as the
Scientific American and the American
Inventor, papers with n circulation
greater than all those that have at
tackled the great discovery. openly ad-
vocate the discovery as being one of
the horticultural wonders of the age
George Calvert of the American
/ Inventor was one of the skeptical
ones until he met w. G. Scheu of the
home company at the Hoffman house,
New York. A box of the seedless ap-
| pies was sent him and now Secretary
Green holds his autograph letter stat
ing that he and all the editorial force
of the American Inventor are salts
! fed with the claims made for the
seedless apple. A portion of his state
ment is that he finds THE SPEN-
GER SEEDLESS APPLE TO BE A
COMMERCIAL FRUIT OF GREAT
] VALUE IN APPEARANCE. SIZE
AND KEEPING QUALITIES"
He goes farther and in his letter
says I'm THE NEW YORK MAR
KETS AT THIS DATE ONE WILL
FIND BUT FEW APPLES IN A
GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION
ASIDE FROM THE RUSSET VAR
IETIES. BUT THE SPENCER SEED
LESS APPLE | FIND TO BE IN
| PERFECT CONDITION."
Another letter and affidavit comes
| from Joseph II. Steinhardt of the
great export house of Steinhardt &
Kelly. This firm is one of the great
est in New York city, and their afii-
davit in the hands of f, L. Green
should hurl back into the teeth of
the many whippersnappers the charge
that the apple is of no consequence
in the horticultural world
a publication which in its charac-
ter is possibly as small as its size,
| known as the "Ranchman' Remind
er." published at Cheyenne, takes up
| the matter and adds without any in
vestigation whatever and from hear
say reports. it's howl against the ap-
pie. But such accusation and com
ment only more firmly implants in
the minds of the public that there is
a great and new discovery that .must
be of some great value, when papers
of standard ability and aclnowl-
edged take up the matter and de
tense of this great new variety in
the apple kingdom.
For the benefit of the doubters it
can be said that in thf researches of
the Spencer Seedless Apple Company
| in the pomological achives of the ma
tional government, every variety of
alleged seedless apple has been exam
l ined. and Notwithstanding the charE-
es of men who ought to know bet
ter. from the character of the posi-
tions they occupy, these alleged seed
less and coreless apples have no more
relation or similarity to the Spencer
seedless apple than star has to the
moon.
With all the adverse criticism
thousands and thousands of orders
for delivery this fall have been re
ceived by the eleven nurseries of the
company. located in various portions
] of the union. so that the people have