The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-04-07
SeedIess Apple
The Coming Apple Of this
Country
A few pointers about It,

The schonl hays joke has tn ned
into u reality. The core OF the apple
has become i. thing Of the past.
The seedless apple hats come like
the seedless o, ange, and within but
~ few years the world will have
adopted 1t.
Like the seedless orange, the seed
less apple will monopollze the mar
kets of the world, not merely because
it is II novelty, but because in it's pur
chase II saving Of at least one-forth
Is made.
1t has heen.devoloped after years
OF experiment. and preparations are
now being made to place the COM
pletely developed product on the
market.
when the sesdless orange ap-
peared, Mr.. John +. Spenser' of
Grand Junction Colorado, argued
that If it We're possible to secure such
AZ result with oranges, it would also
he possible with apples.
He is AZ close student, and knows
more of the habits and nature OF
fruit trees then most men, even
those engaged in the same business
as himself He hegan experimenting,
silying nothing to anyone.
Several years ago he succeeded i'll
gel ting five trees, that bore seedleS
apples, and from these trees has been
b ilded 1000 trees, which now con
stitutc the Spencer seedless apple
stock of The world
The new tree has a hard, smooth
bark, and is capable of growing in
any climate.
In the development of The seedlpss
tree, IL blossomiess tree has nll
has also l,cen> developed. Thcre il
n stamen and very small quality OF
pollen. ils IN the blossom OF the
ordinary sree. Thus the cold and
ost have not the effect on the de
vclopmcnt Of this appe' as on the
development of the common apple.
And the apple grower who has Tho
seedless apple trees is is not worried
Yer late frosts that now denu,.e Iii.
orchards.
en- OF the striking peculinrities o
the new tree s this lack of blossoms
The only thing that resembles a bios
som comes in the form of severn
small green leaves. this grow around
the little apple nnd shelter it, A sec
tional view of this little green nppl,
shows even as much ~ difference from
the ordinary apple bud. az is shown
In n sectional view of the ripenet
fruit
The lack of blossoms makes it i'm
possible for the codllng ninth to lie
polsit it's eggs, and therefore insure
practically a worthless apple. 1t il
scientific fact that the worms il
apples live off the seeds. and ther,
being no seed, there is nothing t.
sustain the worm. even though i
should he hatched out
The apple very much resembles tn,
Seedless orange, In that the meat i,
solid, and there is Il slightly hartlene,
substance at the navel end. rhi,
has almost disappeared in TIE or
nnge, however. and 1t is much les
noticeable in the apple on the las
generation OF trees, HOW in the com
pany's orchard, than in the frs
apples secured by Mr. Spencer
Everything indicates that it will
grow smaller with successive genera
tions. as the navel end of orange TIN
has grown smaller.
IN color the apples are dark red
with yellow strawberry dots, i
stric'l AZ winter variety, compare
Iavorably with the Wine Sap il
favor, and is a. Letter keeper an,
shipper than the Ben Davis.
Experiments are now under wa,
by Mr.. Spencer. through which h
Eo. YES to develop seedless varieties q
he various leading ipbics ON tn
maLkrt, such as Wine Snps, iona
tinn, Gano and b lie F.e;irr, etc.
The Spencer Seedless Apple Com
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