New-York tribune., 1905-02-19
THE CORELESS APPLE.
Great Things Are Predicted for the
NezC Discovery.

THE coreless apple has at last been produced"
SAYS Sampson Morgan in THE Ninetecuth Gen.
tury' 1T is regared the worlds greatest dis
covery in horticulture and in fruit growing cir
cles is called the wonder Of the age II the fruit
is Of high quality Of good salabIe size and color
and~a late keeper. then it will revolutionize the
CO sSkhercaI apple growing industries everywhere
yf~it Is not a full-szed apple, then, DESPITE the
fact that il possesses one-fou-th more solid flesh
than the seedy appie OF equal proportions. It car
Tot be expected 10 supersede such mammoth
though seedy varieties as the Blenhein Orange
Golden Noble. Bismarck or Peassoods Nonsuca
The flavor OF the coreless apple is beyond que5-
ton If it proves large its rivals. trees pro-
ducng the new wonder. which IS a wintry variety,
will be planted by the million in the commercial
fruit fields at home and abroad Even If the seed
less apple justified all that has been said by its
best friends in its praise, there IS little Likelihood
of its impeding the profitable sale Of ordinary
pies Of high grade It's Introduction would. how
ever ruin the sale OF common out-of-date varieties
CT fruit and insure the destruction OF millions OF
worn out moss covered. ard prohtless trees. which
for years have encumbered thousands of acres OF
some OF the richest and most productive land in
the world. In that sense the coming OF the core
less apple would 20 untold good TO many land
owners. cultivators. and public consumers COM
bined.
why should We not possess a coreless and seed
less apple since the seedless orange Is unquestion
ably the largest most expensive, and best fruit or
it's class ootainabe? The new apple. which is both
coreess and seedless. was introduced by an old
fruit raiser. Fer twelve years he experimental 10
obtain the fruit AS the result OF seeking to Sc
the seodless apple, blossomess tree has been
developed 1t bears a staInen and very small
quantity OF pollen. The Importance OF such devel-
Opments is apparent The cold spells 90 not AFFECT
tne 1fnIt ana the apple gtO"Sr mas rT srs ~ ia -
much harm on the fruit farm
The tree is described as blossonless. the only
thing resembling blossom beng a small cluster
of tiny green leaves which grow around the newly
blossoms. It is claimed that the fruit offers no
eneetye I've heing place IN T'G9 S tle S0 Soes ,n S SS
open eye Of the fruit. The deyqstations Of the
they cause losses in Great Britain Continent.
ana year ln the In ORIa9 some English Countries have
known the apple crop 10 De reGuSed by over %
not in strict agreement with the producer Of tbs
Eew apple when he claims aosSSiute lInmn9lty q "
the lack of blossoms making it almost tmpossi6ls
apPe & are III n1Satie nS tine ai5 on the skim Of the sppIs
cdes. by spraying the grub could readily, pc de-
pie trees h have been grown 70 c6diln moth has
made it's appearance. II is said that so long as
there is no possibility OF The moth at
way Of perfume or flower to attract it..
The color of the new apple is red. dotted with
Substance makes its appearance at the navel END.
But this can be ohlterated by culture. The origi-
nator CT the coreless apple states that the further
and better the fruits become IN every way
Whether the Spencer SeedleSS apple IS actually
of tests IL has been found absolutely impossible
seeds sSF nf In thttht is Of their own accord Sun
with their branches interlOCked with one another.
a small percentage of the cOreleSS trees have
times produced two or three Seeds though they are
just apt to be found near the skin OF the frutt
in the centre OF it, a seed has been found with
One-eighth of inch OF the rnd. right away
from the or the core lines These fOrtuitOuS
seeds their origin 10 the transferrence OF the
pollen from the SOssoms OF the Seedy apple trees
10 the stigma Of the cOreless apple tree. Whether
carried BY wind or bees when the pollen Is depos-
tied In this way there Is the possibility that few
seeds may here and there result but IL cannot be
said that necessarily the seed seeds Will be about
the tube or near II.
The appearance OF one single variety OF seed
less apple cannot seriously affect the skilled
mercial apple growers OF the world. II the intro
ducer OF the new fruit can develop seedless varie
ties OF the various leading apples IN counerce-
and he claims that he can do sO-then the coming
OF the cOrelesS apple may in due course diSor-
ssnlze the industry. But We have not got TO that
than orange culture. In the United States thers
are 20oS00o0 apple trees in bearing, from which
$50 OOOC0 bushels OF fruit annually harvested.
In ten years these trees will give yield OF 4o.-
100000 bushels AT the present time the apple
sumption of the United States is 81 pounds per head
of the population per year. BY hushel measure
the entire wheat yield os Great Britain and ireland
Billions OF apple trees are grown in the orchards
Of the world. and millions OF them are still being
Britain alone range between 4500.eoJ hundred
weight and 100000 hun0redweight. In addition. I
estimate the census Of our apple tresS at a.os0No
available for propagation. TO supply the orchardS
OF the world. IL Is estimated that by 1906 2ooooo
OF these trees viii be put upon the market .fos
domestic use eoreless apple will commend itsele
10 every housewife In the country. For eyaporAt-
ing purposes 1t would prove Invaluable"