The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-10-15

your 0OTllCulluTdl HOlSo, anu SuCh 1u
ditions as you may write, in perma-
nent form. Your writings strike me
as more practical and pointed for this
valley than those of any other horti-
cultural writer known of. Could you
not put them in book form, perhaps
revised and extended? AS they are
published in The Ranch, without in
dex, they are not available for the
future; as one cannot take time to
hunt through big pile of unindexed
papers. Yours very truly, W. M
Scott"
In answer to friend SCOTS questions
would say that l have no doubt but
extra early apples, such as he men
tons, would pay very well. Kiona
and Kennewick certainly are destined
to be noted for early fruits. | would
by no means omit the early apples,
Our early apples pay us very we'll and
further down the valley they will ma
ture earlier and bring still higher
prices. Grapes will do well there and
will pay very well. Grapes about Zil-
lah are now paying very we'll and they
will pay better still along the Column
bia river No danger in overstocking
the market AS to the suggestion to
revise and print in book form my
notes, I would say, that is the very
thing contemplated in Orchard Prob
lens" The book will contain the
cream, if there is any, of all I have
written for The Ranch.
Nothing has been more pleasant
during the continuance of the Lewis
and Clark fair at Portland than meet
ing so many members of "The Ranch
Family" A great many people, both
men and women, have come up and
introduced themselves as readers OF
The Ranch. The talks that we have
had are amongst the most pleasant
features of the fair. | was not aware
that The Ranch had such hold in the
hearts of it's readers. We shall GER
tainly try harder tnan ever to do
good work for our great company OF
readers. The praise has by no means
been all bestowed on the horticultural
editor. The men and women who so
ably preside over the other depart
ments have come in for much praise
and they deserve it. 1t does us all
good to know that we are appreciated.
Fulsome flalCery is distasteful to a
sensible person, but candid apprecia-
ton does good to the soul.
Owing to the fact that l have been
busy at the Lewis and Clark fair at
Portland, l have been somewhat re-
miss in reporting on the condition OF
the fruit market. 1t is too late now
to say anything of profit on any lea
ture of this market, except that per-
tanning to the apple market. There
is no question but there is great
shortness in the apple crop in the
United States. I have met and talked
with many persons from the apple
growing sections of this country and
thew all tell the same story. OF course,
that means that prices will be high.
In many parts of the Pacific west
there are no apples at all. In some
of our valleys, such as Wenatchee and
Yakima, there is a good crop in por-
lions and in other parts there is none.
Even Ben Davis will bring dollar a
box or more. Even culls will sell
we'll if they are allowed to be sold and
they ought to be where there is no
danger of spreading insect pests.
Where the codling moth already is
prevalent there can be no harm done
in selling culls. This matter will be
discussed further in the next issue.
My old friend, w. w. Clark, former
ly of Seattle, but now of Billings,
Mont writes me about the advisable
ity of planting a large orchard in
Brown county, Indiana. The land, ne
says, is very billy and the soil poor,
being yellow clay. He asks about SOW
ing the land to clover and blowing it
under after a year or two. II clover