The Dolores star., 1905-02-17

indicate that the new apple will evente
uaIly monopolize the markets q tbs
world, for reasons which the appeuded
data clearly point out.
by way Of illustration, it may b
said that the seedless and coreless ap-
pie follows closely the analogue pre-
sented by the seedless orange, and =
in fact a prototype Of the latter. When
the seedless orange was INTRODUCED -
the public, 1t was regarded in the light
OF horticultural wonder, for II there
were no seeds, by what uncanny
method was their kind propegsted.
Shrouded in a mystery such as this,
1t required some little time for the
matter-offact virtues to impress them
selves and the real merits Of the frpit
TO become known; but once eaten, its
subtitle qualities were forgotten, ahd
It's advantages were quickly appre-
ciated, and from that day to this the
old.fashioncd variety, with its multi
plicitv Of seeds, has suffered severely,
having baen almost drlyen from the
market, and left all but out Of the race.
Now Jet US ascertain the real difference
between the two varieties Of the
oranges, as the comparison will serve .
useful purpose when the old and new
species Of apples are being similarly
considered. The reason seedless
oranges are universally preferred TO
those that contain ovules is not be-
cause any saving is effected, but simply
that the seeds are in the way. The
ordinary apple presents a wholly diff
ferent aspect, for the seeds are enclosed
in hard pockets that represent at least
onc-fourth Of the apple, and which
cannot be utilized in any way
as an article of food, whereas in
the seedless variety these disagreeab1e
features are entirely eliminated. Still,
what is more to the point of economy,
apples without seeds are also wormless,
for it is well known to growers that
worms in apples obtain their sustenance
not from the meat, but from the seeds;
hence it is evident that If u worm was
hatched in 2 seedless apple, it could
not live.
The beginning of the seedless apple
dates back only few years, and there
fore its history is necessarily brief. All
the credit for the propagation of the
apple thus far belongs to Mr.. John F.
Spencer, of Grand Junction, Colo,
who, struck with the success of the
seedless orange, belied that similar re-
suits could be obtained with apples.
After several years. experimental re-
search he succeeded in producing five
trees that bore seedless, coreless, and
wormless apples, and from this little
group there has budded two thousand
more trees, which at present constitute
the entire seedless apple stock Of the
world; and from these twp thousand
trees all the rest of the world must be
supplied. 1t is estimated that these
will have produced about three hupdred
and seventy-five thousand nursery
trees by the fall of 1905, and that the
following year at least two million five
hundred thousand trees will furnish
the supply.
The only thing that resembles blos-
som comes in the form of several small
green leaves that grow around the
little apple to shelter it. 1t is this lack
of blossom that makes it almost i'm
possible for the codling moth to de-
posit its eggs, and this practically in
sures wormless apple. As it is the
blossom of the common apple tree that
is attacted by cold and frost, the seed
less apple tree is immune, and the late
frosts that play havoc with the apple
growers purse by denuding his orchard
may now BECOME q thing of the past,
and at the same time prevent worry
and increase profits.
The seedless apple tree has hard,
smooth bark, and may be grown in
any climate. v
The apples, which are Of beautiful
dark-red color with yellow strawberry
dots, are Of a goodly size and have q
flavor similar to the Wine Sap.-A. F.
Collins, in Scientific American.