The true northerner., 1906-03-16

les, tue hibu you uotiNeS "cic toiocu oh' '
the kind you still raise especially in the
orchard; the "all wool, something shat
has juice and flavor, richness, tender
nerness. delicacy. We won't say "is it
rightf' but we do say sis it quite fair to
raise and sell something we don't want
to eat ourselvesY" How many of those
large, beautiful Elbertas do you peach
men eat, for, of course, you wait until
they are ripe before satisfying your
peach hunger? Not any hardly, il you
also grow Cranes, Crawford, Engles,
Fitzgerald, Sinock and so many other
equality folk" Then, you bring in these
nice Elbertas for your wife to can, eh?
Not much, if you please, she will take
Barnard, Gold Drop or Lemon Free
when she wants to put up nice article.
We will not risk being summoned by the
council and tried for heresy by saying
word against that deservedly popular
summer apple, the Duchess of Olden-
burg, yet which one OF us will eat it or
use it for sauce if we have Early Har-
vest. Primate, Strawberry and Sweet
Bough around. Here's a plate of fall
apples, "whow are those Alexander and
Wolf River?" "Fine," you say, "look
splendid "Have oneY" mo, excuse
me; if IT'S all the same to you, I'll try one
of those Jersey Sweets; and say, by
George, just hand me one of them yellow
Pippns, they're my kind" "Your kind"
you say; what reason have we to think
it wouldn't be the poor city mans kind
if he could get it and come to know how
tender, rich and delicious it is. Talking
about pears? One of the old kind is
good enough for US, Bartlett, Aryon.
Clapp, Seckel, etc, Yes, good enough
for anybody, the "other fellow" we ship
to as we'll as ourselves. Then let us
give him these and not something whose
principal qualification is that it is a So
called good shipper; that is. able to en-
dure lots of rough usage; yes, even re-
sist being eaten. The kind of apples
you put in your cellars for wInter-they
are the varieties your city cousins will
enjoy and pay for too. Not the sort
whose recommendation is that they are
good keepers" are those, but the kind
that won't keep" when there are good
healthy eating folks around. And what
a number of old tried aud true quality
folk" we have-Baldwin, Spitzenberg,
Golden Russell, Guines Golden, Hub
bardston, Jonathan, King, Northern
Spy, Greening, Shiawassee, Steele's Red,
Tolman Sweet, Wagner, and others.
Here are havors and Juices to suit the
most varied and fastidIous tastes. If
piles in this paper it is only because of
greater familiarity with that fruit. Those
engaged in other lines of fruit culture in
Michigan can easily duplicate these
names with other things that call up ev-
erything almost that is rich, tender and
delicate in fruits.
1t is especially incumbent upon those
who make fruit raising their business
to grow and sell a first class product,
fine in quality and strictly and honestly
up. First, because this is the evidence,
the mark of a fine workman and an
honorable man. Second, because other
sections of the country will always turn
out the common grades and poorer vare-
ties as their soil, climate or altitude will
not produce the best. Third, because
there will always be enough Gull stuff
from those with whom fruit growing is
only kind of side affair and from those
regular growers who are lazy, slack and
ignorant workmen. Fourth, because
hard to be honest and who seem to de-
rive their greatest satisfaction in getting
something for nothing.
To produce the call wool" is good, but
that is not enough. The yard wide,
after all, it the most important as it
stands even more for character and a
good name In fruit culture, the yard
wide" means strictly No. fruit, smooth,
sound, free from imperfections. Above
all, however, it means disposing of what
we do raise for exactly what it is. There
may be and are differences in skill and
intelligence but there should be no diff
ferences in honesty. The individual
name and that of our state, when applied
to any of its products, depends most up
on honesty, on the square deal". Michi-
gan for quality Michigan for the
"all WOOL" yard wide and warranted
not to rip, ravel or run down at the cor
ners.
L. A. BREGGER,
Bangor, Mich.