The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-09-01


done during the first summers
growth, but on account of the press
of business it is not always practic
able to do this. Then it must be done
the next spring. The canes should
be headed back somewhat during the
growing period.
If friend Brooks needs further in.
struction, l would recommend him to
write j. f. Littooy, of Everett, the
county fruit inspector for Snohomish
county. He has published a small
book on berry culture and is the best
authority on such matters with whom
| am acquainted. If Mr. Brooks can
catch w. H. Paulhamus, of Sumner
Wash, in Prosser on some one of his
various trips over the state he can
give him some valuable pointers, for
he is a thoroughly practical berry
grower. That is the kind of a man to
go to for advice.
Mr.. James A. AYES, or AIDES, OF
Roslyn, Wash. writes the editor of
this department for advice as follows:
81 am in search of a little advice as
regards putting out small orchard
and as you know the locality, I should
be greatly obliged to you for your
opinion. l noticed that you said a
few weeks ago that you did not think
the land q said locality around Wap-
alto good for peaches. Now, my wife
and children have land five miles
southwest from Wapato. There is a
small slough (dry) or depression run
ming north and south through part of
it, from four to six feet lower than
the adjacent land. Would peaches do
we'll on the high land? If not, would it
be safe for apples, pears and cher
ries? About one mile from our local
ity is a place with some three-year-old
peach trees loaded with fruit this
year, but whether we could expect to
escape frost, SO as to make it profit
able to grow peaches, l am in doubt
Can you give the names of some of
the best peaches to plant, also of ap-
pies, pears and cherries, both early
and late, for market purposes? I had
picked out the Arkansas Black as a
winter apple. Do you think the Rome
Beauty better? Or is there any other
better? I am afraid my ground is
not rich enough for the Spitzenberg.
About Wapato is very level cOun-
try and frosts would be bad at bloom
ing time for peaches, unless there is
a current of air moving there at night
like there is at Union Gap few miles
north of Wapato Peaches may be
lot 1oY In1,
current prevails. The depression
in the slough mentioned would not be
enough to do any good. The peach
trees would grow we'll enough and
would bear some years but there
would be so many failures that the
business would be improbable.
I would plant the Alexander for
very early peaches, Hale's Early for
the next Then the Foster, and for
still later the liberia, and for very
late the Salway and Heath cling. If
you wish to grow apples for home
market, that is, anywhere on the Pa
cific coast, | would recommend the
Rome Beauty, Jonathan and Winesap
See in another part of this issue what
say about apples for the east or
Europe. But don't try to raise these
fancy apples on small scale. The
question of varieties of apples was
thoroughly discussed some months
ago under the head of Orchard Pro
blems." Hunt up your old copies OF
The Ranch and read what is there
said, which is much fuller than I can
give now.
The bird question will not down
Let us have all sides of the question
Be sure to give facts and not merely
fancies. I have not a doubt but the
same bird is sometimes a pest in one