The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-05-08

1000 apple trees. from 3 70 years
old, also laden with young fruit, and
Of enough different varieties 50 that
apple picking viii be going on from
June until frost comes. The apple
trees are set twelve to eighteen feet
apart and thoroughly cultivated, al
though thin enough SO as not to ds-
tnrb the sarfase roots The 500 cherry
trees, upon which the fruit is also
taking shape, are also kept well cal-
tivated
In striking contrast to the rest Of
the orchard, IN appearance, is the sec
ton occupied by Householder'e zoo
pear trees While the rest OF the or
chard IS as clean looking a. q parl6r
floor, the crop OF weeds and briars be-
tween the pear trees looks like
veritahle wilderness. Householder ex-
plains that in Oklahoma It is not safe
to cultivate pear trees, because Of the
danger OF freblight, which cultiva-
ton encourages. That his theory is
correct is demonstrated by the condi.
tion Of his trees, which are strong and
healthy, and are bearing well.
lie also has several hundred plum
trees OF different varieties. and acres
Of strawberries. raspberries, black
berries. currsnts and other small fruit,
in addition to an excellent vineyard.
Mr. Householder places the total value
OF his farm at the present time at
100000. and a jury IN the district
court here recently awarded m $500
per acre for three acres "a j from
his farm by the fightof-way Of a new
railroad
A windmill and a big elevated tank
furnish water supply for the entire
farm, but he has so far never irrigat-
ed tree. finding the natural water
supply fully ample. One thing which
he does believe in, however, is spray
ing, and he makes it a point to spray
all Of his trees twice every year, once
before they leaf IN the spring, IN order
to head of early pests. and again just
before they flower. this time to get
rid OF any coddling moths which might
have survived the first spraying. He
estimates that the first spray gets 80
per cent Of the moths, and the second
one finishes them.
Another one Of the big orchsrdists
who have made fruit growing pay is
]. A. Taylor, Of Wynnewood. He has
on his farm 10000 Elberta peach trees.
most Of which will bear this year for
the first time He is a peach special
ist and has been making especial ef-
forts to increase the quality Of the
peaches grown in the territory. Two
years ago he visited most OF the large
growers in the territory. advising
them in regard to the care and prun-
ing OF their trees, and Offering to take
their crop at 81 per pushel if they
would follow his suggestions so as to
prodIce choice fruit Practically all
Of them took him up and he found
himself with almost the entire peach
crop OF the territory on his hands AS
the quality was good, he found, how
ever, no trouble in disposing of it, and,
II personally visiting the Northern
markets to place his fruit, he sold
most of bis peaches at 40 or 50 cents
advance over what he had paid for
them.
One Of the most notable peach
shipments ever made from Oklahoma
was the car sent two years ago to Lon
don, at the suggestion of ]. b. Thob-
urn, then secretary Of the Oklahoma
board of agriculture. The shipment
was made principally for advertising
purposes. and was very successful in
working up a trade with English com
mission men. In that shipment we're
int 8paed special crates for King Ed
ward and Joseph II choate, then Am
erican ambassador to England
While it is hard to determine ex-
actly how many fru't ..1vs thsie are
in Oklahoma, as the farmers and fruit
growers keep on planting every year,
ana many of them have kept no ac-
curate record Themselves, It is con-