The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-05

!. zones III
II ,he undisputed king of fruits,
r;r;ted States there are three
.os for every man, woman and
: tbc annual crop Will average
,ro bushels for each American
The apple is the only fruit
staple article of food,
.,led or dried, for the Ameri-
M, every day in the year. All
s.,;ts except in the tropics are
Some millions of bushels are
J foreign lands each year. but
York city recently welcomed an
,,tion of $1,000 boxes from far
Australia. Hundreds of thou
q bushels of apples were wasted
: .,,hards of the middle Western
a last fall because OF the car
La and the lack of facilities for
care of the crop,
y, good American wishes 20
~ the perl feciion of neatness he
y; ''sIt is in apple e-pie order. - When
us,;csn hoy grows enthusiastic
i;s sweetheart. his baseball bat
4 = dor be declares the object of
1,.oiion to be "pippin. , The
;.,d type Of the great American
4 whether eaten IN those places
P;t is used three times a day or
,rre. is apple pie. In its varle-
a Tkivered. unkivered or cross
-,du il is always welcome, and
,srle part of it, at least, is whole
LII The Washington correspondent
Il. London Times is a man whom no
rauId expect to grow enthusiastic
auytbiug distinctively American,
Ia fact that when a bubbling
= olrl asked him the question
s,. so hated, Glow do YOU like
'a,a!'' he replied Il like Amcri-
,rule pic so much that ! want to
gsre = This conversation is proof
n, patriotism of the elder states
II the United States Senate in
.due for the Senate restaurant
4 sho brings apple pie and apple
-Iings aud baked apples TO the very
|s,le Of culinary perfcction-dishes
. he gods envy.
E'phtful as the apple is when con
Ia inio a pie, or glorilied into sap
ID : or expressed into cider, II is
= il comes from the tree-iuicy
rcl from lis tough, thin peel INFO
|'nup. ripe seeds. The seeds. too
/ 4 we're poi for them how would
.;cr tell her fortune on All Hal
.rl "Onc love, two | love.
. oyc say and the American
|s,l knows how much better are
b eeds than daisy petals. for are
n rot more often eight seeds, or
NJ eight we both love. nine he .
Z. len he tarrlcs. eleven he courts.
|iEgye he marrics.
|ihin the memory of most Of the
b who read this the orchard was
h a small lot of apple trees, fifty
|hDdrcd, planted somewhere near
farmhouse. on which apples were
b for use by The family, aud maybe
h barrels were sold each year to
;sighboring towns and cities. Often
|5lning Knife was not used and
richard was made up OF unsightlv,
G2pen trees that would disgrace a
En fruit grower Under the trees
Ia thick mat of grass and the
% was innocent of cultivation. If
.fs attacked the trees. or disease
p the fruit: il was accounted a
'tune. Steps for prevention and
ssrc rarely taken.
hs it has all changed. and the com
',l orchard. so rare forty wears
= common sight III MANY of the
"a large tract of we'll groomed
Of uniform size. cultivated ms
illly rs corn or potatoes. and pro-
Y IRON insects and disease as re-
.sy rs tue children Of q good
Hu.
'2.sIortatloD wIdencd the market
|ffeo the market demanded them.
'pples were raised. With expert
zmc knowledge. and the knowl-
gained by one fruit grower be-
\ ne property of 3uot her. Many
: 9nlversIties now maintain schools
Raierowing, where the sons of the
'.acHners spend the winter learn
ioE 10 grow and protect, gather,
'hd ship the apples from the pa.
leies. The Federal Department
tFsulfure and the agricultural bu-
/ o. the several States assist the
llds Of horticultural societies in
anng and disseminating knowledge,
SApeNs are at the beck and call
&e! man who desires TO plant an
apple is the descendant of the
s'aos OF Europe and was brought
esisa with The Caucasian race of
sud' Ike that race. has found q
-.l nome III most of the United
4. sao IN large areas of adjacent !
IL america. There are hundreds
l'sAes- some Of them ripening al
= soon as others finish bloom
" We have June apples, summer
safly tall apples, late fall mp.
S1o winter apples. In the last
s':ss the apples do not complete
..plng process until months after
S'e oeen taken from the tree,
y placing them in cold stor.
H. process may be DELAYED so that
sN,;, apples are lust ripe late the
popularity Of varieties varies
''e "a snd with the section of the
IA, tthere are Virginiaus who
b. ior the fame Of the Abe
ippln' New Workers who will !
mi ne [he death for the Northern
oiegonlans and Washington
4 NJ, VIII maintain against the
II fTss y, Their OWE Spitzenberes are
s5 al. In the Ozark country of
a - ana Arkansas. known as the
~ i, The Big Red Apple" and |
II 'ae greatest fruit growing see
n, america. they grow Ben Davis
4 D %, ,ha market, Tlket, but They pin their
(" lne Winesar ,ud "r. o.