The daily sentinel., 1907-10-29

'>h~y aPpiG VI pear Is not
wormy, limb marked or speckei IL.
any way. 1t is highly colored and
highly Favored, of a uniform size
and healthy in every respect and in
all OF these points we have all the
rest Of the world beaten at the very
beginning, because we have the right
soil. the largest supply of water and
sunshine which will put the color
ON the surface of the fruit which can
not be done in any other section
In fact 1t is almost marvellous.
An artist who can paint a beauti-
ful picture can not hire a mar to
do the work. but there are imita-
ton pictures which are turned out
on printpresses by the thousands
cheap chromos. The man who tries
to grow fruit on twenty, thirty and
forty acres will fail in the large ma
tority of cases and the time is COM
ing and rapidly when the orchards
which are the most successful will
consist of not much more than five
acres and the owner will give his
personal attention to the details of
setting out the trees, pruning, thin
ming, spraying, picking, packing and
grading-these are the great essen
ttals and the climate and soil con-
ditions will do the rest
was recently told that 1t is only
the past three years that the pear
growers OF this valley had received
a nice price for their Bartlett pears:
they have all the time had the quail
dty. but they would not sell i'm the
best markets because they were not
properly graded and packed. Mana
ger Moore and his assistants at the
Fruit Growers association agitated
this point several years ago, but in
spite OF many warning circulars and
the printing OF letters from whole
sale houses the pears were rejected
in the eastern markets and sold for
what they would bring. l remember
writing many articles urging the
growers to cater to the demands of
a trade that would make them rich.
The movement of the directors of
the association in securing the ser
vices of w. S. Chandler as an III
spector has worked wonders in the
fruit conditions and led to safe and
sure market for our pear crops. not
only III such years as this, but in all
years. Many eastern fruit buyers
write that there will be no trouble
In selling pears II we can get them
to market In proper shape. Mr..
Chanler is one of the most expert
fruit men in this country and this
has been demonstrated by his work
each succeeding year. Our Bartlett
and Anjou pears will bring a nice
price every year in the future If we
stick to the lessons given by the in
spector.
There are Just as good reasons
why our apple crop can be made to
bring a fancy price every year. We
should not ship out single inferior
a single wormy apple
should be tolerated in any sort of
grade as they are only fit for food
for the pigs and horses. l have
heard hints that there is some dis
with the rigid grading es-
tablisfed this year and suggestions
that 1t would be better not to have
such All inspection. II any back
ward step is taken then the growers
who are willing to ship only the best
must organize. secure the inspection
and fiil the growing demand for our
bright colored. long keeping. and
highly favored apples. We can hot
AFFORD to allow the "low grade"
growers to cheaper the prices.
/ must admit that it is difficult
to live up TO the rules which must
be adopted in order to secure the
best results. The owner of the or
chard must hold spray nozzle him
self and shoot to kill" He must
realize that every part OF every apple
must be literally coated with poison
early in the season, he must realize
that no two apples touch each other.
because where they touch there VIII
be at picking time green spot and
probably a worm or moth sting. A
highly colored apple with single
little speck is like quarter with
hole in it-too good to be thrown
away and the tendency is to shunt
lit OF on the first unsuspecting chaI
that comes along. The apple is placed
| in the middle of the box and the
high toned buyer in the East swears
that he will buy no more Crane
Junction fancy apples when he ha'
found it. and this is the way oui
| market falls away.
n George Smith says that II HI
III ,.o, n .u.cEad annie in the YER