The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-04-01

we are led to infer, the other seediess
that he s Is GSw sDne tree;
have been sold in Colorado. At tn:
fruit growers meeting that I attended
in Western Colorado 1T Is not even men,
would be worth while to plant. me!
but one fruit grower who recommendeC
it. 1t is usually spoken of with wink
growers whom I met that Mr.. Spencer
| did not originate" the apple which
bears his name. All believe that trees
of it were shipped into the Grand River
act state from which they came IS va
riously stated as North Carolina, Viz
ginia, Iowa and Wisconsin. The friends
most unanimous in denying that he had
anything more to do. with the origina-
ton of the variety than that OF notic.
as novelty. One man, who places Inn
plicit confidence in the Spencerian orig,
| in of this variety, said to me: AS well
as. know Mr.. Spencer: and as s.. close osse
one word about how he originated this
variety and what methods he uses."'
I recently examined evidence, wh1ch
satisfies me at least, that this same ap,
pie was grown and propagated many
years ago in the east as a novelty. that
it was discarded there, as worthless
of Mr.. Spencer about II years ago..
do not consider 1t worth while to dis
cuss this point In detail. The editor or
the circular Re- Of the sm9 on
ments are now under way by Mr.. spen-
Ger by which he hopes to develop. seed
less aTat Of as the nesap agpsih
Gano,. Belle Fluer, etc" We shall be
gratified at these results, although we
dsplore the seer secrecy In obtaining Ing them
US eminent plant breeder, DR.. Van
Fleet.
I have a personal reason for writing
the Spencer Seedless Apple company are
now working in Michigan, and cannot
see that any of the extravagant and
abandoned: hope that the ,S9. R. N: y, =;
matter until the company has been
tG 5e t snsen see6 apye
business reminds me of the, wildcat
mining propositions that fill the inside
othter people look upon It more leni-
emily. and some prominent and we'll in
formed fruit. growers honestly believe
thing. This being the case we can only
await DEVELOPMENTS and applaud the eff
forts of the r. N. Y: to make the, com
pany more conservative In their claims.
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Relative to the foregoing article from
Prof. Fletcher, I have this to say: I
know him we'll and have no hesitancy
in saying that he is too wise a man to
be deceived and too good man to de-
ceive others. Hence, so far as he
states facts he can be relied on implic-
lily and that is what he has done in
both these articles One Of the pro-
moters Of the Spencer seedless apple, In
writing me, complains that those who
oppose their venture gather up reports
and do not go to Grand Junction and
get facts from original sources. Very
well, Prof. Fletcher has done that very
thing and in my Judgment has hit this
scheme the hardest blow yet dealt to
| it. Will these promoters be satisfied
with what he has done? I doubt 1t.
am looking UP the question relative to
the claim of Charles Water that he
furnished Mr.. Spencer with his start
| of the seedless apple, and when I have
before me all the facts, I shall publish
them.
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W. S. Miller of Port Crescent Clallam
county, Washington, writes: We are
| bothered most by the green aphis; what
| is the best mixture with which to kill
| them?" In order to know how to fight
the green aphis SUCCESSFULLY friend Mil
Ter must bear in mind the classification
of insects that prey on our fruit and
trees, into two classes. One class are
biters and the other are suckers. The
insects that bite or chew their food can
be killed by putting poison where they
will eat 1t. They all have bills or
PROPOSES that they push down through
the outer coating Of the tree, leaves or
fruit, and suck out the sap. You can
not put the poison into the sap so your
suckers do not get 1t. At first our
entomologists were bothered to know