Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-02-25


Six or seven years ago | tried. to
get the farmers Of these counties in
terCsted in the Missing Link apple,
on account of its long-keeping qali-
ties, as it would keep II months IN
an ordinary cellar, and was both q
good eating and cooking app'e.. But
very few became interested, and
those on very small scale. But
they said "Hou try it. You expert
nent and we will see how it comes
out' Well gentlemen | have eX-
perimented with it and find it all
right. The quality is good and the
keeping qualities cannot be surpass-
ed by any apple known. They bear
every year and hang. on the trees.
My trees commenced to bear the
next year after planting, and have
borne every year since. | have had
fresh apples in my cellar every day
for the past six years, and some
times two crops at a time. The
fourth year from planting | raised
four bushels and sold them for three.
dollars per bushel. That year we
had a heavy wind storm on Septem-
Der 30 and October 15t, which blew
all my apples to.the ground except
the Missing Link and Ben Davis.
The leaves were blown off the Miss
ing Link trees but not an apple was
found on the ground after the storm.
That year apples We're drug in
Wilkes Barre and Scranton market,
in the fall. in many cases not pay
ing the expenses. | shipped eleven
barrels to a Wholesale house in
Wilkes Barre and after two months
received a check for two dollars and
titty-siX cents not as much money
as one bushel of the Missing
Link brought. The next spring APP
piles brought from one dollar to one
dollar and fifty cents per bushel in
the same markets. 1t is the apple
that keeps through the winter that
brings the price.
In 1907 had twenty-five bushels
of Missing Links. sold them f.
o. l.. here at one dollar q bushel all
but the culis. These l kept and
when any person called at ny house
/ gave him "A Gull Missing Link
of 1907 crop, with The request
that they sample it now, and
every person who sampled them
said they We're good. The last
one | had | gave to two gentlemen
on september 18th. 1908, with the
same request, ahey said, they
were all right and Il good apple
My other varieties of apples sold
thai year on December lst. at fifty
cents per hushel at the cellar. My
crop of Missing Link apples for 1905
was Is bushels The dry weather
caused all apples to fail from the
trees two weeks before the time to
pick them. My apples were all of
the trees before Oct. LIST. The Miss
Jug Links hung to the trees and
were picked Oct. 18th. The apple
buycrs We're offering from Fifteen
cents to thirty cents per bushel for
apples sixty ceuts per onc-hundred
pounds, delivered to the car, which
is about tWenty-scvcn cent per bush-
el for hand picked apples. My Miss
ing Link apples | put in my cellar,
and am hoidiug them for the May
and June market Of 1909. The year
before planted the Missing Link |
planted other iongkeeping varieties
that are not bearing yet. The Miss.
ing Link apple trees have produced
apples enough to pay for the trees
before the other trees have com
menced to bear. The Ben Davis,
the Gano, the Stark, the Rowels,
Janett are all bookkeeping apples,
that will keep until Spring. The
Rollers Janett is a good apple and
good bearer. 1t keeps until June
but is very small which is against it.
There is no doubt that any any of
you farmers who have apples that
will keep until April or May will be
able to get from one dollar to one
dollar and fifty cents per bushel for
them at that time. You farmers
have home market i'll the Lacka-
wanna AMI WVominT valleys with