The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-05-12
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GATED APPLE
PROFESSOR SMITH GIVES HIS
EXPERIENCE AS TO VARIETY
AND CARE FOR ORCHARDS
THAT ARE NOT WATERED.

out irrigation it is necessary to exer-
else Judgment in the selection of soil,
location, varieties, quality of stock,
preparation of land, planting, cult.
yation, pruning, thinning and spray
iEg. However, this is only half he
problem. The gathering, packing and
marketing is the biggest half If the
first half is well done it makes the
second half much easier. Neglect of
any one of the factors will modify
or entirely wipe out any possible pro-
fit"
Professor Cyrus l.. Smith a vet
eran institute lecturer, now agricul
tural expert for the Spokane & In
land Empire Electric railway system.
emphasizes this in the course of an
address on Apple Growing Without
Spokane Y. NJ. c. A. He said among
other things:
Apple production in the northwest
has, for a number of reasons, been
greatest and most remarkable in the
irrigated valleys. The marvellous re-
suits that have been achieved by in
dividuals and associations, have at
| tracted worldwide attention, and be-
cause of this many people believe that
profitable apple production is limited
, to the irrigation districts.
apple growers in irrigated dis
tricts are, as rule, engaged in no
other line of farming. They are gen.
orally organized into associations and
! do their gathering, picking, packing
and marketing more intelligently than
the scattered unorganized growers in
the unirrigated districts, who are car
rying on a diversified system of farm
ing, in which Orcharding is a minor
factor and, far too often. a neglected
one
Yet with these handicaps the pro-
duction of apples along the foothills
in Washington is an important and
profitable industry. 1t is so profitable
that no other line of productive in
dustry can show such high percent
age of profit as a well-planted, we'll
cared-for orchard will pay on the
labor and capital invested.
Another fact that has been learn
ed by experience is that some varieties
that are profitable and satisfactory
in the lower valleys are not adapted
to the higher attitudes. while other
varieties that produce Indifferent re-
suits in the lower valleys grow to
perfection on the higher lands, 1000
to $500 feet above sea level.
This is true of the Kagener. a
variety that is of doubtful value for
planting in the valleys, but seems
specially adapted to the hill lands.
The tree is hardy, thrifty, upright
grower, bears young and yields enor-
mously. The fruit is finely Favored,
crisp and juicy. medium size. bright
red or red and yellow, a good keep
er and a good seller.
Another variety that has demon
strated its adaptation to these hill
lands is the Rome Beauty, a fine fla
yored, long keeping, red striped ap-
pie of we'll recognized commercial
value. The tree is an upright grower.
so thrifty in fact, that it is some
times difficult to keep in shape ana
train until it comes into bearing. IT
bears young, and with proper care it
will produce annual crops, uniform III
size ana color. It's shape. size and
color are all attractive, and make it
good market variety, especially for
late winter.
The Jonathan is another variety
that has shown wonderful adaptation
the soil and climate of the hill lands.
Good Jonathans are grown in other
places, but nowhere else can they
grow Jonathans with the same flavor,
texture and keeping qualities. The
ire is hardy. halthy, but not so strong
grower as Wagner or Rome Beau
~ the branches are slender and in
clined to droop. 1t bears young,
6-year-old apple tree producing six or
eight boxes (bushels) of apples.
'"These trees are the commercial
sorts for hill lands. although nearly
all the leading sorts of the country
such as the Pippins. Greetings, Spitz-
enburg. Baldwin, Beethoven, Spy,
! Pearmain, etc, are to be found in the
older orchards None of these other
varieties has demonstrated its special
adaptation to the soil and climatic
| conditinos as the three mentioned.
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