New-York tribune., 1909-09-18
WORLD'S FRUIT BASKET.
Methods and Profits in Orchards of
the Northeast.

| Writing in Golfers" on THE Worlds Fruit
Basket" Richard Floyd Jones tells OF the growth
and romance of fruit farming in the West Mr.
Jones says that though Marcus Whitman had
driven his gospel wagon into Oregon az the time
Fremont set out 20 blaze the continental trail that
resulted in the conquest OF California in 1916. the
real acquisition OF our Pacific Coast came when the
Luelling brothers, with patriotic heroism, carried
their apple trees into Oregon In 1871, and the Ar
gonauts trailed their picks and pans the con-
tnents rocky spine IN the memorable year Of 40 "
The LuellinGs we're sons OF Welsh Quaker planter
and STAKEHOLDER in the Carolinas. who through
force OF conviction moved his family and negroes
To Indiana, where he liberated slaves and hired
their labor for fixed wages. The sons became in
terested in fruit nurseries and drfted across the
three II states, leaving orchards behind them IN
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, finally reaching Oregon
, and the Willamette Valley. Mr.. Jones continues:
The advocates Of separate Pacific republic. who
Starr king and his lieutenants. were bound To the
EaSteIh states by strong ribbons OF steel IN The
the railroad 70 Portland went through. and soon
opened the market. Before this time Florida was
our orange state. and oranges were luxury. Cali
became common, though not an Inexpensive fruit
Before this time Michigan and Wisconsin we're re-
edrded as good apple states IN the Central West.
and Nova Scotia aud New York apples were placed
on the tables OF the elite The railroads soon put
The world got good taste Of Pacific fruit The
Washington sent special agents West 10 be escorted
by Mr. Smith over these wonderful budding fruit
Apple. and 20 It's dean Germany. France. Russia
Argentine China end japan sent special students
Eastern produce merchants sent buyers West The
Of apples hauled more than three thousand miles
should bring better price than a barrel OF apples
raised al home. The large luxurious costly Grated
cherries from the Dalles OF the Columbia sold when
the basket cherries Of the East went TO waste Inc
peaches and piums and grapes that came out OF
this wonderland induced many a Michigan and
donGiMSnt.s Width away. ana California gave us
orange crops that We're constant and abundant
OF the chances for a poor in Washington
aud oregon Mr.. Jones SAYS:
Success here as everywhere depends upon the
among the fruit fields Is welcomed and assisted the
derSte t yssI hs ane fogrth see se h credit f d pc the
NTH counts him as failure Good unbrokon fruit
land can be purchased. according 60 location from
t e., 20 "a "a haI, re5{t ~ the man ts moor no can
OF six years, 20 return him from S@so 10 S"o
better From the Arst year he can do better than
500 an acre with strawberries and garden TUCK tTneS
10 buy his land, pay for It's clearing and planting
little constant and inteisentiy dreeted w9rk WIZ
schools at DAYTON, Wash. planted his savings in
mst,iTe trees lie was not a horticultuIist. but his
supervision OF this large orchard Was his Teerea-
society woman ndulged herself in sixteen acre
orchard at Eens6Grg she S9on IGEna @ b9dTsd n9FSe
hoxcs OF apples a year which sell for about $1,000
ALLEYS that do even better than this but the aver
viii not run as hiGG a. an SS, %TSn9rd y, Is Is sT
500 to $3.50 acre. and II The earning falls 9eSW
an average OF 500 20 the acre tnere u pFooao'F
something serious the mauer.
The railroads that have brought san Francisco
nearer 10 New York than Boston was to Philade!-
mia century ago have been the cementng agents
Of our national life. says Mr.. Jones. The economic
aud nolticaI issues of Providence aud PittSbure
n
homogeneous people. The scenes along the Villa
mettc in oregon and the shsdowy ST Joe in Idaho
are strIkingly like much Of Wisconsin ana MAssa-
chueetts except that there are the great back
.,,unds ~ lofty pines and snow-capped mountains
tha, tho East does not possess So with the people
T-,oy cannot escape the Impress II their environ
roert Tbev are less cultivated than the East. but
better educated. They have largeness OF eoncep-
ton. boldness Of action, lack 81 provinciaIsm and
a venturesome spirit. The writer ADDS:
r.. p,c,oc fruit growers are beginning 10 work
coiIeetiveiy Legislatures may make u felony 10
ship wormy apple across the stare ,,s nnf%"I t ~,
fs" iGe bnyer Of the worm doesn't 90 back TO that
K1G ey Of can box Se % Rad through the caresssaes Or
arSse1S aogsn United We stand divided We fall is be-
coming a commercial conviction IN the West An |
and %5s ts th that inspired the
fruit growers Of Wenatshee Mlssoula the towns
their frt gr0wsrS mt into unions Inc apples
nF Rem Brown or John Jones. but with the guar
antee OF a great and wealthy valley. M grower |
vas allowed to pack his own apples. The assoCia-
tions did it, aud did it with conscientious care !
''Find a bad apple aud We'll give YOU the ear.
their confident assertion. Eastern traders diSCOV-
cred that there was a VALLEY standard II was no !
longer necessary send buyers West. They could |
order the standard products by wire. Ben Brown |
and John Jones discovered that the surest way 10
sell their fruits at the highest prices To stand
ardze and set the valley stamp their box. But |
the union idea did not stop here. The assoc atons
set educate their members along the line OF |
their occupation. The unions make liberal use of
The telegraph wires, and make a intelligent
of wares than an individual could do 1
They set out to discover new markets They mar |
ried the orchardist to the horticultural schools of
he state agricultural colleges and made of a trad,
scientific profession. They taught caution and con-
seTVRtion. They showed that. though apple trees |
may live a hundred and nifty years, and Though |
their valley lands were richer than the Asatc pro
vince of Shansi that has been faTmed for forty |
the original orchards of the Iuellings
had gone into decay through caTelessness and neg.
ect In the virgin richness OF the bank Of the |
But the fruit growers unions are do
ng most as school of applied ethics. They erase |
ealOusies and suspicion and establish n trust and
OF neighbOrs and spirit OF fraternaI-
sm and patriotism.