The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-12-08
Eastern Man Pays Tribute to
Apples of North West.
Greatest Product in
World.

AS pomologist. Professor Van De-
man Is known all over the country
and HIS judgment rs to the size, coli
or and shape Of the apple is accept
ed as decisive as are the laws OF the
land He has been a student OF the
le orchard since he was a young
and he now is lowering around
e-score years.
The possibility for the widening
he apple commercial field is a
I deal more than the possible
OF increasing the production,
own judgment Is that the price
apple will have TO come down
rch aser, and TO accomplish
Va man will have to
pc In some man
roduc-
there
be APP
don't
e APP
annotl
the
sumo
I, be-
n the
pro-
Ioday
Ids II
- trade
bees his
loo miles
Isposes Of
.e. ! remember in deliv-
. an address before the New
Fork apple growers. told them \
= that II they packed their apples \
\ more honestly In their barrels they
Mould stand better In the market.
ANof course. | hold that the apple
tket. and | mean by the apple
fR1ket the choice apple, not the =
ed and the spoiled apples which :
shoald either 30 to the cider mill
or 10 the stock for feeding, in the .
East as well as on the Coast will :.
never produce enough to supply the :
growing population OF this country :,
and the world There are vast ex- :,
panses on the earth where the apple
cannot grow and where the fruit is y
regarded as a choice delicacy Ii is
from these people that the demand
must come from the limited apple
land OF the north II
History OF the apple shows that /
only IA or % per cent of the or e,
chsrds is OF salable kind and the bal n
ance Is only tit for stock feeding or n
oder Did you ever think that the Il
area Of wheat has been increasing p
for thousand years and yet wheat
is not over-production? SO IL is with
corn, Iowa produced 500. 000. 600 =
bushels last year No one talks of y
over-production of corn,
And there is poultry Eggs are
80 cents dozen. There are more
hens In the country than ever u
There are more eggs too. Does any ~
one talk OF oyer-production In eggs
and chiokensg Not at ALL Good
apples viii always find good mar
ket and good price. Oregon and
Washington are a small part OF m
\,he world, and even by throwing in Ii
dorado. Idaho and a few other 81
kdntain states. you have got yer, Z
limited area, do net care how 10
many apple trees you plant out here
you will always find market of
value fer your product IL you ship
the good ones and keep the culls at
home. 'e
! ''0ut here you win always have -
the record fer producing the best !"
apples and the reason is very SIM
pie, You have perfect apple eli
mate, plenty Of sunshine aud not
TOO much rain. Then, your sol is
of the right substance. containing XII
sufficient volcanic ash, which seems
to be particularly adapted to the
feeding of the plant. No one can
raise apples for the market without
inning HIS blossoms, spraying his
Is and cultivating his ground.
Nipple market today is one COM -,
pg a superior product. You br
virgin soil where the insect
nd tree fungus are unknown fu
ur new fields, and it is only ha
pur orchards become old that ra
est makes its appearance. ST.
an additional advantage. Ia
les IN the East cannot COM n,
fifth your product in color,