The daily sentinel., 1910-07-22
EUROPE OFFERS GREAT
FIELD To ORCHARD|STS
American Apples Are in Demand Abroad
and Western Fruit Is In Favor.

present sizable British acquisitions
for American apples can not be said
to have jest grOwed up" They are
the tangible results Of judicious ad-
vertising, of tempting appeals 10 the
eye, of persistent eXertions to arouse
and titillate gourmetic instincts
1t has been reported from Wash
ington that in the last fiscal year we
exported over 100000 worth of
fresh and dried apples, Europe being
by far our best customer for these
articles, Just as il is for nearly all our
foodstuffs and raw and manufactured
products. Now, $1,000. 600 is quite
a neat sum of money to receive for
fresh and dried apples. II is certain
ly not to be despised. Yet when one
considers the assured and spacious
opportunities we have for marketing
apples in the old world, 100000
seems a rather paltry amount of mon
ey. Our exports Of this palatable
horticultural staple, fresh and dried
should he not less than S25. 100000.
Preposterous, did you say? Not a bit
This estimate is based on the demon
strable facts and figures of potential
supply aud demand And ours is the
duty and the chance to hasten its
| AlAAA'l ltllAAfiAlAAls
There We're many a self-stylyed eN-
| pert, fifteen years ago, who stoutly
| asserted that our exports of manu-
factures could never attain note
| worthy figures. The United States,
we We're gravely assured, would al
ways be more conspicuous as an ex-
porter of raw than of manufactured
| products. Well, what are the known
| facts today? According to the official
| figures of our foreign trade for the
| eleven months ending May 81, 1910,
the value of exports of raw products
aggregated S532, 100000, while that
of our exports of manufactured art
icles, both partly and wholly finish
ed, was S699, 100000.
Fruit and Civilization.
As civilization spreads. the demand
for fruit, and especially for apples,
should and will steadily augment.
Fruit appeals most to the person of
cultured taste and feelings, the gem
tleman and the gentlewoman. 1t is
| sighted, If not scorned, by the bar
barian, who has gross appetites and
untutored instincts. The nation cher
ishing the apple, the peach, and the
grape, may rightfully be held to have
risen to high degree OF civilization.
Another thing g-fruit-eating is pro-
| ductive of good moral results II
makes for health and temperance and
| civic order. Men and women fond of
| Colorado apples are never enslaved
| by rum, or absinthe, or morphine
They develop and preserve a whole
some taste in eating and drinking
] Temperance lecturers and mission
aries may seriously be advised to test
/ the moraliZing potency of the succu-
| lent Colorado apple in the propa ga
! ton of their tenets and their creeds.
/ The apple has an established reputa-
/ tion and an interesting past Just
I think of the tremendous eye-opening
effect, which, according to Genesis.
! the eating of n lenociniant apple had
| upon our first parents That apple
caused the fan and also the reIemp-
| tion of humanity
/ The apple will ever be the most
popular fruit among civilized nations,
/ especially in the temperate zone. 1t
/ is delicacy for rich and poor alike.
| The demand for it is practically un-
| limited. To fear the possibility of
/ OVerproduction is ridiculous
The Princely Apple Grower.
| The position and future of the
] NFpit-Ni ONeI uldN. lHeIelDIS, be re-
garded as one of splendid promise.
| He is easily prince among opulent
/ horticulturists, whom the evils of
| economic and political vicis5itudcs
can but little injure
Well may the favored people of the
/ valley of the Grand and Arkansas
rivers rejoice and be in festive mood,
as they look upon the barvests of
aroma ntip fruit sb Inn m erin - au,nua and
through the foliage of the trees. They
] are assured of comfort and of wealth.
| They have builded and labored well
and not in vain. They have the sin
| cere congratulations of their fellow
citizens. Francis A. House in Denver
| News.