The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-09-05

Impossible to Duplicate We
natchee Fruit Growing
in the East.

IF the growers of New York were
compelled to sort down their fruit to
the standards which prevail in
Washington, not over one-fifth of
their apples would even go to mar
ket'
This is the statement of H. B.
Ellison, rancher located near Moni-
tor, who returned Friday from
visit to his old home in the central
part of western New York
Infection is SO firmly established
in the soil and on the trees, there
is no hope of graduating it by any
method yet discovered.
There are large variety of
worms, many of which are unknown
| in the Wenatchee country. Rain
| fosters insect life and also washes
off the spray so that it is impossible
to protect the trees and the fruit
| from the depredations of vermin.
Even the soil has become inoculated
with disease.
On the other hand when droughts
occur, as they sometimes do, the re-
suit is a short crop and understood
apples. Mr.. Ellison says that when
he told his friends and relatives it
is customary for Washington grown
apple trees to begin bearing in the
fourth or fifth year he was looked
upon with amazement and incredul-
ity. Apple trees are never known
in western New York to begin bear
ing before the sixth or seventh year.
While in New York Mr.. Ellison
visited nearly every orchard section
of the western portion of the state,
which is the leading apple district of
the east, and went through the best
orchards. None of them looked like
the common sights to be seen in the
Wenatchee valley. Pruning is con-
spicuous by it's absence and the
trees present ragged appearance in
strong contrast with the healthy
symmetrical rows of trees to be seen
throughout this section. The result
is that the price of apples ruling In
western New York is about $3.50
per barrel. After deducting cost of
rs cents per barrel it is apparent
that the New York growers get less
than 81 per box for their fruit.
Mr.. Ellison's father has an Or
chard of ten acres and the Wenat-
chez man tried to advise his bro
theirs how to improve the property,
but he gave it up as bad job. 1t
is simply impossible to make a du-
plicate of a Wenatchee orchard in
New York. There are no commercial
varieties there now and 500 an acre
will pay for the best orchard insthat
state.
Mr.. Ellison took note of some OF
the signs tackled up in front Of real
estate Offices in one of the orchard
communities Of New York: Sixty
two acres, one mile from station
good orchard and all under cultiva-
tion-$65 per acre" Another read:
"Fifty-seven acres for $780," A con-
siderable portion of the land in New
York has not been disturbed for six
years. The soil is exhausted and
many farms are being deserted. 1t
is safe to say that the bulk of the
state is receding. 1t is little won
der, therefore, that when Mr.. Ellison
told his old friends and neighbors
that much of the orchard land In his
adopted country of Washington Is
producing. $1,000 per acre every
year, they looked upon him as either
on the verge Of insanity or down.
right deceiver. Nevertheless, many
of them were so aroused by the tales
of prosperity which they heard that
they are preparing to come to We
natchee and see for themselves what |
ore the possibilities in the new coun-
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