The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-25
EASTERN BIG RED APPLES
Unsurpassed by Any in the WorldGrowers Seek Coopera
ton and Guarantee Pack-Washington Center of Field

Apple for apple. the Eastern fruit is as
good as. II not better than. that Of the
far-famed. well-advertised West. and the
growers Of the East have determined TO
prove it.
The Chief P0mOIOgist.
Foremost in the forces that are making
for good apple culture throughout the
country is the excellent work that is
being done by the Department of Agri-
culture. The section that has the care
OF apples directly under its eye. or the
Psychological Division, as il is called, is
fortunate in having the services Of the
veteran horticulturist and expert fruit
grower. Col. G. f. Bracket, who is at
the head Of this valuable division.
Col Brackets most valuable services
have been along the line OF helping de-
termine the varieties Of apple that Will
do best in the several sections OF the
country To this end the whole country
has been divided into nineteen sections,
or zones, and the varieties that do best
in each are published. SO that failure by
planting wrong varieties need no longer
lie at the root OF failure, as it has done
for SO long. The apple raiser no longer
depends for a choice upon the pretty
pictures in the nuTserymans catalogue,
but proceeds TO a selection upon the re-
liable information that the pathological
division sends out broadcast
The collection Of wax models OF the diff
ferent varieties OF apples as they are
grown in different parts Of the country is
or great value as a practical and certain
means OF deciding the variety best suited
70 a locality This collection is largely
the handiwork Of Col Bracket The best
specimen Of an apple is procured from all
localities. and a natural size model in
wax is made. and then painted TO show
the color Of the original Ii is thus easy
TO determine by an examination and COM
parisOn Of these specimens what varieties
come TO perfection in any given locality.
The collection is kept up to date so that
all improvements in culture are noted
This matter Of proper selection Is the
foundation Of modern, successful apple
growing. The business man has taken
hold OF the enterprise. and has injected
business methods into the science and
art Of apple growing. and has made il
one Of the most profitable OF industries.
And what science can do 10 improve the
methods is at once taken advantage Of.
and the result OF the intelligent practice
OF approved methods is 10 be seen in the
superior product Of our orchards.
Intensive culture has shown most
marked and easily appreciate results In
the orchard. II is no new idea in hOrti-
culture, and is the application to the work
of the horticulturist OF the same princi-
pies that obtain in all processes of man
ufaeture in the industrial world. 1t is
keeping the cost Of production down or,
rather. getting the largest return from
the investment The business man who
has learned the art Of cost figuring in
the factory and the workshop knows well
how to apply the same methods to the
modern commercial orchard.
Fruit Growers Combine.
The apple growers of six States, most
OF them adjacent TO the city of Wash
ington. met in convention here last week
and out through a scheme of co-opera-
ton 10 unity the efforts of the apple and
peach growers of the East. The work
was one Of consolidation and systemati-
cation of effort and method among the
growers. The association has hitherta'
been known as the Appalachian Fruit
growers Association, but in order to
widen its scope, the name has been
changed TO the Eastern Fruitgrowers'
Association.
Among the men who are active in the
work of the Eastern FruitgTowers' As
ISOLATION is Hon. Alexander Clohan,
president of the Berkeley County Fruit
growers Association, and also one who
has been foremost in enterprises con-
naotp6 with apnTa eyrovyfno for xyaors II,
this district. Mr.. Clohan is justly regard