The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-15
BULLOCK BACK
FROM HARRISBURG
Attended Annual Meeting
Of State Orchard
Inspectors.
SAYS GREENING APPLES WILL
MAKE GOOD PIES-WHEN TO
PLANT.


PLANT.
Horticultural Inspector w. H. Bull
lock, whose district embraces Wayne,
Pike and Monroe counties, returned
Saturday night from Harrisburg,
where he attended the annual
roundup" meeting of the twenty
two State inspectors who are en-
ployed by State Zoologist H. T. Sur
face to look after the model and
inspection orchards in Pennsylvania.
We were there" he said, from
the first to the fourth, from We'd
nesday morning at 8 o'clock until
Friday night. The meetings are al
ways held at the capital We were
out at Prof. Surfaces orchards one
day. w. j. Lewis gave us instruc-
tions in box-packing apples.
"The apples on display in Spetti-
gue's window are from w. j. P.
Warwick's orchard near Inglehart. l
did the work there. All the work
was under my supervision during
the past two years.
"All of the twenty-five inspectors
were there. We have over 1900 or
chards now under our supervision
in the State. l myself must have
about forty or fifty orchards all to-
gether to look after.
"Yes, we can do quite consider
able work in Winter We do good
deal of work pruning and making
lime-sulfur wash and giving demon
strations in Winter. We tell about
the pumps and give instructions
about spraying.
eve travel a good deal further in
a year than you'd think. ] was al
ways afraid to buy a mileage book.
Last February | bought one, and
I've used up pretty nearly three
mileage books since then. | want
one of those things to put on the
wagon next year to know how far
| drive. We go a long way. There's
no question about it.
There are not many apples in
the county this year. There's lots
of fruit in some places. Apples
don't seem to be very dear. Prob
ably they won't be very high. There
seems to be kind of slump in the
market. Some are getting good
prices. Those that got nice fruit
and got their customers. They
worked up a trade and are getting
fancy prices. One man has, 1000
bushels of apples. He don't pack
them in barrels. He puts them in
boxes, 7-S of bushel in box. and
gets from 81 to 50 for his Bald
wins, Northern Spys, Kings and a
number of other varieties.
"What is the best eating apple
grown in Wayne county? Most peo-
Pile seem to think the Spy Is the
leading apple for quality. The
Baldwin will stand first on the list
as the commercial apple.
What kind of apples will make
pies like mother used to baker,
"The Greetings will. They're the
best pie apple that's grown. There's
going to be a big apple show at
Pittsburg in January. l rather think
I'll go. That will be State Hortic-
ultural Society meeting. Prof Sur
face is going to have apples from
our model orchards in every county
in the state on exhibition there.
From Wayne county either Baker or
Warwick will send exhibits to Pitts
burgh. That's going to be Won
derful show there.
After the leaves are off it's a
good time to prune fruit trees. Don't
prune peaches until Spring. Spring
is the best time for planting stone
fruits. Plant pome fruits, apples,
pears and ounces in the Fall or in
the Spring.
"Quinces are dying out. It's the
borers that are doing 1t. Borers
work in ounces worse than in any
thing else / know of. Wherever l
find them dying it's caused by the
round-headed apple-tree borer.
les, l recommend people to
plant ounces. They're nice fruit
for home use. About all the quin-
ces in our market are shipped here.
They can't grow them here success
fully. The borers get after them.
They don't watch them enough.
They may be grated on thorn ap-
pies. If they are, the borers won't
bother them.
There are no ounce orchards in
the county. There wouldn't be a
market for them. Not a great many
ounces are used. A few bushels
would fill the market full here. 1t
would be all right to have enough
for yourself and a few to spare, but
/ wouldn't go into it on a large
scale.
There was a good many pears in
the county this year. 1t was a
good year for pears. ! don't know
Ol any pear OICudIuS III w dyho SOun
! ty. Generally they are neglected.
They are subject to blight. Pears,
like any other fruit, want care and
attention too.
81 am almost through in Damas-
Gus township. will finish up this
Fall. Then I'm going right on with
work in the supervision orchards,
commencing at home in Wayne coun-
ty."