Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-10-12
More About AopIes.

The Register man visited Jacob S. Os-
bourn's large orchards southwest Of town
on Monday, where dozen men are busy
picking and packing apples. Mr.. Os-
bourn expects his orchards to yield nearly
1900 barrels, and from the way the trees
are loaded he is not far out of the way
The trees are simply breaking down with
the load OF beautiful fruit that they carry
Winesaps, Ben Davis, Yorks, Ganos and
Black Twigs-and if is worth a trip to see
the wonderful sight. The trees in his
main orchard are eleven years old, and
the abundant crop that they yield shows
the excellent condition in which they have
been kept. In the orchard is an older
tree from which were picked this year
IS bushels of No. apples, and there are
probably 80 bushels of lower grade ap-
Piles piled on the ground or yet on the
tree. The firm represented by Mr.. Baird
bought Mr.. Osbourn's apples.
William Muzzey is looking after the
planting of fifty acres more of apples on
"Rockland," his fathers farm, adjoining
the orchard of Mr.. Osbourn. This, with
the fifty acres set out last fall, will make
a hundred-acre orchard, one OF the large ST
Charles D. Wysong began picking the
apples in his orchards east Of town on
Monday. He will have in the neighbour
hood of 1900 barrels, and'the fruit is very
fine. Mr.. Wysong expects to market his
own apples.
Charles ]. Miller is putting out large
number of fruit trees on his farm west of
town, in pursuance of his intention to
ultimately turn the place into first-claSS
fruit farm. He will set out this fall 400
apple trees, in addition to the floltrishing
young orchard already growing, his Selec-
ton being the Jonathan, Stayman'S Wine
sap, Black Twig and Rome Beauty. Be-
sides these, he will plant 300 peach trees,
the varieties including standard fruit from
the early summer sort to the latest Octo-
Der peaches. He will also put in 100
dwarf pear trees of half dozen different
varieties. Mr.. Miller will have the holes
for the trees dug with dynamite. Apiece
of dynamite two inches long, exploded
about foot under the surface, makes an
ideal hole for tree planting.
The Balston Storage and Refrigerator
Company, OF BallSton Springs, n. y,
which, through the Sprint Produce Com
pany, contracted tor the apples in the
orchard OF Mr.. James L. Robinson, near
Winchester, early in the season for So a
barrel, has declined to take the fruit at
the price for which If contracted, and the
contract has been nullified by mutual con-
sent. The Ballston company deposited
collateral amounting to $500 when the
contract was made. They were to pay
Mr.. Robinson $3.50 barrel for the fruit,
and the Sprint company was to get 10
cents a barrel for packing the fruit. The
BalSton company has forfeited the s. 500
deposit rather than take the apples at the
price agreed upon earlier in the season.
Winchester Star.
1t is not impossible that this also may
be bluff. II would not be bad spec
ulation to forfeit s., 500 if a panic should
be started that would enable the buyer
to save $4,000 by getting reduction Of
25 or so cents barrel.
S. L. Lupton, one of the big apple
growers OF the Winchester neighborhood,
sold 900 barrels OF York ImperialS the
first OF the week that Melted him So bar
rel.