The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-08-18
|IHE BOISE VALLEY
| LEADS IN APPLES
Nv ONE STATE IN UNION PRO.
MI DrCES MORE APPLES THAN
DOES IDAHO.

at makes me feel good, ate
~ rigid enforcement of the law re
fling to the scale and the codlini
motb to find that the orchards Il
M Boise valley are in fine condi
Iou and practically free from tn,
ireaded pests.
This was the statement made OF
Tuesday evening by State Horticul
ural Inspector Mcpherson after twt
laws spent in going through many
the principal orchards of the
Ounty Part of the time Mr.. Nc
Pherson was accompanied by Dep
hy Inspector E. E. Rayburn.
Il have been over the entire val.
ley now for the third time" Depu.
b Rayburn sair, "and l am free tc
sy that the orchards of the Boise
alley never looked so well. The
orchards are clean and the crop pro-
misses to go. far beyond the most
anguino expectations"
Speaking Of the prospects for fruit
b the valley, Mr.. Mcpherson said,
liter bis two days inspection:
This talk Of short fruit crop is
bot borne out by my observations.
will give you a few Of the items l
lave picked up in my travels. Last
ear the orchard Of Prof. Higgins
Hrned out seven cars Of fruit-that
Fas the amount shipped. This year
he professor has ordered box ma
srial for 20 carloads.
I was assured by B. F. Hurst IL
be Manville Fruit company, that his,
roU would equal As carloads this
ear Last year they shipped but 40
carloads.
a. 5. Abbott is planning to ship
1000 boxes of apples from his 90
Ncfes' Buyers have estimated that
us orchard will run from 10 to Is
lo1es to the tree.
d s. Boone from his Is acres
VII this year ship Is carloads of
anan prunes. Last year he shipped
~ carloads. My impression is
nay the prune crop will fall below
la' Oh last year in quality for the
JASON that the prunes have been
Popping OF their own accord since
ale' but with that the crop will
neaVy and of fine quality"
W. N. Yost has ordered box ma
IsrlaI he told me, for 10000 boxes
apples, He will have a hummer
IVY IRON his five and six year old
20, he has Jonathans and Rome
II 'auses' His Northern Spy apples
~ beauties. His whole orchard
vOAs hne. He told me that from
A. Tres ne picked 1850 apples in
:. .ulng and then left all that the
rec should bear.
H.. | was told by both Yost and
,'' 'na' l could have 81 for ev-
~, = moth and every indication of
hards. ~ 'neir Or
~. also visited the orchard of
- On' wood and that of the VIII |
~ fruit company and found con-
, aUaS all that the most exacting
'uld wish. e
am satisfied that the conditions
aase outlined in regard to the or
: a'uS mentioned prevail throughout
! , =. Everywhere you go you
n ICES propped up. some of them
=, ~ eight or ten props. to keen the
~ from breaking the limbs. Some
~ NC trees that were barren last
Ia, are e loaded this year, while
,v's that had heavy crops last
-, nave none this year.
al TO the quality of the fruit.
mn IMPRESSION is that from so to
n ne cent OF 1t will grade fancy;
T. r' cent choice and the balance
WIN, wing to the bruises in pack
: defects =, and worms.
,o" mo tning that impressed mo es-
'a a,E Is that you can see to the
" .n the good spraying and the
so ap'"y,ns has been done, It can
tho distinctly In tho appearance
y "O trees and the quality of the
, so, Nv'rywhere the arsenate of
s,,, tuition for moth and the lime
ta ,pnur for the scale meet with
u, l"vor OF the fruit men.
ya,,a am convinced from my OBJ
ma Doth in the Boise val
=, elsewhere that the produc-
os, 'Iean and fancy fruit depends
Wholly In this country on