The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-08-17
FRUIT OUTLOOK
In MIDDLE WEST

Michigan will have a fairly good
apple crop, though not as good as
early reports indicated. The best croI
will probably be summer and fall
apples, and these, save in sections,
will be full crop. In Berrien county
there are about 600 acres in orchards,
and of the 10000 trees fully so per
cent are apple and IS per cent of these
are bearing. The crop will be extra
fine in quality and conservative esti-
mates place it at 10000 bbls. Spys
and Baldwins will be light crop, and
this seems true of the greater part of
the State. Jonathans are good crop.
The fall and winter apple yield de-
pends much on whether the growers
sprayed last week or not, says the
Produce News. Those who dill not
will have poor crop, as the apples
were about to be attacked by the cod
ling moth. Many growers did spray,
and it is likely that the crop should be
nearly full one. " Take the State
as whole, and it is estimated that
there will be 20 to rs per cent of the
usual crop. Some damage was done
along the coast of Lake Michigan by
Dub ulu iUL
extend far into the State.
All indications point to an excellent
peach crop, and it is said by some the
States 5000. 000 peach trees will pro-
duce larger crop than ever before.
The State Agricultural Department
has made these estimates for the
peach counties, and there is every
reason to believe that they are as near
right as they can be at this time of
year.
The grape crop will be the largest
and finest ever harvested. This is
asserted by all growers. These are
the reports from st. Joseph, Coloma,
Mattewan, Kalamazoo, Hartford and
all the other places. Many vineyards
will yield a car or more to the acre.
There will probably be difficulty in
getting labor to gather the immense
crop.
Iowa apples will be first class and
free from worms and scab. A large
part of the crop will be marketed
earlier than usual For the past sew
eral weeks there has been a gradual
improvement in the quality and guam
tity, though conditions are not as good
as they were in early June. One
grower estimates $500, 600 bu in the
State. He estimates there are 6,000.-
600 trees. This, he says, is about 60
per cent of a crop. Many of the APP
les of this State are summer and fall
apples andswill be used up before win
ter apples are ready. One grower in
the vicinity of Fort Dodge is now ship
ping three cars a week. A recent
wind blew $4,000, worth of apples from
his trees. 1t is estimated by some of
the best informed that there will be
pies, 72 of fall apples and 65 of winter
apples. Pears are placed at 81 per
cent American plums, 81; domestic
plums, 55; Japanese plums, 81;
peaches, IL; grapes, 85. With good
weather conditions there should be
good crop of grapes.
The estimate of the Kansas apple
crop by the State Agricultural College
places the crop somewhat larger than
last year. The situation over the
State is quite favorable. Due to the
injury by late frosts in several parts
of the State, it is thought the crop in
the northeastern counties, particularly
Atchis0n and Doniphan, will not ex-
ceed that of last year, but the Arkan-
sas Valley, in Reno, Sedgwich and
ICowley counties, promises now
larger crop than was marketed last
year. The extremely dry weather,
however, has caused heavy drop in
many orchards, and the weather at the
present time is very dry. Early APP
plies are understood. but are in good
demand. 1t is a problem as to how
long the winter apples can stand the
drouth, but nearly every section re-
ports apples in good condition as yet.
The hope for fair crop is quite gen.
eral.
The prospects now are not over 40
per cent for full crop throughout the
State. This is somewhat larger than
the report of last year, which was 60
per cent, but picking failed to justify
the early estimate. The dry weather
has been favorable for the develop
ment of the Missouri Pippin and Ben
Davis, which last year were badly
affected by blotch; even in unsprayed
orchards these varieties promise very
fair proportion of clean fruit. There
has been more spraying this year than
in past season, and the fruit that goes
to srnarket will, if rains fall, pro. ably
be as good quality as Kansas ever
marketed. The apple crop is prae-
tically the only crop that is of any
general interest outside the State !;
peaches, plums and pears are grown
| only in local way.