The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-09-06
NEW APPLE IS
RECOMMENDED
Government Expert Suggests That
Pacific Coast Growers Try
the kinnard

Every man who owns an orchard
of Cny size ought to set aside a small
part Of it, perhaps quarter of acre
or less, as an experimental plot. This
is the belief of one of the officials of
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture and already the practice of
some of the Yakima valley ranchers
who like to work things out for
themselves. Certain varieties of
fruits, it is well known, produce ad-
mirably in certain locations. which
are not considered commercially
worth while in other sections. While,
in general it is to be expected that
the varieties best adapted to a par
ticular region are such as originated
therein, there are many conspicuous
instances w lere varieties have found
very consenial homes at points far
remote from their places of origin
and undes climatic and soil condi-
lions very different from those places.
Case in Point
1.-THE exceptional success of such
varieties as the yellow NewtoWn APP
pie in portions of Virginia, Oregon
and Washington; the jonathan APP
pie in Illinois, Colorado, Idaho and
California;; and of the Esopus
(Spitzcnburg apple in portions of
Oregon and Washington, all of
which varieties originated in eastern
and southeastern New York, are
cases in point" says William A. Tay-
lor of the Bureau of Plant Industry
writing on promising New Fruits
in the 1910 year book.
With tree fruits, he says, Few
or scions of the variety afford suf'
ficient start to quickly determine its
value for planting. Half dozer
trees reserved for use as stock trees
upon which to top work new sorts
afford adequate opportunity for sucf
experimentation on the average
/, fruit farm, if used with wise discrim'
nation. The results obtained from
such experimental plat not infre
quently points the way toward very
important varietal establishments OF
commercial paintings sooner ano
more accurately than can be done il
any other way.
Two Kinds Mentioned
There are two new apples men
toned this year as worthy of con
sid Grafton, the Lowery and the Kin
nard The former first began to at
tract attention sixty years ago, but /
is only within the past few years
that it's commercial value has beer
realized Even now, its planting il
chiefly confined to the Blue Ridge
region of Virginia. The original tre'
stood on the farm of John Lowry il
Nelson county, Va. 1t died ten year
ago. having been weakened, it Il
said. by the excessive cutting o
gratis from it. 1t is a medium sizet
yellow apple, washed with mixed rec
and splashed and brokenly striped
with rich crimson. 1t has conspicu'
Gus yellow dots and a yellow flesh
Its season is from December to Feb
ruary in Virginia. Though milder
in flavor than most of the varieties
highly priced for dessert use, it pos
sesses many 6esira BILE characteristics
and is considered worthy of testing
for commercial planting in eastern
apple districts from Pennsylvania
southwark. me lltf - - i'ii y
thrifty grower and a good bearer.
Has Wider Ranie
The kinnard apple has long been
cultivated in central Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and North Carolina While
therefore not entitled, strictly speak
ing to consideration as new sort
its adaptability to a much wider eli
matte range has recently become APP
parent.
The original tree was a chance
Seeding on a Tennessee farm. 1t
grew to be 80 feet high and two feet
in diameter. but was blown down
during a storm twenty years ago. The
annie is Of the Wnesap group. be-
ing adapted to the same general con-
ditions hut it apparently succeeds
further south than mat popular old
sort. 1t appears, says Mr.. Taylor,
worthy of testing in the apple dis
tricts of the Rocky Mountains and
the Pacific coast. In the mountain
regions of northern Georgia it de-
velops to a very high degree of per-
lection.
Payne Peach
A new peach. Tor Whlch IS Claimed
especial suitability 70 northern peach
growing conditions. is the Payne, a
Michigan production. from "A sprout
of a st. John tree Its color is a
buslled yellow with dark crimson
splashes. the flesh yellow, stone free,
the quality good to very good, the
tree vigorous and productive. The
season is the last Of August or first
of September in the locality Of its
origin. 1t is considered harder than
most varieties grown in that section.
Several Hybrid Fruits
The hybrid fruits grown here are
a source Of much interest to new
corners. Recent visitors from Georgia
thought the peach-plum as delightful
a fruit as they had ever met The
Yakimene, a distinctly local product
has admirers who place it's flavor far
above that Of the apricot. There is,
too, a plum-like thing called the
prunisimona, which tastes like
peaches, bananas. tomatoes and half
a dozen other things combined, and
is pronounced the best vet by good
many people. These hybrids will
probably increase or will be develop
ed more extensively as their peculiar