Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-02-25

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ments with regard to this apple and
a so the Delicious, Grimes Golden and
| White Winter Pearmain. Mr.. Yost
has Eco yellow Newton trees. His
observation has shown that the New.
town is not susceptible to hot sun
that it is even in growth, hardy and
able to withstand hard knocks II
spurs up we'll and has to be thinned
If the Jonathan should fall down as
the leader among the southwestern
Idaho commercial apples he would
take it as his first choice. 1t Is a
regular bearer and is very resistant
to adverse conditions. The apples
hang we'll. Grown in the Boise valley
it is a better flavor than the Hood
river Newton. 1t should be picked
late, as one or two frosts improve tht
apple and DIT will actually grow some
after a frost has occurred. He believe
it lis good variety for Boise valley
Attention was called to the fact that
there is a Yellow Newton and Green
Newton. The former is the better
of the two, being more JUICY and not
SO acid.
The Grimes Golden, though great
yielder, is very susceptible to body
blight" very much like the Jonathan
in that respect 1t lis open to the OBJ
jection of falling too readily off the
tree. The skin is also tender and
the apple is inclined to shrink.
Mr.. Yost cautioned against toe
much enthusiasm over the Delicious
Though it certainly is fine tree
and very hardy the frudt has poor
unattractive color. Personally, he is
not taken with its flavor.
The White Winter Pearmain is
hardy and a most rapid grower 1t is
inclined to have long slender branche
and these must be looked out for
The tree sun scales badly and this
affects the quality of the FRUIT. 1t is
a good keeper, but not as good as
the yellow Newtown.
Mr.. Pdttinger of Nampa has founG
the Grimes Golden a good CONNER
cial apple. 1t yields heavily and as
far as he has observed doc8 not sun
scale to any extent
C. r. Greisen, assistant editor OF
Better Fruit, said that the demand
for yellow apples is decreasing and
that the red apples is gaining in IA
, vor i'm France, England and other for
ign markets for American apples.
The growing of yellow apples Is
being oveTdone, great quantities be-
ing produced at Watsonville, Cal. He
called attention to the specks that
usually occur at the stem end of the
Yellow Newtown, which detract from
its appearance. AT Hood river they
pick them greener so as not to have
the specks.
j. F. Littooy of Mountain Home
advised fruit growers to go slow in
planting the Yellow Newtown He,
however, thought that limit ed
amount may we'll be planted.
AS, TO the keeping qualities of the
Delicious he said that 1t water cores
like the King. He said the Idaho
grown Delicious keeps we'll and as long
as the Rome Beauty. 1t is an apple
whose color alone does not sell 1t
on the RETAIL fruit stands, but that
when its flavor is known it sells we'll
1t is an apple, which, like the iona
than, is ready to eat when it comes
off the tree.
c. J. Sinsel said that tn Delicious
does not sell as well on the Spokane
market as the Jonathan Thefive
points at the blossom end bruise very
readily. AT the Spokane apple show
he found that a carload lot of De-
hcious one to five apples in each box
were decayed.
j. F. Littooy said that the reason
for those Delicious at Spokane going
down was no Doubt due to the fact
that they were grown at low altitude
A slight increase in growth effects
the texture and at low altitude this in
crease in size is secured. At Wanat.
chez the Delicious deteriorates rapid.
1t can be raised In Idaho and those
grown here will keep well which Is
great advantage.
DR.. w. j. Boone, president OF the
College of Idaho at Caldwell, Ida, I'm
an address on Roses" gave a List
of varieties that In his experience
are desirable and which have proven
hardy at Caldwell and made some re-
commendat.ons regarding their cul-
ture. DR.. Boone has tried some zoe
varities and has found that many are
hardy at Caldwell. He gives one OF
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