The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-20
Such Is His Opinion of the Peach
Situation by Leading Producer
of New York
CONDITIONS IN WINTER
TOO MUCH FOR THE TREES
Apple Prospects, However, Are
Declared to Be Excellent so Far
as Expert of Niagara County
Can See Them

Niagara county, New York, which
produces over a third of the peaches
of New York state is freely admitting
at this time that its crop this sea-
son will be small. j. O. Jeffrey of
this city has received from friend
copy of the Niagara Sun. of 'Lock-
port, n. Y, which among other things
has the following to say
The peach crop this year viii be
small At least that is what is pre-
dicted in regard to Niagara county
and that county produces somewhat
over a third of the yearly yield of
New York state.
n. Montraville Jacques of Htnman,
former president of the Niagara
County Fair Association, a lifelong
resident of Niagara county and one of
the most prominent and successful
fruit growers in the United States,
was regrettng the situation when IN
Buffalo Saturday, says the Sunday
Courier
Poorest Crop i'm Years
1.-The yield of peaches will be far
small than the average this year,
he said. In fact, it is my convic-
ton that the crop will be one of the
poorest in years. The month of De-
cember was warm and balmy. The
trees were warmed through and the
sap began to flow Then came the
long stretch of cold weather and the
sap which had already reached the
limbs of the trees was CONCEALED. A
long cold winter is generally good for
any fruit tree, but the conditions |
have described mean that when the
time comes for the sap to run again,
It will be lifeless and non-supporting.
This is a Sure Sign
every year about this time l cut
few branches from several fruit
trees and put them in a jar of water.
This year the buds have come on the
peach branches, but almost as soon
as they were visible, they dropped
off That is a sure sign of poor
year In my experience, l have never
known it to fail. So T say that we
all have a very poor year for
caches
''On the other hand he continued,
'the apple crop promises to be a
large one. The branches / cut from
apple trees are full of blossoms, even
where there was fruit last year.
by the way, an apple dealer
shipped a carload of apples that he
had in storage since last fall to New
York last week. In the whole car
load the shrinkage was but one bar
rel That speaks well for Niagara
county apples and, talk as you may,
the fruit growers of the county are
not going to allow any growers in the
far western states to better them in
the quality of the fruit they produce.
Apples Fine and Plenty
What | say in regard to the crops
this year must only be taken as a
prediction of conditions in the south
ern part of the county. North Of
the ridge and along Lake Ontario,
the growers may have been fortunate
enough to escape the results of the
severe wea Their, but | am of an opin-
ION that the condition is a general
one, and that returns will show a
large crop of fine apples but a very
poor peach crop this year.
The lovers of the early Crawford,
the Alberta and the Sweetwater viii
have to stint themselves this next
year or depend upon shipments from
the west On the other hand, those
who prefer the Baldwin, the North ern
Spy or the Spitzenberg will have every
opportunity to satisfy their tastes