The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-21
SAYS INDIANA WILL
BE FIRST IN APPLE
PRODUCING STATES
c. D. Durham Speaks Before
State Meeting of Horti-
ticulturists.
AGENT COBB SPEAKER
Session at Centerville Closed
With Program This
Morning.
AGENT COBB SPEAKER
(Staff Correspondent.)

CENTERVILE, Ind, Aug. 21.-Indi-
ana will become one of the foremost
apple producing states in the union
II the interest of farmers is only stim-
ulated and the industry is given more
general attention, said c. d. Dunham,
In speaking on Fruit Growing in Indi-
ana and the Outlook for the 1913 Apple
Crop" at the state meeting of the Hor-
ticulturists at Centerville yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Durham predicted that
all previous records for the apple crop
will be broken this year and the 1913
apple show will be bigger and better
than ever.
The meeting was held in the town
hall. After each speech a general dis
cussion of the topic was made. M. H.
Pugsley, of Michigan, spoke on Grape
Growing" and Alexander Cobb, county
agricultural agent, delivered a short
talk on "The work of the County
Agent"
Indiana is not recognized as one of
the foremost apple producing states
but the possibilities of her becoming
SO are many" said Mr.. Dunham. The
fruit growing industry in Indiana has
been permitted to retard because the
raising of other kinds of crops has
pushed it to one side. 1t is now re-
turning to the forefront however.
Fruit Industry important.
1.-The fruit industry here is more inn
portant than it is given credit. We
commonly think that apple growing
must be left almost entirely to the
northwest states of Washington, Ore
gon, etc. The 1910 census show that
Indiana has great wealth if apples
were made one of the main crops.
There are more than five million
apple trees in the state and these pro-
duced more than two million bushels
OF apples annually. The average ac-
cording to these figures is less than
half bushel to tree. This fact proves
we are not using all that we can when
we consider that the average normal
annual output is three bushels from
each tree.
Speciality of Horticulture.
There are but few men in the state
who are making specially of horti-
culture. These few men are making
Spl0nulu SuCCoSS Ill the apple lHuuSITy.
The farmers who have orchards find
that the interest is becoming better on
their investment. 1t is proven that the
apple industry is growing greater in
the increasing sale of machinery and
tools necessary to harvest the crop.
1t Is the class of farmers who have
never handled spray pump and this
class Is in the big majority, whose in
terest must be stimulated.
Although there are conditions that
will prevent Indiana from ever having
the output of apples equal to Oregon
and one or two other northwestern
states yet the annual production of
that fruit in this state can be enor-
mously increased if more care and
attention is given the industry. Oregon
can rely on a certain climate while
Indiana can not. But the northwest
also has disadvantages which are ad-
vantages to Indiansf.
Indiana has an a1vantage in the
fact that the state is peculiarly ad-
apted to the growing of apples; that
it can produce a natural variety of
high grade commercial apples. There
is practically no danger of overpro-
duction as in the northwest which is
caused by improper distribution Indi-
ana has unexcelled transportation fa-
facilities and every Indiana farmer has