Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-14
IOWA APPLE MEN HAVE HAD
READY SALE At sArlsFAc.
TORY PRICES.
GROWERS IN OTHER REGIONS
uNAsLE TO FIND OUTLET
New York Growers Allow Portion Of
Crop TO Rot in Observation-Disclosures
Apples Sold at Unusually Low Price
--Iswa's Crop Estimated At 10000
DushsIs This Year.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 14--Iowa apple men
have been more fortunate this season
than the apple growers Of any other
region Of the country. The Iowa men
who give attention to the apple pro-
duction have found ready sale at
good prices for their apples right here
at home this season. The growers In
New York were unable to market their
apples to any. advantage this fall in
spite Of the fact that they are ada
cent to large cities. Thousands Of
bushels of apples in New York We're
allowed to lie on the ground ungath-
cred for want of a satisfactory mar
ket. Reports have also been brought
back to Iowa by travellers that the
prices have been very low for western
apples. In regions such as the apple
districts OF Washington and Oregon.
where the principal industry is apple
growing, the lack Of market such as
was true this season is dire calam-
ity.
Market at Satisfactory Prices.
Growers in southwestern Iowa re-
port that they marketed their crop TINS
year right in their own local markets
at satisfactory prices. 1t was not a
big crop but the men who pay atten-
ton to the orchard business grew
good many apples, most of them har-
yesting from seventy-five to 100 BUSH
els to the acre c. O, Garrett, who has
a farm near ,Mitchellville, harvested
about 100 bushels to the acre and for
the most of his crop received around
$3.50 bushel. These were choice APP
pies and Mr.. Garrett was fortunate In
finding a good market for his apples in
Des Moines. At this rate his crop this
year netted him around $50 an acre.
Years Crop 100000 Bushels.
J. NJ. Bechtel, of Hamburg, raised
10000 bushels of apples on sixty-fve
acres and received from 1925 to $3.50
a barrel for them. C. E. Mincer, Of
Hamburg. who has about a hundred
acres in orchards sold all Of his crop
in his own neighborhood. A good
many farmers in that locality who de-
vote their attention to general farm
ing came to Mr.. Miners orchards and
purchased their winter supply OF APP
pies.
wesley Greene, state NOItlCultuEIst'
estimates the Iowa apple crop this
year at around 100000 bushels. He be-
lieves 1t could have been a 5000, 900
bushel crop II the growers had proper
ly cared for the trees,
Society Honors Clarke.
The State Horticultural society
elected Governor George w. Clarke to
be a life honorary member. and also
elected as such Wesley Greene. the long
time secretary. and Prof. H. e. Sum-
mers, head Of the department of 20
ology at Ames The honor to Governor
Clarke was suggested at the banquet
of the society by Professor Beach, fol-
lowing the governors wonderful talk
on greater Iowa in which he pointed
out the relationship Of the horticulture
list to the beautiful things Of life and
the possibilities thru horticultural in
adding to the worth Of the state. Mr.
Greene has been secretary now good
many years and devotes himself wholly
to the work. It was his idea to have
the contest of the college boys before
the society and this proved very at
tractive new feature this year, and it
will bring into associat ton with the
society the younger people Of the state.
Mr.. Greene took forty of the college
boys from Iowa and Nebraska to the
banquet at the Slavery.