The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1914-03-13

+ ~. W OUTSIDE and distant mar
kets. The laws of these states will
not allow the grower to ship wormy
,rult or scaly fruit. Again a year OF
large production like 1912 surrounds
an incompetent or financially weak
grower with grave difficulties. Per-
maps ms capital will not allow him 10
store his fruit in his own or some
other warehouse until the markets OF
the world ask for it. PERHAPS his
frmt is shipped before there is a de-
mand tor his product, or too many
cars are shipped to one point or for
some other reasons it does not rem
der HIM a suitable profit. The weak.
er and less successful growers become
discouraged, their orchards are filled
with scale, with wormy apples and
otherwise neglected. They. then.
drop out of the race and are no lon.
ger competitors with the up-to-date
commercial orchardists.
Professor Bailey, a very noted and
reliable writer on horticultural topics,
states that only 1879 of the fruit trees
sold by nursery men ever become pro
duetive and bear fruit for a continu-
GUS period. The others fall by the
wayside and do not yield fruit 10 com
pete in the worlds markets.
In very wide districts east of the
mountains the apple is not only sub
lect to the attack of insect enemies,
out also to fungus diseases of such
virulency as to be difficult of control.
The farmer who attempts to grow
fruit as we'll as general farm crops is
almost sure to be planting corn or pre-
pairing Tor the same when he should
be spraying. The farmer who is busy
harvesting hay and grain during the
time when he should be cultivating
his orchard is apt to develop fruit
OF such class as | see here in Ne
braska. Apples from one % two in
ches IN diameter, lessened in size by
reason of dry weather or lack of mois-
ture, and requiring a very arge num-
Der to make bushel, are not attrac-
tive. find the merchants paying to
the farmer very small price for in
terior apples. Such people soon be-
come discouraged. In the state of
Ohio the acreage of bearing orchards
tor the years 1900 to 1910 was lessen
ed by one hundred thousand acres.
All through the states east of the
mountains insect enemies and fungus
diseases are increasing. This throws
the production of apples into the
hands of the commercial orchardist.
and the commercial orchardist, only,
i'll the near future will supply the
worlds market with choice salable
apples.
The production of apples is less at
this time than ten years ago for the
reasons above suggested, while the
citrus growers and the banana trust
have taken up some portion of the
apple market, yet the production of
apples has fallen off and during the
next five years the market is not like
ly to be overstocked with apples.
There seems yet to be room in the
expanding markets of the world for
extra fancy and fancy grades OF fruit
grown and marketed by the intelli-
gent, up-todate and successful or.
chardist. 1t is believed that the Pa
mama Canal will help to expand the
market for apples grown upon the
Pacific Coast. The inhabitants of the
islands of the Pacific and the orien-
tai races are gradually becoming con-
sumers of apples.
uC COMMERCIAL OIGHdI ulSI SuOuiQ
endeavor to grow more apples for less
money, and to lessen the cost of pro-
duction the same way manufacturer
does, by cutting off every element OF
loss or needless expense. By the use
of graders the orchardist will put his
fruit in the best form, by packing in
the most attractive and up-to-date
manner he will get his products be-
fore the public in such form as to
increase the sale and broaden his mar
ket. A year like 1912 should decid-
eddy encourage the orchardist who has
sufficient capital to construct cold air
storage houses either on his own land
or at his nearest railroad switch.
Thus equipped with storage facilities
under his own control, the orchardiSt
will not contribute to the depressing
overstock at any point by throwing UNI
solicited car loads on markets already
filled.
At this moment | have received let
ter and report from Mr.. David Hunter,
owner of an orange orchard at Red
lands, California. This gentleman
planted 81 acres of apple orchard at
Sutherland, Lincoln County, 3l8 miles
west OF 0IHdidb INGDldSkds ulS or
chard was the first of 80 of my branch
partnership orchards supplied and
planted in Nebraska and Kansas. At
ter planting and developing Ne
braska apple orchard, Mr.. Hunter was
induced TO purchase California or.
,ange orchard, with the thought that
he could reside in California during
the winter. Mr.. Hunter has steadily
cared for his Nebraska apple orchard,
planted and grown under irrigation.
The crop Of 1918 sold to very good adj
vantage, and Mr.. Hunter reports that,
notwithstanding the difficulties under
which the Nebraska orchards labored,
the growing OF oranges is still more
difficult and less profitable and he is
now closing out by sale his California
orange orchard and will give his en-
tire attention 10 his Nebraska apple
orchard, which he has always irrigate
sprayed and carefully cultivated. Mr.
Hunter, however, will continue to re-
side three months in winter in the
agreeable climate of southern Califor-
nia