The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-04-30
emmett FRUIT CROP
ABOVE NORMAL
Fruit in Slope Section Uninjured
-Prunes and Apples Suffer
on Low Lands.

AFTER comprehensive interview
with some of our leading fruit grow
/. ers we find that with no further dam
age from frost the Emmett valley
should ship more than normal crop
this year. While great many OF
the older orchards in the less pro-
tected parts of the valley were quite
seriously damaged Monday night, this
shortage will more than be made up
by the new orchards on the mesa and
slopes which are just coming into
bearing.
The frost, as is always the case, did
many freakish things. One orchard
will have a full crop, while another
only a few rods away was seriously
damaged. This is accounted for by
the physical condition of the soil,
which may have been watered too
much or not enough last summer, in
the case of stone fruits which bear
on 1-year-old wood; or, if apples or
pears, which as rule bear on 2-year-
old wood, the damage may have been
done the summer before last; that is,
to the extent that the buds may have
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could not withstand the severe tenn
perature we have had at three differ
ent times the past month. Pruning
is also factor to be considered.
The Index talked with growers all
along the slope from Dave Tappan's
ranch near Bramwell to the Frozen
Dog ranch on the east and while
growers are of the opinion that some
little damage has been done, yet all
are enthusiastic over prospects for
all kinds of fruit and anticipate the
trees will have all they can carry and
in a few cases have stated that it
would be necessary to thin. So it
is from the east end of the mesa to
the west end, and in the valley from
the Wampler orchard near Letha to
the Richards and Durham orchards
east of town.
Among the young apple orchards on
the mesa that were planted five years
ago last spring, the first bloom on the
Jonathan trees were practically all
killed by the freeze of two weeks ago
but enough of the late bloom yet re-
mains uninjured to make a crop.
Stamen Winesaps were also in the
same condition, but the Rome Beauties
Old Fashioned Winsaps and other late
boomers are in good shape.
AT the upper end of the slope j.
R. Hunter on the Frozen Dog ranch
reports a full crop of all kinds of
fruit. A little farther south and just
east of town, R. B. Shaw states he
has full crop of everything and also
he can say the same of the Bowers,
part of the Fest and Martin orchards
in that vicinity.
C. P. Hartley, the veteran nursery
man and orchardist, is Of the opinion
that the damage done has been great
ly overestimated and that while many
of the buds have been injured, his
orchard has all the trees can hold of
apricots, sweet cherries, peaches,
pears and apples. But he states that
in the old Jolley orchard large per
cent of the fruit has been killed.
N. B. Barnes also reports plenty of
good buds for full crop of peaches
and apples.
j. R. Field, the consulting horticul-
turist and all around fruit man, yet
has all the trees should carry of all
kinds of fruit.
The Henry Cooke ranch, now owned
by the Geo. p Hall Orchard company,
informs US that few sweet cherries
were injured, yet enough remains to
make bounteous crop. Their apri-
cots, peaches, pears and apples were
but slightly damaged. The same con-
dition is found in the Ira Flagler and -
Harvey DeClark orchards.
Ed Modin and J. l. Hit, near the
foot of Freezeout report a full crop
of everything.
Peter Refs is certain of a full crop
of everything from European grapes
to apples.
In the vicinity of Rocky Point, the
Warden ranch, McCooPs, E. F. Reeds
and the Model Fruit farm on down to
Dave Tappan's like condition can
be found
Over in the lower valley at the D.
j. Wampler orchard, a full crop of
all kind of fruit is in sight and the
lowest point recorded by the ther-
mometer at that place was 80 above
zero.
A. A. Richards of the Westlake or
chards informs US that while their .
sweet cherries were injured to some
extent enough remains to make crop
and his large prune orchard from
which was shipped almost 40 cars of
fruit last year, gives propect of pro-
dhcing like amount this season.
The prunes here in Emmett re-
ceived the greatest damage. E. K. /
Hayes estimates that practically all
of his prumes are killed. He says he t
does not believe he will have over a
box to the tree. Ed Vahlberg also l
suffered almost a total loss.
The Durham Brothers, just short