The Holt County sentinel., 1915-01-15
The Apple and Its Cultivation.

'''N'' SUI III 'il' HlO"ifk w illt
pie Is found In that strip Of country
lying along the Missouri River. he.
tween Kansas CITY, Mo, and Sioux
City, Iowa, and about sixty miles on
either side Of It. That embraces
Atchison, Holt, Andrew, Nodaway
and buchanan counties. Mo-, and Ere.
mont. Mills. Harrison, Po,tawatamie,
Page and Montgomery counties, Iowa.
Tie gambose and o,her ingredients
IN this soil necessary To the growing
Of the apple, peach and pear, with
cherries and grapes: are the most
abundant here than In any other
place on this continent. The or.
chards growing on these lands have
/, proven by actual demonst ration TO
produce the very finest quality, flavor
and polished fruit grown on the con.
tinent.
In lss9, ! was living In Glenw God,
Mills county, Iowa, and was In close
touch with the fruit growers and
shippers Of the country. Attorney
General !. Y. Stone was leading the
selling Of the apple crop that year.
This company sent . sample barrel OF
Iahl's Genet apples to q wholesale
commission tirm OF New York, and
received . telegraph order for 1900
barrels, like sample. These apples
were bought In Holt. Atcbison, An.
drew and Nodaway counties, Mo.
Fremont, Mills and Potta~atamie
counties, Iowa, and were shipped 10
New York, unloaded and shipped to
Liverpool, England, and were the
means Of giving this country the
mercantile position which u has held
80 successfully ever since, but IL In
danger Of losing on account Of our or.
chards killing out 10 bad
Prof, In Land Cultivated to Fruit.
The land In this country planted to
fruit and properly cultivated Yields
the largest profits TO tie producer
than planted 10 any other product.
And the loss Of II as a commercial
commodity viii be a calamity to this
country. The loss OF 10000 trees
from the orchards Of Holt county
alone during the last four years has
discouraged the growers and threat.
ems to paralyle It's success.
Why Have Our Trees Died3
II isio this subject that I hav.
given my close attention ~ a scientist
for number Of years. and ! believe
the tests ] have made and facts gath.
cred enable me 10 state the real cause
Of blIghl andll.aih to our orchards.
F7TsI, " isI 10 caII :aiieniIon to the
way trees Welding fruit, such ~ God
planted Eden WITH" grow. Tree,
grow 10y additions 10 the oul sid. Of
The hard wood. a. you can all see by
examining a stump. You can count
theSape 0f the tree 10y the grow tbs In
the stump, commencing at the center
or heart. Now examine the outside
and. you viii lind II covered with al
bark, hard. dry and brown. On the
w N'lfN JAIN anu fltAl w
the wood you lind soft white bark.
This Is the life bark Of the tree. I'll
you cut this bark into the hard
wood you XIII the tree. Now you no.
lice that In the spring When the sap
starts or the tree begins to grow you
can peel the bark OIL the trees. The
bark appears 10 enlarge and yet loose
from the wood and mucuous sub
stance forms between the soft white
bark and the wood. This Is the new
growth for thatiyear, thus adding 10
the outside Of the tree, by accretion.
Second. Now examine these
growths. You lind them full Of little
holes, representing little tubes that
run from the roots TO the top and
branches Of the through which
the sap rises that supplies the life In |
the branches and top Of the tree.
Like the arteries and nerves Of your
body. supply the life Of each member. |
Third. The function or ohice OF
the roots and leaves OF the tree Is to
supply the life sap to these tubes. |
The roots, supplying the iuid, and
the sun and light the frucifying and
hardening and ripening material. |
Now.ifyou ~illkill tie artery that sup.
plies any member OF your body II viii
wilher and become useless, often para.
lyzed...So It Is with these tubes, de.