Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-08-24
DEDICATION OF DELICIOUS
APPLE MONUMENT

I
l. st. Charles was well represented at
the dedication of the monument OF
the Delicious Apple at the Park in
Winterset, Tuesday afternoon, Au-
gust 18th. The plains section Of
the American Society for Horticul-
tural Science are touring Iowa this
week. They same from Des Moines
in the morning-about rs of them
and made their first stop at the Thos.
Endight orchard. Messrs. DR.. e. *.
Anderson, Fl. p. Anderson, Lars
Johnson and H. A. Mueller Joined in
with them at the orchard. We find
Mr.: Enright prince of fellow
and he has wonderful orchard. 1t
is worth any mans time to visit this
orchard to see what has been done
with old broken-down trees in the
past ten years that he has been car
ing for. Mr.. Enright had cider, cold,
and apples galore, and paper bags in
which you were invited to take all
you wanted and to drink to your
hearts content. Mr.. Enright has
done more to teach people how to
care for their orchards than any
other man in Madison county. Visit
his orchards and catch the spirit.
Then we drove with contingent to
the Jesse Hiatt farm in Scott town
ship, now owned by VIM. Lands.
Here is another orchard which Mr..
Enright os caring for in the way of
spraying. We saw the original De-
licious tree If you want to see the
modern up-to-date tree surgery, it
will recompense you 10 visit this
farm. Mr.. Lands is very con-
genial man and is glad to show you
his beautiful small fruit farm.
From the farm we drove to Win
terset and ate dinner in the base
ment of the Methodist church. The
dinner was free to all visitors and a
chicken dinner at that. The commit
tee and the people of Winterset are
to be complimented on the royal
treatment of the visitors.
The afternoon program was held
in the beautiful city park. The mon
ument is set just north of the log
cabin, a native boulder and when
sodded will appear as if the ice
during the glacial period had set it
down in the park.
The program was begun at 2 p. m,
with invocation by Rev. G. H. True,
of Edgewood, Iowa. Mr.. Zeller |
then told of the Hiatt's-Mr Jesse !
Hiatt, Mr.. Aaron Hiatt and Mr.. Eli
jah Hiatt. Mr.. Lewis, Managing
Editor of the American Fruit Grower |
gave a paper on the Delicious Apple. !
He showed perfect specimen that
he had bought on the fruit stand in
Chicago, just before he left. Mr..
Paul Stark then told how his father
had found the, apple, then called the
and then renamed the De-
licious by his father. Hon. John
Hammill, Lieut-Goyernor of Iowa,
made an excellent address which
should have been heard by every
person in Iowa. Had we more just
such solid substantial men in office
as Mr.. Hammill we would have a,
better government. On account of
The illness of Prof. Beach, Mr.. Daw-il
son, Vice-President of the Iowal
State Horticultural Society, present.
ed the monument to the State of
Iowa. which was then accepted byi
Edgah E. Harlan, as curator of the,
Department OF Iowa.
This was surely a RED Letter
Day. for Madison county and theI 1
Inspiration and impetus that it will
five to the apple industry of this
'art of Iowa, will be incalculable.
The possibilities of southern Iowa as
IN apple producer is, scarcely known.
dr. Herrick said, that Madison coun-
y is the home of the Delicious and
he natural home of the Jonathan.
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