The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-11-01
APPLE WEEK
BEGINS TODAY
People of Nation Expected
To Put In Their Winter
Supply

Regarding National Apple Week,
E. f. Benson, manager OF the depart
ment of immigration and industry, OF
the Northern Pacific Railway says
October 81 has been designated as
Apple Day for the nation, and the
week following this day is to be APP
pie Week. There is great deal OF
valuable information about American
apples which most of us do not know.
Apple Week will call some of this IN
formation to our attention.
Not every housewife, for instance,
is able to distinguish between the diff
ferent varieties of apples or know
the seasons during which different
varieties should be used.
More than one thousand varieties
are grown in the United States. The
great commercial orchards of the
Northwest produce less than two doz-
en- varities and efforts are being made
to reduce this number to about one
dozen.
Each Varity Has Own Virtues
Some apples lacking in flavor as
dessert apples are very good for bak-
ing. This is especially true of the
Rome Beauty good apple for baking
from October to February, and Ark
ansas Black, February to June. Some
of the best cooking apples are not
especially desirable for eating, and
vice versa.
The Gravenstein, fall apple (Sep-
TENDER and October), is probably the
best apple on earth for sauce and
pies but is not considered highly as
a dessert apple, and the Delicious,
doubtless the most popular dessert
apple. is not especially good for cook
season is usually October and Novem-
Der. 1t is sub-acid and inclined to be
sweet. All children are fond of it and
many grownups think it has no equl.
The Spitzenberg is probably the
highest quality and most generally
liked apple in the United States. Its
natural season is from Thanksgiving
to New Years. 1t is generally regard
ed as Improbable to the grower as
compared to other varieties. 1t is the
only apple we grow commercially
which the American Psychological So
ciety rates at 10 flat, (perfection).
The Jonathan precedes the Spitz
September, October and November)
and the Winesap follows, December
to June inclusive. These varieties are
both good for eating and cooking, and
constitute more than one-half Of all
the commercial orchard production
of the west.
Americans Like Red Apples
All the above are red apples and
that seems to be what the public
wants, but of all the apples grown the
Yellow Newton Pippin, called in Vir-
ginia the Albermarle Pippin, is the
apple for use from January to June,
inclusive. 1t is crisp and juicy, equal
ly good for dessert. for baking, for
sauce and for pies. 1t is rated by the
American Pathological Society as 8 to
10. It is probably the most popular
American apple in England and the
Orient. The only reason it is not more
popular in this country is because
it is yellow and not red.
Should Eat Apples In Their Season
can apple day, keeps the doctor
away" but if apples are eaten out of
season-for instance a Spitz in Octo-
Der, when it's as hard as rock, or a
Jonathan in January, when it's mushy
and spoiled, we do not do them JUS
tice. A proper appreciation of varie-
ties and seasons would increase the
use of this greatest fruit on earth to
the benefit of the user, the grower,
the dealer and the carrier.