White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1926-02-12
A GROWER S IMPRESSION
OF HORTICULTURAL MEET

Asked by the Spokesman just what
he got out of the horticultural meet
ing in White Bluffs on Tuesday
Of last week, prominent grower
here said:
II think the meeting was the best
of its kind ever held in White Bluffs.
The talks on Economics in the
Fruit Industry by M. D. Armstrong,
Extension specialist in horticulture
at Pullman and Thinning" by Luke
Powell of Yakima, were both good
and brought out the point that the
apple grower must. consider more
than ever the varieties and grades
which are popular and in demand, the
goal being extra fancy fruit.
arthur Karr, grower at Yakima,
in his talk on Variety Of Fruit Suit
able for Valley Plantin' brought out
many interesting points. From his
investigations hi, said he believed
that Transparent, Winter Banana
and Winesap apples held the great
est promise. both as to yield and
price. He classified Bartlett pears
and Delicious apples as risky PROPOSE
tons because Of the enormous in
crease in new paintings all over the
country.
Fertilizers and Soil Management
was well handled by A. E. Lovett
county agent of Yakima county. He
emphatically warned growers against
the use Of commercial fertilizers. His
advice was to buy few pounds
first and experiment, rather than to
start in a wholesale manner.
Cooling Moth and its Control"
is a subject, of course, that is always
interesting to the grower and J. /.
Griner in discussing it, emphasized
two points of special note. The first
was that the Food Law pertaining to
arsenate OF lead on apples is to be en-
forced this year. This means that
the apples must be wiped. He advis-
ed heavier and more careful spray
ing for the first brood. This might
eliminate later sprays and tend to-
ward cleaner fruit. His second point
was the advice to use two pounds of
lead to each 100 gallons Of water for
the calyx spray and three pounds Of
lead to each 100 gallons of water in
all of the other sprays.
Orchard Heating" by Elihu
Bowles, a pioneer grower of the
Prosser district, was, think, one of
the best handled subjects on the pro-
gram Mr.. Bowles is not only pio-
neer grower but he is also pioneer
in orchard heating, having heated
his cherry orchard consistently every
year since 1911. His experience,
therefore, was Of practical nature
and very interesting. The informa-
ton he gave out should be worth
thousands of dollars to growers in
this valley. His use Of wood as fuel
in this work created comment, as did
also a statement re- nadr- after the
meeting that the soil where he has
his cherry orchard planted averaged
only from six to seventeen inches in
depth Most Of us growers have
been firm in the belief that it was inn
possible to grow a profitable cherry
orchard except in deep soil.
"Mr. Armstrong substituted for
Professor Morris in discussing the
subject, Harvesting and Handling
of Fruit and with series of charts
brought out in clear way the points
of interest in this important work.
"And last but not least, / think the
growers here are indebted to
District Horticulturist E. E. Hill for
arranging the meeting and for the
exceptional authorities he secured to
discuss these all important orchard
problems. We should have these
meetings at least once year."