The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-04-28
APPLES NOT
ALL RUINED
|Seventy-Five Per Cent On
! Few Places - Aver
age Half of Normal

branches from Rome Beauty,
,ouathan and Winesap apple trees
-ere exhibited this noon at the
commercial club luncheon which
showed less than one per cent
FROST injury. Manager Desgranges
Il the Big Y, who picked the
branches explained that while
these particular limbs did not in
dieate that the whole apple ac-
reage was in so favorable condi-
ton. nevertheless there will be
more or less of a fruit crop in
spite of the bad frost of last week.
Reports coming in from the
Highlands each day bring more
cheering news from the growers.
Where week ago it was thought
that the frost had completely ruin
ed the crop, many are finding that
the low temperatures did not wipe
out the buds completely. j. G.
Shafer, on the West Highlands re-
ports that he has better than a
seyenty-fve per cent crop of saps.
and the Hess ten acres will aver
age better than that, according to
those who have inspected the trees.
]. W. Vickers, manager of the
Highlands Fruit Co., in speaking
Of the unexpected return of the
1927 apple crop stated that fol-
lowing the frost "most of us kissed
the 1927 apple crop goodbye. III
seemed there was no possibility
that anything even resembling an
apple crop could survive such
freeze. The crop was gone and no
one had any argument to the con-
trary.
Tuesday we had fine crop.
Wednesday it was gone and now,
q week later, we witness what
seems almost miracle in the re-
markable and entirely unexpected
return of at least a good percent
age Of that same, supposedly de-
funct crop.
Most of US had wildly in mind
the disastrous results which fol-
lowed the spring frosts in 1922 and
1924. And as our last frost was
more severe than any previously
experienced, we concluded that the
crop was gone.
There was this difference, how
ever, in 1922 and 1924 the trees
we're in full bloom with nothing in
reserve for later blossoms, while
this psring the freeze occurred be-
fore the blossoms opened and many
bud clusters not even showing
pink.
The present good prospect for
I nifty to sixty per cent crop is
due entirely to these partially de-
veloped clusters, which are well
distributed over the trees and are
now developing into good, healthy
uninjured blossoms.
Y have examined twenty or
enards in the different parts of
OUT district since noon Tuesday
and find enough good blossoms in
Almost every one of them to make
forty to seventy-five per cent
'lop. We are preparing to COM
nence the calyx spray about the
ma OF next week and will follow
mat with two heavy cover sprays |
y intervals of ten days in order
. control the first brood of worms
: completely as possible. My ad-
ace to all of our growers is to !
OoS the trees over very carefully |
md keep in mind that there are
many good blossoms that will not
: seen, regardless of how care
u the inspection may be. Also
smember : that six to ten per cent
our usual bloom will make
GOD crop. If, after doing this |
rover is still in doubt, by all (
leans call up Jay Perry, our in
peetor. and get his opinion before
eeldng not to spray.
We have an average of fifty !
q cent crop, so let's take care of {
IL may bring in more money
ear.'