STATp: rO.MOLdC.ICAL SOCiF.TV. 7I 



Heath, Wenatchec. has 85 Jonathan trees, seven years old. 

 which will average six boxes, while 83 Black IVigs will go ten 

 boxes." Imagine seven-year old Baldwins in Massachusetts 

 giving over three barrels per tree. 



(3) Their trees bear more heavily and more regularly. I 

 am not quite sure how much of this may be due to their better 

 care, particularly in thinning, but I believe that it is in some 

 part at least due to their long season, as referred to in the last 

 paragraph, which allows the manufacturing plant of the tree to 

 mature a big crop of fruit and still have enough sur])lus plant 

 food to develop a fine set of fruit buds for the following year. 

 In support of this general contention that their trees bear more, 

 take the following: "J'lck Lillis picked 2400 boxes from 143 

 Rome Beauty trees, besides 200 boxes on the ground. These 

 trees occupy one and one-half acres of land, and the fruit will 

 sell for $3000. Last year this acre and a half produced 1000 

 boxes which soil ft^ $j86o;" or take this, "SterHng Brothers, 

 \\'enatchee, will pick 3000 boxes from 504 trees nine years old. 

 Last year the same trees gave 3000 boxes and the year before 

 they gave a net return of $3000." 



(4) There is a more general interest in the industry. I 

 have already discussed this under my general impressions, but 

 want to restate it here, as I believe it is a great factor in their 

 success. I do not know how far it is possible or desirable to 

 bring this about in New England, but it seems to me that such 

 very promising sections as Colrain and Ashfield. in Massachu- 

 setts, for example, might profitably develop the orchard busi- 

 ness till they could have warehouses and all the conveniences 

 which go with a well developed industry. 



(5) They have fewer pests than we have. This of course 

 will tend to change as the orchard business develops; in fact, 

 many pests are already noticeably on the increase. But with 

 their vigorous treatment of these pests and with the dry growing 

 season, which is so unfavorable to fungous growths, I do not 

 believe they will ever have the same trouble from the ordinary, 

 orthodox orchard pests that we do. 



(6) Their virgin soils are better supplied with all the con- 

 stituents needed by the tree for the production of choice fruits. 

 This of course would not apply to orchards started on new lands 



