October, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



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"WTiLL you kindly give me the statistics avail- 

 " able in regard to the apple crop from the 

 years 1908 to 1918. Also the meaning of the 

 national apple crop and the Commercial Crop. — J. 

 C. B., Washington. 



We have no statistics available to give you a 

 comparative report on apples from the years 1908 

 to 1918. The total apple crop for the country in 

 1918 was 24,743,000 barrels. 



Replying to your inquiry as to the meaning of 

 the "national apple crop" and the "commercial 

 crop" of the country, the difference is this: The 

 national crop means the entire crop produced in 

 the United States, while the commercial crop 

 applies to that part of the crop which is marketed 

 or sold on the commercial market. 



As you are probably aware, there is an immense 

 quantity of apples that is never sold. This portion 

 goes into home consumption and is used for other 

 purposes, or is allowed to go to waste. 



The fact that one of these crops is frequently 

 described in barrels and the other in bushels have 

 no particular significance. Apparently, the writer 

 seems to use whatever term comes uppermost in 

 his mind in describing quantities. 



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yV/ILL you kindly inform me if there is any 

 comprehensive list that is published of all 

 known varieties of fruit, chiefly apples and pears 

 with a correct description of them. I fancy there 

 is such work published with a glossary of this 

 description. — G. M. G., Kclowna, B. C. 



There is no book published giving a full list 

 of the varieties of fruit now under cultivation in 

 the United States. The United States Departmeint 

 of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bul- 

 letin number 55 on the Nomenclature of the Apple 

 is the most complete, on that fruit, of anything 

 published. 



The same department in Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, Bulletin 126 on the Nomenclature of the 

 Pear gives the most complete list on that fruit. 



The New York Experiment Station at Geneva, 

 New York, has published in book form a ver>' 

 good description of the most common varieties 

 grown In that state which, by the way, includes 

 most of the varieties grown in the United States. 



They have two books on Apples of New York, 

 one on the Plums of New York, one on Peaches 

 of New York, and one on Cherries of New York. 

 These can be obtained, I believe, from the state 

 commissioners of agriculture at Albany at practic- 

 ally the cost of publication and they are the m9St 

 satisfactory rcferance books published. New vare- 

 ties are being introduced every year, of course, 

 and it is impossible for any publication to keep 

 entirely up to date because of this, but the ones 

 listed here are, I believe, the best. 



PROF. O. M. MORRIS, 



State College, Pullman, Wash. 



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/^OULD I use something to disinfect the toil 

 in which the roots of my trees are affected 

 with what may be crown gall or some other like 

 disease. — O. R. J., Oklahoma. 



From what you tell us the diseased trees in 

 your orchard are apparently affected with crown 

 gall, for which there is no remedy. There is noth- 

 ing you could use to sterilize or disinfect the soil 

 in which they are planted. The safest plan for 

 you to follow will be to dig out the trees and set 

 new ones that have been inspected and found to 

 be perfectly healthy. 



Snapshots 



Orchardists and other friends of Floyd Young, 

 the frost expert, who until recently was stationed 

 for several years at Medford, will be pleased to 

 learn that he has been promoted in the U. S. 

 We;ither Service and will become meteorologist in 

 full charge of frost investigations and forecast- 

 ing on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Young for the past 

 year has been in charge of the weather bureau at 

 Davenport, Iowa. 



"W/'ASHINGTON'S apple crop will bring to the 

 state this year $50,000,000, an amount un- 

 precedented in the history of the Northwest apple 

 industry, according to a survey of the eastern and 

 central Washington orchards by experts of the 

 Northwest Fruit Exchange and confirmed by E. 

 B. Kelley, district horticultural inspector at Spo- 

 kane. The state Is expected to produce 27,000 

 cars. 



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/~"ONTRACTS have been signed by James R. 

 Wilson, secretary-treasurer of the Palouse 

 corporation, whereby 35 girls from California 

 will come to Spokane at apple picking time to 

 pack the company's fruit at Fairfield and Wav- 

 erly. The girls are orange packers in their home 

 state and regard the Northwestern outing as a 

 sort of holiday. The Palouse corporation expects 

 to harvest 150,000 boxes of apples this year from 

 Its 1200 acres of trees at Waverly and Fairfield. 



J. ^ H. GOODWIN 



Limited 



Apple Exporters 



Headquarters in United States 



60 State Street 



Boston, Massachusetts 



The Largest Handlers of American Apples in English Markets 



By using our service you can send your apples 

 direct from the United States into the industrial 

 centers of England. The same organization (J. 

 & H. Goodwin, Ltd., throughout) which ships 

 your fruit from the U. S. A., sells and distributes 

 in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and 

 Hull, and on the European Continent. 



This means quick handling, considerable econo- 

 mies and the fruit being sold in the freshest pos- 

 sible condition, which means greater returns. 



For dependable export information write us at 

 60 State Street, Boston, Mass., or 1 27 Duane 

 Street, New York City. 



