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BETTER FRUIT 



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$729. This is tin- highest piodiK-inji 

 orchard I have Idiiiid, and al.s<i the 

 highest price received for seedling mils, 

 showing that the Northwest can raise 

 (|iiantity and (nialily. This oidiard 

 was brought up lo this high production 

 by digging out an\ ti'ee tliat did iiol 

 come up to ttie owner's ideal and re- 

 placing it with another; in some places 

 three and even I'our trees have been 

 planted to get a suitable one. This lack 

 of uniformity is found in all seedling 

 orchards. Several hundred acres of 

 Vrooman Frantiuette have been plante(i 

 in Western Oregon and a few in South- 

 western Washington during the last six 

 years. The eaiiier plantings arc begin- 

 ning to bear large nuts of high (pial- 

 ity that connnand the very highest 

 price paid for walnuts anywhere. 1 

 would estimate that a grafted l-'ian- 

 (juette orchard here in the Northwest, 

 set 40 feet apart and receiving good 

 care, should produce from 20 to ,30 

 pounds per tree at 10 to 12 .\ears old, 

 at an expense of about -SJO.OO i)ei- acre 

 per year, and this should be doubled at 

 12 to 16 years at an expense of fiom 

 S50.00 to mOM). While I consider these 

 figures conservative, 1 do not want to 

 go on record as making a higher esti- 

 mate. The principal inducement to 

 raise walnuts is the low cost of care 

 of orchard after it is once established 

 at four or five years old, low cost of 

 harvesting and drying compared with 

 other fruits and low cost of transporta- 

 liori compared with returns. 



Maturity for Picking Apples 



Ily .1. 11. KtMl, State Ex]tPrinient Statiou. 

 "Wnrtster, Ohio 



TIIHHE is a stage in the development 

 of most varieties of apples, when 

 tiuit falls from the tree on account of 

 natural niaturitx. With the so-called 

 sunnnei- and fall apples, this means also 

 that the fruit has leached its full color 

 and maximum degree of (piality. But 

 the winter varieties require a longer 

 or shortei- time in storage before this 

 full maturity is reached. 



The proper stage of maturity for best 

 lesults depends somewhat upon the 

 way in which the a|)ples are to be used. 

 It is evident that a mature apple can- 

 not endure handling and shipping as 

 well as one not yet i'ipe and mellow. 

 I'or home use, however, the same vari- 

 it,\ may be allowed to mature befoie 

 picking, and thereby secure the highest 

 (piaiity possible for the variety. Fur- 

 thermore, the largest size and best 

 color are also attained by this maturilx 

 on the trees. This stage is probablv 

 liest indicated l)\ Ihe appearance of 

 sound, well-colorcil apples among the 

 windfalls. The \vorm\', storm-bruised 

 111' otherwise injured apples usualh fall 

 prematurely. Kxamples of this kind 

 appeared in the station orchard this 

 \oar, after a light fall of hail, .\pples 

 having only one maik, in which the 

 skin was broken, ripened and fell olf a 

 week or ten days befoie the main crop 

 was ready to pick. This was espe- 

 liallv noticed on Summer Hanibo and 

 Weaithv 



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