LOCATING THE ORCHARD 5 



wrecks testify to the fact that apples were once 

 grown in these places. If you ask any old man 

 in such a neighborhood you will receive the in- 

 formation that apples once grew thereabouts 

 but that here lately they haven't appeared to 

 do much good. "The trees died and the apples 

 got knotty and wormy and we jest didn't pay 

 any attention to 'em anymore. ' ' The last part 

 of the statement is quite correct. If they had 

 paid attention to them the apples would not 

 have been knotty and wormy and the trees 

 would not have died. Apples in such localities 

 are a failure because they are neglected, usu- 

 ally not because of any deficiency in soil or 

 climate. 



Joe Glasburn was a corn belt farmer who got 

 tired of growing corn and decided to give the 

 apple game a whirl. His home was a tolerably 

 fair Johnson County, Indiana, farm. It was not 

 in the "apple belt," but Joe had an inspiration, 

 — it was certainly not less than that, — and 

 planted a good-sized orchard. His neighbors 

 laughed at him because they all knew exactly 

 what apples would not do in that neighbor- 

 hood. They all had trees of their own that 

 occasionally produced a few punk specimens of 

 the apple tribe, none of which could be identi- 

 fied as to variety after the bugs and diseases 

 got through with them. Apples simply would 

 not grow there. Joe, however, knew what he 



