IDAHO 
The shipments of fruit have also in- 
creased rapidly. The crop of 1910 was 
the largest in the history of the state. 
The value of the fruit crop shipped out 
of the state in 1910 is estimated at about 
$2,500,000—-2,000 cars of apples, with a 
value of $1,750,000; 600 cars of prunes, 
with a value $400,000; other tree fruits 
and small fruits making up the remain- 
der of the total of $2,500,000. With the 
coming into bearing of thousands of acres 
of young trees in all parts of the state, 
the total fruit production will rapidly in- 
crease. 
Table Showing the Acreage of Commer- 
cial Orchards in the Counties 
Named 
County Acres 
C6 ,000 
Bannock ... ccc ce ee cee ee .000 
Bear Lake ...... 0... ec ee ee tee eee 1,000 
Bingham .... . ccc cee ee we ee eens 1,500 
Blaine 2... ce ee we eee eee ,000 
Boise 2.2... 0 5 cece c eee we ewe ree ewes 1,000 
Bommer ... eect eee eet es 2,500 
CaNyon 2... cee ce ee ew eee ee eee ees 9,000 
Cassia . oc eee ew ee ee eee teens ,000 
Custer .. 0... www eee ew eee ee eee 500 
Flmore 2. cee ee ee et eee eee eee 2,000 
Fremont .....-. cee cee cee eee eee wees 1,000 
TdaAho wn cee ccc ee eee we ecw eee 6.500 
Kootenai ...... cece eee ee ee eens 3,000 
UATE ve et ee eee eee 1,500 
Lemhi ... cee cee ee wee ee ene 500 
Lincoln 1... ee ee ee ee eee eee 4,000 
Nez Perea . ow... ee we wee ee we we eee 8,000 
Oneida 1... cic eee ee e e wn ee ees 1,000 
Owyhee .. ccc ce ee ee tee 1,000 
Shoshone .. 2.0 2.00 2c wee eee eee ewes 000 
Twin Falls .......0.c cee ewe ee np ene 4,000 
Washington ...... cc cee eee 4,000 
Total co.cc cee ee eee eee wee eet wanes 61,000 
Ei1as NELSon 
VARIETIES OF APPLES FOR IDAHO 
Selection of Variety 
Varieties that may be well adapted to 
home uses may be decidedly lacking as 
commercial sorts. Tender fruits are not 
adapted to shipping to distant markets be- 
cause they bruise easily, consequently 
their keeping qualities are poor. Color 
and size are essential in good market 
apples, while these elements are not as 
important as quality for home use. Nat- 
urally then the selection of the kinds of 
apples depends upon the use to which 
the orchard is to be devoted, whether for 
productive apples for home use or for 
market purposes. 
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Kinds That Sell Best 
An inquiry into the market will show 
that the apples finding readiest sale at 
highest prices are fairly large and 
highly colored. No color seems to meet 
the customer’s fancy quite so well as a 
clear bright red, although a few yellow 
sorts of known quality are also in demand. 
It does not necessarily follow that such 
apples are sold in greatest quantities, but 
it does mean that they should bring 
large returns to the grower. Where 
freight rates are high, as they are on 
Western apples, this is an additional rea- 
son necessitating high market prices for 
this product. The people who have 
money for the purchasing of fine fruit 
are also endowed with an understanding 
of the merits of the leading varieties, 
and are quite particular in their demand 
for certain kinds. As a general rule these 
people have been accustomed to apples 
all their lives, and this experience has 
developed an acquaintance not only with 
the merits of these varieties but also with 
the season of the year when each kind is 
at its prime. While they would not hes- 
itate at paying a good round price for a 
box of Jonathans at Christmas time they 
would display considerable reluctance 
when offered the same box a month later 
even at a reduced price. The same is 
true of other varieties. The point is 
that in selecting varieties the orchardist 
must taken a long look into the future 
and weigh well the bearing which the 
season of ripening and the present acre- 
age now planted to a variety will have 
upon the returns of the orchard he is 
now planting. The aim of orchardists 
should be to keep the market well sup- 
plied with the best varieties for all sea- 
sons, not to overstock the market at 
one season and at another furnish an in- 
sufficient supply. 
Most Popular Varieties 
At present the most popular varieties 
of apples produced in Idaho and sell- 
ing on the Eastern and European Mar- 
kets are the Jonathan, Rome Beauty, 
Winesap and Grimes. In the warm val- 
leys under irrigation in Southern Idaho 
