AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
September, ic/oo. 
THE APPLE CROP. 
Mr. George C. Richardson. of rho firm of 
Ryan & Richardson. of Leavenworth, K.in- 
'ii*. extensive apple ibnlcr*. t|i'l« give* hi* 
»!«•«« of this y<-nr’» ii opto itup m » hi Xu- 
rlonnl Parker am! fbvdiiro il- v ii >' ; 
‘Taken as n whole, tin- uppie crop of flu* 
I'lillwl Stn*»-s and runmbi tJil* year prom 
or- better Hi«n for iiI)V n-iTii! vi-nr. Tlu- 
Odllorik in tin- apple ni -III- pop'.ll- of 
lllluais, Missouri olid K inso- I» fur .1 jpmrt 
li« If orop; in Arbaiiuu. Nobrnokn mid 
"Iowa prMpects nr* for -P* per .cut uf the 
full <rr ip; in Colorado and MoUMDA alt 
average crop; in Min Prollle const *l.itr*. 
On-got*. Washington and lulifnrtun, a full 
■ rnp. hut dropping imitly: wi»fcrn New 
Vork .mil Now England. uu uver-ice • vop; 
v*"fm! New York dnhuige of u l<t, nl 
nature from canker worms Bloomington, 
III reports do not liidlcntp n bumper 
yield. Put the supply will lie Until cum-, 
ample. In fuel, for tin- demand®, It will 
!'■ larger than Iasi yen r. though not 
enough 10 make ipprvcialilr difference in 
tin market. It i* i liiiuicd it t« a- larjri* a 
‘"'I 1 n " enn uJiiiiun-Hlly ills i rlimi-d 
In Vermont this wtanou ihe i rop pnnoNi s 
to be nu un-rage on, in Bcuningtoh and 
vlc/nit.v apple trees me well leaded in 
»nd about Cara bridge anil Fletcher the 
prospect is not so go.,,1 A prominent 
mirserj man and apple grower tbeie re 
pons tbnt be doe* not expect unn-lmlf n 
erop and attribute* the anise wholly tn 
ihe ravages of the rr**t wurni of u Tear 
mm In -lujaro Valley, CnL, li i* esi.iiantod 
iiiiii tiierr will uot iw iii.m i^kmi cut* 
Of good fonr-1 ier stock, mid that the total 
lot shipment will mu up to 1 ram carloads 
S|Ulna - *»*■■ report* „n|y -gn „ 
'Top, wlib fl per cent |„ r ||,e state •• 
PLAGUE IN ASIA MINOR, 
The California Ernlt Grower I- author- 
by for the statement that during the ,„,«t 
, v days K'.tue ex, It.inu-nt iu fnnt • ireb-s 
-,av I.eeurre.1 over the report* „f , 0 
Asm M nor. 1 UMiuttrtui d repmv me In 
Inula t ton t„ eft,-,-, tl|l . rtl)| , ( , 
biat.s, government ba* pine,,) r.Mrk-ibm* 
" n ,r "l'"rtk from Ariu ,\)i„„r nU(J 
pans „r ,h" lot b* m . I hi, art, taut 
"""| i ,rv '*T" UnpontUbm „f su,,,-,,,' 
n*>. Sultana raising, nte. 
J'lT 1 ; °\ K ’“- Vr '"’ n «‘ *bl» year I. 
knoan to r.. large, „ i,,,.,,,- , 111Bi0 
v T"r' ‘ vI,b 1 niti'd Sim,.- I.m 
owlr,g to plague s, ari , U “ 
r ’ ,1u,1 " u August 14 
“ At * tLS 08 B088 | s '“ 8 aeon, *r. 
er,UVl,„, Hi uL-il we a n ^ ,,Ut 1 '•'« 
cream iu the use of u LT’ “ , Kra ‘ ,u *' 10 
££ tr.r 8 ^ rv ^ 
•ppler must event ua'lv conu i^i ' b * b ■ , ' 
smaller packng-*. ‘ <iUi ,0 be sold In 
The tendency of .rad, ,, lon . nl , he 
small package. The time l« not very- 
far back when peache* were sold in the 
bulk, but now the finest grades are sold iu 
small baskets mid the buyer takes them 
lifinii tor tin dessert Ivor* lire now sold 
'cry lsreely- in keg* nr half bans* I* In 
the old days grapes Were thlplud in bar- 
rels Iu New Turk stale 
The better the tntlf the smaller the 
inn trago should be, a* n rule. Out cannot 
ouiieivc of \ i-ustumrr Hiking home ft 
barrel of apple- under III* arm to bis wife 
nr Ills sweetheart 
The (eiii|ii,iTlnn tn dishonest pm king i- 
very tUIICli b ss In the >uiall IMCkagx- It ts 
Itltjiosalble for a man to put a bushel uf 
p"nr iiptiles in th<- middle of i bushel box 
The unuill package cnforc a high grading 
ami uniform pie'ktng „r tin- product 
li l.» nlmnst iuipotslblc to puck many 
varieties of apple* j.r> snug In » leirh'l that 
they will UOI shake when Huw roach their 
desllnatlnn. This i* puitlculrtl'l} true If 
the apple, an- !<• Iu> •jxportisl. 
I’be -umll part, apt* will feud to Induce 
people to wrap thulr fmlK especlaUj of 
ih. des-cf i kind* Wrapping „f tin- truit 
not only in nitres the k'-.-plng uf it, Imt it 
ilsi> lakes up the slilek mid pr.-Vcut* shak- 
ing Apples which lire noli wrapped nil a 
box mure rapidly than those which are 
mil- 'be bill due* nut ruiiMln *u inu-h 
fruit 
I ntn awan- tliat I h pro arc many iil.J,^- 
fhiti- to the u«. of the j«,x. imi ueveriln- 
b e* It w Iniund to tjumc to the t„ n . f„ t 
better ijualjilr* of fruit. 
tbnt. Poor fruit In the bottom of the bar 
re I doc-s njueh Injury to the sale. The 
American fruit exhibit at Paris was enn- 
s lie red by Prof. Smith superior to thnl 
made by any other iintlun. 
TREATING A PEAR ORCHARD FOR SAN 
JOSE SCALE 
.1 W Stanton, before the Illinois Stnl. 
Horticultural Society, gave the following 
I hud n pear iirclntrd winter before lost 
3 fleeted Willi San Jose scale. There were 
dfteen liunilrs'd trees In iln* lot. w* cut 
tin- trie' bai l, pretty ’• -vi rely and (rented 
tliem with whale nil -tunp. A gmul uiiiny 
peo file eyiue while We Were cutting tln-in 
back auil told me Hint I might aH well cut 
them otT at the top ot the groiintl lj<-c«u«o 
fluty wunlil die any way. i didn’t lose i 
fr.e (p , hi the elfevl of rutting Illicit or tin 
spraying tVe did tlds 1- ihe wluti r. i 
"link in I ebrunry. The following summer 
the foliage mi the or, hard wo, much bn 
<ev than anything in the country. I hn,J 
fwu other Willard, anil coiupared It with 
them and nnilced that the frdhige on ti„. 
nreharrl f Ix/it bad tivi-n spnivetl wn.i verv 
mm li b call bier than rin- nthi-rn. t notie.-il 
al*o that there w;i. scan y.-l r anv bllghl 
wiiatPTer u, tlmt orchard of Orieon himilreil 
tires, httt In the other rwe, orchard* I had 
••onvldenihle blight. 
EUROPEAN MARKET FOR AMERICAN 
FRUIT. 
Professor J„tm B. Smith, who |„ u.e 
Cate entom-lloglvt of New .Piracy h a , hot 
muni ly returned from n trip to various 
market i.ntcru ... Eun.|m, and whij,. there 
errin'"*." il * borough invesrigatioo 
» * ; "b- -d A nuTlejin fruit*, n,. 
lcnni.-d that it was nearly m.t of 1 1,., 
.i,;,; 1 ! 1 fr ""-- "‘f" Prance wit limn 
Pfebil trer.ly nrra.igements, Th. Trench 
fnd U rr " ,IU 1,11 ABtrlau 
ir.ilt I* to be excluded, if the fruit mo 
'"'.rAV;"' ""V *» S,: 
In C ,,n " fr "" ^U'lfUflv 
fi ^n.'f V r " nvhr * n "- "'"'nini-r 
r J;' , ,rn 1 America Is r,.,„.| V0)1 lr . 
W cmn ,Vh -""*••• .nd 
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Bees and Honey... 
THE JACKSONVILLE FRUIT COUNTRY 
In a leif.r under dnte of July -ii 
drex-ed to n„ T-ixa-. Rural, a mV. Wa’-h- 
ng on aptly replic, t0 ,| lt . ini|lllrt . . „ f 
many perenny cnicrnlng tin* fruli 
t-rmable bnnlm^ around Juiksonvilh, 
Ind uct °'" 1 ''"rtnir Ihe. post month 
' " r ; >»e have shipped tlfiv tin. 
T tl Tr- '7 I,RI, ‘ P «& per 
r T ™ 2 «SS 
mMmm 
T-cH'e. |„ tX oniimL W, " J “ “ ,,n * 
per acre in , 1,1 . ^ b>- uiimuilt 
nirlStr Han.,, | "'tirely „ n Ihe 
m w), II- growing' "« 

and three weegl ihi'L’ “ ,a " of 
jsts 
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The AMERICAN BPE JOURNAL , ,, 
most practical beekeepers writ, for || oi i‘ . 8U ' U '' ‘ her "’ Do - 1 »“<« 
tw-im the continent -4oth year and v, | u ,-,’ ’ ai " 1 0n,y Wl ' e Hv bee pa 
Ad rlre. a the publisher*, ' tree sample cop y 
GEORGE 
w - & CO., 
1,8 n,thl *«« Street, Chicago, III. 
