Vol. LXVIII No. 3087. 
NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 1909. 
WEEKLY, $1.00 PER YEAR 
APPLES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST. 
Compared With Eastern Fruit. 
By vote of the Forest Grove Horticultural Society 
I sent you by express a box containing nine apples 
of the following varieties: Northern Spy, Yellow 
Newtown, Esopus, and Baldwin, which I trust may 
reach you in fairly good order. These are not Hood 
River apples, but were raised in this neighborhood, 
which is situated 24 miles west of Portland, and at 
the base of the coast range mountains. It is 40 miles 
been a pioneer in improved methods and has in many 
things done experimental work. He does not believe 
that dead spot can be successfully fought by spraying. 
His method is to go into the orchard from the first 
of January and up to the first of March and cut out 
all spots which show the disease, cutting out down to 
the wood and to the edges until healthy bark is 
reached on all sides; where a limb or tree is encircled 
it must be cut back to healthy wood. One orchard of 
50 acres so treated six years ago has been practically 
free of it up to the present, while one sprayed with 
Gravenstein, are practically free from worms. Asked 
as to what varieties he would plant he said Ben Davis 
and Yellow Newtowns and laughing, said he would 
plant Ben Davis, and if he wanted Newtowns would 
top-work on the Bens three or four years later. 
“Why plant Ben Davis?” “‘First, if I had 150 car¬ 
loads of Ben Davis to-day I could sell them all at a 
good price before the day is over. My profits from 
Ben Davis are away ahead of any other variety.” 
Some one asked .what is the matter with Northern 
Spy. Picking up the largest specimen I send you he 
OREGON APPLES—EXACT SIZE. AT LEFT BALDWIN OVER SPY; ESOPUS OVER YELLOW NEWTOWN, Fig 128. 
from here to the coast. These apples have not been 
in cold storage, but kept in ordinary fruit houses, and 
were brought into the meeting and handled by many. 
Now please sample them and see if you do not find 
them pretty good—if not equal to or better than many 
you get from your own State. Perhaps one each of 
the Spys and Newtowns are too large to be of the 
best quality. We should like to have you give us your 
opinion of them. You may be glad to know what 
the opinion of one of our leading fr'uit growers in 
respect to the fruit situation is. Our society was 
addressed by M. O. Lownsdale, of Yamhill County, 
who has several hundred acres in apples. He has 
Bordeaux has been a continual fight, with but little 
gain. Pie claims that Bordeaux always stimulates 
growth, and many orchards will show increased vigor 
and benefit from its use, but it is a failure so far as 
practical results are concerned. 
Mr. Lownsdale, in speaking of spraying for Cod¬ 
ling moth in this climate, is doubtful if we get any 
results from the spraying done just after the petals 
fall, and even the one a month later. In proof of 
this he has had many analyses made three weeks after 
the first spraying, and at the most has only been able 
to find a mere trace of the arsenic; furthermore our 
early varieties of apples up to and including the 
said: “A finer apple was never grown anywhere in 
the world, but it isn’t worth a dollar to me. Ben 
Davis will begin bearing at three and four years of 
age, give me a crop every year, can be picked any 
time and give a larger yield. The Northern Spy will 
not bear until it is 10 or 12 years old, must be picked 
at just such a time, and requires an expert to pack 
and ship it.” 
Mr. Lownsdale is a strong believer in destroying or 
cutting back old orchards. He advocates cutting back 
to three or four feet from the ground. This must not 
be done until after sap starts. To get best results 
thorough cultivation must be given and the trees 
