f HEZHOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1912
HOW APPLES ARE
DRIEDEXPLAINED
So many letters asking how to dry
apples have lufii received by the Ore
Kn Agricultural C 1 l"ir division of
horticulture recently that F. C. Brad
fori of the rewnrvh laboratories has
prepared Information on the subject
to part an follow:
Most of the ipple drying In Oregon
la done la rone dryers, probably be
cause these are available. In New
York atnte, where apple drying lo
done extensively , evaporator much
like the hop kiln here are used. In
fact some apple are dried In hop
dryers, In Oregon. Truue dryer are
fairly well adapted to tnl work and
have the advantage of being avail
able for drying several crop.
The let fruit I ieeled, cored and
put on tray. An experienced ojier
ator with a hand machine will pare
50 busliela a day If the fruit I not too
small. It 1 usually ex poed then to
the fume of sulphur for a few min
ute to bleach It, or keep It from
turning dark. It 1 Important that
It le bleached a sc. on a possible
after paring and slicing. A simple
form of blent her I a tight compart
ment with cleats to accommodate a
number J trays at a time at the bot
tom of which a pan of sulphur is
burning.
Slicing usually follows, but may
precede the bleaching. Slice are cut
a )iiarter of an Inch thick and w beli
ever possible should beat right angles
to the whole whence the core w as re
moved The proportion of ring
govern the grading of the fruit to a
considerable extent.
The fruit should dry until there I
little or no visible moist nr.- on t lie
surface. A test sometimes employed
Is the squeezing of a nmiiU-r of slices
together!!! the hand. Properly dried
slices will separate at once upon be.
lug released. After It Is taken from
the drier the frrut should le allowed
to "sweat" on a clean floor, a
prunes are shoveled over from time
to time. This make the fruit more
uniform as to moisture.
The drying of apple I discussed In
much greater detail In Farmers' Kill
letlti '.Dl, from which much of this
matter has been taken. It can be
secured by writing members of Con
gress or the Secretary of Agriculture,
Washington, I. ('.
WHITE SALMON CLUB TO
ENTERTAIN LOCAL LADIES
The Hood Kiver Woman's Club
will be entertained by the White
Salmon Woman's Club at t lie home
of Mr. Aggers Thursday afternoon,
September UHh. The launch will
leave Itean's landing at 1:15 p. in.
sharp. Around trip rate of 3."cents
will lie charged. Transportation on
the White Salman side will be pro
vided for not over .VI cents for round
trip. All club members are urged
t go.
Begular Sunday excursion to Park
dale. Pleasant trip for yourself and
friends.
THEY WILL LOOK LIKE NEW WHEN WE GET THROUGH
Don't throw away your soiled clothes or
hang them up to be moth-eaten and for
gotten. Bring themjto us. We make a
specialty of cleaning and pressing clothes
F. F. ANDERSON
1219 12th Street On the Heights
Phone 225-L
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WOOD SAWING
Having purchased the wood saw and patron
age of VV. A. Brown, we are now prepared to
do all kings of Wood Sawing. Satisfaction Guaranteed
Frederick Price
Phone 147K.
1114 Wilson Street
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Call W. G. E. SMITH
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Phone 1912-K
FUN AMUSEMENT INFORMATION INSTRUCTION
The Annual Wasco -Hood River County Fair
will be held at
The Dalles, October i, 2, 3 and 4, 1912
This Exhibition will comprise horses, cattle, sheep, swine,
poultry, farm products, fruit, flowers, merchandise, machinery,
manufactures, woman's work, art, children's exhibits of art and
irardeninjr, sieed contests, novel attractions and entertainments
that will tickle you very muchly. Come and have the best time
of your life and you will live fifty years longer.
DON'T FOftGET THE DATE.
JUDD S. FISH, Secretary
Trcmiumj $1500. 00 'Races $3000. 00
ANTHRAGNOSE IS .
DANGEROUS PEST
While h majority of the applt
itrnweni tire familiar with anthrae
mwe mill It cunt rol. It In evident
that either through a laek of Infor
mation or neglect, thin disease litis
spread In some of the orchard, oaus
ing serious and lasting damage to
many tres.
Weather condition have been
Ideal for the development of the (II
eae till season and an epidemic I
apt to occur till coining Autumn,
Should h uc 1 1 an epidemic occur hun
dred of liearlng trees may lie ren
dered very weak, since the fungus
causing the disease attack the body
of the tree, directly threatening It
destruction. Badly damaged tree
do not recover for from two to sev
eral year after the disease ha run
It course. ; 1
Owing to the destructive nature of
nnthrncuose and the rapidity with
which It spreads, anil especially up
on young tree, great precaution
should be takeu to locate and treat,
very thoroughly, every specimen
that show one or more canker.
The disease can be eliminated by
thorough spraying, inn J the plan of
coating every tree on the ranch, to
protect the healthy one and prevent
further attacks, I the method that
will give the results. ' i
Recent Investigations show that
anthracnose fungus cause a rot of
apple In storage. At the time of
picking there Is no Indication of de
fects In the fruit. It Is apparent that
the spores of the fungus which' are
discharged from the cankers during
the summer and which later lodge
noon the fruit, adhere to It. later
germinating and causing a decay of
the fruit, after the same ha hew In
storage for several weeks or in oralis
lu combatting the disease two
kinds of sprays may be used. Bor
deaux mixture is recognUed a ! the
more effective and Is recommendetl lu
all cases where scale or other Insect
pests do not occur. Spraying (Jl,r
lug the Fall with either lime-sulphur
or Bordeaux mixture before the fruit
has been gathered evidently does not
Injure the fruit and preveuts the at
tack of authracnose and other fungi
to a large degree at least. Strong
mixtures leave a residue on the fruit
that Interferes In the coloring of red
varieties and for this reason If Is
generally more desirable to apply
the weaker sprays.
If Bordeaux mixture Is applied 4 4
."0 strength should be used before the
fruit Is gathered while (1-4 50 Is better
for application made following the
picking of the fruit. Spraying before
the Fall rains begin Is very essential
since the dUeiiHd not only attacks the
tree Immediately thereafter, but the
conditions for spraying of any kind
sooti becomes very undesirable. The
same recommendations hold true rel
ative to the use of lime-sulphur (sum
mer strengt h ) to be used previous to
picking, while the winter strength
should follow picking and especially
where Insert pests or miles are pres
ent.
Puling most seasons the time be
tween the last plcklug of the fruit and
the beginning of the Fall rains Is so
short that It Is Impossible to do the
spraying as suggested. In sections
where the tains during the summer
are light spray lug during early spring
and before t tie buds begin to swell Is
sometimes practiced. This method
has given perfect results and Is ad
vised where r all spraying cannot lie
done. For the Spring spraying Bor
deaux G 4 .") should be used unless the
trees are also Infested with scale In
which case lime-sulphur winter
strengthj may tie substituted.
. H. I.awrk.vik, ( ounty
pathologist and fruit Inspector.
SPRAYING CALENDAR
IS TOJE ISSUED
A spraying calendar Is being pre
pared In the olllce of the pathologist
and fruit Inspector and will be ready
for distribution at an enily date.
This calendar gives the list ol pests to
be found In the orchards during the
year. The pests are grouped, show
ing the number and kinds of sprays
necessary to combat them. The
groups are also arranged, showing
the sprayings to lie done at different
easons of the year.
The grower,wlll find this calendar
useful and may have copies by ap
plying for them at the olllce
of the association handling their
fruit or by calling at the olllce
of the fruit Insdector, Boom 1!), Ilell
bronner Building. The olllce Is oen
on Saturdays.
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Sunday school at 9:4."., II. C. Dletz,
superintendent. Breaching at II a.
ni. Young People's meeting at 7:1."
p. m. Kvangellstlc service at p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at
7:4" These are full tlospel meetings.
Our motto, Jesim Only. All are cor
dlally Invited. W. p. Kirk, Pastor.
Some money to loan or Invest In
good real estate security. K. II.
Hartwlg. . .'Kitfc
' Announcement by DK Dutro
Ir. Dutro ha removed his jwl-1
deuce to Odell In the II. K. Iw(s
house, where he will 1st found at
night and lu the forviuon, Olllce
hours lu the Smith Building, Hood
Hirer, ouu to four p. m., ami by ap
pointment. Charges In Hood IMver
aud Odell I at till times) the usual fee
for town vUlts. In Hie country mile
age will lie figured front whichever
place s nearer to the. put runs. Hood
Blver office phone 71. Residence
phnue Odell ItU c
When you get ready for a bog;
nailing machine. ee Howell Bios.
They hae them In stock.
100,000 BOXES OF
EXTRA FANCY SPITZ
!
Prices having Is-en solicited on the
local Splttenburg crop this year, the
four shipping Association of the val
leythe Apple (i rowers' 1'iilou, Da v.
Idson Fruit Company. Hood Biver
Apple and Storage Company and Na
tional Apple Company met last
week In order to estimate what the
prolKiblecrop of extra fancy Spitzen
burgs of four tier and larger w ill be.
Alter comparing and totaling their
estimates It was decided that the
yield of this grade fruit will be about
llMt.OOO boxes.
Tne findings of the shipping asso
ciations diH's away with the Impres
sion which has been obtained by
some that the crop of extra fancy
Kpltfthls year would be close to a
quarter million boxes. The hit ter es
timate was based, probably, upon
the fact that In Bill) there were 175.IKH)
boxes of this grade.
Keasont given for the proportion
ately smaller number of extra fancy
Spltzen burgs this year Is that the
fruit set unevenly owing to the rains
during the pollination season. Many
of the trees set with a heavy crop on
one side and little or none on
other As a result there Is a pri
tloniitel.v larger number of small up
pies. This Is particularly true of the
Spltx, the .Newtown and other var
ieties having set more satisfactorily
Although lacking somewhat In size
the Spin crop Is said to bo clean ami
of extra good quality.
Money to Loan
Amounts $.KMI to $1.VM). Flrstcbn
real estate security. Will also bo
mortgages for like amounts.
; li i ifc IiKi& HknukkmonA
Regular Sunday excursion to Park
dale. I'leasant trip for yourself and
friends.
A big stock of Studebaker
and land. Wagons await
Bring your
team down the wagons
are ready for the road.
your selection.
Our Cleanup Sale on Vehicles
and Oliver Plows is still
going on. Call and look
over the bargains.
See the FRUIT CLEANERS
and SORTERS. Lots of
i
interesting things all
over the store.
SlflPLEtM
0,
Phone 58
301 Ca5cade Avenue
Mood River, Ore.
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