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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1907)
Oregon As The Worlds Appl mm:m:mmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmimmmmtta e Urcnard mmttt:mtm:t:mti:mmimjjmtuttmttm::tttttj:mmmtttmmmmm:a' f Uy OYltUS HAITI. and dainty food both in the raw stato A short while- ago at a banquet and cooked in various ways. If given by the Portland Commercial siven equally intelligent care as tho club to some Spokane visitors, I, in oranse has received in Its cultivation a fcw moments' talk, mentioned the 10re'"t would be a perfectly sound "inter applo as one of the coming '" ' '" thos, J" "nccs whero esources of the Pacific northwest. "chard can bo grown and It tie suggestion and with the gen-,"0 1u,r,sheJ , b,f ndrantaBe. 0us permission of the Sunday Jour- I J'"- ot ' p O-rproductlon. Sal now offer to your readers some , VTf, 7., " " nal , ., . "eon the object of the greatest care, of my rensons for expecting great ,,, ' ... 7. 01 ' v ... . , , , " weeds nre permitted to grow benefits to Oregon, Washington and th(J nor Jge Idaho from the growing of the win- orang0 groyo eyer tQ pMturo ter apple. . .. hogs and cattle. Yet with all the I do not assume o write these tomler ftnd nt0, t 8olIcltudc for thoughts as a scientist or as having 0 there ,g nQ Tn ,Q ,ts any expert knowledge In the produc- color Tho flavop ,g ftl th(J tion of fruit of any sort. I wish hem u ,g good tQ fiat bu(. ,8 to bo Understood as the observations 1 8I)0C(1 by cooklng u ,s a poor and deductions of one who has tried , k From t, ,. ., . . . . ..nnn,l ,.1tl. ili(n n.f 1 to become uu.juuiui.c-u w.1.1 t...a .... ,t beglng to uetororate "Whether "" tnu iiiurnui is luvoraoic or nui it helpful in tho development of its lat-'miut bo shlpped at onco after lt ls nI.nfnna Tf flip thniichtH nnd .... . . .. . ... - " ripe or not at an. For this reason and undeveloped region, and to be ent resources. suggestions herein shall bo Instru- thc orangc crop not infrequently be mental in stimulating tho efforts ot comcs a llabllty to the producer in nractical and scientific men In the ,.,, . ... .. f . 1. ..!. n ...1n I l.n cultivation OI U1U wiiuui uiinu ill nu favored localities of this section of the United States, your enterprising journal and I will not only have con ferred a favor upon tho grower of the fruit, but upon the consumer and tho country as well. Thc apple, It is assorted, possesses most important theraputic qualities. I am not prepared to affalrm or deny The nuestlon mav bo asked: "Is there not great danger that the ap ple, like the orange, may, by over production, become a losing propo sition to the grower?" This Is a very pertinent question. I do not believe it at all probable that there will bo an overproduction of good, first class winter apples. Of course, It will not pay to raise poor apples uii . 1-- . - .i, t ... uui, l'J V" luuc iruu. 4. this claim, 1 preier to consiuer uio any nloro than it would to raise poor apple as a food rather than as a oranges. Tho market gets tho best medicine If it is both, so mucn me : oranges that the grower can pro better. It docs not require any spe-' ,iUCOt Jn the future that must be cial skill to be able to affirm that the case with the apple. The pro the apple is a most delicious food. ullct i8 going to be better because It is in that light I wish to view it. the apple grower is learning how to uraiu'M ui iin I'liuiB. cuaru ncainst aiseaseu trees ami iu win ue tumiicuus "" nt,... m.. 1 f 1,.. Un rvnn,Aat .. ... 11 t i a . V. t 4- U nnH(f.'f)' Klirfnnn ftl fmlll 1 1l O A ft f 1 1110 uppio ih uy iui tuu (3ictn.oiji. iteep tne iruit tree lrum iiubi. mm mo cuhu a Diunn,u, .w. ..u.u v.. ...... of all known fruits. It has reached wm mar the fruit. They are learn- j degree of north latitude to the 40th this nlace in the world's estimation inc. in fact have learned, that tho degree of south latitude is to bo ,,-ttiinnt hnvlnc' rpr.nlved the scientific nnnio nrn.hnri. Hhnnlil bo kent clean. ' found citrous territory. Further- favored spots where thc winter ap ple can be grown to advantage. These places are gradually being dis covered and will be planted In or chards that will be cultivated and cared for as the orange orchards have been. Tho European territory lying In this zone produces very few apples, and in Asia, as a merchant able commodity, that fruit is scarce ly known, as I am reliably Informed. On this continent, east of the Rocky mountains, few places there are where the apple orchard cuts any commercial figure. In Lower Cana da, New York nnd western Ohio and a fraction of Michigan lying along tho cast side of Lake Michigan, in very narrow limits in Kansas and Colorado, not tho best, but fair ap ples are raised. For the Best Results. Tho best results can be had only where the crop is supplied by a suf ficiency of moisture at the proper time during the growing season. This Is possible where nature's pre cipitation is supplemented by artifi cial aid In some way or other. In tho Pacific northwest there are favored valleys where all the conditions unite to produce the finest apple that can and will be grown with intelligent cultivation. Nowhere else on this continent do such favorable condi tions exist. In these places will, in a few years, be the highest priced lands in this country, because they will be the most profitable. While those engaged in growing tho .winter apple in this 10-degree zone are competing with but 10 de grees of the earth's area, those en caged In producing citrous fruits will be competing with 80 degrees of Place Your Order for the Next Number of the care In Its cultivation that other should be cultivated and given every fruits anu especially tne orange nuw possible care. wnere tne orciiaru been given. It is only in voiy recent Can be irrigated tho supply of mols- years that those engaged In rnlsing ture is so regulated that the trees apples have shown that fruit any but will get as much as, and no more the most ordinary care In its culti- moisture than, is necessary to pro- vatlon and treatment. In my boy- duce the best results. The trees In hood days on the farm in Illinois, the future will not bo allowed to apple orchards wero quite common, overproduce and theroby exhaust They rarely occupied more than an their vitality and produce and lnfe- acre or two of land. These or- rlor apple. The soil will be watched chards wero seldom cultivated, with intelligent care and the neces- Once In a while tho trees would be sary elements artificially supplied pruned. Uusally the orchard was to keep the orchard to tho highest used as a pasture for calves and efficiency. hogs. The fruit was of no special The Apple Producing Zone, varieties, and no attention was paid The apple not many years ago was to quality. Nature was relied on in poured Into barrels or sholeved into tho main for crops of these orchards, wagons and handled as corn was Little more was expected than that handled. At the same time the they would afford shade and food at oranges wo ate came wrapped in tls- least fit for hogs. This was not so very long ago. I don't understand the reason for this long neglect. The apple has shown that lt is very responsive to good care. This is manifest in the great variety of colors they assume as well as by the flavors produced in the ripened fruit. Already a seedless apple has been produced. In this respect it has reached the highest attainment of tho orange. In all other respects It has, with much less care, out stripped the orange In tho race for excellence. Tho winter apple is a great keep er; some varieties remain in excel lent condition for a year. It will bear shipment around tho world and can wait shipment until tho mar ket is ready. Coming as it does into tho markets of tho great northern centers of civilization at a time when tho frosts of winter make other fruits scarce, lt is and always must be in those places, a food of prime necessity, commanding ready sale and at prices profitable to the pro ducnr. Thfi annlo is a wholesome sue naner anu were careiuny packed in well ventilated boxes. Tho applo of the future is going to bo handled as the orange has been and is, for tho price it will bring will justify this care. There will always be a demand for the apple produced and handled as it will be in the fu ture. But my principal reason for say ins there will never bo an overpro duction of the winter apple ls the comparatively narrow area In which this fruit can bo profitably grown. That zone around the earth lying be tween the 40th and 50th parrallels of north latitude takes In practically all the winter apple territory of the world. I am not unmindful that isothermal lines are not straight. There may be a few places where the winter apple will hang over these latitudinal lines. In the main, how ever, the lines above drawn define the limits of winter apple territory. This zone takes In the whole of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. It must be borne in mind, too, that in this winter apple zone It is only in more, the 10 degrees of winter ap ple zone embraces, or nearly so, most of (he great commercial cen ters of the north temperate zone, and likewise the termini of the greatest transportation lines on land and sea. Thus we are In proximity to those great markets to which the applo will be shipped and are in the track of transportation lines that will afford the great possible facilities for get ting the product of our orchards to these markets. Value to Oregon. The foregoing are some of the rea sons leading me to believe and pre dict that the winter apple Is going to do more for the Pacific northwest than the growing of tho orange and the lemon has done for California; that from this region will be sent apple3 around the world and es pecially to those great centers of population where tho frosts of win ter are familiar. As I view the sit uation the winter apple producer will be sending his crop to a con stantly growing market from a very limited area of production. I can sec no good reason to expect that the apple crop shall become less remun erative than it has been to our pro ducers in the last few years. It is only very recently that tho fame of our apples has become such as to get fancy prices in Europe for the prod ucts of our best orchards, from which profits of over $500 an acre are being realized, as I am credibly informed. All that I have predicted and all that I hope for from the future ap ple crop In this most prolific region of country presuppose that our grow ers of tho apple will give this crop the most scientific and industrious care In Its cultivation and handling. With such care it will excel the orange as a food, money maker and In all other respects It will be a special " Marshfield Number '' and will be far the Best Yet. If you want your distant friends to know all about this town, send them this coming issue of the magazine. A large edition will be printed and we think there will be enough to go around; but to make sure of getting extra copies you had better place your order at once, either with your newsdealer or at this rC orn.ee. . .. CoosB ay Front Street, Marshfield, Oregon m;mnmj stomas:: muimunmjmmmta'ttumtrmrotm 17 1 MT U0 &sm&m0Xi&&s&&fi mmtimmtfiMtmnink WAM Ami Ilates 5c line first time, 3c lino each succeeding insertion Try a Times want ad. FOIl SALE 26 feet new power fishing boat. Apply Max Tlmmer-man. WANTED Anyone havlrig goods to store call at Taylor's Piano House on Broadway, near C. street. Largo warehouse just completed. Terms reasonable. C-"-W"w w - - Experience of a Curry County Man . W. R. Hurst of Port Orford, while in Marshfield this week, was very much taken with the fruit exhibited in the Chamber of Commerce, and promised Secretary Lyon some sam ples of Curry County fruit on his re turn home. Mr. Hurst lives about seven miles northeast of Port Or ford, where he has made his home for about twenty years. Tho na tives had a great time trying to con vince him he was foolish in trying to raise fruit. But Mr. Hurst perse vered and today has one of the best orchards In the county, containing several varieties, his favorltles being tho Baldwin, Yellow Transparent and King of the West. Two years ago ho boxed for ship ping off one tree sixteen years old 2200 pounds of Baldwin apples. By a little figuring you will find that is 3G 2-3 bushels. Every limb on the tree had to bo braced. He has one variety that is a prime favorite with him that ho thinks will some day be moro extensively propa gated. It Is called the Yellow Trans parent, ripening In July and lasting about a month. It Is too tender to stand shipping, but Is a good cooker and splendid for eating. One apple of this variety placed in a closed room will scent It up like a bushel of apples would of any other va riety. When good and ripe it can be crushed In the hand. The King of the West ls probably ,the best keeper of any apple grown, remaining In good condition till Aug ust. It Is very large, frequently weighing 14 pounds to the apple. They are not good to eat till about December, boon aiter ueiuu iJiuneu they begin turning yellow, leaving a tlngo of red on one cheek, 'iney compare In size ana snape to tue ncu Beltlghelmer. tit.. Hurst r.ivs he nut out his or chard' before he had his house com pleted, buying his trees on tne vo qulllo river. He Is a firm believer In Retting young stock on the coast for two reasons. First, the trees are better acclimated, ana, secona, you are much less liable to Import scabby or diseased trees into the country. There are other good orchards near him all doing well. Small fruit and hordes do exceedingly well, but he believes that fruit would do bet ter a little further back from tho coast. ,, , , . , Ho has a fino English walnut tree on his place, also a bearing fig tree. JOI1 WORK. Ous. W. Kramer, formerly of tho Times, is now u pcrina- nent fixture in the Times' job department. Hring i ' work nnd get good service nnd the best of printing. Diamonds from Coal, The popular reference to coal as "black diamonds" is nearer the truth than would seem possible on the sur face, says the Dundee Advertiser. Between the two there Is, so to speak, a blood relation, diamonds being, in fact, crystallized carbon. According to the latest experiments, oontvionn wnnlri seem to be viewed as to tho connecting link between the two. From actyiene mere nas been obtained by M. Huban, an en gineer, a fino color of that tint known as smoke black, while two chemists, MM. Caro and Franck, pur suing research into the essential properties of acetylene still further by subjecting it to a temperature of 1600 degrees, ouiaineu uaru k;uix lte, which ls "coal" of a highly su perior order, and Is thought to stand midway betweon ordinary coal and the diamond crystals, which they think can bo obtained by further pressure. Dance at Sumner, October 5. Dr. J. G. Goble, the well known optician, of Medford, Ore., will visit all Coos Bay towns during Sept. For dates see this paper ".iter. Victor Monthly Records Re ceived the 27th of each month. W. R. Haines Music Co, FOR SALE Pure bred Brown Leg horn cockrels. ?2.50 each. See Jack Flanagan. WANTED A washerwoman. Ap ply Mrs. H. Sengstacken. FOR SALE A fine desk. Address B. X. caro of Times. FOR RENT Half a store with nlco largo windows. Call at Taylor Piano House. iOR RENT Elegantly furnished housekeeping and bed rooms close in. Reasonable. Coos Bay Auction Company. WANTED A girl, or man and wlfo on farm; woman for general housework; man to help on farm. No objection to child; steady place, good wages. Address A. B. Times office. WANTED Good singer for Illus trated songs; also good piano play or. Leavo namo and address at Times office. WANTED By young man and wlfo to cook in logging camp of 25 to 35 men. Central Hotol, room 8. B. R. Dixon. FOR RENT Now six room house, bath, hot and cold water through out, electric lights; everything modern. Apply Times office, X Z Last Chance to Get a f HIGH GRADE PIANO at Such Extraordinary Low Prices This will bo the last week of our cut price salo on pianos. Every piano on our floor after this week will bo marked back to tho original prices. Six more days. Means a saving of from $50 to $150 "on every piano in our stock. Chlckerlng & Son, Weber, Kimball, Hobert M. Cable, Clarendon, Bailey, Storey & Clark, and a number of other good makes. We also also have a few slightly damaged, and unused pianos, which will bo closed out this week for less than tho original cost. Notwith standing our close figures on theso instru ments. Wo will sell on very easy payments. Headquarters for Victor and Columbia Talk ing Machines. A full catalog of tho very latest records for both Columbia and Victor just arrived. Call and hear tho latest Red Seal." Taylor's Piano House BROADWAY t ' fSmJ ta&kBMfmif&tf'&a3& FOR RENT 5-roora cottage "B." Miles Barber. Plat FOR SALE 100 cords 4-foot wood in Bay Park, will sell reasonable If sold at once. Edgar L. Wheeler FOR RENT Two largo front rooms to steady tenants In private fam ily. Inquire Times office X B ff?'"a'!tl!K!d Waterman's Ideal fountain Pens the best on the market absolute guarantee, for sale at the - - RED CROSS i s m a m ,'i 31 j: m i AH
