eedless AppleFraud
,TMCNT or AGRICULTURE DENOUNCES
aMF,ME AS HUMBUG
,tT K1AIOTT MITCHELL.
i'nf t-nole fe.ea'fc . ud it 1
b .iy tmportn-ii o . shewing
uid where sj.ct stopping
1 aud fakes an. -'venttng the
S from being n.cied of their
js. Through its Issuance of
I orders" the Postofflee Depart
orevcnU millions of dollar every
Irom being squandered on worcn
trojecu and fake schemea ex
1 through cunning advertlse
i The vigilance of the Govern
agalnst lottery concerns Is an
inatance. So much Is done now
4 clever advertising that officials
com to be very chary about giv
beir tadorsetrant to any schemes
S hare not been pretty thoroughly
out.
e Spencer "Seedless" Apple,
ase In point was the efforts of the
do seedless and coreless apple
n. beaded by a Mr. Spencer,
, attempted last year to secure the
, either piper stock or nursery stock. In
!New York Stats,
The attractive plan proposed by the
parent Spencer company, as learned at
the Department ol Agriculture. Is tnat
these subsidiary or local seedless apple
companies may be formed in the vari
ous States. The local company is to
pay a cash bonus to the mother com
pany and also issue It 61 per cent, of
its stock a controlling interest. The
public is to be let in on the remainder.
49 per cent. To facilitate the sale of
this stock Assistant Pomologtst W.
A. Taylor says that the company some
time ago Issued a statement to the ef
feet that the retail price of trees will
be held up to S3 each, while the cost to
the local company will not exceed 60
cents, and it is estimated that on a
local Investment of 15.000, 60,000
could be quickly rounded up.
"It seems," said Mr. Taylor, who In
speaking of the matter appeared to be
entirely convinced of the shadyness of
i
HOGRAPHS OF "SEEDLESS AND CORELESS" APPLES FURNISHED
I PEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE BY THE SPEJfCEB COMPAKT.
THE
rem which this tremendous advertls-
i iug k causing our principal complin
tors -tha export apple trans, me
Tasmanlan govomtntJia!U,itrif
sUtvted an official Inquiry whether this
new development is likely to so revolu
tionise the character of the rruit which
we export to Europe, and "which
Is In competition with them, as to ne
cessitate their securing and growing
this seedless variety.
Colonel Brackett states that thus far
no trie or scion of this alleged remark
able apple has been placed In the hands
of any disinterested experimenter, and
It Is significant that there are not as
yet any trees or scions for sale, al
though it is stated that several million
(No. 131) Beans, and Othet
Legumes as Food.
iNo,.I- Sitosn4 UaML.
(No, 164) The Horns Tuit Garden:
Preparation and Care.
(No. S3) Peach Growing for Market.
(No. 34) Meats: Composition and
Cooking.
(No. 192) Barnyard Manur.
(No. 800) Turkeys; Standard Varle
ties and Management.
(No. 214) Beneficial Bacteria for
Leguminous Crops.
8
Proper Seasoning of farm 1m pic
meal a.
arsement of the Fruit Division of
Department of Agriculture. The
lie men of the Department were ex
aely doubtful of the claims made
Mr. -Spencer that he had evolved a
Vess apple which : would revolu
ilze the apple industry of the coun
l and they were wise in refusing to
fit indorsement. Colonel Brackett,
Pomologtst of the Department,
flates that the seedless and core-
i appi&jropaganda is apparently one
the most Carefully considered aud
diligently worked out schemes for
ling and defrauding the public
leb bas ever been attempted along
.icultural lines. Taking advantage
She remarkable results of fruit and
mt Improvement made by Luther
irbank and other wizards of plant
ence. the statement was sprang upon
i unsuspecting newspaper press and
.blic that a wonderful seedless and
reless apple had been discovered.
2nd reds of columns of newspaper de
rations of this fruit bave since sp
ired iff not only the daily and weekly
I
&OHB SECTION OF SPENCER SEEDLESS
APPLE, REPRODUCED FROM 6PEX
f CEB CATALOGUE.
f
ipers, but In magazines and scientific
juraals. -
6 Plan for Sinking Money.
It now turns out that the Spencer
eedless apple, so far as Us being
aw and valuable production is con
eraed, is an entire fake, and it would
ppear that the plan is more of a stock
Pd bond selling proposition than
ursery stock raising one. The seed-
ins and coreless apple is almost as old
I history. Pliny, tne Roman natural
41, oescribea it two thousand years
go. Hundreds of references appear in
ite books of horticulturists about this
Teak, the whole efry having been de-
cribed by Professor Bailey of Cornell
fout fifteen years ago. The bad faith
jf the Spencer apple people is shown
a tneir circulating a partial quotation
rom Professor Bailey written about
-he seadless apple years ago, and hav
ng no reference to the so-called Spea
ker seedless apple.
i The reason now appears for the care
ful educational work done among the
jewspapers last year. The Spencer
seeaiess Apple Company of New York
las been organized with alleged nur
series In Niagara County, has issued a
nfitflcnt catalogue with a full coi
ned lithograph of the "Spencer seed
ess apple," and also showing cross sec
aons of iiie apple with no semblance of
lore or seed.
I Newspapers Which Bit.
I This catalogue contains numerous ex
tracts from papers all over the country
lauding the Spencer seedless apple al
most to the skies. The truth is, that
Mme oi tne most conservative papers
were successfully roped In and uncon
sciously published articles specially
written for them by the iiruuaeaudiau
: Usui selves, and these very papers are
now quoted in the catalogues distrib
uted by the company. Such eminent
names appear as the New York Times,
lis) Buffalo Inquirer, both of which
had enthuatantlc editorials, the Ameri
can Inventor, the New York Farmer,
lbs Bdoutine American, the Buffalo
Commercial, the New York Herald, the
National Nurseryman, the Denver
Times and a score of others.,. .
The Public te Pay the Profits
This New Tort anula eonM,nv t Vut
una of the sub'
uravt'f t'
the scheme, "that all of the people con
nected with the general company, with
the exception of the president, or al
leged discoverer of the new apple, are
men entirely unknown to the horticul
tural world."
Reckless Statements
The company appears to be well or
ganized and has apparently engaged ex
cellent legal talent. "The statements
in all the literature Issued by the com
pany are very skillfully worded," said
Mr. Taylor, "the statements made
through the public press, for which the
company cannot be held accountable,
and which are influencing the people,
have been recklessly misleading and
untrue." The shrewd method by which
this apple was advertised in England
and a&iln readvertised in the United
States shows that a master brain is en
gineering the promotion of the scheme.
Having prepared the British public
through numerous articles, for some
thing startling, a specimen of the seed
less apple was sent to King Edward,
inclosed in a plush-lined Jewelry box.
The English papers commented widely
upon the occurrence and several addi
tional apples were sold at public auc
tion for enormous prices, and the pro
cially well written encomium on this
happening and on the value of the
apple was innocently transmitted by
the American Consul to our Depart
ment of Commerce and through its ad
vance consular eheets distributed to
every newspaper in the United States.
A feature of this incident was the
ceremony connected with the cutting of
two apples which brought the largest
prices namely, $15. A number of dis
tinguished British horticulturists were
present, the apples were taken from
cold storage cases, and everything was
proceeding beautifully until the knife
was applied, then it was found that the
apples were neither seedless nor core
less and the indignant purchasers,
Messrs. Shearn, demanded their money
back.
Must Make the Fakirs Smile.
A somewhat amusing feature, as re
lated by Colonel Brackett, is the con-
PHOTOGRAPH OF "SEEDLESS" APPLES
(OLD TO MESSRS. SHF-ARV FOR 30
(SHILLINGS APIECE.
trees are being grown in New Tork,
Iowa, Utah and Colorado.
It Is questionable whether the Fraud
Oner Office of the Postoffice Depart
ment will be able to bar the use of the
mails to the company owing to the
skillful preparation of Its literature.
though such action, it is stated, would
be srstained by all reputable fruit men
and nurserymen.
The wonder cf the whole story is
that in the face of such lamentable
failures where the promoters have con
sentod to exhibit their apples the work
Btill goes forward of successfully fool
ing the people. It is not denied that
there is an apple which may be called
seedless aud with an imperfectly de
veloped core; but it is a freak and
worthless, and, moreover, 1b thousands
of years old. Wherever the Spencer
apple has been exhibited It has been a
fizzle. One claim made by the company
is because the apple is bloomless it
offers no opportunity for the codling
moth to lay its eggs, that, therefore.
the apple cannot be wormy. One of the
apples reluctantly submitted by the
Spencer people to Colonel Brackett, the
Pomologtet of the Department, con
tained, when cut. a good, fat codling
moth worm, while all the apples sub-
smi h- ...
THE "SEEDLESS" APPLE PRESENTED
TO KING EDWARD.
mltted to the Department and to the
St. Louis Exposition apple judges con
tained either seeds or cores. The
apples were, moreover, small and in
ferior; but toe newspaper account of
these events tell a different tale.
It Is full time that all mowing ma
chines. liarveKters, and other borne
implements should lie left out In the
field to otaaln tle Iwneflt of the fall
wvntlier. Plows and harrows will, of
course, lie needed yet, and these will
be kept under cover for awhile, but
can lie left out later after the fall
plowing. This practice of fall weath
ering of Implements Is quite general In
many fanning section and is enetmr-
aged from year to year by a large
clnns of farmer. It Insures thorough
weathering of the wood and produces
In the metal parts of the machinery
a Hue brown color. The practice Is
an entirely satisfactory one to the
implement sellers as a class.
Pickle madBable.
An exchange made an unfortunate
error in Its "Answers to Correspond
ents" recently.
"Fond Mother" wrote In to find out
what she should do for her children
who had the whooping cough, in the
make up the compositor got some
Items transposed and the answer read:
"if not too young, skin them
thoroughly: Immerse In scalding
water, sprinkle plentifully with salt,
and leave for a week In strong
brine." Horrors! Fie misplaced the
answer to "Anxious Housekeeper's"
query for a pickled onion recipe.
Everything ITas the Same.
A yonng Oxford student one day re
ceived an unexpected visit from bis
pretty sister, and was very Indignant
that she came without a chaperon.
"Look here," said the young man, "I
will not have any of the fellows see
yon in my rooms, so if anyone knocks
at the door you Juxt get behind that
screen.'
In a few minutes a knock was
heard, and the girl ran behind the
screen as bcr brother went to ojen the
door. An old gentleman stood on the
threshold, who, after profusely apolo
gizing for bis Intrusion, said: "1 am
just Lome from Australia, and many
years ago I occupied these rooms;
would yoo allow me. sir. to look at
them once again?" "Certainly," said
the student, "come In." "Ah." ex
claimed the old man, "everything Is
juHt the same. Same old table, same
old fireplace, same old screen." Then,
catching sight of the girl; "By Jove,
same old dodge." "Kir," exclaimed the
student, "that Is my sister." "Gad.
sir." was the reminder, "same old
story."
Farm Bulletins.
The great demand upon the Depart
ment of Agriculture for some of the
Farmers' Bulletins, which are distrib
uted free, has necessitated the reprint
ing of quite a list of these valuable lit
tle pampnlets. Among others of gen
eral interest whicn are available aret
(No. 41) Fowls; Their Care and
reeding.
(No. 44) Commercial Fertilizers;
Their Composition and Use.
(No. 63) Care of Milk on the Farm.
(No. 64) Ducks and Geese; Standard
Bieed J and Management.
(No. 113) The Apple and How to
urow ir
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A Few Afterthought.
The Chinese women are being wenn
d from the old custom of binding
their feet, and It is stated that the
practice now obtains only among the
American women.
There Is no authority for the state
ment that the railroad companies
would seriously object If Cougre
upends the entire session discussing
the tariff and reciprocity.
"I reflect with sorrow over the
justification of the claim you make
of having lent me your coiiMtunt ui
H)rt," says lxird Curzon, the viceroy
of India, recently deposed at the
Instance of Premier Bulfour. If the
Premier understood just what Lord
Curzon Indicated, and had the nerve,
he probably called buck, "you'r anoth
er." The customs officials are alurmed
at the upparent fact that there are
more Havana cigars In the country
than is warranted by the import of
Havana tobacco. They have prohu
ttly omitted to cnlculute to include the
UW-kory and-abliage-leaf crop.
The King of Spain Is again touring
tlie European courts, looking for some
body who will accept him.
The idea that the scarcity of ser
runt girls Is due to their all having
become writers of novels. Is probably
suggested by the quality of current
fiction.
Germany and Franne have reached
an agreement over Morocco that Is
"entirely satisfactory to both parties "
How about the feelings of the third
party?
Helen Bertram has been up before
a New lork magistrate for failure
to pay her dnbte. At the same time.
Seal to Paring in "The 1 W
A Trial by Telephone,
Robert WIMarif a f.
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fill lull 1 1 V U , .. 1 .. . ... '
VJ oonsiaoie Pettit
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L'!1!" VJUen U WB" Informed of the
114 flue by the Justice lo Lincoln, he
agreed to send the amount by malL
The chu ! i,il. ....
T. i j " "juirai Illinois
jurisprudence.
J he countable found Wlllard busily
engaged in a cornfield aud read the
wurrant to Mm u inu. ... "J , :r
- iu, u agrevu mat
It was ell right, but poluted to the
work that he was doing and declared
that he could not possibly lose a day
or two by driving to Lincoln and walt
h L'"1 the ns. of
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" uuuiouniy auqulesixxL the
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