<pre style="white-space: pre-wrap">inet t apples, fall apples and winter lll)- tion that ripen before Transparent
{ a I prog makes the problem ot control Most ot` them, like Early May Live;
or · more dit'l'icult. ln a mixed orchard land. and Colton, are so poor yin one
3rop i it ig much easier for the t‘t_»tllln_lL \\'it)' 0i` another that they are not
ries, moth to develop. and maintain his worth considering. The variety
the t two or three hroods if he can select Early Ripe is the same as Trans-
2 of — the riper fruit for his home as the parent.
lher season develops. A Jonathan and We have only three trees of
row- Ti·anspai·etit orchard mixed will (.`l`|lTlStlH Beauty, sometimes called
ap- 4 have more worms on both varieties liarly lied Bird, growing at the sta-
cky, than if either were grown alone. tion. They are on poor ground and
arly Summer apples are as resistant to interplanted in an older orchard so
na- winter and frost damage as the we have no fair basis to formlan
Oli]- later varieties. llitter rot is more opinion of them from our exper-
f. I  ` extensive on late apples than on ience. According to those three
no ‘ early apples. in south l\ilissouri. trees, which were planted in 1937,
that . ljarly apples bring in money at at they are very light croppers when
rket time when it is most needed. The young; in fact, they have borne only
j risk of drouth. hail and wind is re- a few apples on each tree in the
s to doeed_ if we harvest the crop early. last two vears. However most
all The eost of raising a bushel of ap- trees I have observed ini North
V ples is less on early apples. Missouri are splendid growing trees.
.hcy _ _ _ They ripen at or about the time of
list- \iU`l€tl€S Transparent and can be picked a
Mlli ' \\'hen ve select early varieties to {UW <lU§'5 Uiirliei`. The fruit is of
*’ll‘ rompete on the market, we are as Rtlwd size. t¤1`t and hangs on the
t W interested in the picking dates as we UQWS “"-‘ll- It D1‘0b8l3ly needs spot
lllt' f are in the ripening dates. The pick- Dwlimg 0\"·'l` ii D¢*1`l0d of Vin d3YS·
Own ing date may he the ripe date. or Pi`U¤lU€tl0n is illir and annual.
— it may he earlier if the fruit is large Tlw l>05i early HDPl€ W9 g1`0W at
bs enough. the station is Lodi. Although it does
Sui - The picking and ripening date NUT l`ll>€¤ until H f€\‘\' days Bftef
lily. g Of lh,. gigs,. hpp],. is upout tho Transparent. it can be picked at the
` de  - same, as it will color almost over same time. It is unquestionably
*1 a> night. and it should have some eolor larger and although it does not bear
(H to sell. At Mountain Grove. that as hezivy as the "on" year of an al-
l‘ date is about June 28. or about lwtliltllléi T1`iin$l381`€nt»1th35 H CFOP
ples  . seven days earlier than Transpar- every year. Tree characteristics are
C ls - ent. I have never seen a commer- llettei`. as it produces a tree with
I cial planting of Close trees. The \\`€ll·Fl¤il¢‘l‘€l l€‘ild€1`$ and 800d
fm few trees we have at the station ¢‘l`t>tt‘lieS. At the Station it does not
Qt . are 14 years t>ltl_ and hayo l)(ii‘i]t~ blight as much as Transparent. The
I it about t; t-i—ops_ Tho treo olimaetoi-- fruit has the texture and quality
istics are good It is riprigltt__ of Transparent. which the con-
H€i— sturdy. and a vigorous grower. The sinner of early apples looks for.
ove; leaves are large like the Astrachan, So much depends on size in an
t on ‘ one of its parents. Production has early apple of the Lodi. Transpar-
nies _ not been heavy, nor has it been ent. or Wrixparent type. that we
9nl_}' ~ light. It is not an alternate bearer. as can overlook some less important
t is yet. As you knotv. it ripens very adverse characteristics. I have
less unevenly and must he picked six seen large Transparents sell for `
·osts or eighttimes. The apple is incdium $1.50 per bushel. when small ones
HSGS _ Sized, of good quality, juicy and would not bring 75e. Ihave seen
that - briskly acid. It is the earliest ripen- scabby large ones sell, when clean
yles, ing apple of over 500 varieties test- small ones would not sell. ’
the ed at the station. When we re- When we see a new variety pro-
of eeived our Close trees t`rom the dueing large apples on a young .
The U. S. D. A., we also received the tree. it may be a mistake to take it
»rms _ following: U. S. 15. 48. 49, 30. and tor granted the fruit will always be
orm 3l2. All of tlicm resemble Close large. They may be large on a
So, butripen later. Some arcbettcr in young tree and too small on a
ieen size, color and cvenness of ripen- mature tree. I believe it is agreed
DCKS lng. So far as I know, Close ($57) that the Transparent—type apple
ere is the only one named. 'l`here are makes excellent applesauce. In a
mer several other varieties at the sta- New York report recently, it was
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