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(No. 121) Besftr, Peas and Other
Legumes as Food..
(No. 32) bllos and Silage.
(No. 154) The Home Fruit Garden;
Preparation and Care.
(No. 33) Peach Growing for Market.
(No. 34) Meats; Composition and
Cooking.
(No. 192) Barnyard Manure.
eern which this tremendous advertis
ing is causing our principal competi
tors in the export apple trade. The
Tasmanian government council has in
stituted an official inquiry whether this
new development is likely to so revolu
tionize the character of the fruit 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 tree or scion of this aliened remark
able apple has been placed in the hands
of any disinterested experimenter, and
The Seedless Apple Fraud
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(No. 214) Beneficial Bacteria for
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The attract!;, m
parent Spencer company, as learned at
:k or nursery stock, in
One of Uncle Sam's duties, and it is
an extremely important one, is showing
up, and where possible, stopping
frauds ami fakes and preventing the
people from being mulcted of their
savings. Through Its Issuance of
"fraud orders" the Postofflce Depart
ment prevents millions of dollars every
year from being squandered on worth
less projects and fake schemes ex
ploited through cunning advertise
ments. The vigilance of the Govern*
ment against lottery concerns Is an
other Instance.
It Is significant that there are not" as
yet any trees or scions for sale, al
though it Is stated Hint several million
Proper Seasoning of Farm Impte*
, ' meals.
It la fall time that all mowing ma
chines, harvesters, and other horse
Implements should be left ont in the
field to obtaln'the benefit of the fall
weather. Plows and barrows will, Of
coarse, be needed yet, and these will
be kept under cover for awhile, bat
the Department of Agriculture, Is that
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 51 per cent, of
Its stock—a controlling Interest. The
public Is to be let lo on the remainder,
49 per cent. To facilitate the sale of
thlB stock Assistant Pomologlst W.
A. Taylor says that the company some
time ago Issued a statement to the ef
fect that the retail price of trees will
be held up to |3 each, while the cost to
the docal company will not exceed 50
tents, and It is estimated that on a
local Investment of 35,000, 350,000
could he quickly rounded up.
"It seems,” said Mr. Taylor, who In
So much Is done now
through clever advertising that officials
have come to bo very chary about giv
ing their indorsement to any schemes
which have not been pretty thoroughly
W. tried out.
The Spencer “Seedless” Apple,
A case In point was the efforts of the
Colorado seedless and coreless apple
concern, headed by a Mr. Spencer,
which attempted last year to secure the
can be.Jeft oat later after the fall
plowing. This practice of fall weath
ering of Implement! Is quite general In
many farming sections and Is encour
aged from year to year by a large
class of farmers. It Insures thorough
weathering of'the wood and produces
In the metal parts of the machinery
speaking of the matter appeared to be
entirely convinced of the shadyness of
PHOTOGRAPH OF "SEEDLESS" APPLES
SOLD TO MESSRS. SHEARN FOR 30
'SHILLINGS APIECE.
trees are being grown In Naw York,
Iowa, Utah and Colorado.
It la questionable whether the Fraud
Order Office of the Postofflce Depart
ment will be able to bar the uee of the
a fine brown color. The practice Is
an entirely satisfactory one to the
mails to the company owing to the
skillful preparstlon of Its literature,
though such action, it Is stated, would
he auatalned by all reputable fruit men
and nureerymen..
The wonder of the whole etory la
that In the face of inch lamentable
failures where the promoter! have con
sented to exhibit their apples the work
still goes forward of successfully fool
ing the people. It Is not denied that
there Is an apple which may be called
seedless and with an Imperfectly de
veloped core; but It la a freak and
worthless, and, moreover. Is thousands
of years old. Wherever the Spencer
Implement sellers as a class.
Pickles and Babies,
An exchange made an unfortunate
error Ip Its "Answers to Correspond
ents" recently.
"Fond Mother" wrote In to find ont
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:
"It - not too young,, skin them
thoroughly; Immerse In scalding
water, sprinkle plentifully with salt,
and leave for a week In strong
brine.” Horrors! He misplaced tbe
answer to “Anxious Housekeeper's"
query for a pickled onion recipe. » -
the apple cannot be wormy. One of tbe
apples reluctantly submitted by tbe
Spencer people to Colonel Brackett, the
Pomologlst of tbe Department, con
tained, when cat, a good, fat codling
moth worm.Nwhlle all tbe apples sub-
Everything Was tbe Some.
A young Oxford student one day re
ceived an unexpected visit from his
pretty sister, and was very Indignant
that she came without a chaperon.
"Look here," —
nected with the general company, with
the exception of the president, or al
leged discoverer of tho new apple, are
leged discoverer of tho new ap r ...
men entirely unknown to the horticul
tural world.”
Reckless Statements
Ths company appears to be well or
ganised and baa apparently engaged ex
cellent legal talent. "The itatements
In all the literature lseued by the com
pany ara very skillfully wordedsaid
Mr. Taylor, "the statements made
through the public press, for which tbe
company cannot ba held accountable,
and which are influencing the people,
have been recklessly misleading and
untrue," The shrewd method by which
this apple waa advertised In England
and again roadvertlaed In the United
States shows that a master brain Is en
gineering ths 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-Ilned Jewelry box.
The Englleh papers commented widely
upon ths occurrence and several addi
tional apple* wars sold at public auc
tion for enormous prices, end tbe pro-
daily 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 anjl through Its ad
vance consular sheets distributed to
every newspaper In ths United States.
A feature of this Incident was tba
ceremony connected with the cnttlng of
two apples which brought the largest
prices—namely, 315. A number of dis
tinguished British horticulturists were
present, the apples wen taken from
cold storage eases, and everything was
proceeding beautifully until ths knife
was applied, then It was found that the
apples wen neither seedless nor core-
less and thd Indignant purchasers,
Messrs. Shearn, demanded their money
said the yoong man, “I
will not have any of tbe fellows see
you lo my noma, so If anyone knocks
at the dooy you Juat get behind that
screen."
In a few minutes a knock waa
beard, and the girl ran behind the
screen as her brother "went to open tbe
door. An old gentleman stood on the
threshold, who, after profusely apolo
gising for his intrusion, said; "I am
Just borne from Australia, and many
years ago I occupied these rooms;
would you allow me, sir, to look at
them once again!” "Certainly,” said
the student, “come In.” “Ah,” ex
claimed the old man, "everything Is
Just the same. Same old table, same
old fireplace, same old screen." Then,
catching sight of the girl; “By Jove,
same old dodge." “Sir,” exclaimed the
student, “that la my sister.” “Gad,
sir.” was the rejoinder, "same old
tlonlse tho apple Industry of the coun
try, and they were wise In refusing to
give It Indorsement Colonel Brackett,
tbe Pomologlst of the Department
now states that tho seedless and core-
lees apple propaganda la apparently one
of the most carefully considered and
Intelligently worked out schemes tor
THE "SEEDLESS" APPLE PRESENTED
TO KINO EDWARD.
mltted to the-Uepsrtment and to the
St Louis Exposition apple Judges con
tained either seeds or cores. The
apples were, moroover, small and.In-
ferlor; but the newspaper account of
these events tell a different tale.
Repeaters
>n th* origin*!loolM
top ami au& jjaetora
Farm Bulletins.
The great demand upon the Depart-
between the ohoolct'i
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uted free, has necessitated the reprint
ing Of quite a list of those valuable lit
tle pamphlets. Among others of gen
eral Interest which are available are;
(No. 41)'Fowls; Their Care and
Feeding.
(No. 44) Commercial Fertilizers;
Their Composition and JJse.
(No. 63) Caro of Milk on the Farm.
(No. 64) Ducks and Geese; Standard
Plans for.SlnklnglMoney,
It now turns out that the Spencar
aeadlesa apple, so far as its being a
new and valuable production la con
cerned, la an entire fake, and It would
appear that the plan la mors of a stock
’and bond sailing proposition than a
nursery stock raising one. The seed
less and coreless apple ia almost as,hid
as history. Pliny, the Roman natural
ist, described- It two thousand • years
ago. Hundred* of reference* appear in
the books of horticulturists about this
freak, the whole story having been de-
scrlbed by Professor Bailey of Cornell
The customs officials are alarmed
nt the apparent fact that there are
more Havana cigars In the country
than Is warranted by the Imports of
Havana tobacco.'. They have 'proba
bly omitted to calculate to tnelude tbe
blckory and cabbage-leaf crop.
The King of Spain Is again touring
the European courts, looking for some-
Breeds and Management.
(No. 113) The Apple and How to
Grow It
of Cornell
re bad faith
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A Trial by Telephone,
Robert Willard, a farmer living near
Elkhart In Logan county, Illinois, up
on being arrested by Constable Pettit
on a charge of intoxication and dis
orderly conduct, pleaded guilty by tele
phone. When be was Informed of the
314 fine by the Justice In Lincoln, be
agreed to send the amount by mall.
The case is unique in central Illinois
Jurisprudence. -
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The constable found Willard bnally
engaged la a cornfield and read the
warrant to him. Willard agreed that
It was all right, but pointed to the
work that be waa doing and declared
that be could not possibly lose a day
or two by drivlng to Lincoln and wait
ing for trial. He suggested the use of
tbe telephone, and when the-constable
somewhat dubiously acquiesced, the
two repaired to the farmhouse. Fl-
MISSOULA NURSERY CO.
nally they got connection with Justice
Rudolph, In Lincoln, and over the wire
the unique trial was bald. Tbe justice
received a letter later with..ths fine
of tbe Spencer apple people Is shown
In their circulating a partial quotation
from Professor Ballsy written about
the sesdlesa apple years ago, and hav
ing no reference to the socalled Spen
cer seedless apple.
The reason now appears for ths care
ful educational work dona among the
newspapers last year. The Spencer
Seedless Apple Company of New York
has been organized with alleged nur
series In Niagara County, baa lamed a
magnificent catalogue with a full col
ored lithograph of the “Spencer seed
less apple," and also showing cram eeo-
tlons of the apple with no semblance of
core or seed.
Newspapers Which Bit,
This catalogue contains numerous ex
tracts from papers all over the country
lauding tho Spencer seedless apple al-
nfost to the skies. The truth is, that
some of the moat conservative papers
wore successfully roped in and uncon
sciously published articles specially
written for them by the propagandists
themselves, and these very papers are
now quoted In tho catalogues distrib
uted by the company. Such eminent
names appear as the New York Times,
the Buffalo Inquirer, both of which
had enthusiastic editorials, the Ameri
can Inventor, the New York Farmer,
Scientific American, the Buffalo
nmercial. the New York Herald, the
National Nurseryman, the Denver
Times and a scoro Of otJiOTS*
The Public to Pay the Prollta
This New York apple company Is hut
one of the subsldUn; cmnpanlea, .with
apparently the rlfht to Bell tto
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