Show SAVE THE WINTER APPLES reports from deportment department ot of ag ture daiv indicate a shortage Eh the crop circular for fop july issued by I 1 the he department of 0 agriculture at washington wa sets seta forth the condition ot of the apple crop as aa follows the outlook tor for the appice apple crop Is very discouraging of the fourteen principal apple growing states eleven report even a 0 lower average of 0 condition than I 1 at the corresponding date data last year the th present condition being as follows new york 67 pennsylvania 66 virgi virginia ola 47 north carolina 72 tennessee 63 68 west virginia 21 24 Xen kentucky tucky 46 ohio 32 michigan 81 indiana 37 illinois 44 iowa iona 81 missouri 41 kansas 13 the above figures indicate a shortage that will create a great areat demand for winter apples during the early months ot of 1899 it Is mor ethan likely the unusually high prices of last spring will lie be realized reali sed tor for the present crop pl fronting 0 fit by the exper experience lence of 0 tile hie past last tile the utah I 1 failers aimers should prepare to make the best of 0 a good crop ot of apples in older to do this the apples must be stored in a manner to it keep beep until march april or may 0 of next ne t spring an absolute prerequisite to successful keeping Is the proper spraying of 0 the fruit wormy apples will not keep in storage nor demand the top price alien hen put on the market the into its crop ot of worms are just now appearing so that spraying during the next six weeks will be of great benefit br nofu to tho the winter apples apples intended for or winter storage should remain on I 1 the he tree until t there here Is danger of freezing the f fruit I 1 alt should I 1 picked not knocked or shaken from the tree the handling should all be done with care a as 9 each bruise however slight blight will show up black when the apple app la Is taken out of oc storage elor aee tills this defect Is especially fatal to the tl light colored apples the cellar or room tor for storage should be ot f course frostproof frost proof but at the bam me time so vt with ith ven ventilation ill aaion as to regulate the tempera temperature t tire to about 40 degrees decrees above abone zero more blore apples fire are lout lost by cellars too warm than too cold coh the apples keep best in bins of shallow depth and perforated bott bottoms olno apples app I 1 e carefully gathered sorted find and put away in the manner above indicated need no more handling until time for or boxing lor for market in tile spring with a storage cellar kept cool dry and dark and due tale caie given to the fruit that gora goes in the loss should not exceed 10 per cent I 1 tile the experience of last year should be eum clent to cause tho the utah farmers to take core care of 0 their apples tills this fall all after january 1 there were comparatively ively few ew utah apples found on the home markets ono arm in it S salt rit lake city imported nearly boves botes of apples fr from rn another state NN while lille the utah fruit frill 0 of the same variety had been sold bold at a low pi ice lost loat fall because of th the worms the situation as outlined above should enable tile hie utah farmers to profit by the large crop of 0 apples tn in inott parts of the state this bear car J A secret secretary a ry state slate bourd board of Hor ticul ture ure ogden utah july 25 fisfis |