Emery County Progress | 1905-02-18 | Page 1 | History of Seedless Apples

HISTORY OF SEEDLESS APPLES L TS speaking 6 Deaki 1 of 0 the less careless co relesa and 1 blossom lese apple the amen arneri can has this to oab sa rho beginning of the seedless apple tipple dates back only a few ew years ther therefore afore its history is brief all the credit of the propagation of the apple thus far be longs to mr john F spencer of grand junction colo who struck with success of tho the seedless orange believed that simi lar results could be obtained with apples after several years experimental re search he succeeded eded in pro producing ducin five trees that bore seedless coreless careless and apples and from this little group there has budded 2000 2000 1 which at present constitute the entire seedless apple stock of the world ana ano from these 2000 2000 trees the rest of the world must be supplied there are many striking peculiarities in the develop development mert of the seedless tree as well as the fruit the only thing that that resembles a blossom comes in the form of small green leaves that grow around the apple to shelter it the tree has a hard smooth bark and will grow in any climate the apples are dark red with yellow lellow dots and are 0 of f a wine bap sap flavor