Show apple Is delle delicious lous q I 1 lk W W x k T lk 0 X N jr M k am Z 41 I 1 oi mv apple tree ap apple in inset color Is recognized its as being of jhb utmost leporta importance ce in sellin selling 1 manufactured articles nowadays motor cars ularm alarm clocks bathtubs even kitchen ranges are being made in colors to aej help them sell Is 18 it strange that color should be considered vital in marketing agricultural products product il especially such tin nn attractive one as act a bright red apple with its brilliant red color stressed ns as its most important improvement a nursery firm of louisiana mo has introduced a new strain stran of the fa delicious apple which has been given the name tile bl bis point of difference between the delicious and the ng is s that king ng Is solid rich red alt all ot oaf r th the e tipple apple while the parent Is a striped and lighter colored apple farthier more the searh ang ng colors red R several ver al weeks before the original dell clous starts to color otherie Oth erwe fe f e the two apples are arc of identical quality As one expert puts it the dell clous got ripe before it got red the startling gets red before it gets ripe whereas the delicious lacked color when it was picked at a state of proper firmness which permitted storage the ng has attained its brightest color when still solid and ready to io be picked when liard hard ripe it Is estimated by apple experts that the item of increased color clone alone would mean an increase of abear a year additional income to the grow R 9 0 1 1 ers era 0 of such auch a district ns no the dice chee washington apple growing district all th UK fruit on tile the delicious trees lif in hat section bo be given the red color 0 of the stacking Stai king experience ims ima proved that the alie color which the lauyer can see Is fur far more important than the flavor or any other ltv in determining the market price the maik markets maikels ets however have recognized the superior quality at 0 the delit fous type of apples only highly colored rood good quality fruit ran can he graded extra fancy and get thi the D top marinet figure this teaches that even tire are affected by all fash ton rind must pay attention to the afie appearance 0 of their product the ng was discovered on a single branch of a delicious ripple apple tree tred in liala n new jersey orchard this branch was observed to be loaded each bach I 1 yeat year with apples es that became red in late august a n month minth before rip ripening ehing when nhen the apples apple s oli on tile the oth or cr limbs of the some same tree were still green tills this Is a natural phenomenon which occurs possibly otil only once in a million or more trees it la Is termed a or tin nn unexplained departure from type one of the ways nature 6 has of improving the species tile the cause of which men liae have so fur for been unable to explain hy dy taking ahe wood of this exceptional branch and propagating it on oil r root oot stocks trees possessing the qualities of the single branch were were obtained and the ing ng apple was made available to all orchards tile the starting apple was awarded tile american Poin socie tys wilder medal in 1920 except for its ita color coor the trees and fruit of ang have the same characteristics as tile the delicious A number of orchard ests have hae observed that bears nt at n younger age often when three cr four years eara old the apples have exhibited greater storage endurance having been kept more than a year 5 car without withe it like the delicious it grows rapidly and to la exceptionally ceplo nally rezi resistant stant to tile tho attacks of insects and aad di discards scares |