Show apple Is delicious I 1 4 4 X I 1 pa 41 4 F NN 3 T 1 1 4 i 1 J X tt arkIng ng apple tree apple in inset color la Is recognized as being of the utmost importance in selling manufactured articles nowadays motor cars alarm clocks bathtubs even kitchen ranges are being made in colors to help them sell Is it strange that color should be considered vital in marketing agricultural products especially such an attractive one as an a bright red apple with its brilliant red color stressed as its most important improvement a nursery firm of louisiana mo has introduced a new strain of the famous delicious apple which has been given the name ng ane bis big point of difference between the delicious licious and the ng Is that Star klig ng is solid rich red all over the apple while the parent is a striped and na lighter colored apple F furthermore the ng colors red several weeks before the original delicious starts to color otherwise the two apples are of identical quality As one expert puts it the dell clous got ripe before it got red the ng gets red it gets ripe whereat the delicious lucked lacked color when it was picked tit at a state of proper firmness which permitted stor star 8 aga ge he ng has haa attained its color when still and teady ready to he be picked when hard ripe it Is estimated by apple experts that the he item of increased color alone would mean an increase of ra u year additional inc income aie to tile the grow ers of such a district as the chee washington apple growing district brict could all the fruit on the delicious trees in that section be given the solid red color of the starting experience has proved that the color colo r which the buyer can see Is far more important than file fhe flavor or any other quality in determining the market price pi ice the markets however have recognized the superior quality of the delicious type of apples only highly co colored lored good quality fruit can be graded extra fancy and get the top market figure this teaches that even een are affected by fashion and roust must pay attention to the appearance of their product the ng was discovered on a single branch of a delicious apple tree in a new jersey orchard this branch was observed to be loaded each year with apples that became red in late august a month before ripening ii aben hen the apples on the other limbs of the same tree were still creen reen this Is a natural phenomenon which occurs possibly only once in a million or more trees itis it Is termed a mutation or an unexplained departure from type one of the ways nature has of improving the species tile the cause of which men haveko have so far been unable to explain by taking the wood of this exceptional branch and propagating it on root stocks stock trem trees possessing the qualities of the single branch were obtained and the ng apple was made available to all orchards the ng apple was awarded the american socie tys wilder medal in 1926 1920 except for its color the trees and fruit of in have the same came characteristics M q the delicious A number of ore orchard or chari baru ests rave observed that ng bears at a younger age often when three or four years old the apples have exhibited greater storage endurance ance having been kept more than a year without deterioration like the delicious it grows eroy rapidly and Is exceptionally resistant to the act of insects and dIz easelL |