Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1920, Page 6

VARIETY OF BIG IMPORTANCE Cammercial Handu of 'Fruit’ Must “Take Note of 'Characterlstics ¥ 1o Avold..Disaster. 3 i .“ apum——. 7 . QPreparda by the United States Depart- ! ment of Agriculture.) From' whatever/ standpoint one may wpproach. it, “the variety”. looms large , S the fruit industry. The grower wants particular sorts—fruits having eertain desirable and known charac- wistlc.s—ln order that he may sup- ply certain-tredeé demands, or be able ‘4@ harvest at,particular times, or in’| wome other way receive the benefits ithat are to be derived from fruits pos- . messing certain qunlmes or characters. @n, 2 similar manver, the trnde—the! ‘commercial handlers of fruit—inust take note' of varletal characteristics; erwise, faults wili develop in their iness ‘that will’te disastrous. .Poor- heplng varieties will be placed in cold mage, when only long-keeping varie- have gained, commercial promi- mence very largely because of their pofl shipping qualities . when they’ weere seriously lacking in dessert or sther qualities. The consumer does not know much abont variety names as a rule, but if ;“_'\e- retailer with, whom he trades ‘would‘ ‘take pains. to supply always dessert varieties when fruit Is nted for dessert purposes, and good aokmg varieties' when they are de- sired for cooking, everyone interested, ‘from . the’ grower to.the consumer, would be benefited thereby. However, ), as a rule, by, the, time the fruit reaches the retailer, apples are simply “spples,” peaches are just “peaches” and plums are “plums” without much regard to the use for which the con- sumer wants them. Even with such fi‘l as strawberries, blackberries and: the Mke there are variety adapta- | #ttons from the consumer’s standpoint Mt they are not always easy o give full, recognition even. it otie vwerem-.klngnneltorttodoso g To ‘return to the grower. After ieareful study of ' varietal characteris- .jttes, he orders froma nurseryman, for| lexample, the varieties of apple and peach trees that he has decided will \give him the fruit that will be}t sup- ply the trade té’ which he is to cater. WINTER FEEDING IS FAVORED Covering' 1a” Good to Prev.nt Soll Huvlna {and’ Fertility ls Washed ! Into’ Ground. ' rchards and fruit pntches are hest fed during the'winter when the ground 18 frozen, Tor this covering is good to prevent soil ‘heaving, -and the fertility 1s being washed down into the mll - ready for use early in the spring. Ina lockod room. lyln‘ flat llpon his stomach, with a stub.pencil held firmly, Horace Atkinson. Wade, the eleven-, yearold novelist, writes. stories of terrlfymg mountain, bundits, hair- breadth escapes, and’ heroic' rescues. His mascet 18 a teddy bear who watch- s him in his hours of literary effor: and regards critical hls tales of. boys who, regardless of presg of most exciting clrcumstnnce. always ' find | time to eat, Horace; son of Mr. andiMra. Ed- ward 1. Wade of Ohlcuo was born | in St; Lonts, March 26, 1908—possibly | . with & pencil in his hand. Anyhow, 4 umdlu to ‘his parents’ statement, *he has been writing most of the time since then and last ‘August.he spent three weeks on a mnovel entitled “In [ the Shadow of Great : Peril” which, ‘from thn”rm the jaw with every punch.” prefaced by George Ade and praised by Irvin Cobb, was published in: Chi- " cago February of this year.; To quote Horace is a. pupil in the Carter Pueucc school. He Is a year ahead ‘of his class and. expends surplus energy in the excitement ef football, baseball, skating, and hiking with the lone scouts. He 1s a thoroughly. nd~bloodad American boy. urooluwlthlrvlncohbwhouyl."l‘omymyotthlnkh:ho ‘Thope has imagination, he has balance and proportion most ' euddmumllge.udhemnwidcreholeeotwm belteved-it- possible: for boy of his age to have,” will be,glad to.know that Harace is.planning. sequel to_his wbml\ed volumo. and they euer\y wait | “The Heavy Hand of Justice.” g : m Pl‘llon lfi‘ Gretns GM W‘ll‘ ,Highly Desirable Places In fln Olden Time. Gretna Green, whose chief industry was once matrimony, is a_ village in 'couple- t.o‘Scotimd ust as the divorce | laws ofl’!o!mu-lhtetmmnm desirable for would-be divorcees, and therein lies Gretna Grmu first dnlm to fame. Fleet prison was the fl;nntlve “Gretna, Green™ of England until ‘the of | 1754, which made una marriages voidable, thereupon becoming the rmnance spot [| of the British fsles. All the Scottish law required was that two. perso lhould | | dectare their intention.'to be. in the presence of witnesses, and tth | British 1aw then, as noy marriages a8 legal so long formed to the laws in the places.¥ where | they were performed. 'ol!-dmn ! Two-Year:Old ¥ Winesap Apple Trees as Received - From Nursery. % e’ walts three or four years after . .hntlng for the peach trees to come fnto bearing and perhaps six or eight : for the apple trees to bear, only E ‘find, perhaps, that half the varl- ‘eties are mot the sorts he ordered, ieven though the trees, when he re- weived them from the nursery, were Babeled according to his order. The misnamed varieties may not fit ut all imto the grower’s plans for marketing ‘and are, perhaps, practically worthless to him. Tt requires no argument to convince pne that “the variety” i3 important to {the grower, once the problem Is stated. misnaming bf varieties in such a may be due to carelessness, to Endifference, to sheer dishomesty, to entirel ‘ly honest ‘errors. . The re- ts so far as the grower is com- ed, however, are the same in any 4 Nothing can ‘equal: the of butter. During the 'three ~decades when' Gretna Green “flourished, there were more than "7,000 marrisges recorded .} there, nearly 800 of which wére per- formed In 1835, the year before Scot- land enacted a law which made a three weeks' resilence a requisite to mar- rlage. errlnge by declaration is stm legal in §cotluld. POULTRY KEPT AS SIDE LINE Hardly Any-Activity of Modern Farm. ing Which Will Pay Better Than . ! Flock of Hens. Properly, developed. and fostered,| poultrying is one’ of the most profit- able side lines in which most farmers can become interested and, at present there Is hardly any ‘activity of modern farming which_will pay better than the ' maintenance -and . produtfion o! good poultry. 3 Suoscribe: for The Fioneer. deliexous, appetumc fllvor 3 Nothing can equal the hoolfll-pvu( qnoflhs of butter.: - ‘It contains the valuable substanee lmown as “Vitammes," which is obtainable only in genuine butter, milk, ice cream and eul,lndwflchbnfldlflefi and ‘strerigth, promotes health and long !!fa. "“Let the kiddies “Spmd Iton 'l'hiek" and une lots of . butter youmlf Always uk for - CHIEF BRAIID BUT TLR M«-lvh ) £ BEMIDJI CREAMERY C0. usly unusual, 1 should have ——ieed. CLEANING OUT.FOR ORQHARfl During Winter Season Remove All Dead Wood and Brush That May . Harbor Insect Pests. ' General: renovntlon of the orchard during the ‘winter is profitable;: cut- ting out dead wood, clearing out and burnlng brush, etc., which may harbor dlnue and fnsect pests. THE PIONEER ' WANT ADS 'BRING RESULTS = THE FASHION EVENT of the ENTIRE ONE WEEK from NEXT SUNDAY ’I’HAT new Spring Suit of yours—you will want } Photographs of yourself in it. for your relatives and friends. And of course the ' “ f L ! D2, “g‘%'.."f.i"":f_ YEAR _ing Battery. Like o ] vital parts - of - your cnr, it reéquires attention. . # We will inspect your bat- e; we will numnble . cost; if you need’' a new . battery, we will un you the best—an *¢ *“There’s an ‘leoc' Bat- . tegry lot every.car.” _Mlllor's Battery Shop " 1219 Foulth St. Hakkeru . Pictures should be finished | in the very latest mode— the way we fimsh them m 1 our studlo. 0 > - 5 = . Wioo buying.mea'm-:eoonomy. : The way to buy wuely is to read the advertuements 1/, —because advertxsed products are good products ——because merchants teil ‘you of thelr bargams : through advertlsements. —;——because almost every new opportumty is offered : ‘through an: advertlsement. p _-because practlcally every unusual buy is adver- 3 —-because you save tlme and trouble- by cho<>smg 7" what you want dnd where to get it from the advertlsements mstead of huntmg all over 1 : 1 How can I save money" By reldmg tho a,dvertuemenu. Not todly only. Butv.everyfclay.. : "You’ll save lponey by keepmg up with every opportumty to get’ full ‘value in buying—BY READING THE AD: 'VERTISEMENTS REGULARLY! Defective