Delicious apple traced to seedling root from Bellflower graft
Yakima data recounts Jessie Hiatt of Peru Iowa discovering a seedling root from a Bellflower graft. The new variety debuted in 1872 and was later named Delicious by Stark Brothers Nurseries. The world’s favorite apple gained prominence after a 1922 monument and widespread propagation.
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World
Yakima
Wash
Appleland News
Rene
Jessie Hiatt
Peru
Madison County
Iowa
Hiatt
Cc. MM. Stark
Stark Brothers Nurseries
Missouri
Lloyd C. Stark
Stark Brothers
Detailed Weather Forecasts For Several States
Ohio mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries near Lake Erie tonight and Thursday. Kentucky mostly cloudy and colder tonight. West Virginia light rain this afternoon, cloudy tonight and Thursday. Maryland cloudy with light rain near the coast this afternoon, partly cloudy Thursday. Virginia cloudy with light rain near the coast this afternoon, partly cloudy and warmer Thursday in east and north. Western Pennsylvania cloudy with light snow today, mostly cloudy Thursday with little temperature change.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Kentucky
West Poron
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report Update
Consignments show prices $1 lower for most cattle classes from last week with light stockers steady. Calves and hogs edge higher. Dairy cows at $225 per head. sows up to 24.75. lambs mostly in the mid 20s. Bulls and heifers vary from 15.50 to 23.
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Chicago
Virginia Livestock Market Quotations
Market prices cover fat steers and heifers with ranges for quality classes and weights. Bulls, veal calves, lambs, fat sheep, hogs, sows, shotes, fresh cows and springers are listed with top, bulk, and low ends, including a note on Magna Carta language in Latin.
Stark Double Red Delicious Apple Sport History
Investigation showed a Stark Delicious tree produced a sport limb with a bright all over color. Stark Nurseries paid $6,000 for the sole propagation rights and introduced this sport as Stark Double Red Delicious.
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Stark Nurseries
Stark Delicious
Starking
Baltimore Prices and Livestock Markets Read Aloud
Baltimore market notes show apples and poultry steady with mixed prices across varieties. Cattle hogs sheep and hogs traded unevenly in steady to down ranges, while a final remark notes owl eye alignment with head movement.
Market Opens With Fractional Gains In Quiet Trade
Early trading shows scant gains across many stocks as demand fades. Several large blocks change hands while overall activity remains subdued with a few issues slipping into negative territory. Highlights include Consolidated Vultee up slightly on a 1000 share sale and notable movers such as General Motors Studebaker Sears Roebuck Woolworth Glenn Martin Schenley American Smelting American Can Dow Chemical International Paper Santa Fe Southern Pacific Illinois Central Texas Corp Transcontinental & Western Air United Air Lines. Losers include U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Lockheed American Telephone and Pennsylvania R R.
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New York
Consolidated Vultee
Wheat Leads Firm Start in Chicago Grain Markets
Wheat opened firm with May at 2.27 to 2.27 and July around 2.10. Corn eased to about 1.48 for May and 1.46 for July while oats fluctuated near 77 for May. Soybeans posted about 1.52 for March and lard traded January at 15.50 with July around 16.0.
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Chicago
Prices reported for Winchester eggs and live poultry products
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 53 cents and Grade A large 53 cents. Medium 45 cents. Pullets and chicks priced. Live poultry paid by dressing plants in Winchester for No 1 quality FOB producer farms: heavy breed hens four pounds up 29 cents, 4 1/2 pounds up 32 cents. Leghorn hens 22 cents. Leghorn broilers up to 2 1/2 pounds 23 cents. heavy cock, stags, rock and cross broilers 30 cents. young turkey hens 55 cents, toms 56 cents, No 2 toms and hens lower. old and young guineas 35 and 40 cents.
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Winchester
U. S
Local Market Prices for Grains and Feeds
Market list shows prices for flour corn meal and grain at Mil, moisture noted. New corn under 17 percent moisture at 1.30 per bushel. new wheat under 14 percent moisture at 2.10 per bushel. Feeds include egg mash 18 percent at 4.05 and various mash and butter products with miscellaneous prices.
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Star
Turkey
Potteene
Eee
Mileage of surfaced roads in the United States
The United States has 1,530,000 miles of surfaced roads, nearly five times the amount in 1920.
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United States
Universe materials composed of chemical elements
Question and answer propose that all material things perceivable in the universe are made of one or more chemical elements. The idea reflects an elemental view of matter.
Estate and Household Goods Sales Listings Jan to Feb
A series of public sales schedules items for estates and residents in Winchester Ellwood Berryville and Grimes. Listings include Ella Conner Milton Conner Viola Graves Claude Poston Charles Edwards H S Bart and H O Light with items such as household goods furniture machinery livestock and farm implements. The dates range January 14 to February 25 with specific times and locations.
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Ella Conner
Winchester
Milton Conner
Viola Graves
W. Clifford St
Claude Poston
Ellwood
Charles Edwards
Berryville
Marvin Chapel Church
H. S_ _ Bart
White Hall
H. O. Light
Grimes
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Jesse Hiatt
Grover
Stark Brothers Nurseries and Orchards Company
Mr. Hiatt
Ben Davis
Jonathan
Iwoa
New Jersey
Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville 19
Ferguson
H.H. Triggs Garage
Inwood, W. Va
Ry Aste
Bser
Myer
Myers
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Virginia Livestock Market
Spirin
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock & Germam Ste
Baltimore
U.s.ls
Usis & Utility
Abraham Lincoln
Spain
Holiness Church
Luxembourg
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main ST
Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron
Heatwolk Motor Ca
N. Braddock St
AAU Starv
Jumbo Lake
N. Loudoun St
W. J. Dillner Transfer CO
Liberty Ave
Pittsburgh, Pa
Patton
Tim
A. F. Rees, Inc
Tel
Harrisburg
Farquhar
FRICK
Danlea
FOX Field
McCulloch Chain Saws Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
U. S. Rt. 11
Clarence Williams
Coleman Dunn
Joe Jolliffe
Mildred Luttrell
Kernstown Meth. Church
Penny Can
Pgcn Bank
THE
Northern
VA. Power CO
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