Culture of the American Grape in Oregon. HI 



ages used are the four-box crates containing twenty to twenty-two pounds 

 and the four and eight-pound Climax baskets. The former are generally 

 used for the white and red grapes, but the Concord type are almost uni- 

 versally put in the baskets. Market prices range from 50 cents to $1 per 

 crate and 10 to 20 cents for the small baskets, and '2.0 to 45 cents for the 

 large ones. To be profitable, beyond the needs of the local market, grapes 

 must be grown in carload quantities. Express rates are too high to permit 

 profitable shipments of small quantities. Our markets are now large enough 

 to handle carloads at any time without difficulty, and it is the businesslike 

 way to handle them. Communities of small growers must organize and 

 ship together. Carloads of Concord grapes are shipped from New York 

 and Pennsylvania as far west as Spokane each year, and occasionally they 

 come into Portland and Seattle. 



