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p. F. E. and S. F. R. D. refrigerator 

 cars carry better than fruit in refrig- 

 erator cars coming from the Northwest. 

 Minneapolis — Do not like Clyman and 

 Petite. Not familiar with Earliana, Ga- 

 vlota and Champion. The other varie- 

 ties described in this report are popu- 

 lar in this city. 



Washington, D. C— Not handling 

 Northwestern plums and prunes, city 

 being supplied largely by local fruits 

 grown in nearby states. 



Topeka, Kansas — Burbank, Grand 

 Duke, Tragedy, Wickson and Diamond 

 of California, and Italian, from the 

 Northwest, are favorites. 



Lincoln, Nebraska — Not receiving all 

 the Italian that can be used. Could 

 handle 50 per cent more fruit if prices 

 were 25 to 35 cents a crate lower. 

 Varieties preferred are: Burbank. 

 Grand Duke, Tragedy, Wickson, Giant, 

 Hungarian, Diamond, Santa Rosa and 

 Italian. In early season trade likes red 

 Japanese varieties; later prefers blue 

 fruits. 



Columbus, Ohio— The old-fashioned 

 damson, Shropshire damson, French 

 and Italian are preferred. This market 

 doesn't take kindly to extremely large 

 plums regardless of color. The Trag- 

 edy, Burbank and Champion have some 

 demand. 



Kansas City, Missouri— This city de- 

 pends upon the Pacific Coast for its 

 supply of plums, the Italian being about 

 the only one handled from the Pacific 

 Northwest. Occasionally varieties like 

 Giant, Climax and Hungarian sell well. 

 It is believed that the amount could be 

 materially increased by shipping to ter- 

 ritory adjacent to Kansas City, espe- 

 cially Oklahoma and Nebraska. Cali- 

 fornia varieties meeting with favor are: 

 Grand Duke, Tragedy, Wickson, Giant, 

 Champion, Diamond, Santa Rosa. 



Evansville, Indiana — Can use limited 

 quantity of Italian and occasionally 

 mixed cars of such varieties as Bur- 

 bank, Grand Duke, Tragedy, Wickson, 

 Giant, Hungarian, Climax and Clyman. 

 Dallas, Texas — Do not use large quan- 

 tities of plums and prunes, a few being 

 received from California with mixed 

 cars of grapes. The blue plum is not a 

 good seller in this market. Have never 

 been successful in selling Northwestern 

 plums. Red and yellow fruit sells bet- 

 ter in this market. 



Houston. Texas — Receive local sup- 

 ply in June, July and part of August. 

 After that shipments of Burbank, Grand 

 Duke, Tragedy, Wickson, Giant, Hun- 

 garian, Climax, Diamond, Clyman and 

 Italian are handled. Some of the North- 

 western plums tend to run too small in 

 size. 



Detroit, Michigon — The only varieties 

 handled from the Northwest are the 

 Italian and German, which always find 

 a good market. Much local fruit from 

 Michigan is handled. Such California 

 varieties as Burbank, Grand Duke, 

 Champion, Tragedy and Gaviota, are 

 well received. 



Tuscon, Arizona — Most of the fruits 

 come in mixed cars from Los Angeles. 

 Are handling Grand Duke, Tragedy, 

 Burbank, Gaviota, Wickson and Hun- 

 garian. 



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New Haven, Connecticut — Fruit be- 

 gins arriving in June and continues un- 

 til the middle of September. Fruit 

 arrives in very good condition from 

 the Northwest. Varieties being sold in 

 city are: Climax, Burbank, Italian, 

 Grand Duke, Tragedy, Wickson, Gavi- 

 ota, Hungarian and Diamond. 



Pittsburg — Most of the fruit comes 

 from California. Varieties handled in 

 largest quantity are: Clyman, Tragedy, 

 Climax, Burbank, Abundance, Santa 

 Rosa, Red June, California Red, Wick- 

 son, Diamond, Grand Duke, Sugar, Gi- 

 ant and Hungarian. The California 

 fruit is systematically and well handled. 

 Some Northwestern fruit received 

 when California fruit is cleaned up. 



Birmingham, Alabama — Popular vari- 

 eties for this market are Burbank, Trag- 

 edy, Wickson and Hungarian. Most of 

 the fruit received comes from Cali- 

 fornia. 



Portland — City over supplied with 

 local stuff, largely in bulk. Some of 

 the better grades of Burbank, Tragedy, 

 Wickson, Climax, Santa Rosa and Cly- 

 mand are handled. 



Seattle— City favors Climax, Bur- 

 bank, Tragedy, Hungarian, Clyman, 

 Italian and Peach. Received a new 

 package the past year, which they pre- 

 fer. This is one basket wide, two bas- 

 kets long and two baskets deep, one 

 basket being packed on top of another, 

 with a deck or board between. 



San Francisco — Beauty, Santa Bosa, 

 Climax, Diamond, Tragedy, Wickson, 

 Grand Duke, Grosse, German, are pre- 

 ferred varieties. Second choice arc: 

 Sugar, Giant, Satsunia, Kclsey, Burbank, 

 Clyman. Local fruit arrives from May 

 to August. Could use considerably 

 through August, September and Oc- 

 tober. 



All markets, with Ihe exception of 

 Seattle, report uniformly that the pres- 

 ent four-basket crate is a very desirable 

 package, and it is doubtful if it can be 

 improved upon. 



Special Recommendations for the Pa- 

 cific Northwest 



The Italian prune is the most popu- 

 lar shipping prune, not only in the en- 

 tire Northwest, but for the Pacific 

 Coast. 



The Hungarian, Tragedy and Cham- 

 pion are at the present time selling for 

 higher prices than the Italian, owing to 

 the under-supply of these varieties. So 

 far, these are the only varieties we have 

 been shipping from the Northwest suc- 

 cessfully in commercial quantities. 



The Northwest should not attempt to 

 ship Petite prunes in the fresh state, or 

 any plums or prunes that are small in 

 size or of poor color. 



The acreage of the Italian will in- 

 crease materially in the next ten years, 

 and it is probable that the prices will 

 be lowered for this variety unless spe- 

 cial attention is given to distributing it 

 to new markets. 



Since plums can be sold as long as 

 they are good, it would seein that the 

 Northwest should attempt to grow more 

 varieties and lengthen the ripening 

 season. 



We would suggest that in each valley 

 where green prunes and plums are a 

 commercial crop that the following ad- 

 ditional varieties be tried in a limited 

 way: Beauty, Burbank, Grand Duke, 

 Diamond, California Red, California 

 Blue, Wickson, Giant, Gaviota, Formosa, 

 Climax, Santa Bosa, Splendor, Earliana. 

 While some of these varieties may not 

 succeed as well as in California, on 

 the other hand, some may excel Cali- 

 fornia in excellence. 



In altemiiling to grow most of these 

 Iilums, especially the Jai)anese varie- 

 ties, which lend to bear heavy and pro- 

 duce vigorous wood growth, it will be 

 necessary for our growers to prune 

 more vigorously and practice severe 

 hand thinning. 



The Northwest should be more care- 

 ful in handling and packing the green 

 prunes and plums. 



