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BETTER FRUIT 



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Phone 5634 Route No. 3, Box 227 HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



Plantation four miles southwest of station. Belmont Road 

 We win be pleased to show you trees, apple trees that have a herltape. a quality that should be considered by eTeryone 

 who plants a tree. Our trees are grown In clean hillside virgin red shot soil wltii clay Bubaoll, producdng the most rtgorous 

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H. S. BUTTERFIELD. President W. J. ENSCHEDE, Manager 



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GEO. C. OBER, Manager 



The \oith Pacifiv Fruit Distributors. No- 

 vember 10th. issued a very interesting circular 

 showing a Twenty-eight Months Record, some 

 of the information being in reference to the 

 volume of business. In twenty-eight months 

 the North Pacific Fruit Distributors have tlis- 

 tril)uted .$826,701.71; the total number of cars 

 handled during this period \\ as 12,276. The 

 operating cost for the season of 1915 on the 

 date mentioned was .'^56. 96 less than the budget 

 prepared in advance. Quick returns are indi- 

 cated by the statement that the average time 

 eiajjsing between the dates of shipment and 

 remittance of proceeds from the central office 

 to the shipping associations has, for the 

 p]'esent season to date, been twenty days. 

 Carlot sales were made to 367 cities in 1914, 

 compared with 243 cities in 1913. Exports 

 through foreign ports in 1914 showed an in- 

 crease of 324 per cent. Statements are also 

 made that the North Pacific Fruit Distributors, 

 supported by seven branch olTices and one 

 liundred exclusive sales agents, enabled the 

 Distributors to make cash f.o.h. sales on 97V2 

 per cent of its fruit. On 12,276 cars sold, the 

 total loss through inability to collect is stated 

 as being $418.07. 



Mr. J. B. Knapp. secretary of the Pacific 

 Coast Veneer Association, has advised "Better 

 Fruit" that the Pacific Coast Veneer Manu- 

 facturers are showing their interest in caring 

 for the fruit industry by endeavoring to 

 formulate some sort of plan whereby w are- 

 houses can be established in the different fruit 

 sections which will carry a supply of con- 

 tainers for all kinds of small fruits. Such a 

 move on their part will certainly be greatly 

 appreciated by the fruitgrowers in the differ- 

 ent districts. It is only by bringing contain- 

 ers for small fruit into different fruit districts 

 in carload lots that they can be obtained at 

 a minimum figure. Individual growers are 

 not able to ort'er in carload lots, so if some 

 source of supjily can be established in the 

 different fruit districts it will be a big factor 

 in enabling fruitgrowers to purchase the num- 

 ber of containers they require at minimum 

 cost, and in addition to this it will be a big 

 convenience, which will be highly appreciated 

 by all fruitgrowers. 



Sew Fruit Creations. — The Pitless Prune 

 and the Plumcot are two comparatively recent 

 creations by Luther Burbank. Both fruits 

 have been sold in San Francisco by Levi Zent- 

 ner Company. It is stated the Pitless Prune 

 has a pit no larger than the size of a pea in 

 a very small cavity. Commission men say. 

 judging from its initial appearance, that it 

 will he a serious competitor of the Standard 

 I'rench Prune. The Plumcot was created sev- 

 eral years ago, a cut of this plum appearing 

 on the cover page of the January, 1908, edition 

 of "Better I''ruit." It is a red fruit, nearly 

 two inches in diameter, with a smooth skin 

 like the plum, with the apricot flavor pre- 

 dominating. Fruit men consider it a valuable 

 addition to the fruit nutrkets. Another crea- 

 tion by Luther Burbank is the Giant Cherry, 

 which has been grow n commercially to some 

 extent in Vacaville Valley, California. 



The Indiana Apple Show was held at In- 

 dianapolis. Indiana, November fith to 13th. 

 showing a marked imjirovement in qualit>' 

 and the number of exhibits over previous 

 shows. Everyone whr) attended felt fully 

 repaid, because the apple show was a splendid 

 success in every feature. In addition to the 

 -how, there was a splendid program for the 

 fruitgrowers, consisting of a number of good 

 addresses by the ablest men connected w ith 

 the fruit industry. The Purdue University 

 exhihil was a notable feature of the show. 

 the principal feature exhibit being a hollow- 

 apple sixteen feet in diameter covered with 

 Ben Davis apples, it requiring 18.000 Ben 

 Davis apples to cover this immense structure. 



Apple Exports to South .4 mericrt.— According 

 to Mahlon Terhune, freight broker and for- 

 warding agent of New York City, the follow- 

 ing arc the box-apple shipments to Soulh 

 America in 1915: October 30. 22.960 boxes; 

 November 13. 27.194 boxes; November 27. 

 17,1.58 boxes. In addition to this, quite a 

 large quantity of pears, grapes and other 

 frnits were also exported to South America. 



(inindvivw. Washington, has completetl ar- 

 rangements for the erection of a cannery. The 

 building will be conunenced about February 

 1st. The cannery is intended to put up apples, 

 peaches, pears and other fruits, and later on 

 will take on the catining of vegetables. 



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