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BETTER FRUIT 



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PREPAREDNESS 



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PORTLAND, OREGON 



Fruit Industry Paragraphed 



MdiitlilN Apple Coiisuiuptidn. — The 

 United States government has given out 

 the following estimates in reference to 

 the monthly consumption of apples in 

 barrels : .lune, 1,5(10,0(10 ; July, 0,400,000 ; 

 August, 8,800,000; September, 15,500,000; 

 October. 20,700,000. Figuring on a per- 

 centage basis: June, 3%; July, 11%; 

 August, 15%; September, 257c; October, 

 45%). It is to be regretted that these 

 figures, as far as we know, do not in- 

 clude the consumption for the months 

 from November to May, inclusive. 

 However, it seems wise to call attention 

 to the fact that fruitgrowers, (lealers 

 and operators should look out that the 

 month of June doesn't catch them with 

 much on cold storage, as it is certainly 

 bog>' month of the year. It is also true 

 that May is somewhat of a bog\ month 

 also, as at that time strawberries and 

 fresh vegetables are coming on the 

 market, reducing the normal consump- 

 tion of fruit. 



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President Barr\' of the Western and 

 New York Horticultural Society states 

 in an article recently published in a 

 book issued by the society, that the 

 oiricial count in New York State shows 

 24,988,707 fruit trees of all kinds, of 

 which M,07(i,718 are apple trees, which 

 produced 25,400,321 bushels. President 

 Barry quotes a New York (Central 

 official by saying: "More apples were 

 shipped from five centers in New York 

 State fruit belt than were produced 

 by Oregon and Washington combined." 



Estimates. — Oregon, Washington, Ida- 

 ho and Montana shipped about 10,000 

 cars of apples in 1915. There were 

 many who figured this year would be 

 one of immense production. Estimates 

 were made, but api)arently all estimates 

 were basetl on the fact that all orchards 

 of all ages in all districts would pro- 

 duce a heavy crop. Before the frosts 

 there were many who believed the 

 Northwest would ship 15,000 cars of 

 apples this season. Just at the present 

 time the amount of damage cannot be 

 definitely determined in some sections, 

 and therefore no definite or very valu- 

 able estimate can be given. About the 

 only thing to be said is that the crop 

 will be much smaller than was orig- 

 inally estimated by almost everyone 

 early this year. 



The cold rains this season, occurring 

 in some districts during the blossoming 

 time, interfered with pollinization, re- 

 ducing the size of the croi) very niate- 

 rlalh. The cherry crop, which was in 

 full i)loom in many districts during the 

 rainy period, suffered fpiite a severe 

 loss. The Dalles, Oregon, reports a 

 light cherry crop. Growers in many 

 districts believe the cherry crop of 1010 

 was largely reduced by the dryness 

 exisling during the year 1915. 



The Sam Watson is the name of a 

 new cantaloui)e being introduced and 

 obtained after many years of experi- 

 ment hy Mr. W. S. Broadens, a Califor- 

 nia fruitman. 



More Ben Davis apples are grown in 

 the United States than any other vari- 

 ety. Mr. Louis Erb, a conunission man 

 of many years in Chicago, and now 

 growing apples in the Ozarks, is the 

 ijest friend that old Ben ever had. 

 Laying all joking aside, the Ben Davis 

 is considered by many to be a pretty 

 good apple grown in some districts, 

 although the Northwest doesn't stack 

 up on it very heavily. We have eaten 

 Ben Davis in March and .\pril when 

 they did not taste bad, anil while we 

 are not fastidious, we do not hesitate 

 to say that any time we can get a 

 Spitzenberg, Winesap, Newtown, Joim- 

 than, Delicious, Grimes Golden, Graven- 

 stein and a few other varieties that the 

 other fellow can have the Ben Davis. 



I'rofesor T. O. Morrison, in charge of 

 the Division of Horticulture, Olympia, 

 Washington, is warning the growers 

 that infected fruit cannot be shipped 

 this year, except to by-product facto- 

 ries, for which a special permit nuist 

 be obtained. That's business. The less 

 infected fruit growers put on the mar- 

 ket the more money fruitgrowers will 

 make. 



Dining the low temperature prevail- 

 ing in .\piil snuidge pots wei-e used 

 exfensivelx in Southern Oregon, it 

 being (piiie evident that the growers 

 who snuidged properly iirofited largely 

 by preventing the fruit from being 

 aifected b\ frost. The growers who 

 (li<l not snuidge suffered more or less. 



