August, I pip 



BETTER FRUIT 



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The old storv of the fine fruit on the top 

 and the poor quality in the bottom resulted 

 in the condemning of half a car load of plums 

 in the Fresno district recently. The shippers 

 of the fruit were allowed later to repack the 

 shipment according to the fresh fruit stand- 

 ardization law. 



WITH A PURPOSE 



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trees (two acres I; fig, 2,460 trees (32 acres); 

 olive, 3,026 trees 141 acres) ; grape, 14,529 rooted 

 and cuttings; persimmon, 35 trees; walnut, 

 1,937 trees (17 acres); lemon, 151 trees (tw^? 

 acres) ; oranges, 901 trees (12 acres) ; cherry, 

 21,752 trees (294 acres); pear, 34,088 trees 

 (460 acres); plum, 7,798 trees (105 acres); 

 prune, 26,065 trees (352 acres); peach, 16,561 

 trees ,224 acres) ; apricot, 12,163 trees (164 

 acres) ; almond, 36,676 trees (463 acres) ; ap- 

 ple, 848 trees (12 acres); pomegranate, 15 

 trees; chestnut, 156 trees (2 acres). 



ising to take all that are offered, pay cash on 

 delivery and to furnish the lug boxes. The 

 grapes are to be dried and sent out of tlie 

 Vnited States, where the proper solutions will 

 be added and made into wine. It is claimed 

 none of the nutriment of the grape is lost in 

 the drying process. It has been tried. 



Five thousand dollars from a ten-acre Cli- 

 max plum orchard five years old, near Lind- 

 say, was the return that W. E. Porter re- 

 ceived for his crop this year. 



For the year beginning July 1, 1917, and 

 ended July 1, 1918, the state of California 

 appropriated $5,000 for the enforcement of 

 the Standard Apple Act. No appropriation 

 was asked or made after July 1, 1918, for the 

 reason that the revenue accruing from the 

 sale of Apple Grade Stamps, at one-half cent 

 each, reached the sum of ,$13,543.66, against 

 an expenditure of approximately Ifl2,500 used 

 in the enforcement of the act during the apple 

 shipping season of 1918. 



Wine grape growers arc being offered ?25 

 per ton for tluir crops and buyers are prom- 



NOW is the time to send to 



Milton Nursery Company 



MILTON, OREGON 



FOR THEIR 1919 CATALOG. 



FULL LINE OF NURSERY STOCK. 



"Ganuliieiias* and Quality" 



A heavy crop of figs is reported in the 

 Sultana district. Figs are selling on the 

 Eastern market from IS to 50 cents a pound, 

 while cannery prices in the field are 9 cents 

 a pound. 



The new process refrigerator cars being 

 used for fruit shipments from California are 

 said to be giving good results, and are likely 

 to supersede the old style cars. The cars are 

 equipped with outside electric thermometers 

 so that the temperatures inside can be read 

 at any time without opening the cars. 



Bits About Fruit, Fruitmen 

 and Fruitgrowers 



Reports are to the effect that the Fruit 

 Growers' Agency is receiving strong support 

 this year. The Yakima association has un- 

 dertaken to secure 1,000 members for the 

 agency and other districts are falling in line 

 to secure for this organization a much larger 

 increase in its membership. It is said that 

 with Yakima in line the Northwest will be 

 solid in its support of the agency. 



Information from authoritative sources state 

 that there will be no change in car loading 

 specifications for apples this year with the 

 exception of extending the 1x6 middle upright 

 to within two inches of the ceiling. The 

 other requirements proposed by the Railway 

 Administration have been postponed one year. 

 The new apple box specifications adopted by 

 the Railway Administration provide for the 

 minimum sixes of % inch ends, 5-16 inch 

 sides, and 3-16 inch tops and bottoms with 

 a 1-32 of an inch variation allowed. If the 

 dimensions do not meet with these require- 

 ments a higher rate will be charged. These 

 specifications, however, do not go into effect 

 until next year. 



A recent cablegram from Consul General 

 Skinner, London, states that the general li- 

 cense for the importation of apples and canned 

 fruits into the United Kingdom has been ex- 

 tended to April, 1920. 



Small fruits in Canada with the exception 

 of currants are a very light crop this year. 

 The apple crop is more promising, especially 

 in the Maritime Provinces. The crop in Brit- 

 ish Columbia indicates a yield estimated at 

 an increase of 50 per cent over last year. In 

 Ontario it is not so good varying from 50 to 

 80 per cent of a normal crop. 



The shipment of new apples commenced 

 early in July. One hundred and fifty-eight 

 cars were put on the market in the United 

 States the first week and 249 the second. 

 Apple exports from April 30 to July 1 this 

 year were 1,546,989 barrels (old stock). The 

 shipments were largely sent to England, Nor- 

 way and Sweden. 



The apple is the king of fruits in value of 

 crop as well as in the estimation of apple 

 lovers, according to information gathered by 

 the United States department of agriculture. 

 For the apple crop of 1918 a value of $230,- 

 000,000 has been estimated, or nearly three- 

 eighths of the value of all fruits. 



According to recent reports received from 

 California the prices being paid there for 

 fruits for canning are considerably higher 

 than those paid last year. For apricots last 

 year the average was $65 the ton; this year it 

 is between $100 and $110 the ton; yellow 

 freestone peaches last year, $37.50; this year, 

 $45 to $60; yellow clings last year, $50; this 

 year $85 to $110; Royal Anne cherries last 

 year, $155, and this year, $240; pears last 

 vear, $60; this year, $85: plums last year, 

 $50; this year, $75 and $100. 



The opening prices for California prunes 

 announced recently by the California Prune 

 Growers' Association caused widespread in- 

 terest in the Northwest as many producers in 

 the latter section were waiting for California 

 to set the prices before selling. The Califor- 

 nia prices are 16 cents a pound on 30-40s, 14 

 cents on 40-50s, and 12 cents on 50-60s. It 

 is stated that in some sections of Oregon 

 prunes have been sold at 1/2 cent a pound 

 higher for the same sizes. 



Tomato blight is reported generally through- 

 out tomato growing districts and growers are 

 expecting to receive .$18 per ton for their out- 

 puts. Climatic conditions this year are said 

 to have been particularly adapted to this 

 disease. 



Sixty dollars per ton, said to he the highest 

 figure paid for California Klberta peaches 

 this vear in large lots, was recently received 

 by a" fruitgrowing company in the Turlock 

 district. 



Much interest is being manifested by fruit- 

 growers throughout the country in the oper- 

 ations of the American Fruit Growers, Inc., 

 a $100,000,000 corporation that is acquiring 

 orchard property in both the deciduous and 

 citrus fruit belts of the United States, but 

 about which little was known. According to 

 a recent statement of this company its fun- 

 damental object is to organize and finance 

 the fruit and vegetable industry on a stabil- 

 ized basis. The statement says that the fruit 

 and vegetable industry in the United States 

 represents in gross volume and value the 

 most important item in the food supply of 

 tile nation, excepting only cereals and meat, 

 the total annual value of which has been 

 estimated as high as $3,000,000,000. The large 

 export demand for cereals and meat, this 



