August, IQIQ 



BETTER FRUIT 



Pacific Coast Cranberry Industry Growing 



AT a meeting of the Pacific Cran- 

 berry Exchange recently held in 

 Portland it was stated that the Pacific 

 Coast cranberry industry is becoming 

 such an important factor in the fruit 

 industry of the Northwest that it is 

 necessary for the growers to form a 

 more compact organization. To obtain 

 this result it was decided to incorpo- 

 rate and an organization committee 

 consisting of C. E. Griffith, of Port- 

 land, Ore.; W. F. Schimpf, of Astoria, 

 Ore., and L. W. Paul, of Ilwaco, Wash., 

 were appointed to take the prelimi- 

 nary steps in the matter. The growers 

 belonging to the Pacific Cranberry Ex- 

 change are located in Clatsop County, 

 Oregon, and the southwest counties of 

 Washington. It is estimated that there 

 are now 1000 acres of cranberries 

 under the control of the exchange. 



Among the matters discussed at the 

 meeting were a better and more attrac- 

 tive pack, better marketing facilities, 

 wider distribution, and more exten- 

 sive advertising. The importance of 

 the market for by-products from cran- 

 berries was also gone into and it was 

 shown that in some instances there 

 was a greater profit in using the ber- 

 ries for this purpose than in selling 

 them fresh. As an instance it was 

 shown that the juice sold readily at 

 $1.25 per gallon and that a band of 

 berries would produce from 12 to 12% 

 gallons. Many other profitable uses 

 for the by-products from cranberries 

 were also cited. 



An attractive and unique box label 

 with the color scheme worked out in 

 the national colors of red, white and 

 blue, and bearing the slogan "Eat No 

 Better Cranberries, and Know Cran- 

 berries Better," was adopted by the 

 exchange to be placed on its ship- 

 ments. 



One of the most interesting points 

 brought out at the meeting was the 

 fact that there was no truth in the 



statement that the Pacific Coast ber- 

 ries do not keep as well as the East- 

 ern berries. It was shown conclu- 

 sively that with proper care that the 

 Pacific Coast fruit could be kept until 

 late in the summer and that an 

 analysis made by an expert proved 

 that the latter required 30 per cent less 

 sugar for canning purposes than the 

 Eastern berry. This fact is looked 

 upon by coast cranberry growers as a 

 big advantage over the Eastern grown 

 fruit and will be used to educate con- 

 sumers as to the greater value to them 

 of the western berry for canning and 

 jelly purposes. 



While no estimates are available for 

 the entire crop from the Oregon- 

 Washington cranberry growing dis- 

 trict this year the crop in the South- 

 west Washington peninsula section in 

 1917 was 3500 barrels and in 1918 

 15,000 barrels. One grower from a 

 little less than one acre in this section 

 last year harvested 206 barrels. Two 

 hundred and fifty additional acres 

 were set to cranberries in the Grays 

 Harbor district this year. 



A much greater development of this 

 industry is expected in the near fu- 

 ture when coast consumers of fruit 

 become alive to the various uses to 

 which the cranberry can be put and 

 when they also become aware of the 

 superiority of the western grown 

 berry. 



CleaningUpthe Loganberry Yard 



As soon as the crop is picked or 

 shortly afterward the loganberry yard 

 should be cleaned up to insure the best 

 results in fruit the following year. 

 The old canes should be pruned out 

 and a careful search made for an- 

 thracnose. This disease affects the 

 canes, leaves and fruit, and if ne- 

 glected will ruin the patch. The dis- 

 ease can be detected on the stems by 



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spots having a pale center with irregu 

 lar brown or black margins and vary- 

 ing in size and color. These spots on 

 the leaves have a pale center with 

 broad reddish or purple borders. If 

 the fruit is attacked it dries up when 

 about half grown. The vines, in the 

 last stages of the disease send out a 

 great many canes that fail to bear 

 fruit. 



To control anthracnose the old vines 

 should be pruned out just as soon as 

 the crop is off, for the new growth 

 will be infected if they are left until 

 spring. All diseased vines should be 

 burned. In February the plants should 

 sprayed with lime-sulphur or Bor- 

 deaux, and six weeks later with the 

 same mixture. Care should be exer- 

 cised in using Bordeaux, as it is in- 

 clined to burn the foliage. These 

 sprays should be applied as follows: 

 Dormant, liquid lime-sulphur, two and 

 one-half gallons to 50 gallons of water; 

 soluble sulphur 10 pounds to 50, Bor- 

 deaux 4-4-50. Summer, lime-sulphur 

 one and one-half gallons to 50; soluble 

 sulphur, one pound to 50; Bordeaux, 

 4-4-50. 



Well cared for and properly 

 sprayed loganberry plants will last and 

 bear much longer than the unsprayed 

 plants and at present and prospective 

 prices for these berries, growers can 

 well afford to give them the best of 

 care. In cleaning up the yard this 

 year it will be well for the grower to 

 remember that there will be a strong 

 demand at good prices for new plants 

 and that the vines should be pruned 

 with a view to saving all the healthy 

 tips possible. 



Shortage of Nursery Stock 

 Serious 



Nursery stock for new plantings 

 will be very short this year according 

 to fifty members of the Pacific Coast 

 Nurserymen's Association represent- 

 ing most of the states in the Pacific 

 Northwest, who recently attended the 

 annual meeting of (he organization in 



Chemically Treated 

 the Point "Caro'' Protects 



"Caro" from DessiCARE (to dry up) 



"Caro" 



Prolongs the 



Life of Fruit 



Why? 



Fruit decomposition starts from a bruise which opens tiny holes and permits the juice to escape and BACTERIA to enter. 

 "Caro" clings closely and dries up the escapine juice. "Caro" ingredients harden the spot, kill the BACTERIA, arrests the decom- 

 position—and thus PROLONGS THE LIFE OF FRUIT. If your fruit is wjrth shipping it is worth keeping m best condition. 



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