September, 1919 



in large apple sales to eastern buyers at this 

 time. 



The Sclah Fruit Growers, Inc.. now occupies 

 a commodious new office, recently built ad- 

 joining its packing plant. 



Lack of poUenization is reported by E. B. 

 Kcllv. horticultural inspector with the Wash- 

 ington Department of Agriculture, to be the 

 cause of a big loss in the apple crop in the 

 Inland Empire. Mr. Kelly says that orchard- 

 ists in this district must pay more attention 

 to the raising of bees, either with or without 

 regard to the value of the honey they make. 



.\n evaporator that will handle 1.000 tons of 

 fresh fruit is to be erected at Grandview. The 

 plant, which will be built by F. M. Martin, 

 will largely handle apples this year but will 

 include peaches and pears in its operations in 

 future seasons. 



A .?fi.000 frost-proof fruit warehouse was 



recently opened for business at Dalton. The 



new structure is built of concrete and will 

 have a capacity of ."JOO tons of fruit. 



nevelopnient of eastern Washington op-liards 

 and establishment throughout the section of 

 large bv-products plants and glass container 

 and box factories under the wing of a $12.5,- 

 000.000 national corporation is the program 

 which has been outlined for the fruit industry 

 in the Walla Walla district by the commercial 

 club of that place. 



The Selah Spray Company has been merged 

 with the Selah Fruit Growers, Inc. Both con- 

 cerns will be conducted under one manage- 

 ment. 



S. new cannery has been opened at Monte- 

 sano with a sealing machine that has a ca- 

 pacity of 20 gallons per minute. George Hal- 

 fertvand J. C. Edney, of the Sea Beach Pack- 

 ing Company of Aberdeen and Copalis, are 

 managing the new plant, which will probably 

 do business under the name of the Montesano 

 Canning Company. 



Chelan county is elated over the fact that it 

 may have a horticultural experiment stati^in 

 uiuier the direction of the State Agricultural 

 College at Pullman and the United States .\g- 

 ricultural Department. The proposition has 

 the recommendation of State Commissioner of 

 Horticulture M. L. Dean and the authorities of 

 the state college. 



Apple growers in the Husum and White Sal- 

 mon districts have combined to fight lire 

 blight, which is said to have made its appear- 

 ance in the orchards at Lyle a few miles cast 

 of that section. 



M. L. Dean, State Horticultural Commission- 

 er of Washington, believes that the production 

 in Wenatchee orchards can be increased 2.5 to 

 7.1 per cent bv proper fertilization. Successful 

 experiments with 'nitrate of soda that have 

 come under Mr. Dean's observation forces him 

 to the opinion that where the soil is lacking 

 in proper nourishment this treatment will ac- 

 complish wonders. 



.\ report was telegraphed from Walla Walla 

 during August that the bottom had fallen out 

 of the prune market. The ruling price up to 

 the 18th had been SlOO per ton. It was alleged 

 that after the break the fruit was offered at 

 SfiO and declined. Next day the report of the 

 slump was emphatically denied and growers 

 were urged to stand pat, and refused to be 

 stampeded. 



The first carload of winter apples was 

 shipped out of Wenatchee August 23d. It was 

 destined for the Alaska trade and was made 

 up of Winter Bananas, Delicious, .lonathans 

 and Spit.?enbergs. 



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pickers will keep contented. Contented pick- 

 ers are money makers for the fruit grower." 



State Fruit Inspector L. C. Vandcnburg re- 

 cently made a tour of the state in order to 

 properlv organize a thorough inspection dur- 

 ing the" heavy fruit shipping season. 



It is reported that 3,000 satisfied Idaho resi- 

 dents went East on the excursion of the Na- 

 tional G. A. R. encampment. Many of these 

 took boxes of apples with them to show East- 

 erners the excellence of western fruit. 



H. Harland, L. E. Keeler and J. D. Baker 

 have been appointed fruit inspectors for the 

 district comprising Payette, Wood Spur and 

 Crystal. All shipments of fruit in Idaho are 

 to "be state inspected as to grade and pack. If 

 a shipper desires a certificate of inspection a 

 charge of .$5 per car will be made. The in- 

 spections will be made chiefly at the various 

 packing houses and will be under the direc- 

 tion of the Idaho State Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



As in other districts there is a strong de- 

 mand in Idaho for cull apples to be shipped 

 outside of the state. Arrangements for the 



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shipments will be permitted, provided the 

 shipper procures a license to ship and the 

 state they are to be shipped to will permit 

 them to enter. 



The canning plant at Payette was a very 

 busy place during the cherry and apricot sea- 

 son. Fifteen tons of cherries and 30 tons of 

 apricots were put up. Before the season is 

 over the plant expects to handle 100 tons of 

 peaches, 50 tons of pears and the output from 

 30 acres of sweet corn which was especially 

 grown for the cannery this season. The yield 

 of corn, it is reported, promises to be good. 



Idaho orchardists predict the largest crop 

 on record in that state this year. Last year 

 the apple crop in Idaho was a failure, but 

 in 1917 a bumper crop was harvested and 500 

 carloads were shipped from the central sec- 

 tion. This year the crops look better than 

 ever and estimates give the state a total yield 

 of 4,000 carloads. 



The Payette Independent in its farm bureau 

 notes calls attention to the serious lack of 

 cold storage in that valley. "The apple crop 

 of the valley," it says, "is estimated at about 

 2 500 cars, valued at an average price of $1,800 



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