May, 1930 



BETTER FRUIT 



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River Valley there are thousands upon thou- 

 sands of acres of sandy loam, the ideal berry 

 soil, a large part of which wjxen cleared, will 

 probably be set out to small fruits. Interest 

 has also been aroused in sour cherries and 

 already quite an acreage of these has been 

 put in. The people of this part of the state 

 are also beginning to take more and better 

 care of their numerous small home orchards. 

 Tills is due to an entirely new market result- 

 ing from the establishment of several canneries 

 in the county. Construction of Independent 

 canneries has already begun both in Sedro 

 WooUey and in Burlington while next year the 

 Everett Canning Company, anticipates the 

 erection of a branch cannery in Mt. Vernon. 



MONTANA. 



The satisfactory prices received for the 1919 

 crop of apples have caused orchardists to cen- 

 ter their attention upon their orchards. The 

 mild weather since December has permitted 

 most of them to complete pruning operations 

 and an extensive cultural program is being 

 planned. Special consideration is being given 

 to the use of leguminous cover crops for the 

 purpose of enriching the soil. Much of this 

 is caused from the results of the cultural ex- 

 periments conducted on the horticultural sub- 

 station located in the Bitter Root Valley. As 

 these have been in operation since 1908 some 

 interesting as well as valuable information is 

 available. One need not hesitate to decide the 

 value of turning under a few crops of clover 

 or peas — a glance at the trees in the ditferent 

 plots is sufBcient. 



State Horticulturist Wood is exerting every 

 influence possible to secure adequate spraying. 

 As outbreaks of codling moth appeared in 

 several widely separated districts in Western 

 Montana last year, attempts are being made 

 to eradicate them and uphold the fame of 

 Montana as the home of the "wormless" apple. 



An outbreak of the "apple leaf roller" in the 

 upper end of the Bitter Root Valley is receiv- 

 ing special attention. Already a car of oil 

 for use in spraying has been ordered, and an 

 attempt will be made to check the further 

 spread of the insect. To assist in the control 

 of this and the codling moth several spray out- 

 fits have been purchased by the state. 



A breeding cage is being constructed on the 

 horticultural substation to assist in the study 

 of the life history of the codling moth and 

 other insects of economic Importance in Mon- 

 tana. 



At present growers are receiving from six to 

 eight cents per pound for potatoes, and con- 

 tracts are being signed for the 1920 crop at 

 from |i30 to $35 per ton. A large acreage is 

 expected. 



The heavy rains which have fallen during 

 the past month have resulted in an abundance 

 of moisture in the soil. Conditions are ideal 

 for a bumper crop both in tlie irrigated sec- 

 tions and on the dry-land farms. 



What They Are Doing in 

 California 



The California Associated Raisin Company 

 last year shipped to points in the United States 

 322,150,067 pounds of raisins. 



The Hinkley-Beach Canning Company, which 

 has secured five acres adjoining the townsite 

 of Sanger, California, will construct an ex- 

 tensive canning plant in which they will 

 handle all kinds of fruits and vegetables. 



A recent investigation of crop damage to 

 almonds in California is said to show a more 

 serious condition than was at first reported. 

 The damage is due to lack of rainfall and 

 frost. In most districts the damage is re- 

 ported as high as 50 per cent while in some 

 of the others it is reported that there will not 

 be enough nuts to pay for harvesting. The 

 reports state that \\hile some new acreage will 

 come into bearing this year it will not be 

 enough to offset the loss on old-bearing trees. 



The announcement is made that the Guinda 

 Almond Growers' Association has unanimous- 

 ly voted to afniiate with the California Almond 

 Growers' Exchange. This association has here- 

 tofore been marketing almonds through other 

 sources. The members of the Winters Dried 

 Fruit Company also voted unanimously to 

 afniiate with the t'alifornia Almond Growers* 

 ICxchange and as a I'esult the major portion 

 of the almonds markrtcd through the Winters 

 Dried Fruit Company heretofore, will in the 

 future be marketed through the Winters Al- 

 mond Growers' Association, a unit of the ex- 

 change. This will give the exchange very 



close to 100 per cent of the almonds in those 

 sections. Since January 1, approximately 500 

 new members have been secured, giving the 

 exchange some considerable increase in its 

 control of the crop. 



On account of the unusually large numbers 

 of adult grasshoppers depositing eggs in many 

 localities in the late summer months in Cali- 

 fornia in 1919 and the mild winter and lack 

 of rains, California bug experts are looking 

 for one of the most severe grasshopper sea- 

 sons in the history of the state. The State 

 Department of Agriculture has already taken 

 hold of the matter through its ofllce of pest 

 control and will wage a vigorous warfare 

 against these pests from now on. 



The California Vegetable Union has moved 

 its headquarters from Los Angeles to Sacra- 

 mento, having contracted for the immense 

 vegetable output of the Sutter Basin lands. 

 The union expects to ship 3,000 carloads of 

 vegetables out of Sacramento within the next 

 year. The tremendous growth of the vegetable 

 growing industry in Sarcamento Valley led the 

 union to its decision to establish headquarters 

 in Sacramento, according to Thomas O'Neil, 

 president. 



The California Fruit Exchange announces 

 the shipment of the first box of California 

 cherries to the eastern market, on April 10. 

 This is a week earlier than last year. The 

 cherries were shipped from Vacaville. 



California fruitmen, canners, shippers and 

 all those who are connected with the fruit busi- 

 ness in any way have every reason to feel 



optimistic over the coming crop, says Charles 

 B. Bills of the California Fruit Distributors. 

 Bills has just returned from a trip of inspec- 

 tion through the fruit districts and says he 

 has never seen conditions more ideal than they 

 now are, with every indication of a bumper 

 crop. 



The strawberry season in the Sacramento 

 Valley is under way — fifteen days earlier than 

 last year. Carload shipments started on May 

 1 and indications are that prices will be about 

 the same as last year. The crop will be con- 

 siderably larger than last year, however, the 

 production in the Florin district alone being 

 estimated at 15,000 crates. 



Cannery Notes 



A. Rupert & Company, Incorporated, which 

 is extending its already large operations in the 

 canning industry took over during the past 

 month the cannery of the Umpqua Valley 

 Growers' Association at Roseburg. The Rupert 

 Company also took over $41,000 worth of 

 canned goods which were on hand and agreed 

 to find a market for them. The company made 

 the deal according to the report, with the 

 understanding that local interests take f20,000 

 worth of the preferred stock. Should the 

 Rupert Company finally close the deal it will 

 erect a large warehouse in connection with its 

 canning operations at Roseburg. 



With the shipping of a carload of canned 

 apples to San Francisco it is announced that 

 the entire product of the cannery at Sunny- 

 side, Washington, has been disposed of. 



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