May, 19 19 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 15 



With a greater number of high grade 

 apple salesmen going abroa<i this year 

 tlian ever before to investigate market 

 conditions the export trade should be 

 greatly stinnilated. New markets will 

 undoubtedly be opened up, a greater 

 volume of business secured and a closer 

 affiliation made with the big distrib- 

 utors in England and other foreign 

 markets. 



Winter kill, a fruit-tree trouble that 

 has kept the experts in horticulture 

 guessing more or less, is ably discussed 

 in this issue of Better Fhuit by Dean 

 Cordley, director of the Oregon Agri- 

 cultural College E;xperiment Station. 

 As this is a matter that is of the gravest 

 concern to orchardists they will be 

 keenly interested in knowing its real 

 cause and how to combat it. 



Notes of Activities in Strawberry Industry 



WHILE the acreage in strawberries 

 this year is very materially re- 

 duced as a whole in the United States, 

 California is one of the few states to 

 show an increase. It is estimated that 

 the acreage in strawberries in Califor- 

 nia this year will be 4,000 acres as com- 

 pared to 3,800 acres last >ear. 



of contracts are stated to have been 

 made at 10 cents by canners. Many of 

 the growers, it is reported, are holding 

 out for 19 cents. 



In Lewis County, Washington, 200 

 acres of strawberries will be marketed 

 and in the Crays Harbor country 65 

 acres of blackberries will be shipped. 

 The Vashon Island strawberry crop 

 shows an increase of 20 per cent, 

 heavier planting having been made in 

 1<)18. 



At Kennewick the strawberry acreage 

 in bearing this year in the hands of 

 organized growers, is reported as 180 

 acres as compared to 22,^ acres last 

 year. The organized growers expect to 

 market their fruit this year for 15 cents 

 a crate, making a saving of 5 cents over 

 last year when the marketing price was 

 20 cents. The crates cost the growers 

 from 8 to 9 cents. 



In the State of Washington the pro- 

 duction promises to be about the same 

 as it was last year. The acreage now 

 reported from there is 880 acres as 

 against 850 acres in 1918. In 1917 there 

 were 450 acres set out, while in 1916, 

 before adverse conditions arose, there 

 were 3,093 acres planted. Prices for 

 berries in Washington are expected to 

 rule very high this year, as a number 



One hundred carloads is the estimate 

 put on the shipment of strawberries to 

 be made from the Hood River district 

 this year. Fine returns from berries 

 for two years have caused an increase 

 in the acreage at Hood River of 20 per 

 cent. It is reported that the crop at 

 Hood River has been sold in advance of 

 the shipping season at a high figure. 

 Canners are quoting prices in this sec- 

 tion of 15 cents. 



Doings of Fruitmen and Fruit Growers 



At a meeting held recently J. A. 

 Warman of the Peshastin Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association was re-elected presi- 

 dent of the Skookum Packers' Associa- 

 tion. John L. Langdon of the Baker- 

 Langdon Orchard Company was made 

 vice-president, and P. R. Parks of the 

 Spokane Fruit Growers' Company was 

 elected secretary and treasurer. 



Horan won the $1,000 prize ofTered for 

 the best carload of apples. For many 

 years he was a successful horticulturist 

 and at the time of his death owned a 

 60-acre orchard near Wenatchee. As a 

 faithful attendant at all important fruit 

 meetings Mr. Horan will be greatly 

 missed bv his fellow fruitmen. 



A far-reaching amendment was re- 

 cently adopted at the annual meeting 

 of the Hood River Apple Growers' 

 Association. It provides for the expul- 

 sion or fining of members who fail to 

 abide by the rules of the association. 

 A by-law was adopted in this connec- 

 tion to the effect that the offending 

 member be tried before the directors. 



The past season's vield of apples at 

 Hood River reached 1,100,000 boxes 

 and the crop was entirely sold before 

 April 1. The estimate for this year's 

 crop is placed at 1,500,000 boxes. 



The new members of the board of 

 directors of the Hood River Apple 

 Growers' Association elected recently 

 are: P. S. Davidson, A. ,1. Gralf, W. B. 

 Dickerson, .1. C. Porter, J. R. Nunna- 

 maker, O. B. Nye, E. W. Birge, A. C. 

 Statcn, A. F. Bickford, Dr. J. 1). Gutterv 

 and J. H. Jefferv. 



Michael Horan, one of the best known 

 fruitmen in the Northwest, and fre- 

 ([uently called the ai)ple king of Wash- 

 ington, died recently at Seattle of ijneu- 

 monia. At the first National Apple 

 Show held in Spokane in 1908 Mr. 



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Prune growers at Roseburg, Oregon, 

 believe that the blossom contracts for 

 prunes made in California indicate 

 what the Oregon price will be, and now 

 expect that the price for 1919 will not 

 be lowered much over that of 1918, 

 when it was on a base of 10% cents per 

 pound. The Willamette Valley prune 

 industry is reported to be in a thriving 

 condition, although little planting was 

 done this year owing to the shortage of 

 nurserv stock. 



Dan Wuille & Co., the British apple 

 exporters, who have been operating ex- 

 tensively in the Northwest for several 

 years, have purchased the storage and 

 warehouse ))lants of the Northwest 

 Fruit drowers' Exchange at Hood Hiver 

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KEEP BEES! 



HONEY IS THE BEST 

 SUBSTITUTE FOR SUGAR 



and is more Wholesome 

 and Delicious. 



IF you own an orchard or keep bees, 

 you should have a copy of our Cata- 

 log. It lists everything for the successful 

 handling of bees and the production of 

 honey. 



We are pioneers in the bee supply busi- 

 ness in the Northwest, are thoroughly 

 familiar with local requirements and carry 

 a large and complete stock. 



Ask for Catalog No. 203 



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