June 1919 



BETTER FRUIT 



Northwest 1918 Apple Season Sensational 



THE 1918-1919 apple-shipping season 

 in Oregon, whicli recently closed, is 

 reported by Robert L. Ringer, govern- 

 ment investigator in market surveys 

 with the United States Agricultural 

 Department, to have been the most sen- 

 sational that the apple industry of the 

 Northwest ever experienced. The re- 

 port says that in spite of a big increase 

 of production in the East and prohibi- 

 tion of export shipments existing at 

 that time, the market in September did 

 not open at tlie bottom, but rather 

 where it left off the year before, and 

 scarcely weakened a single day until it 

 wound up in April with sales of Wine- 

 saps, in carlots f.o.b. shopping point, 

 ?4 per box. 



Prices opened in September with 

 extra fancy stock of Winesaps bringing 

 $1.85-$2.00, Jonathans $1.85-$2.15, Ar- 

 kansas Blacks .?2.25, Rome Beauty $1.75, 

 Spitzenbergs $1.90-.$2.30, Delicious and 

 Winter Banana $2.65-$3.00, Ortleys 

 $1.70-82.25, Newtowns $1.70-$2.25 and 

 Ben Davis $1.45-?1.60. 



Prices held a steady level with many 

 wondering when the break would come. 

 All speculated on the effect the new 

 citrus crop would have, but the big de- 

 mand at undreamed-of prices continued, 

 and by the new year Winesaps were 

 selling at shipping point for $1.90-$2.10, 

 Rome Beautys $2.00-$2.25 and Spitzen- 

 bergs $2.00-$2.10. No particular de- 



mand existed for Newtowns and they 

 alone hung back. 



Export of Apples Is Resumed 



In the meantime it had developed 

 that although the Northwest apples 

 looked as well as ever they did not 

 have the keeping qualities of former 

 years. The dry and early season had 

 its peculiar effect upon them and the 

 Jonathans in particular went to pieces 

 early. Rome Beautys did not keep so 

 well and the Spitzenbergs generally 

 softened a month early. The Winesaps 

 and the Newtowns were not so much 

 affected and displayed almost their 

 usual storage qualities and an unusual 

 demand began to force their prices up. 

 By tlie middle of January, Newtowns 

 were bringing $2.35 at Hood River, and 

 Arkansas Blacks $2.40, while in the 

 Yakima Vallev Winesaps were going at 

 $2.50-$2.70. 



The removal of export prohibitions 

 and the availability of space in ships to 

 carry apples to Europe furnished all 

 the incentive needed to boost the mar- 

 ket then and by the middle of Febru- 

 ary Winesaps were bringing $3.50-$3.75 

 in straight cars, Newtowns $3.00-$3.25 

 and extra fancy Ben Davis $2.50. 



Those prices prevailed practically 

 the balance of the season and brought 

 apples at retail in the cities almost to 

 the prices of oranges. A few sales were 

 made after April 1st at $4 per box, and 



SHIPMENTS OF 1918 APPLE CROP FROM OREGON IN 



July 



Alicel 



Alvadore 



Chemawa 



Creswell 



Dallas 



Dillard 



Dufur 



Eagle Point 



Elgin 



Eugene 



Fargo 



Freewater 



Green 



Hood River Valley — • 



Dee 



Hood River 



Mohrs 



Mt. Hood 



Odell 



Parkdale 



Trout Creek 



Van Horn 



Woodw orth 



Imblcr 



Irving 



Joseph 



Junction City 



La Grande 



McMinnville 



Milton 2 



Monroe 



Mosier 



Mt. View 



Newberg 



Polk 



Portland 



Rogue River Valley — 



Ashland 



Central Point 



Gold Hill 



Grants Pass 



Medfoi'd 



Phoenix 



Riddle 



Talent 



Voorhies 



Roseburg 



Salem 



Sheridan 



Stanfleld 



Summit 



The Dalles 



Vnion 



Wasco 



Wilsonville 



Yoncalla 



Aug. Sept. Oct. 



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1 

 2 



1 

 212 



10 



128 

 19 



117 

 1 



2 



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15 

 1 



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8 

 •18 



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 1 



4 

 16 

 1 

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 2 



Nov. 

 5 

 1 

 2 

 1 



2 



4 



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 193 



4 



145 

 21 



4 



167 



3 



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 1 



Dec. Jan. 



DETAIL 

 Feb. Mar. 



Apr. 



2 

 53 



36 



Totals 2 



58 



3 



125 



3 



89 

 2 

 2 



76 

 1 



18 



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 11 



72 

 1 



20 



17 



13 



41 



1 

 10 



65 



11 



Tofts 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 fi 

 2 

 3 

 12 

 1 

 6 

 4 

 2 

 1 

 4 



6 

 790 



21 



1 



425 



45 

 6 

 385 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 1 



23 



6 



119 



1 



70 

 1 

 1 

 1 



21 



4 



4 



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19 



87 



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27 



5 



3 



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10 



1 

 2 

 4 



Page 21 



one car is reported, unofiiclally, to have 

 brought $4.50 at Yakima. 



The total number of cars shipped 

 from Oregon during the past season was 

 2,180 cars, a decrease of 1,268 cars as 

 compared to 1917, when 3,448 cars were 

 shipped. The decrease is accounted for, 

 according to the report, by the late 

 frosts of last spring which cut the 

 yiekis of Hood River and Eastern Ore- 

 gon seriously and almost wiped out the 

 prospects of the Rogue River Valley and 

 Western Oregon. 



Big Movement in October and November 



Tlie accompanying table accounts for 

 the origin of each of the 2,180 cars 

 shipped from Oregon. October and No- 

 vember were the banner shipping 

 months and practically two-thirds of 

 the crop rolled then. Hood River leads 

 as a shipping point with 790 cars, and 

 Odell and Van Horn, two points on the 

 Mount Hood Railroad, rank second and 

 third. Milton is the shipping center of 

 Eastern Oregon and Medford of the 

 Rogue River Valley. 



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