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BETTER FRUIT 



DENNEY & CO 



CHICAGO 



Specialize in Box Apples 



and Other Western Fruits 



We're ready to talk business with 

 those having good fruit. 



Write or wire us what you have to offer, 

 or communicate with 



F. H. HOGUE, North Yakima, Wash. 



WANTED! 



One Hundred Cars of Red Apples 

 for our Southern and Export Trade 



Albert Mackie Co., New Orleans, La. 



Fruit Prices Are Soaring 

 We Have the Trees 



M^ Plnviio^' Do what you should have done 



mr. reamer, ^j^^.^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 



a commercial orchard bordered with the j 

 Vrooman Strain Franquette English Walnut 



\Mr. Salesman, write us the territory. 



Capital City Nursery Company 



SALEM, OREGON 



September 



In-Transit Rates. — There is a grow- 

 ing demand on the part of the apple 

 growers in the Northwest for in-transit 

 rates. Already a number of in-transit 

 rales have been made, enabling the 

 fruitgrowers to use cold storage facili- 

 ties in St. Paul, Chicago, Kansas City, 

 Buffalo, New York and other points, 

 but many other important cities are 'not 

 included, among which may be men- 

 tioned Indianapolis, Columbus, Cincin- 

 nati, Cleveland and Vincennes. This is 

 a matter that is worthy of attention 

 from everyone who is interested. It is 

 a well-known fact that it is a big ad- 

 vantage to the fruitgrower to have his 

 apples stored in as many points as pos- 

 sible which are at or near big consum- 

 ing sections. Cold storage is an abso- 

 lute necessity in the East and also a 

 necessity in the West, for the reason 

 that the total apple crop cannot be sold 

 at harvesting season and in order to 

 realize the best possible prices it must 

 be cold stored and sold to the public 

 as the consumer requires. 



"Handling Fruit for Distant Markets" 

 is the subject of a very interesting 

 article in this issue and one which 

 should command the attention of every 

 fruitgrower. There is no question but 

 that much poor condition on arrival is 

 due to improper handling and harvest- 

 ing of fruit more than any other one 

 factor, causing an immense annual 

 loss. By improper handling usually is 

 meant rough handling. Improper 

 handling, however, may be extended 

 to picking too early or picking too 

 late. h. few years ago the loss on 

 arrival in shipments of oranges was a 

 serious menace to the business. Grow- 

 ers were not aware of this fact until 

 the government carried on an investi- 

 gation under the direction of G. Harold 

 Powell, who discovered that the rough 

 handling of oranges bruised the skin 

 sulFicienlly to break it, and wherever 

 this occurred mould and decay set in, 

 causing millions of dollars of loss annu- 

 ally. There is nothing more important 

 than proper and careful handling of 

 fruit at harvesting time. 



The Apple Crop of 1916.— The Cham- 

 ber of Commerce of the United States, 

 Washington, D. C, has issued under 

 date of August 14 a statement in refer- 

 ence to the apple crop now in sight, 

 saying that the cro]) will be somewhat 

 more abundant than the average crop, 

 though deficient in some sections. 

 Further information about other varie- 

 ties of fruit says: Grapes are doing 

 well in New York and California; 

 peach shiijments have been good from 

 many states, although in some states 

 injured by cold; citrus fruits reported 

 in line conditon. Shipments on canta- 

 loupes and watermelons liave been run- 

 ning very heavy. 



Information from Michigan states 

 they are on the road to standardization 

 and expect to present at the Stale 

 Society meeting at Grand Hapids a draft 

 for standardization, somewhat sindar 

 tn the New York classification. 



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