October, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



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THE low price of Loganberries and the in- 

 ability of the canneries of many districts to 

 handle the first part of the crop because of a 

 late start, stimulated drying this year. High 

 price of the berries for the past few years has 

 made them prohibitive for drying and this year's 

 dehydrated berries will go into a bear market. 

 The Oregon Co-operative Association dried more 

 than 50 tons of Logans at Sheridan alone. They 

 are being packed in 8-ounce packages similar to 

 those in which raisins arc sold and also in SO 

 pound boies. A large part of the dried berries, 

 v\hlch are in reality a small proportion of the total 

 crop, have already been disposed of. 



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WASHINGTON 



'T'HE winter apple shipping season started at 

 ■*■ Wenatchec September 8, when the first car 

 of King Davids was dispatched by the American 

 Fruit Growers, Inc., to New York. Many cars of 

 Winter Bananas have been forwarded from the 

 district, but the King David is usually regarded 

 as the variety that marks the real opening of the 

 season. Carloads of Jonathans will follow im- 

 mediately and within a short time the first solid 

 train load of apples will go east from Wenatchee. 



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AT a gathering of representative cranberry grow- 

 ers at Long Beach, W. E. Schimpf, sales man- 

 ager of the Pacific Cranberry Exchange, predicted 

 a ready sale for Pacific Coast cranberries this fall, 

 owing to short Eastern crop. This, he said, was on 

 the condition that the cranberries are graded and 

 packed right. 



The meeting recommended to the state horti- 

 culturist that he establish and enforce the follow- 

 ing rules: That the standard grade be berries 

 which will pass over a 7-16 Inch screen; that the 

 fancy grade consist of berries which will pass over 

 a 5-8-lnch screen; that the berries be of uniform 

 color-, that they be solid pack, conform to labels 

 at to variety and the date packed be on the box, 

 and that all berries visibly affected by fungus, 

 worms, frost or Imperfect in any way be culled 

 out and that there be a tolerance of culls of only 

 2 per cent. 



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■pVR. R. H. Wells of Yakima, reported receiving 

 -^ $20,451 from his 14-acre peach orchard. Dh. 

 Wells has had the same foreman on his farm for 

 four years. 



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TRRIGATION at Hunters, 75 miles northwest 

 ■■■ of Spokane, has produced a crop of 75,000 to 

 100,000 boxes of commercial apples In the or- 

 chard of the Hunters Land Company, according 

 to J. M. Glasgow of Hunters, a Spokane visitor. 

 The Hunters Land Company's orchard, made up 

 of Jonathan, WInesap and Newtown apples, Is 

 the pride of the district. State inspectors hold it 

 up as an example to orchardlsts. The 1400 trees 

 on 275 acres are now In their third year. The 

 crop will be marketed direct. 



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Apples escaped all frost damage in the Spo- 

 kane district during the cold snap about September 

 18, according to C. J. Webb, assistant manager 

 of the Spokane Fruit Growers' Company. The 

 only effect of the early freeze, he believes, will 

 be to hasten the maturity of the apples, bringing 

 along the color more rapidly. "The apple picking 

 season will be general in the Spokane district about 

 September 25," said Mr. Webb. "We are picking 

 some Winter Bananas in several sections now, but 

 the tonnage will not be great. Picking of Wag- 

 eners and Jonathans will begin in about two weeks. 

 Our survey of frost damage shows that consider- 

 able loss will result to the growers through the 



nipping of tomatoes and cantaloupes and the harm 

 done to the fodder crops, corn and sunflowers 

 grown for ensilage for winter feed. There was a 

 big prospective tomato tonnage and it is almost 

 completely destroyed. Cantaloupes are not such a 

 serious Item. The big Northwestern apple crop 

 this year makes tiie possibility of car shortage 

 serious. The railroads already are storing hundreds 

 of cars in the Wenatchee and Yakima districts 

 ready for the first movement of the fruit. The 

 Northwest has more storage than before, but the 

 total space is but a small percentage — possibly 

 20 to 25 per cent — of the anticipated tonnage. 

 Wenatchee alone will have 15,000 cars of apples 

 and Yakima, 11,000 and nearly all ordinarily will 

 be moved out by the first of the year." 



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/"" ROWERS and shippers of the Spokane valley 

 ^-^ met at Opportunity recently and agreed on 

 maximum figures for the wage scale to be ef- 

 fective this season in orchards and packing houses. 

 These show a slight reduction from 1920. The 

 following scale was agreed upon for packing 

 apples: 



Fruit sorted and sized, per box, 4^4 and 5 cents; 

 sorted, but not sized, per box, 554 and 65^ cents; 

 clean, but neither sorted nor sized, per box, 7!/2 

 and 8 cents. 



Face and fill pack, where one tier faced, per 

 box, 4 cents; face and fill, two tiers, faced, 5 

 cents. 



Packing apples containing many culls, price 

 .according to labor Involved. 



Sorters, maximum, per hour, 35 cents; truckers, 

 laborers, etc., per hour, 30 cents; box Udders, who 

 mail and stamp boxes, per box, 1 cent; minimum 

 wage per day, $5; picking and orchard work, per 

 hour, 30 cents; foreman of sorting crews, truck- 

 ing crews, car loaders, per day, $4 to $5. Good 

 packers can make $7 or $8 a day at the figures 

 agreed upon. No shortage of orchard and pack- 

 ing house labor is anticipated this season. 



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HPHE apple crop in the Northwest, Including 

 •*- Washington, Oregon and Idaho, this year will 

 be one of the largest. If not the largest. In the 

 history of the district, according to J. S. Robin- 

 son, sales manager of the Earl Fruit company. 

 He estimates the crop at about 30,000,000 boxes, 

 valued at $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. "While 

 the crop for the whole Northwest is large this 

 year the yield in Spokane valley is somewhat 

 short," said Mr. Robinson. "The Spokane valley 

 crop will run about 1,130,000 boxes. The apples 

 in the Northwest are high In quality this year. 

 Picking has already begun at Yakima and Kenne- 

 wick on Jonathans and Winter Bananas. Picking 

 started in the Spokane valley the end of September 

 on Wageners first and then on the other kinds. 

 The Palouse corporation crop will be around 150,- 

 000 boxes, as compared with 100,000 last year, an 

 increase of 50 per cent. The crop in the Arcadia 

 district is good and will be about 250,000 boxes. 

 The average value of the Arcadia apples will be 

 $1.50 a box. While the crop In the Northwest is 

 large this year it is not much larger than the one 

 last year, which was exceptionally good. Most 

 of the apples will be shipped to Eastern points 

 and some will be exported. The decrease In 

 freight rates from $1.62J4 per 100 pounds to 

 $1.50 per 100 will not make much difference in 

 the price of apples." 



IDAHO 



/^HARLES G. ANDRUS, state horticultural In 



^ spcctor for the central Idaho district, has 



been transferred to the Payette field and the duties 



of inspector in the central Idaho district will be 



taken over by Bert F. Savage, director of agri- 

 culture for north Idaho. In taking over the in- 

 spection duties, Mr. Savage has resigned hii 

 duties with the Northwest Live Stock Association 

 and the Lewiston-Clarkson trl-st.ite fair organi- 

 zation and the offices of these organizations have 

 been removed from the Thlessen building to the 

 Commercial Club quarters in the Bunnell block. 

 While serving with the fair organization Mr. 

 Savage obtained the county exhibits from Lewis 

 and Kootenai counties in Idaho and Walla Walla 

 county. Wash., and directed much of the fall fair 

 advertising in the outside districts. 



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COUTHERN IDAHO has a fine crop of Italian 

 prunes and picking has started. The crop is 

 expected to run about 1200 cars. 



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