September, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



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'T'HE largest walnut crop in the history of Orc- 

 •^ gon is expected this year. The trees have 

 largely recovered from the effects of the freeze 

 of two years ago and are bearing heavily this 

 year. In addition there is a large acreage of 

 young trees just coming into bearing this year 

 for the first time. 



Reports from Yamhill county indicate that it is 

 not uncommon to find clusters of six nuts and all 

 indications point toward a bumper yield. The crop 

 will go into the barest market in years, according 

 to information from the California Walnut Asso- 

 ciation. Foreign stocks are not on hand to re- 

 tard the market as they were last year and a 

 serious failure of the French walnut crop thii 

 year indicates that there will be little competi- 

 tion from that source. 



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'T^HE first car of Winter Banana apples of the 

 1921 crop was sold by the Rock Island unit, 

 in the Wenatchee district, to G. M. H. Wagner 

 & Son for prices that compare favorably with those 

 received for this variety in the last two years. 

 Three dollars a box for all extra fancy apples, 

 $2.50 for fancy and $2 for C grade will be re- 

 ceived. Last year the unit received $3.40 a box 

 for the first car shipped and the year before the 

 top price for extra fancy was $3.80. 



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npHE entire tonnage of pears controlled by the 

 Oregon Growers' Co-operative Association In 

 the Willamette and Umpqua valleys has been sold 

 for prices that are thought to be the best obtained 

 for canning pears this season. The prices ob- 

 tained were $65 a ton for No. Is and $35 for 

 No. 28, f. 0. b. shipping point. The terms of sale 

 will permit of early advances to the grower when 

 the fruit Is marketed. The canning pears of the 

 California Pear Growers' Association were sold 

 at $61.75 for No. Is, and $33 for No. 2s. 

 Reports from Yakima show that the first ten cars 

 of pears from that district sold for $60 per ton, 

 but that the price subsequently dropped to $40 

 and $45 per ton. 



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A CCORDING to reports received at Spokane, 

 ■^ Wash., the Washington peach crop for 1921 

 is predicted at 25,125 tons, compared with 8,813 

 tons last year, when crops were unusually poor, 

 and a crop of 30,333 tons of pears is forecasted, 

 compared with 46,792 tons in 1920. In both 

 Washington and Oregon the yield of all berries 

 were reported to be about 50 per cent larger 

 than they were last year. 



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Prices 25 to 50 per cent less 

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lyPEARLY one-third of the expected 300-car ap- 

 pie crop of the Spokane Valley Growers' 

 Union has been placed in the east within the last 

 week, at prices ranging as high at $3.00 and $3.25 

 per box, for extra fancy grades, according to re- 

 cent reports. Edward Pelrce, manager of the 

 Union, who Is now in the east, has telegraphed 

 orders for more than 50 carloads of apples, with 

 prices up to $3.25 per box, f. o. b. Spokane, ship- 

 ments to be made to such points as New York, 

 Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D. C, and 

 Boston. 



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rpARL PEARCY, president of the State So- 

 "^ clety of Horticulture, reports that prunes will 

 be of good size this year. As field representative 

 of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative Association 

 In the Willamette Valley he has made a careful 

 study of the situation and is of the opinion that 



the average size of the dried product will be 40s. 

 Last year they ran strongly to 50s. The prunes 

 arc giving early Indications of a good sugar con- 

 tent which will develop if weather conditions re- 

 main favorable. Last year the sugar content was 

 low and as a consequence they dried down to 14 to 

 17 pounds to the bushel. It is expected that they 

 will dry out heavier this season. 



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T^INAL estimates show that the Oregon Grow- 



ers' Co-operative Association will harvest 

 1000 cars of apples in the Willamette, Umpqua 

 and Rogue River Valleys and The^ Dalles district. 

 The Rogue River Valley will supply 600 cars of 

 these. The fruit Is large, well colored, and un- 

 usually free from imperfections. The fruit has 

 more color than is usually the case at this time 

 of the year and present Indications are that the 

 fruit will be superior to that shipped in the 

 average years. Harvesting will probably begin 

 a week or ten days earlier than last season. Grimes 

 will move September 5 to 10, Wagener, September 

 20 to October 1, Spltzenberg and Ortley, October 

 1 to 15, with Rome, Newtown and other late 

 varieties following. 



We are handling Oregon and Washington garden, farm and 

 orchard products exclusively. 



Our facilities and connections for the proper distribution of 

 carlots or less of 



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