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BETTER FRUIT 



January, 1922 



OREGON 



At the annual meeting of the stockholders of 

 -^ the Berry Growers' Packing Company and the 

 Co-operative Kerry Growers, held in Grcsham 

 December 13, capital stock of the packing company 

 was increased from $15,000 to $25,000 . This 

 company distributed 8 per cent dividend checks at 

 the time. 



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COLUMBIA county last year showed an increase 

 of 400 per cent in berry acreage, according to 

 A. L. Morris of Warrens. The county now has 

 practically 700 acres in berries, he stated. 



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'T'HE steamer Nebraska, which sailed from Port- 

 •^ land early in December, carried away the last 

 of the apple crop produced in the Willamette 

 Valley. The tonnage handled by the association 

 amounted to 131 cars. This was 75 per cent of 

 the valley's unusually light crop. 



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"WT A. MAKEPEACE, one of the biggest cran- 



* berry growers in America, recently visited 



the bogs of Clatsop county. He represents the 



Makepeace family of Cape Cod, Mass., owner of 



2000 acres of cranberry lands in Massachusetts 



and New Jersey. 



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A SHLAND held a big winter fair last month in 

 •^ which horticultural products had an outstand- 

 ing place. The apple display embraced 200 boxes 

 of blue-ribbon class. 



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'T'HE Hood River Apple Vinegar Company has 

 -^ increased its capital stock to $250,000 for the 

 purpose of expanding its plant. A new develop- 

 ment is the utilization of all pomace in the making 

 of pectin, for which it reports a demand that is 

 astonishing. 



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SIXTEEN cars of apples were shipped from 

 Milton to points in Texas and Kansas by W. 

 C. Hobson. The apples were Winesaps, Romes, 

 Jonathans, Delicious and Black Beauties. Mr. 

 Hobson realized $1.50 a box for them f. o. b. 

 Production on his own orchards for the season 

 amounted to 18,000 boxes. 



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TN THE season just ended the Sherwood cannery 

 -*- packed 1 811 tons of fruit. There were 54 tons 

 of blackberries, 40 of prunes, 18 of cherries, 19 

 nf strawberries, 17 of loganberries, eight of rasp- 

 berries and six of pears. 



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T?OUR years ago Math Thels of Woodburn 



-^ planted 1000 gooseberry bushes on less than 



an acre of ground. Last season the family sold 



berries to the amount of $190.40, besides giving 



quantities to relatives and canning a lot for home 



:onsumption. So well pleased are they with results 



that more bushes will be set out this year. 

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"DRUCE CUNNINGHAM has become known as 

 -*-* the "loganberry king" of the Willamette 

 Valley. He has 45 acres In bearing and 60 acres 

 which he planted last spring. During the fall he 

 prepared 40 acres mure to be put into logans. 



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'C'ROM 4 1-2 acres B. T. Haley, Crockett fruit 

 -*- man, marketed 5185 boxes of packed apples. 

 His crop was as good in quality as in quantity. 



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"Pruning week was observed in Jackson 

 -*■ county December 19-24 with a meeting in 

 Medford, followed by demonstrations at Talent, 

 Ashland, Central Point and other localities. 



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"DECAUSE of the snowstorm, apple shipments 

 " from Hood River were held up for more than 

 a week. The storm was not accompanied by very 

 low temperatures and there was no loss of fruit 

 already loaded, even though heaters were not 

 brought into use. As soon as the weather cleared 

 shipments of apples at the rate of 30 cars a day 

 were made. 



WASHINGTON 



'T'HE twelfth annual convention of the Western 

 Washington Horticultural Association will be 

 held at Mount Vernon, commencing Februrary 8 

 and lasting four days. This association is 

 primarily the educational organization of the berry 

 growers of western Washington. On account of 

 the importance of the potato and seed crops of 

 Skagit county the program committee plans to have 

 sessions devoted to these two crops. 



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/"'OWLITZ county now has a berry association, 

 one having been formed at Kelso last month. 

 It is known as the Cowlitz County Berry Growers' 

 Association. Directors elected to represent the var- 

 ious districts are: M. V. Edmonds, Kelso; I. C. 

 Chuinard, Ostrander; G. E. McCoy, Castle Rock, 

 E. H. Stewart, Kalama; J. W. L. Cheever, Wood- 

 land. 



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An ADDITION to the Spokane plant of the 

 Inland Products Company is under construc- 

 tion. This will provide for four new lines — the i 

 making of jams, jellies, preserves and pickles- 

 next summer, with an addition of 50 workers I 

 the usual force of 100. An expert will be broughd 

 from the east to handle the new departments. The 

 new building and its equipment will be in shape 

 to handle the earlier soft fruits and vegetable 

 next spring. 



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TT is estimated that Washington's cranberry crop 

 two or three years hence will be worth 

 $500,000 annually. This year's crop, produced 

 largely in the bogs of the Ilwaco district. Pacific 

 county, had a value of approximately $250,000. , 



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W/'ITH compliments of Hugh C. Wallace, 



former American ambassador to France, 20 



boxes of specially selected apples were forwarded 



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N EXHIBIT of 30 boxes of selected extra 

 fancy apples were sent from Yakima for 

 display at the annual convention of the American 

 Pomologlcal Society, at Toledo, O. The display 

 ivas sent by the Yakima Fruit Growers' Association, 

 the Horticultural Union and the Winthrop 

 Orchards. Romes, Winesaps, Staymens, Yellow 

 Newtowns and Delicious were included in the 

 exhibit. 



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/"ORCHARDS uf the Wcnatchee Red .Apple 

 ^-"^ Company at Quincy, aggregating 220 acres 

 with 160 acres in full bearing, have been sold to 

 a group of purchasers represented by G. A. 

 Loudenback, for a reported price of about 

 $125,000. Mr. Loudenback h.is been manager for 

 the Associated Fruit Company of Chicago at 

 Cashmere. It is Intended to subdivide the tract 

 and Staymens. 



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About 300 acres of orchard formerly owned 

 "^ by the Moses Coulee Fruit Land Company, on 

 which mortgages had been foreclosed, has been 

 purchased by the Wells & Wells Fruit Company. 

 The land was originally sold in small tracts and 

 planted to orchards about 14 years ago and the 

 difficulties arose when many of the purchasers were 

 unable to continue their payments. 



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In oar entire experience this is the 

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 and easiest to pick. Rich, mild fla" 

 vor, less acid and few seeds. 



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