January, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Twenty-seven 



by express last month from Yakima to prominent 

 men and women of Paris. Mr. Wallace selected 

 beautifully colored Winesaps, running 100 to 1 1 3 

 to the box and these were carefully packed for the 

 long journey. 



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T^HE canning factory of Younglove «5: Co., at 

 Sunnyside, will continue in operation until 

 about the middle of this month and is expected to 

 handle 1000 tons of culls. The plant canned HO 

 tons of pears. 



CALIFORNIA 



An important deil in vineyard and deci- 

 duous fruit land was recently concluded at 

 Sacramento, when the Earl Fiuit Company pur- 

 chased 10 tracts from the Western Fruit Company 

 and Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Klensorge at about 

 $200,000. Mr. Klensorge is president of the 

 Western Fruit Company. It is said that the Earl 

 company intends to make further purchases in the 

 district. 



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TT IS announced from San Francisco that 

 arrangements have been completed whereby a 

 large amount of fruit and vegetables to he 

 furnished each year by the Fruit Growers of 

 California, Inc., to Hunt Brothers' Packing Com- 

 pany will be put out by this company on a co- 

 operative basis. The growers' association has 

 heretofore had no facilities for canning any of 

 its products and the new arrangement is expected 

 to insure its members some additional profits. 



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^^ J. CHARLESWORTH, for the past two 

 ' years manager of the California Fruit 

 Distributors, has resigned that position. He an- 

 nounced that he expects to remain in the fruit 

 industry in Sacramento. 



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PRACTICALLY f^nal estimates of the Cali- 

 fornia Prune and Apricot Grow ers, Inc., on 

 the season's crop of the state, placed the total at 

 H0,0n0,00n pounds, or about 10,000,000 pounds* 

 more than given in earlier estimates. 



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A MONG its other records in fruit production 

 this state is preeminent In output of peaches, 

 providing 38 per cent of the national crop. The 

 1921 peach crt)p of the state has been placed at 

 13,800,000 bushels, which enriched the growers to 

 the extent of about $26,220,000. This showing Is 

 about twice that of Georgia, which ranks second 

 in production of peaches. 



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"TJIRECTORS of the California Peach and Fig 

 Growers have had under consideration a 

 general reduction of wages, but are not expected 

 to take definite action until earlv this year. 



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A SERIES of pruning demonstrations were con- 

 ducted in the Santa Clara valley the latter part 

 of November by Professor A. H. Hendrickson of 

 the deciduous fruit station at Mountain View. 



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TjETCRNING from a trip through Oregon and 

 Wash-ngton, W. N. Shelley, representative of 

 the Sebastopol Apple Growers' Union, reported to 

 his association that it was receiving better prices 

 for apples than growers in the sister states. 



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A PPLE shipments from the Watsonville district 

 totiilcil 2433 cars by about December 1 and 

 it was estimated that 500 cars remained t() he 

 moved. Of the total 729 car« had been shipped 

 east and 1704 c.irs to California points. 



IDAHO 



"TJESPITE the fact that he is 77 years "young," 

 E. F. Stephens of Nampa, finds that looking 

 after more than 200 ncrcs of orchards, of which 

 he owns approximately one-half, cannot fully 

 occupy his time. Recently he acquired a half 

 interest in 7S acres of fine, "frost-proof" orchard 



land In the Central Cove district, to be planted at 

 once. Spare moments he devotes to the selling 

 of trees he makes It a point to supply at wholesale 

 prices. He has placed more than two carloads and 

 says he will make it three. 



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T'HE Oregon Packing Company, at Lewiston, 

 handled 1350 tons of apples during the season 

 just closed, according to Manager William Crapo. 

 The plant handled only cherries and apples the 

 past year. Approximately $100,000 was paid out 

 for fruit. An average of 185 persons were 

 employed, at an operating expense of $32,000. 



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Ij^ARM and orchard management was one of the 

 leading topics at the farmers' institute, con- 

 ducted at Emmett last month under supervision of 

 four specialists of the University of Idaho exten- 

 sion divison. 



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T J. STUTZ, grower of Dudley, Kootenai 

 *^ * county, carried home the big prizes from the 

 ?how of the Pacific Northwest Potato Growers' 

 Association at Spokane last month, with 2^ 

 splendid Netteti Gem?. 



A F. TALBOT, South Caldwell, has 100 acres 

 of apple (trchard from which he reports crops 

 each season that have brought enough from each 

 acre to buy an additional acre of orchard land. He 

 says he would be purchasing those additional acres 

 if his neighbors were only willing to sell. 



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