December, 1921 



which you or your competitor are asked to 

 bid upon. You would draw no comfort 

 from the fact that this same list is a dupli- 

 cate of the ones that other brokers are 

 peddling all over the country, but you 

 would settle down in gloom — say to your- 

 self, "Never again will I buy a stock," and 

 from that time to the end of the season 

 order with the utmost conservatism. 



If vou were dishonest you might attempt 

 to recover your loss on the first purchase by 

 ordering and then turning down cars for 

 any old cause in the hope of making some 

 illegitimate gain. 



Any who have been wondering why I 

 have not said more about the retailer must 

 realize that it is almost entirely up to the 

 consuming public to regulate that branch 

 of the trade. Some practical suggestions 

 have been made and it is probable that 

 much can be done by the grower to assist in 

 regulating the great spread between the 

 jobber and the consumer, but I repeat that 

 the solution of the difficulty is mainly in 

 the hands of the public. 



Last April there was assembled in Chi- 

 cago representatives of the various fruit 

 growing districts in the United States. It 

 was decided to place this matter of distri- 

 bution before President Howard of the 

 National Farm Bureau. He was asked to 

 appoint a committee of 21 persons, there- 

 by giving representation to the various fruit 

 growing districts of the country. This task- 

 he has accomplished. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Australian Tests 



THE South Australian government is do- 

 ing valuable work in the interests of 

 primary producers through the tests and ex- 

 periments being carried out in its experi- 

 mental orchards at Blackwood, where fifty 

 acres are incultivation. A total of more than 

 twenty different kinds of fruit are grown 

 there in 4829 different varieties. 



The following trees are grown for test- 

 ing purposes (the figures in brackets indicate 

 the number of varieties cultivated) : Peaches 

 (525), nectarines (83), apricots (125), 

 plums (401), cherries (294), olives (35), 

 almonds (50), persimmons (44), figs (205) 

 loquats (18), apples (1826), pears (1014), 

 quinces (42), nuts (50), oranges and man- 

 darines (75), lemons and limes (17), other 

 citrus fruits, including pomelo, shaddock, 

 kumquotj, etc. (25). 



IMceting.s of Interest 



PROGRAMS of two meetings, which 

 would readil} have been given space in 

 these columns last month, were not com- 

 pleted until mid-November. Sessions of 

 the Oregon State Horticultural Society at 

 Forest Grove will be ending as this issue 

 reaches the hands of most subscribers. The 

 dates of this, the thirty-eighth annual meet- 

 ing of the society, were December 1, 2 and 

 3. An array of able speakers and practical 

 topics were listed on the program. 



On November 29 and 30 the Western 

 Walnut Affoclation, which includes in its 

 membership wa'nut and filbert growers of 

 the Northwest, held meetings at the Cham- 

 ber of Commerce in Portland. C. A. Reed, 

 nut specialist with the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, returned here, 

 following his recent investigations of the 

 nut industry of this region, to be the prin- 

 cipal speaker. 



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Foolish Competition 



CITRUS LEA\'ES realizes th.at ships 

 alone will not solve the question of 

 our trade relations with the Orient. The 

 securing of a balance between imports and 

 exports is first necessary. Foreign trade 

 can not be developed over night. It muft 

 come about through a gradual and slow 

 process. The narrow-minded competition 

 between the ports of the Pacific Coast 

 must be eradicated. 



Cities on the western coast interested 

 in developing foreign trade must co-oper- 

 ate. From Puget Sound to San Diego, 

 the spirit must be one of mutual assistance. 

 Through this close co-operation our goods 

 will be fostered in foreign markets, grad- 

 ually absorbed and return cargoes dis- 

 posed of here. Immense possibilities are 

 open to us on the Pacific Coast. Are we 

 going to meet this task. — Citrus Leaves. 



The British Cokinibla Berry Growers' 

 Association, recently organized, this year 

 has handled about 500 acres of fruit. The 

 total tonnage estimated for tTie year is 

 2,500 tons. The new association is com- 

 posed of 1 3 berry marketing organizations 

 that were already in existence and will act 

 as the central sales selling agency. H. A. 

 McNaughton of Gordon Head, Vancouver 

 Island, has been appointed sales manager of 

 the new organization.* 



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