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February y 1 922 



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■Jl/TlD-JANUARY reports from the large cities 

 -'■'■*■ of the East nearly all reported the boxed 

 apple market as "steady" and "firm." In general, 

 demand was said to he moderate and some markets 

 reported it light. At the same time nearly all 

 showed only limited supplies. New York reported 

 limited supplies, moderate demand and firm market. 

 New York auction prices on January 18 follow: 

 Spitzenbcrgs, XF large to very large, $3.35 to 

 $3.70; medium to small, $2-80 to $3.25; fancy 

 large to very large, $3.0? to $3.30; medium, $1.75 

 to $2.95; Romes, XF, medium to very small, $2.60 

 to $3.30, mostly $2.65 to $2.80; fancy, large 

 to very large, $2.85 to $3.00; Delicious, XF, 

 very large, $4.65, to $4.90; large, $3.50 to $3.90, 

 few $4.65; fancy, very large, $3.30 to $3.95; 

 large, $2.95 to $3.30; Wincsaps, f.iccd and filled 

 and jumble, $1.60 to $1.65; Ncwtowns, XF, large 

 to very large, $2.70 to' $3.05; medium, $2.40 to 

 $2.75; small to very small, $1.95 to $2.55; fancy, 

 large to very large, $2.70 to $2.80; medium, $2.40 

 to $2.65; C grade, large to very large, $2.55 to 

 $2.65; medium, $2.20 to $2.40; small to very 

 •mall, $1.85 to $2.10. 



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A PI'LES of the Spokane Valley Growers' Union 

 ■^^ of Opportunity were packed and marketed at 

 an average cost to the grower of 39^4 cents a 

 box, compared with 48^4 cents in 1920, accord- 

 ing to Harry Nelson, assistant manager. 



The average returns to the grower were con- 

 «ider.ably higher than in 1920. The Delicious pool 

 brought a total of $29,310.84; the Winter Banana 

 apples sold for $27,442.67; Wageners, $54,166.47; 

 Baldwins, $986.47, and Grimes Golden, $6,668.09. 



Average net prices to the grower on all grades 

 of apples handled in the pools already closed were: 

 Delicious, $2.I6!4i Winter Banana, $1.87'4; 

 Wagener, $1.0254; Baldwin, $\M%i Grimes 

 Golden, $1.32J4; Maiden Blush, $1.22}4i Snow, 

 iS% cents; Mcintosh, $1.5234) -ind Gravenstein, 

 $1.35H. 



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f ESS than 5,000 cars of apples remained in stor- 

 age in Washington on January 20, according 

 to figures of the Spokane office of the federal 

 bureau of markets. The apples remaining in storage 

 were held at Wenatchee and Yakima, it was re- 

 ported, the growers of the Spokane Valley and 

 W.llla Walla district having shipped all of their 

 fruit. 



December car lot shipments for the North- 

 western states were reported as follows: Idaho, 

 287; Montana, 19; Oregon, 992; Washington, 

 2956. In potato shipments of December, Idaho 

 led, with 839 cars. Washington reported 387 cars 

 and Oregon 102. 



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At CONCLUSION of the grape shipping 

 season, traffic chiefs of the Southern Pacific 

 and Santa Fe railroads announced that their lines 

 had hauled to 6200 cities and towns outside of 

 California a total of 422.000 tons of grape*. 



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 28,800, or 5,300 more than handled last season. 

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TpINAL payment on the 1921 walnut crop has 

 been made to members of the California 

 Walnut Growers' Association. This payment 

 alone amuonted to $2,000,000. Entire expenjes 

 of handling the crop are covered by retention of 

 five per cent of the sales price by the association, 

 this even including the one per cent discount 

 allowed cash buyers. 



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Cent on consignment, under a guarantee of at 

 least $1 a box net, Heffron & Nicolla recently 

 shipped three cars of Winter Nelis pears from their 

 Sunnysldc Valley ranch for London, England. 

 This was said to be the first time a grower of 

 this valley had shipped fruit direct to the London 

 markets. 



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"OUYALLUP Valley berry growers received 

 ■*■ a total of $1,137,710 for 1921 crops. For 

 King county It Is estimated that the crop 

 brought the growers $2,000,000 and that an- 

 other $1,000,000 was obtained by the fruit and 

 berry growers of the Grays Harbor section. 

 The Puyallup returns were under those of the 

 two previous years, but lowered costs are said 

 to have more than offset the difference. 



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T^WENTY-TWO pruning demonstrations, cov- 

 ering 24 communities, were conducted In 

 Yakima county last month under direction of E. 

 G. Wood, extension horticulturist of Washington 

 State College. He had the co-operatinn of project 

 leaders in each of the communities. 



TJ^RUIT crops of the Walla Walla district for 

 1 921 are estimated to have had a value of 

 $2,100,000. Of the total the apple crop value Ii 

 placed at $1,500,000, prunes at $350,000 and 

 small fruits at $250,000, 



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