February, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Thirty-one 



ClLVERTON. promises to become the center of a 

 ^ walnut growing district. Many farmers have 

 trees enough to supply home needs and commercial 

 plantings are now being started. J. Smith is said 

 to have purchased a 25-acre tract one mile south 

 of Silverton, with the intention of planting it 

 exclusively to walnuts. 



CALIFORNIA 



T ADY APPLES have become a favorite on the 

 farm of Allen Tuffin, near Lotus, following 

 successful experience with this variety. Mr. Tuffin 

 is having 140 five-year-old trees grafted over to 

 Lady apples. He tried out an experimental plot of 

 50 trees and the apples from these sold last fall at 

 $3 and $4 a box, he reported. 



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TTP to about the end of December, 2,551 cars 

 of apples from the Pajnro Valley had been 

 forwarded from the WatsonviUe station. Of these 

 756 cars were shipped East. Shippers had on 

 hand less than 1 00 cars. A year ago at the 

 same time the valley had shipped 2333 cars. 

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"Dear blight, because of inefficient control work 

 on rented orchards, made rather serious gains 

 during September and October in the Placerville 

 district, according to report of the county horti- 

 cultural commissioner. 



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■npHE Earl Fruit Company is issuing $2,500,000 

 of bonds, secured by mortgage on Its Cali- 

 fornia holdings. A goodly portion of the funds 

 derived from the bond sale Is to be used In de- 

 velopment of the Howard Reed Orchard Com- 

 pany property in Yuba county. This consists of 

 325 acres, planted largely to Rartlett pears. 



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T^HE drying plant of the Loma Fruit Company 



at WatsonviUe burned recently, together with 



about 10 tons of dried and drying fruit. The loss 



is placed at $20,000, partially covered by insurance. 



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At SEBASTOPOL there has been established 

 ■^ the Gravenstein Apple Growers' Contest. This 

 competition began December I and is to last five 

 years, with the object of discovering methods that 

 bring maximum yields and finding individual 

 high yielding trees to be used as the basil for 

 obtaining better stock. 



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T^HE California Almond Growers* Exchange 

 received orders for fully 3000 bags more 

 almonds than it could fill. The second advance 

 has already been made to the growers, who have 

 now received sums ranging from 7 cents a pound 

 for the lower grades to 14 cents for Nonpareils. 

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/^HERRY growers of San Joaquin county 

 recently formed an organization to co-operate 

 with associations already formed In Sonoma and 

 Napa counties. Seven growers, representing 200 

 acres of bearing trees, signed as charter members. 



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T AST month at San Dicgo, Cal., a commission 

 merchant who had packed apples in unlabeled 

 boxes and also in boxes with Oregon labels was 

 assessed a fine of $50 under provisions of 

 California's standard apple act. 



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IDAHO 



' I iHE Payette V.-iUey Produce Exchange has been 

 incorporated at Payette, with a capital of 

 $100,000. The purpose is that of giving the 

 grower an opportunity of selling his produce 

 through a sales agency maintaining accurate ac- 

 counting features. Officers of the exchange are: 

 George Rezac, president; David Jones, vice-presi- 

 dent; Clarence Van Deusen, secretary. 



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TOURING the past season ISO cars of lettuce 

 "^ were shipped from Nampa. Lettuce tonnage 

 from this district began with a nine-car movement 

 in 1919 and the shipment of 26 cars in 1920. 



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"CpROM the closely affiliated communities of 

 -^ Parma, Roswell, Wilder and Apple Valley, 

 1921 shipments of fruit and produce were: Ap- 

 ples, 387 cars; fresh prunes, 91 cars; dried prunes, 

 four cars; potatoes, 272 cars; lettuce, 25 cars; 

 onions, one car; honey, three cars. 



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A CCORDING to figures of the state bureau of 

 "^ plant industry, Idaho has 31,848 acres of 

 land devoted to fruit growing. The value of these 

 lands, including trees, is placed at $13,212,700. 



/""OMPLAINT was made late in the shipping 

 season by Miles Cannon, state commissioner 

 of agriculture, that he found indications that 

 Eastern commission interests were holding back 

 cash belonging to Idaho apple shippers in order to 

 ease financial conditions in the East. 



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