March. 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Seventeen 



Marketing War 



TpARLY in February the Northwestern 

 ■*— ^ Fruit Exchange, with headquarters at 

 Seattle, one of the largest distributors of 

 commercial apples in the world, passed into 

 new hands with the resignation of the men 

 who helped form the exchange 1 I vears 

 ago. The change, which is said to place 

 the fruit exchange in the hands of the 

 American Fruit Growers, Inc., came as a 

 surprise to the growers of Washington. 



The old directorate which resigned in- 

 cluded, W. F. Gwin, president; Reginald 

 H. Parsons, chairman of the board ; D. H. 

 White, treasurer; A. A. Prince, secretary; 

 Worral Wilson, general counsel, and John 

 W. Langdon. 



On February 20, these men incorporated 

 at Olympia a new organization, the North 

 .American Fruit Exchange, with a capital 

 of $100,00(1. It was stated that this selling 

 body will bo a rival of the one from which 

 the organizers resigned. The North Ameri- 

 can's officers are: Reginald H. Parsons, 

 chairman of the board; W. F. Gwin, presi- 

 dent; A. R. Rule, vice-president; D. H. 

 White, secretary-treasurer; A. A. Prince, 

 sales manager; J. Curtis Robinson, traffic 

 manager. These officers, with Worral 1 

 Wilson, compose the directorate. 



New officers placed in control of the 

 Northwestern Fruit Exchange, at the time 

 the old officers went out, are these: J. A. 

 Meade, president; H. G. Fletcher, vice- 

 president and sales manager; J. E. Mestor, 

 secretary, and H. H. King, treasurer. Flet- 

 cher, Keith L. Bullitt, a Seattle lawyer, and 

 Walter B. Congdon are the other board 

 members. 



.\ third development came February 23, 

 ,u Wcnatchec, when members of the Skoo- 

 kum .Association, which has always marketed 

 entirely through the Northwestern Fruit 

 Exchange, voted to permit its units to 

 market where they please. This was ac- 

 companied by organization of a third 

 marketing body, called the United Apple 

 Growers. The officers are: W. S. Trimble, 

 Entiat, president; F. H. Moses, Cashmere, 

 vice-president; F. C. Paine, Omak, secret- 

 ary; Harry ). Kerr, Okanogan, treasurer. 



Cover Photo 



This rnonth's cover illustration, showing 

 the Rainier apple, is presented through 

 courtesy of the W.ishington Nursery Com- 

 pany, Toppenish, Wash., which has exclu- 

 sive propagation rights for this promising 

 lariety. The Rainier, which was origin- 

 ated in Yakima Valley, has been under pro- 

 duction and tests plenty long enough to 

 prove its worth. It has been thoroughly 

 investigated by government and other pom- 

 ologists, who have given it high commenda- 

 tion. Its keeping qualities and flavor are 

 particularly lauded. 



Poison for jNIice 



.-\ poison recipe that works successfully 

 with mice in the orchard has been used 

 during the winter by H. M. Gilbert, of 

 the Richey & Gilbert Company at Yakima, 

 Washington. In preparing the bait, one 

 teaspoonful of gloss starch is put in one- 

 half pint of cold water, the mixture stirred 

 into a pint of hot water and boiled until a 

 clear paste. One ounce of strychnine alka- 

 loid, finely powdered, and one ounce of 

 baking soda is stirred into the starch to 

 make a creamy mass, beating it until it is 

 clear of lumps and flakes. To this is added 

 one-fourth pint of heavy corn syrup and 

 one teaspoonful of saccharin, dissolved in 

 a little warm water. The starch is again 



beaten, poured over 20 quarts of rolled oats 

 and mixed thoroughly. 



Tree Stock Pests 



Wood, crown, and root borers of various 

 kinds that are very destructive to fruit trees 

 and berry vines are often brought on the 

 place in nursery stock. Special care must 

 be taken in getting plants from other 

 growers re see that fields from which they 

 are taken are free from these pests. All 

 nursery stock should be rigidly inspected 

 before planting and any plants that show 

 sunken areas, bleeding sap, or "worm- 

 wood" — which is the frass excreted — 

 should be discarded or returned. 



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