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will be under the direction of Charles E. Ramp 

 of Salem. Mr. Ramp is a native of the Wil- 

 lamette Valley. At one time he was amployed 

 by the Salem Fruit Union and for two years 

 was connected with the Mason-Ehrman Com- 

 pany. J. H. Frazier, a Portland man, has ac- 

 cepted the position of traffic manager and 

 assistant sales manager. Mr. Frazier occu- 

 pied the position of traffic manager with the 

 Pacific Fruit and Produce Company and pre- 

 vious to that was connected with the traffic 

 departments of several of the large railroads. 



WASHINGTON 

 A recent survey of the apple orchards in the 

 Yakima Valley indicates that the output of 

 apples in that district this year will be very 

 materially reduced. Estimates now are to the 

 effect that the shipment from there will be 

 2,000 carloads less than in 1919. The falling 

 off in the output is said to be due principally 

 to the freezing of the trees during the severe 

 cold weather last winter. 



M. L. Dean, chief of the Washington Division 

 of Horticulture, announces that the summer 

 meeting of Washington State Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held at Wenatchee, July 14, 15 

 and 16. A feature of the meeting will be visits 

 to the orchards in the vicinity of Wenatchee 

 and Cashmere to examine the results of ex- 

 periments which have been made with com- 

 mercial fertilizers. Codling moth control work 

 will be demonstrated and other orchard prob- 

 lems studied. 



R. S. Hasbrouck, a rancher near Aberdeen, 

 Washington, who already has 39 acres under 

 cultivation to berries will increase his plant- 

 ing to 70 acres, making one of the largest in- 

 dividual berry farms in the state of Washing- 

 ton. Mr. Hasbrouck who believes in diversi- 

 fying in small fruits, is setting out black- 

 berries, strawberries, loganberries and rasp- 

 berries. 



According to a report from the Puyallup 

 district pickers this year received 65 cents a 

 crate for picking raspberries for shipment and 

 75 cents a crate for canning berries. As an 

 incentive to get pickers to remain throughout 

 the season a bonus of 10 cents per crate was 

 also paid. These prices for picking berries 

 were 10 cents a crate higher than those paid 

 last year at the opening of the season, al- 

 though higher prices were paid before the 

 berry harvest was over to save the fruit. The 

 prices for crates was 27 to 29 cents. 



Prune buyers who have been attempting to 

 buy fruit in Clarke County for 15 cents are 

 reported to have had but little success, few 

 growers agreeing to sign up. Refore the end 

 of the buying season in Clarke County last 

 year prunes sold on the tree for as high' as 20 

 cents per pound. Growers believe that the 

 opening prices offered this year indicate that 

 higher prices will be paid than last year. 



Chelan County, one of the best known and 

 largest fruit raising districts in Washington, 

 is said to lead the Northwest in the number 

 of motor vehicles owned in proportion to the 

 population. Figures taken from the county 

 auditor's office show that with a population 

 of 20,000 people, that Chelan county has 5,000 

 motor vehicles. This is said to be a greater 

 number per capita than California, which state 

 heretofore has been given the credit for having 

 more motor ears than any section of the Pa- 

 cific Northwest. 



The strawberry season at Kennewick, Wash- 

 ington, which has closed, resulted in the mar- 

 keting of 18,000 crates of berries by the grow- 

 ers' union in that district. The berry season 

 at Kennewick was highly successful. The 

 berry season started out with berries selling at 

 ?6 per crate and high prices were maintained 

 throughout the season. The crop, which was 

 almost entirely handled by the union was ship- 

 ped out in better condition than in any pre- 

 vious season, owing to the installation of a 

 refrigerating plant this year in which the 

 berries were pre-cooled before being placed in 

 the cars. 



Frost damage in the Spokane Valley is esti- 

 mated to have been remarkably low this year. 

 Managers of fruit associations and growers in 

 that district who have been checking up on 

 the matter place the damage at about 10 per 

 cent for all orchards. Most of the orchards 

 affected were situated in low spots. Smudg- 

 ing in the Deer Park and some of the other 

 sections where the temperature dropped as low- 

 as 22 degrees resulted in the saving of a num- 

 ber of crops. 



The establishing of a wholesale fruit, vege- 

 table and imported edibles concern at a cost 

 of approximately ?2."),000 will be undertaken 



BETTER FRUIT 



by Renny Caputo & Co., a Spokane fruit firm, 

 according to Joe Luca, one of the members of 

 the firm. "We are going to start a big whole- 

 sale business in fruit, vegetables and imported 

 stuffs from South America," said Mr. Luca. 

 "We will start remodeling the building on our 

 new site July 15 and will open for business 

 by August 1 or sooner." Part of the capital 

 for the new venture is being placed by Albert 

 Caputo, a relative of Renny Caputo, and now 

 living in Italy. 



The apple crop of the Spokane district will 

 be 20 per cent greater than last year's crop, 

 according to C. J. Webb, assistant manager of 

 the Spokane Fruit Growers' Company. "I 

 would say that the Spokane district apple crop 

 will be between 1500 and 1700 cars this year," 

 said Mr. Webb. "The greater production «is 

 due to a general increase of crops in every 

 section. The district contributing to this esti- 

 mate includes Four Lakes, Davenport, Creston, 

 the Arcadia Orchards, Stevens County apple 

 growing sections, such as Meyers Falls, and 

 Kettle Falls, the Coeur d'Alenes, Moran, Wav- 

 erly and Fairfield." 



H. A. Glen, general agent of the Northern 

 Pacific, has issued his annual estimate of the 

 1920 fruit crop from the Yakima Valley. Mr. 

 Glen's estimates in the past have been prac- 

 tically correct. He figures that Yakima will 

 be the chief shipping center, with Selah sec- 

 ond, Ruena third, and Grandview fourth. He 

 anticipates a material reduction in peaches. 

 The carload estimate, with 1920 given first 

 and the 1919 record second is: Peaches, 177,- 

 2200; pears, 1231, 2000; apples. 12,930, 11,400; 

 melons, 425, 400; mixed, 585, 430; cherries, 

 200, 75; strawberries, 30, 30. 



District Inspector P. S. Darlington has com- 

 pleted his first tentative estimate of the fruit 

 crop of the Wenatchee district for 1920. He 

 estimates the total crop at 11,850 carloads as 

 compared with 12,150 carloads last year The 

 crop last year exceeded all estimates by a 

 large margin, and with favorable conditions 

 prevailing it may be the same this year. Every 

 section of the district will show- an increase 

 except Wenatchee and vicinity. Here, Mr. 

 Darlington estimates a crop of only 2500 cars 

 as compared with 3835 cars last year. The 

 marked shortage in Jonathans and Rome Beau- 

 ties accounts for this heavy decline. 



Cashmere, Dryden, Peshastin, Manson, Che- 

 lan, Omak, and Okanogan are said to promise 

 a decided increase over last year's fruit yield. 

 Cashmere is credited with a probable output of 

 2,000 cars, against 1392 last year. Omak should 

 ship 1,000 cars instead of 663 last year. Okan- 

 ogan is estimated at 450 cars against 330 last 

 year. Malott should ship 200 cars against 125 

 last year. 



District Horticultural Inspector E. G. Wood 

 states that the apple yield in Walla Walla dis- 

 trict will be approximately 40 per cent of 

 normal. Some parts of the district will have 

 nearly a normal crop while others are hard 

 hit. 



A number of Yakima apple growers, who 

 have large quantities of apples to pack out 

 have organized the Rede Lumber Company 

 for the purpose of manufacturing boxes and 

 will establish their plant in Portland, Oregon. 

 The plant, which will be located in the Kenton 

 district, will have a capacity of 12,000 boxes 

 per day. Work has been started on its con- 

 struction and active operation in turning out 

 boxes will be commenced shortly. 



The latest recognition accorded to one of 

 the Northwest's most famous fruit trade- 

 marks is in a half page advertisement in the 

 Saturday Evening Post by the Leo Feist Com- 

 pany of New York, announcing the publication 

 of a new Indian novelty song hit entitled 

 "Skookum." The Feist Publishing Company 

 is one of the largest New York song producers, 

 and they announce thai they expect at least a 

 million circulation on the "Skookum" song. 

 In addition to sheet music the music has been 

 adapted to talking machine records and player 

 piano rolls. The title page of the song shows 

 in large size the well known smiling Skookum 

 character and the words "By Permission of 

 Skookum Apples." 



To protest against proposed increases in ex- 

 press rates as applied to shipments of fruil 

 from the Northwest, the North Pacific Fruit 

 League was represented at the hearing before 

 Examiner Barclay of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission in Spokane. The special commit- 

 tee i mm tin- league included Paul H. Wey- 

 raucb of Walla Walla, C. W. McCuIlagh of 

 Hood River and C. J. Webb of Spokane, In- 

 creases suggested range from 25 per cent to 

 1IIII per cent. 



July, IQ20 



IDAHO 

 According to the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of the Idaho Agricultural Department, the 

 fruit acreage in that state is now estimated at 

 65,000 acres. Of the total acreage 45,000 acres 

 are in apples, 15,000 acres in prunes and 5,000 

 acres in peaches, cherries and pears. It is 

 estimated that about 20 per cent of the entire 

 acreage is in full bearing, 60 per cent in light 

 bearing and 20 per cent not in bearing. Ap- 

 proximately 45,000 acres of the total acreage 

 planted is located in Southern Idoha and 30,000 

 acres in Northern Idaho. The total fruit pro- 

 duction in the state in 1919 is placed at 4,956 

 cars. Of this output 4,000 cars were apples, 

 500 cars were prunes, 350 cars peaches, 100 

 cars cherries and 6 cars pears. The estimated 

 commercial fruit production in Idaho for 1920 

 is placed at 6,656 cars as follows: Apples, 

 4,769 cars; prunes, 1,818 cars; cherries, 64 

 cars; peaches, no commercial shipment; 

 pears, 5 cars. 



Shipments of Snake River Valley cherries 

 below Lewiston were commenced this year the 

 latter part of June, the season being three 

 weeks later than last year. Buyers were slow 

 in the early part of the season in quoting 

 prices, but it is believed that on account of 

 the scarcity of this fruit generally that grow- 

 ers will receive high prices for their crops. 

 The price received at Lewiston last year was 

 12 to 13 cents while the canneries" paid S 

 cents. It is reported that the canneries have 

 offered 12 cents for Royal Annes. The cherry 

 crop in the Lew iston-Clarkston district will 

 be lighter than usual. The peach and apricot 

 crop in the Lewiston section is reported to be 

 a total loss, many trees having been killed by 

 the extreme cold weather during the past 

 winter. Other fruits, however, give promise of 

 fair crops. 



Cherry growers in the Lewiston district have 

 adopted an arrangement of pooling their 

 crops, providing for a minimum sale price of 

 12 cents for Bings and Lamberts. A similar 

 arrangement was carried out by the growers 

 last year and worked out successfully. The 

 Clarkston growers also organized along the 

 same lines. Shippers have been somewhat con- 

 cerned over a possible shortage of boxes, al- 

 though a local factory attained ant output of 

 5,000 boxes a day. One packing firm received 

 a shipment of 275 barrels, in which Royal 

 Anne cherries were shipped, being placed in 

 water charged with a preserving gas. 



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