August, 1920 



BETTER FRUIT 



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Several residents of the Lewiston Orchards 

 community in Nez Perce County have used 

 humus-making crops this season. The best 

 of these is that of T. B. Gano, which consists 

 of 10 acres of Bengalia field peas sowed at 

 the rate of about 100 pounds to the acre. It 

 is expected that a considerable acreage of 

 hairy vetch will be sown this fall for a cover 

 crop. 



The Idaho prune crop is reported to give 

 promise of being the largest in the history 

 of the state. 



What They Are Doing 

 in California 



The prices fixed for canning pears by the 

 California Pear Growers' Association for this 

 year are $100 per ton for first grade and 585 

 per ton for second grade fruit. These prices 

 are .$15 per ton higher than those of last year. 

 A short crop generally throughout the Coast 

 region is given as the cause for the increase 

 in prices. 



Although plums, apricots and prunes were 

 hurt in some localities in California by recent 

 hot weather the damage to these crops as a 

 whole is said to have been slight. Raisin and 

 table grapes were more seriously affected. 



A car of early peaches and plums was 

 recently sold in the East for $4,107 gross. 

 This is said to be the highest price ever paid 

 for these varieties of fruits to California 

 growers. 



The Sunsweet Standard, the official organ of 

 the' California Prune & Apricot Growers 

 Association says that an opinion was reached 

 recently at a meeting of the board of directors 

 that a fair price for drying prunes will be $12 

 per green ton and for apricots $21 per green 

 ton, together with the pits. These prices are 

 made to establish a basis for those who dry 

 these fruits for others. 



On account of the fact that oranges in some 

 sections of California are dropping heavily it 

 is announced that it will be several weeks 

 before an accurate forecast of the new crop 

 can be given. The drop has continued later 

 than usual and is spotted, being much heavier 

 in some districts lhan others. 



The Southern Pacific is urging California 

 fruit shippers to load cars to the maximum. 

 The company states that the cars will stand 

 a considerably heavier load than is now being 

 placed in them although the tonnage has been 

 increased by more than two tons per car. By 

 this action and greater promptness in loading 

 and unloading it is hoped to give shippers a 

 much better service. 



Apricot growers who are members of the 

 California Prune and Apricot Growers' Inc., 

 the statewide cooperative selling association 

 which claims to market 75 per cent of the 

 prunes and apricots produced in California, 

 will be paid from 18 cents to 33 cents a pound 

 for their 1920 crop of dried apricots, according 

 to prices recently named by the board of direc- 

 tors of the association. Though the tremendous 

 export demand, which so strongly influenced 

 last year's high prices has completely col- 

 lapsed, according to H. G. Coykendall, general 

 manager of the association, the association has 

 been able to name a slightly higher average 

 price for this year's dried apricots than last 

 year. 



Bits About Fruit, Fruitmen 

 and Fruitgrowing 



An apple crop report on the state of Wash- 

 ington, compiled by G. S. Ray of Spokane, 

 agricultural statistician of the bureau of crop 

 estimates, says that dropping from a condition 

 of 85 per cent of normal on June 1 to 70 per 

 cent of normal on July 1, the apple crop of 

 Washington promises to be 15,217,000 bushels, 

 as compared with the June 1 forecast of 

 17,056,000 bushels and the 1919 production of 

 19,136,000 bushels. 



This year the United States is expected to 

 produce 200,421,000 bushels of apples, based on 

 July 1 conditions, while last year's crop total- 

 ed 144,429,000 bushels. The average condition 

 of apples for the entire country dropped from 

 79.3 per cent of normal on June 1 to 70.7 per 

 cent on July 1. 



Fruit growers who have motor trucks or 

 who are intending purchasing will be inter- 

 ested in the announcement that the Interna- 

 tional Motor Truck has just secured a site for 

 like our Winter Nelis in every way — is very 



the erection of the largest motor truck plant 

 in the world. The site of the new plant will 

 be located at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and com- 

 prises 140 acres of land. The buildings of the 

 new plant, it is stated will embody the im- 

 provements of every important modern auto- 

 mobile and motor truck plant in the United 

 States. The company says that in doing this 

 that it plans frankly to take advantage of 

 other people's experience in building for 

 manufacture on a large scale, with the motive 

 in view of manufacturing the best truck in 

 the world. 



E. F. Benson, commissioner of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for the state of Washing- 

 ton, who recently visited the orchards in New- 

 Zealand in a letter to the agricultural bulletin 

 says : 



''Thirty-seven thousand acres now in fruit, 

 with only one million people here, means that 

 much will be exported, especially as thousands 

 of acres of new orchards are being planted. 

 Some of the fruit will compete with ours every- 

 where. I never tasted better Delicious apples 

 than those grown in Hawkes Bay district and 

 we are told that is not the best fruit district 

 in the Dominion. In the Canterbury district 

 we had Cornice pears that should top any 

 market in the world. The Winter Cole — much 



BRUISING one apple. Spout is 5 muslin, 18 feet lo 

 Basket and Stem* uttinu ..r Separator of 10 gauge w 

 Price $2.50. 2 poles, i; feet lon>r, connected pipe sti 



J.&H.G00DWIN,Ltd 



Apple Exporters 



Headquarters in United States 



60 State Street 



Boston, Massachusetts 



The Largest Handlers of American Apples 

 in English Markets 



You can send your apples direct from the 

 United States into the industrial centers 

 of England. The same organization (J. 

 & H. Goodwin, Ltd., throughout) which 

 ships your fruit from the U. S. A., sells 

 and distributes in London, Liverpool, 

 Manchester and Hull, and on the Euro- 

 pean Continent. 



This means quick handling, considerable 

 economies and the fruit being sold in the 

 freshest possible condition, which means 

 greater returns. 



For dependable export information write 

 or wire us at 60 State St., Boston, Mass. 

 or 97 Warren St., New York City.. 



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