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BETTER FRUIT 



October, 1920 



Northwest Fruit Notes From Here and There 



OREGON 

 Reports from the cranberry-growing districts 

 in the Marshfield district are to the effect that 

 the largest crop of these berries will be har- 

 vested in that section this year in its history. 

 Help for harvesting the crop it is believed will 

 also be plentiful. 



At a recent meeting of the board of directors 

 of the Hood River Apple Growers' Association, 

 E. W. Rirge was elected president of the or- 

 ganization to succeed P. S. Davidson, who re- 

 signed. O. R. Nye was elected vice-president 

 to succeed A. F. Rickford. 



The schedule of prices for prunes recently 

 announced by the Oregon Growers' Co-opera- 

 tive Association, which expects to handle the 

 largest tonnage of Oregon prunes during the 

 present season, is as follows: 



30-40's, 15 cents bulk basis, or 18% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



40-50's, 13 cents bulk basis, or 16% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



50-60's, 11 y 2 cents bulk basis, or 14% cents 

 in 25-pound boxes. 



60-70's, 10 cents bulk basis, or 12% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



70-80's, 9 cents bulk basis, or 10% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



80-90's, 8 cents bulk basis, or 9% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



90-100's, 7 cents bulk basis, or 7% cents in 

 25-pound boxes. 



Recent estimates of the Hood River apple 

 crop place it at 70 per cent of last year's yield 

 when 2,000,000 boxes were shipped. Growers 

 there are now looking for a 2,000-car crop. 



The Western Fruit Company, with a capital 

 stock of $10,000 and with headquarters at 

 Salem, has been incorporated by F. Howard 

 Zinser, W. J. Spalding and Ariel D. Zinser. 



The first car of Rogue River Rartletts of the 

 1920 crop to reach Chicago sold for $2,S,S0 

 gross, or an average of $5.55 per box. An- 

 other car sold for $2,783 per car, or $5.28 per 

 box. The above sales are said to break all 

 record for pear sales in car lots from Medford. 



A survey of the farm acreage in Marion 

 county for 1920 shows that the fruit acreage 

 has increased very materially recently, when 

 compared with former years. The statistics 

 recently given out in regard to fruit in this 



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Make no mistake! Nothing can 

 take the place of Ghirardelli's 

 Ground Chocolate — at your table 

 or on your dealer's shelves. Be- 

 cause Ghirardelli's fills a daily 

 household need— and fulfills every 

 essential of food and beverage. 



Ask for Ghirardelli's Ground 

 Chocolate at the store where 

 you do your trading. Never sold 

 in bulk but in cans only. In this 

 way Ghirardelli's retains its 

 flavor and strength — the two 

 most important elements of 

 good chocolate. 



Say l 'Gear-ar-delly' 



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county show 8,552 apple trees in bearing ; 

 apple trees, non-bearing, 575; cherry trees, 



Eeach trees, bearing, 352; peach trees, non- 

 earing, 79 ; pear trees, bearing, 1,051 ; pear 

 trees, non-bearing, 943; prune trees, bearing, 

 13,825; prune trees, non-bearing, 6,935; walnut 

 trees, bearing, 257; walnut trees, non-bearing, 

 1,675; loganberries, 3,446; blackberries and 

 raspberries, 2,940 ; strawberries, 875 ; other 

 fruits and nuts, bearing, 250; other fruits and 

 nuts, non-bearing, 204. 



According to a report from Roseburg a se- 

 vere wind storm that visited that section dur- 

 ing the middle of September, blew down and 

 injured 35 carloads of apples so badly thai 

 they could not be saved for shipment. About 

 50 per cent of the apples that were ripe at that 

 time, it is declared, were rendered unfit foi 

 anything but immediate use. In the Hood 

 River district, late varieties of pears were 

 injured by the windstorm. The apple loss in 

 this district was also considerable. 



Oregon bee men are informed by the Oregon 

 Agricultural College at Corvallis that they may 

 now have the help of a trained bee specialist, 

 as H. A. Scullen, a successful commercial bee 

 man, has been employed by the college to take 

 up this work. 



The Hood River county fair, which was one 

 of the most successful held in recent years, 

 and had a large attendance, was characterized 

 by a fine exhibit of early apples. In an apple 

 packing contest that was held, "Shorty'* Mc- 

 Manan, a professional packer, was the winner. 

 He packed two boxes of apples in a little over 

 five minutes. Miss Pearl Nerrill scored sec- 

 ond in the contest. 



Oregon apples are already on their way to 

 China, having been shipped to the Orient somf 

 time ago by Kelley Bros., a Hood River apple- 

 buying firm. 



The early fall rains did great damage to the 

 Oregon prune crop, according to a report on 

 the situation made by the Oregonian, which 

 says that, allowing for exaggerations in re- 

 ports, which are usual when a crop is in dan- 

 ger or injured, prune men nevertheless believe 

 that this year's crop has been cut down one- 

 half. If this is true it will mean a loss of 

 about $3,000,000 to the prune growers of 

 Oregon. 



There were prospects in the spring of a 

 crop of 80,000,000 pounds of dried prunes in 

 the state. The estimate was cut down to 60,- 

 000,000 pounds when the June drop came and 

 now the rain damage has reduced the crop 

 probably to 30,000,000 pounds. 



Discovery of a hybrid prune, the "New 

 Oregon," which experts declare will revolu- 

 tionize prune growing in the entire north- 

 west, was announced at a bai.quet of promi- 

 nent Oregon nursery men recently, says the 

 Oregonian. 



The prune was first discovered about eight 

 years ago in an orchard owned by Andrew 

 Vercler in Polk county. Following a series 

 of careful experiments with a few specimens 

 produced during a period of several years, 

 Mr. Vercler top grafted an entire row across 

 another Polk county orchad, and also a por- 

 tion of an orchard which he owned near 

 Hayesville. The top grafting came into full 

 bearing last year and the prune, it is stated, 

 has been commercially tested in every way. 



The "New Oregon," authorities state, has 

 been tested as to texture, sugar, acidity, con- 

 tent, drying proclivities and carrying quality 

 of the tree, and in each case has been found 

 far superior to anything previously grown in 

 the northwest. 



In appearance the new type of fruit would 

 seem to be a cross between the Oregon "Ital- 

 ian"* prune, and the Oregon "French* prune. 

 It is larger than either, however, and more 

 tasteful. 



WASHINGTON 

 The Yakima valley pear crop is estimated 

 at about 800 carloads, a large part of which 

 w r ent to the canneries. Prices are reported to 

 have ranged from $65 to $90 per ton, the top 

 price being paid for unusually fancy fruit. 



The first cars of green prunes shipped from 

 the Walla Walla district this year are reportec 1 

 to have brought around $50 per ton. The firsl 

 sales from this district last year were over 

 $100 a ton. According to an estimate made by 

 District Horticulturist E. G. Wood, the prune 

 crop at Walla Walla was cut down from 50 

 to 75 cars by the depredations of the red 

 spider. 



The Wenatchee World reports the most suc- 

 cessful Bartlett pear season in the history of 

 the district. The shipment amounted to about 

 500 cars at prices from $05 to $80 a ton. Late 

 varieties of pears from this district made 

 added shipments of around 200 cars. 



After having spent several years as the 

 manager of a large fruit ranch near Wapato, 

 William Jonson announces that he will give up 

 fruit growing to devote his time to the manu- 



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