December, 1920 



BETTER FRUIT 



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moth or other insect pests. From the orchard 

 this year 15,000 boxes of fancy grade apples 

 were packed out. According to Mr. Ryan the 

 owner of the orchard posted a notice in his 

 packing house offering a dollar for each and 

 every apple showing injury from codling moth 

 turned in, but has not had to pay out a cent on 

 this account. 



Monterey county which has heretofore been 

 almost exclusively devoted to agriculture and 

 dairying is turning its attention to fruit. The 

 climate of the county is stated to be well 

 suited to all varieties of deciduous fruits and 

 nuts and berries and it is stated that many 

 orchard plantings are contemplated there next 

 spring. 



The additions that are being made to the 

 plant of the California Almond Growers' As- 

 sociation at Sacramento will make it the 

 largest institution of its kind in the world. 



The University of California Fruit Show was 

 held November 18th, 19th and 20th at Berkeley. 

 The exhibit included many fresh fruits as well 

 as a large variety of sun-dried and dehydrated 

 fruits and vegetables. 



In showing the benefits of a state inspec- 

 tion service for fruits and vegetables at ship- 

 ping point the Weekly News Letter of the 

 State Department of Agriculture of California 

 publishes the following: 



A car of Tokay grapes was shipped out of 

 the Lodi district on September 18 to a concern 

 in Louisiana at §2.25 a lub box F. O. B. When 

 the car arrived the shipper received the fol- 

 lowing wire: 



"Tokays here show fully fifteen per cent 

 decay and mold want thirty-five cents allow- 

 ance answer quick." 



The shipper replied that acording to the 

 state inspection report the car was in good 

 shape when it left California and the receiver 

 must accept at invoice. The buyer replied: 



""Accept car Tokays without allowance mail 

 certificate regarding condition when loaded 

 we will file claim." 



If the shipper had not had state inspection 

 on this car he would have had to allow the 

 buyer 35 cents per crate or about $375.00 on 

 the entire load. On this car alone, therefore, 

 the growers saved enough money to pay for 

 inspection charges on about seventy-five cars. 



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The announcement that the English maxi- 

 mum price control on apples which was to 

 have gone into effect November 4 has been 

 indefinitely postponed it is stated by apple ex- 

 porters should be of great aid to apple grow- 

 ers of the Northwest whose exports from now 

 on are expected to be heavy. J. S. Robinson, 

 sales manager of the Earl Fruit Company, in 

 commenting on the new situation, says that 

 American apples should now command a higher 

 price and exportations be increased. Mr. Rob- 

 inson believes the postponement of the English 

 regulation is a great encouragement to all fruit 

 growers and that the apple business should 

 pick up immediately. 



Reports from all parts of the country show 

 that National Apple Day and Week resulted in 

 greatly stimulating consumption and in caus- 

 ing a firmer tone in prices in the big markets 

 of the East. In New York the campaign was 

 carried on along educational lines as well as 

 from a sales point of view. In the public 

 schools 150,000 apples were distributed free 

 and lectures on this history and economics of 

 the fruit given. Joseph H. Steinhardt, who is 

 given credit for starting National Apple Week 

 distributed 150,000 apples to the poor of the 

 city, while from other sources 1,500,000 apples 

 were given to the orphan asylums, hospitals 

 and charitable institutions. Chain stores and 

 wholesale merchants throughout the city took 

 a wide interest in the celebration, as did also 

 many of the theatres, which had streamers ad- 

 vertising the fruit and telling their patrons to 

 eat apples. 



II the recommendantions of the American 

 Railroad Association through .lames Menzies, 

 freight traffic manager of the Atlantic Coast 

 Line Railroad in regard to prohibiting the 

 bulge pack on Florida fruits is extended to 

 other sections of the country fruit shippers 

 will be up against a serious proposition. The 

 recommendation states that a great deal of loss 

 ocurred last season in handling citrus fruits 

 because the bulge forced the tops of the boxes 

 loose at the ends, spilling the fruit on the floor 

 of the car. A strong protest has been made 

 by the Florida Citrus Fruitgrowers Exchange 

 against eliminating the bulge pack and the 



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