April, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 19 



My thought would not be to attempt 

 "one big union" idea, but rather the 

 bringing together of all interests on 

 some common ground of mutual helpful- 

 ness, where the problems confronting 

 the industry could be freely and fairly 

 discussed. By so doing, everyone would 

 benefit and the producer and consumer 

 most of all. 



At the present time the various apple 

 growing sections are in a state border- 

 ing on "armed neutrality." We should 

 not lose sight of the fact that we are 

 all working to the same end. What helps 

 one, helps all and vice versa. 



The biggest apple crop year for the 

 Northwest appears to be just ahead of 

 us. Are we suitably fortified to meet the 

 issue? Ours are individual problems to 

 be collectively worked out. 



Northwest Fruit Notes 

 from Here and There 



WASHINGTON 



THE Yakima Fruit Growers' Association an- 

 nounces an increase in its capital stock from 

 $150,000 to $300,000. 



AAA 



THE annual report for horticultural district No. 

 1, comprising Walla Walla, Columbia, Gar- 

 field and Asotin counties, recently completed shows 

 that 908 cars of fruit were grown there last year. 



AAA 



DURING the latter part of the apple shipping 

 season in the Wenatchee district an unusual 

 demand for Winesaps of the larger sizes was 

 prevalent. As a result a high premium was offered 

 for the big sizes. 



AAA 



EARLY estimates of the peach crop in the 

 Yakima valley are to the effect that it is below 

 normal, owing to the fact that many trees injured 

 in the 1919 freeze have not fully recovered and 

 did not make sufficient wood growth in 1920 to 

 set fruit spurs. 



AAA 



CLAIMING to be the center of the strawberry 

 growing industry in Washington, Centralia is 

 planning an annual strawberry festival. The event, 

 which will be held during the early part of June, 

 will be put on under the direction of the local 

 chamber of commerce. Between 500 and 600 acres 

 of strawberries are now tributary to the Centralia 

 district. 



AAA 



APPLE box prices are approximately 30 per 

 cent lower this year than at the correspond- 

 ing time in 1920, according to the recent announce- 

 ment of a box making company in Spokane. The 

 wholesale price quoted is from 14 to 17 cents, 

 while at the same time last year they were 24 

 cents. 



AAA 



ACTION taken by the members of the Yakima 

 Horticultural Union will result in making an 

 assessment of two cents a box on all fruit han- 

 dled by the organization this year for the pur- 

 pose of starting a building fund. The financial 

 report of the union shows assets of $433,115. The 

 property and plants are valued at $286,556, and the 

 equipment at $30,151. Its profits and surplus at 

 the end of the year were estimated at $20,426. 

 AAA 



THE total value of the fresh fruit crop grown 

 in the Yakima valley during the season of 

 1920 was $16,065,540, according to statistics re- 

 cently compiled. Of this amount the apple crop 

 totalled $11,792,500; pears, $1,982,200; cherries, 

 $211,200; plums and prunes, $142,800; peaches, 

 $275,745; strawberries, $95,000; grapes, $42,000; 

 cantaloupes, $490,000; watermelons, $45,000. The 

 balance of the amount was received from mixed 

 shipments of fruits sent out by express and parcels 

 post. 



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 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. 



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