April, 1921 



Bits About Fruitmen 

 and Fruit Growing 



THE APPLE industry of the Pacific North- 

 west is in better shape relatively than any 

 other agricultural industry, is the statement of J. 

 S. Crutchfield of Pittsburg, Pa., president of the 

 American Fruit Growers, Inc., a $100,000,000 con- 

 cern, which has large orchard holdings on the 

 coast as well as in other sections of the United 

 States. Mr. Crutchfield expressed this opinion at 

 the annual meeting of the Spokane Fruit Growers' 

 Company on a recent visit to the coast, and added 

 that in the next five years he expected to see this 

 industry attain greater prosperity than has been 

 the case in the past five years. In discussing the 

 apple industry in this region further Mr. Crutch- 

 field said : 



"The Pacific Northwest apple is an international 

 apple. It's market is the world. South Africa, 

 South America, Central America, Australia and 

 Northern Europe are its natural market. Because 

 it is an international fruit which will stand up 

 under severe strains, such as cold storage to which 

 it must be subjected. As it is and must be an 

 international fruit and its market is the world 

 it cannot be a small apple, such as is grown in 

 the East. I believe- that the big red apple which 

 made the Northwest famous must be grown in 

 the future if this section continues to hold its 

 place in this world market and expand its out- 

 put still further." 



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AS the result of experiments conducted by D. 

 F. Fisher, pathologist with the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, located at Wenatchee, 

 Wash., it is believed that he has discovered a 

 method of keeping apples from two to three 

 months longer than when packed in the ordinary 

 way. The discovery consists in wrapping the 

 apples in a specially prepared oil paper, which 

 absorbs the destructive gases. The tests made 

 with the different varieties of apples show that the 

 oiled wrappers are particularly effective against 

 scald, one of the storage diseases of apples that 

 causes the greatest loss in the Pacific Northwest. 

 The test which was considered the most suc- 

 cessful in showing the results of the new method 

 was made during the past winter with apples of 

 the Grimes Golden variety. The specimens were 

 picked September 20 and put into storage two days 

 later. They consisted of fruit wrapped in the oiled 

 paper and in the ordinary apple wrappers. When 

 taken out of storage a short time ago, the apples 

 wrapped in the oiled paper were found free of 

 scald and in fine condition, while the others were 

 in a bad state of decay. The Grimes Golden, the 

 variety selected for the test, is not a late keeper 

 and the fact that those wrapped in the oiled paper 

 were found in good condition two months after 

 their usual keeping season has convinced many 

 shippers and growers who have witnessed the re- 

 sult of the experiment that a very important dis- 

 covery has been made. The cost of the oiled paper 

 is not excessive and it will be used by many 

 growers during the coming apple shipping season. 

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ABOUT 2,250,000 cases of Australian apples will 

 be available for export during the coming 

 apple shipping season, according to estimates pub- 

 lished by the Canadian department of trade and 

 commerce. It is doubtful, however, states the re- 

 port, whether shipping facilities can be obtained 

 for the movement of anything like this quantity. 

 In fact, exporters do not anticipate that more than 

 1,250,000 cases can be shipped overseas owing to 

 the lack of cold storage facilities on steamships 

 now engaged in the Australian trade. The early 

 varieties of Australian apples come on the market 

 during the last week in February and the late 

 varieties are picked toward the end of April. 

 AAA 



SAMUEL ADAMS, editor of the American Fruit- 

 grower made a visit to the Northwest fruit- 

 growing sections during the past month. Mr. 

 Adams, whose home is in Chicago, made the trip 

 to the coast for the purpose of getting first-hand 

 knowledge of fruitgrowing methods and conditions 

 in the box apple region, and also to interest fruit- 

 growers on the coast in the national conference 

 recently held in Chicago. 



AAA 



RECENT advices in regard to the coming can- 

 ning season are to the effect that a much 

 lighter factory pack of canned goods will be put 

 up this year than last. The reason assigned for 

 the reduced pack this year is the heavy carry-over 

 from last season. Prices for canning stock on this 

 account are expected to rule considerably lower. 



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