May, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 23 



costs of these transactions and 5 per cent of tin- 

 selling price. The company is capitalized for $125,- 

 000 and it is stated that more than $100,000 worth 



FROSTS damaged fruits in some sections of the 

 state during the past month. Strawberries are 

 reported to have been injured to some extent in 

 the Eugene district, while stone fruits and pears 

 were considerably damaged in the Medford section. 



AAA 



WITH 600 acres in strawberries this year Hood 

 River is looking forward to a crop of 100,000 

 crates if the weather conditions continue favor 

 able. Although a keen demand is anticipated for 

 this season's crop, it is not expected that prices 

 will rule as high as they did last year, when the 

 record average price was received. 



AAA 



WASHINGTON 



ESTIMATES of the acreage planted to berries 

 in the state of Washington compiled by the 

 district horticultural inspectors of the state are 

 as follows: Strawberries, 2.100 acres; raspberries, 

 1,900 acres; loganberries, 350 acres; blackberries, 

 675 acres. 



AAA 



ACCORDING to a check made in the early part 

 of April by E. E. Samson, representative of 

 the International Apple Shippers, there were 98.- 

 591 boxes of apples in common storage at Yakima 

 at that time and 16.720 boxes in cold storage. To 

 clean up the crop before the season for soft fruit 

 shipments it was estimated that it would be neces- 

 sary to ship out ISO carloads of apples weekly for 

 two months. It is stated that this is a greater 

 amount of apples unsold in the Yakima district at 

 this time of year than in any previous season. 



AAA 



A REPORT from Prosser is to the effect that 

 the apple cron there has been entirely dis 

 posed of at satisfactory prices. This statement 

 has caused considerable interest in Northwest 

 apple shipping circles as the reverse has been the 

 case in many of the districts. 



AAA 



TO DO a general fruit and produce business 

 John H. Wilson. F. C. P.arthell ami John H 

 Roberts have incorporated the Spokane Commis- 

 sion Company with a capital stock of $15,000. Mr, 

 Wilson is president of the company which has 

 teased a warehouse. 



AT a meeting of the credito 

 Fruit Company at Wenatchi 

 failed, it was decided to ha 1 



the 



of the Bholke 

 which recently 

 affairs of the 

 the 



stee 



. A report sub- 

 of the company, 

 a value of $1.- 

 ount to $1,328.- 

 o warehou 



of 



company administered by a t 



direction of a creditors' committ 



mitted bv C. \Y. White, secretar 



showed that the total assets hai 



167,000 and that the liabilities a 



nnn Included in the assets are I 



Cashmere and Wenatchee, over 200 .Teres of bea 



ing orchard, which should vield 125,000 boxe 



apples this year and 450 carloads of apples unsold. 



in addition to accounts receivable of about $200. 



000. The liabilities include $580,000 due to grow 



ers and $200,000 due to othej creditors. It was 



shown that nearly $1,200,000 had been paid out by 



the Bohlke Company to growers in the Wenatchee 



district before it became insolvent. 



AAA 



THE announcement is made that another large 

 berry ranch has been started in Skagit county. 

 The berry acreage is being planted by Charles C. 

 Calahan near Burlington and consists of 33 acres 

 The varieties being planted are strawberries, ever 

 green blackberries, raspberries and loganberries. 

 AAA 



REPORT from Prosser is to the effect that fruit 

 bloom in that district was the earliest in years 

 Judged by the bloom the crop is expected to be 

 one of the heaviest ever harvested in that section. 



AAA 



A CLASS of eleven ex-service men enrolled in 

 vocational training work at the Washington 

 State College recently made a ten-day tour through 

 the apple growing districts of the state to secure 

 practical instruction in cold storage practice and 



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Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, 

 handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and 

 in the pound crystal glass humidor with sponge 



Fringe 

 Albert 



national 



joy 



smoke 



Improves alkali soil, trans- 

 forms potash and phosphor- 

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 wire worms, smutty grain 

 and potato scab. 220 lbs. 

 per acre has increased crops 

 up to 600 pe 



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and 



and 8, pric 



pies. 



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for Lime-Sulphur Solution 



ANCHOR BRAND for drs 

 dusting. CARBON BISULPHIDE foi 

 rodent control. 



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624 California Street 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 



Our 1921 Annual Catalog 



la un-to-UKi« and telle all about the 

 best SEEDS. PANTS & TREES IN- 

 CUBATORS. FOODS and SUPPLIES. 

 SPRAYS, PUMPS. FERTILIZERS. 

 Etc 



A tellable truthful guide for Western 

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 146 Second SU Portland, Or* 



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