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Northwc'sl l,:mil I'rodurls Show Asso- 

 ciation. A very at)k' executive commit- 

 tee has been selccteil, Mr. David M. 

 Dunne being president, who was I'ur- 

 nierly c(dlector of reports, a man with 

 splendid ajjility I'lir just such a posi- 

 tion, widels known and lil<ed b>' all of 

 his acquaintances. In addition to Mr. 

 Dunne, the connnittee includes .\. .1. 

 Kingsley. F. L. 'I'honipson, ,lohn S. 

 Beall and .\. 1'. Batehani, with Louis 

 W. Buckley as general manager. The 

 very large list of directors includes 

 prominent business men of the City of 

 i'ortland. Every elTort is being made 

 to make this show a success and it 

 should receive the support of the entire 

 Northwest. 



Packing Apples in Small Boxes for the 

 English Trade 

 The Northwestern Fruit Exchange, 

 through its London ollice, has been de- 

 veloping the possibilities and demand 

 for Northwestern apples packed in 

 small boxes. The best trade in London 

 was canvassed with regard to the 

 prospects for such a package in that 

 market, but the general opinion is that 

 such an experiment would not prove 

 successful. The reasons given are: 



(1) That portion of the fruit trade 

 in London which pays the highest 

 prices is that which caters to the 

 rctpiirements of the West End clubs, 

 hotels, etc. The prepaiation of this 

 li iiit is (juite a special business and en- 

 tails the use of a variety of packages 

 of dillerent shapes and sizes, according 

 to the rc(piirements of the clientele of 

 any particular dealer. These fancy 

 packages are made up with all kinds of 

 fruit, the selection and packing taking 

 lilace in the warehouse of the dealer. 

 These dealers buy theii' apples and 

 pears from us in the usual export cases 

 and arc i)repared to iiay the highest 

 price for the best article. It is ex- 

 tremely unlikely that a small box such 

 as has been suggested would be of 

 an\ advantage to them over the bushel 

 l)ox, ;uid if the latter worked out 

 cheaper b\ comparison there would be 

 ver> little di'niand for the small boxes. 



(2) Should the high-class trade be dull 

 at any time, as it is on occasions, on 

 account of the absence of the wealths 

 classes from town, we should be forced 

 (inio the ordinary trade and be com- 

 pelled to accept prices which would 

 not pay for the extra cost of packing. 

 Although the above opinion is not a 

 favorable one for the introduction of a 

 small box, should it be decided to try 

 Ihe market with a few and thus gain 

 practical experience a single-layer box, 

 containing twelve apples, or possibly 

 Iwcnix -four, is suggested. 



The European Fruit Crop 



Heports from England received in 

 .July indicate that the fruit crop in that 

 country woulil be about one-half a 

 crop, owing to severe frosts which oc- 

 curred during the montli of Mav . 

 France is a heavy producer of cherries, 

 and during the year 1014 shipped more 

 cherries Ihan in an> pi-evious year for 



Yakima County Horticultural Union 



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