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conditions is aware of the fact ttiat 

 ever since 1907 business conilitions 

 have been far from normal, due to 

 many reasons witli whicli most grow- 

 ers are familiar, and on account of 

 limited space here will have to be 

 omitted. With husiiuss rather under 

 normal and financial londitions tight, 

 it can be readih understood that the 

 prices on fruit will be more or less 

 alTected. 



The Effect of War on Prices.— On the 

 first of August, when war was de- 

 clared, not only Europe but the United 

 States and other cf)untries were also 

 affected. Immediately an uncertainty 

 sprang up both in business and finan- 

 cial matters. C.cuiseciuently everybody 

 became extremely conservative, pur- 

 chasing was reduced and people in 

 general were disposed to hang onto 

 what money they had instead of spend- 

 ing it except for what was absohiteh 

 necessary, which naturally enough 

 affected the fruit market and prices. 



The Effect of Export Trade on the 

 .\pple Market. — On account of the war, 

 Germany up to the present time has 

 been eliminated completely as a pur- 

 chaser of American apples. While it is 

 true that so far exports have been 

 some greater for corresponding weeks 

 w'ith last yeai, this to a great extent is 

 due to the fact that apples matured 

 early and shipments became heavier 

 earlier in the season than last year. 

 Without doubt the purchasing power of 

 England and other European countries 

 will be reduced, which naturally to a 

 greater or less extent affects the apple 

 prices. However this export trade should 

 not continue to materially affect selling' 

 prices this year, for the reason that it 

 is estimated that only approximately 

 five per cent of American apples are 

 exported to European countries. 



The Oregon Horticultural Society 



will hold their annual meeting in Med- 

 ford in December this year, having 

 become convinced after having pre- 

 viously held their annual meetings in 

 the city of Portland that it would be 

 wise to hold them in different fruit sec- 

 tions of the state. There are a few 

 progressive fruitgrowers who always 

 attend regularly every state horticul- 

 tural meeting no matter where it is 

 held, but the majority of fruitgrowers 

 are either not inclined to do this or 

 feel the expense is too much of an 

 item. They do not realize how valu- 

 able and instructive these horticultural 

 meetings are or none of them would 

 consider the expense too great to at- 

 tend. The Slate of Washington has 

 changed its place of meeting annually, 

 holding it in different sections. The 

 editor of "Better Emit" has been in- 

 vited to address the Washington Horti- 

 cultural Society meeting each year for 

 the past several years, and has attended 

 and addressed their meetings at Spo- 

 kane, Prosscr. ("Jarkslon, North Yakima 

 and Walla Walla. Two meetings pre- 

 vious to these were held at Wenatchee 

 and Everett. Each one of these meet- 

 ings was attended by from five to seven 

 hundred gi-owers. The point is simph 



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this, if the meeting is held in a fruit 

 section of several hundred fruitgrow- 

 ers it is a very easy matter for them to 

 attend and they are put to practically 

 no expense. It was generallx under- 

 stood at the Oregon State Horticultural 

 Meeting in Portland last year that the 

 meeting in l!llo would probably be 

 held in Hood lUver. This will depend 

 rm the vole that will be taken in Med- 

 ford and the desire of Hood River to 

 have the meeting next year. The dif- 

 ferent sections that want the Horlicul- 

 lural Society meefin.us in their locality 

 are supposed to put in a personal rc- 

 (luesl and send icprescnialivcs exlcnd- 



ing them the invitation for the Horti- 

 cultural Society to meet in the principal 

 city in their section. 



National Apple Day and the Rail- 

 roads. — Nearly all of the Northwestern 

 railways showed their interest in the 

 apple on National .\pple Day by serv- 

 ing apples in the most attractive ways 

 possible on all of their diners running 

 in and out of the Northwest. 



National Apple Day and Hotels. — 



Nearly all of the hotels in the North- 

 west observed .\pple Day by serving 

 elaborate apple mentis. 



