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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



The First Canal Shipment Gets to New York O. K. \Z^l .ff^^Tn ^i:^fn%n\ tr\l 



ACCORDING to a letter received re- in the Northwest to New Yorlt. By fi'aa on flie hi"h seas^ The English 



„,., ^'^ntly by H. F Davidson from shipping from Hood Riv;er to the Pa- ha^e taken a gr?at many of their boats 



Wilmer Sieg, the steamship Ohioan, citic Coast, then by boat through the to use as transports " But the enor 



which carried the first Hood River canal, the shipper is saved 16 cents mous amount of apples which the Ena- 



apples to New York by way of the per box on ventilated service and 27 Ush and neutral countries have taken 



Panama Canal, had arrived with fruit cents per box on refrigerated service. f.-om this country so far this season is 



in the best of condition. "The ship- the saving on fruit from Yakima is 10 indicative of what the demand will be 



ment included 23 carloads," .said Mr. cents and 21 cenls per box respec- for our fruit over there under normal 



Davidson, "and Mr. Sieg writes me lively. There are now three boats on conditions Up to Saturday of last 



that the total freight saving amounted »ie ^ay through the canal to New week, we had exported to these coun- 



to about .V'oOO. The North Pacific Yoik. The Santa Clara of the Grace tries about 1,879,8(54 barrels and boxes 



Fruit Distributors took all available line, has 10 cars of apples; the Mon- against 1 463 841 barrels and boxes for 



space on the ships plying between tanan, 15 cars, and the Panaman, 20 the same time a year ago This is 



North I^acific ports and New York, the cars The last two boats belong to „,,o„t 400,000 packages nior^ taken b^ 



whole lot amounting to some 60 car- the American-Hawaiian line Most all K„ginn<l and one or two neutral coun- 



'o«ds. „ , „ . , of the Iruit that came on Ihe Ohioan tries as compared with all of Europe 



The Packer gives the fol owing de- wa exported. ,^,,, ^.,,, ^, j,^^ .^^^„j ^. ^{,^. 



tailed facts relative to the Ohioan It is to the large European markets freight rate both rail and ocean from 



shipment: There is indeed some glad that the growers of fine Northwestern the "Northwest to these countries vii 



news for the apple grower of the apples will in the future look for a New York, is .$1.08 per box to London 



Northwest and it comes ,iust at the profitable outlet. At the present time, and 78 cents per box at Liverpool \ 



time when things look blue and when the ocean freight rate is almost pro- rate of .'FLOS per box' would apply to 



some authorities are predicting a fu- hibitive; in fact, it is a difficult mat- Hamburg, 

 ture enormous production of box fruit 



with a subsequent disaster of large Report of F. N. Rhodes, District Horticultural Inspector 



financial proportions. The first test o n -itt , . ^ 

 of bringing fine box apples from State Ot Washington 



Northwestern producing sections statement of vegetables shipped to Seattle diking the year 1914 



through the Panama Canal to the Washington Outside Vnints Total Equal to Cars 



Noi-tiu-astern ports has proven a won- Z^^ .;;;:::;;:::;::;:;;:;:::;;;; '!m l?;S?} 'U^ H^ 



derful success. When the difference t.abbage 7,398 2'> G'fl sn n'v 170 



between the cost of transporlalion by rnLun'r,,,:.',: ''7?? 3l',320 4i:n82 176 



boat IS compared with that by rail is Mixed vi.Rci.nbics 19,687 20^273 :iV9riO iU 



considered, the man interested can Sweet potatoes 24',01l bV.'oit I'lV 



nnlx- Inok fnrwii-fl in n «nrl nf t i-fv <'<'H''y l.O.S.'i 10,19B 11,231 60 



oni> look lor\\ai(l 10 a sou 01 a lt\- AsparaRus 1.5 377 16,604 31,981 38 



ohition, in the way of increased prof- Khubaib 12,115 i"9s.5 i4!o70 27 



its, for producing the fruit. The PeppeJs"". i! ! ! i! i! i! ! i.: i.! ! ! i! ! ! ; : 'If^l 13^^X0 VtVu to 



Ohioan, the first boat to come from Tmnips 2,942 1,537 4479 15 



the PacifK- Coast poi^s through the J^flv;:,'^'. :;::::::;::;::::::::::::; ! ^t fj^S ^^^ ]l 



canal to New Yoru with box apjiles. Peas 31 2 072 2103 i' 



arrived .tanuarv 22. The fruit was Sl^V" v 3,011 246 .3.'2.i'7 6 



, 1 , • ,1 ■ 1 f I-,- J Spinach 4,161 15 4,176 g 



unloaded in the pink ot condition and Beets 90o 80 980 .3 



most of it was exported. Beins''*'''* ' ^*^ ■' ?^" ^ 



The Ohioan left Portland, Oregon, Sqimlh ".:'.'.'.::'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.:'.]'.:;'.'.: 1,024 850 1874 i 



December 12, with 13 cars of box ap- P"'',^P.'p 264 125 '389 i 



pies. She went to Seattle and iiicked Artichokes "..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'. .'..', gii S8^ — 



up ten cars more. Altogether, her per- Brussels .sprouts ,352 ,3,-)2 ... . 



ishable cargo was 23 cars ."f apples ^otai vegetables ""^i^;^ ^;^TJfi9 1h.4:i8^ l^s 



for the North Pacific Print Distrib- 

 utors; 10 cars of Newtown Pii3pin.s, STATEMENT OF fruit shipped to Seattle during THE YE \R mi . 



for Simon, Snuttleworth & French Co., Apples '.''"litsoT """ll^'"' ,S.«r, '■'""" JS_,'""-' 



New York; one car of box apples for Oranges 218,766 218.706 .-,70 



steinhardt & Kelly, New York, and fsEi'^rs ::::; i!! i!! :::; i! :::;::::: ! :::::: ^]il ,^1M, I"' 



five cars of celery for the California Peaches 21.'"), 814 52,179 268 293 o'cq 



Vesetablc Union All of this stock Cantaloupes 73,445 60,826 134.271 327 



vegLiaUK union. nn 01 IlllS SlotK strawberries 1.35,2.55 79,398 211,653 342 



showed up in prime condition upon Watermelons 7,692 19.-)00 '7 192 217 



arrival. The boat sailed from Port- S''-''p« «s.fi36 110,005 205.641 197 



,,.,,,,. ,. r- 1 1 • Tomatoes 40,154 112,662 152.836 157 



land without refrigeration. Cold air Pears 48,063 4.706 .53.369 76 



was turned on December 19, seven Grape Fruit 25,013 25.013 71 



div"; nfliT IpTvinff Pnrttnnfl and nn Cherries 54,339 7,477 61.816 41 



aa>s aiui leaving Foriiana, ana on .lap Oranges 38,671 38.671 .38 



which date the boat sailed for New Apricots 24,917 5.809 30,786 .33 



York From the time she left Portland Plums and Prunes 16.662 20,.392 37.054 36 



rorK. nomine Time sneieiiiort ana Raspberries 18,200 499 18.705 29 



until she arrived in New York, making Cranberries 263 2.244 2 507 14 



the stop at Seattle, she was out 40 S^^''^^'' ■ v;Ao ^'5^5 2,34o 13 



j„ „ Ti f •„!,» 41 00 Rlackberries 6,508 190 6,698 10 



days. The freight on the 23 cars currants 3,394 70 3:464 6 



shipped by the Distributors, including Crabappies 4,835 4,835 6 



,, i r « , 4- <• • 1 I Loganberries 2,917 431 3.376 6 



the cost of transportation from inland Goseberries 2"i5i 481 2.932 6 



points to Pacific tidewater and thence Huckleberries 4^213 4i2l3 5 



to New York by boat, including refri.g- ^Z^''l://///--\:.y.y.::::: igs 405 m \ 



eration, was •S,')300. The freialit direct Pomegranates 413 413 



to New York from shipping points on -IZ^l'^l^ls 140 140 



the 23 cars, coming bv rail, would Persimmons 397 397 



have been ifi8,,500. The savinq in Mexican limes ■■■■ 138 138 .... 



transportation charges on the 23 Total fruit 1,168.678 978,9.58 2,147,6.36 3,689 



cars, according tf) the figures of Total vegetables 640,018 264,169 904,187 3,518 



Wilmer Sieg, was .i!3200. Mr. Sieg fig- r,,.,,,,,, i,,,,,] 1,808,696 1,243,127 3,0.51,823 T^ 



ured out the difference between the T-,,p .,^0,,^ are all standard packages. This report does not cover fruits or 



boat rate and the rail rate from two vegetables grown in the outskirts of Seattle and which are hauled to the public 



of the largest aijple shipping points markets and stores by wagon, and of which there is a large (luanlity. 



