Telegram-herald., 1888-12-05
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su1 preliminary a<lion taken. hATius ia
Viss tae rsc0lslrurtl21 u the Alcaizza
frllE Exlaslg-' apoa Dfoa1 ant 9er-zz-
neDi aasis
t. discussion OF markets and marketing
w. caFrIe,i ou - ysuo4s members. J T.
IAs o.. Of Doug sss. dId aot taiox shippisk
" aess y Nss- u Chicago s4s paying - 30
grover
g. j. Aonroe, OF south Hayea said taai
farmers hai come a distance OF seyenty-rss
gr 0as nundre1 miles into The pesch dis.
lrict a11 oOQkhE tne crop snd sold them %.
90 t1s isrmsrs along tae F0al. a. tneg re-
t1rnsc aone. tbs ~as ID. most profit
abe manner. s. faE a. the grower l. con-
cernsd. o. marketing ne iralL
q " Barnett . Chicago south Water
s.. commission la2n. Vas called upon TO
tN~.a ssFrsH.
stat meat thai tne Caliornia Fruit Union
Tss slitterns succsss II ight Dc 50. oat
hs kasS that Al tnc msstlns 10 De held al
Sacramento. radical changes vii Dc made.
The .4me vas true Of TIE Maryland Asso-
citation. he took issue With Mr.. Brown
when he said thsr there we're over hun
dr-d points west OF Chicago Wnsrs fruit
could os sod lie thought there were Dut
twenty places where a car LOAF OF fruit
small fruits could os sold. DIS Iirm had
the matter ~ frat dIstrisutlon down 10 q
science Wnen Mr. TAYLOR shipped direct
u the consumer he came in competition
with Michigan fruit that MS hoass ~ss
trying 10 distribute. de advised the fTuii
growers to send a representative man 10
Chicago 10 watch the market, and u give
the commission merchants infOr nation re-
garding the amount to be shipped each day
and the condition OF shlomsnts. 50 that the
Chicago com mission merchants could make
arraD - nents Tor the receipt OF fruit.
". y. Cook thought that the proper way
10 educais the markets was Tor growers To
pant nothing but the Very best varieties OF
the vsriOns fruits, they will always
bring q good price. Tue President said that
be was great believer ID the education OF
the markets. snd brought up many in
stances IN which fruits which at first wer e
rejected BY the markets. we're by persistenty
putting them on the market, now IN great
demand
Q. W Garfield thought that the semi.
tropical fruit was crovdIng out cur home
fruit because ne do not grow the nne-hayor-
sd iruiss. but such miseraole things rs the
Ben Davis spD,e. because u looks well.
! You can see Ben Davis aud bananas
placed IN snowy manner. while such hne
varietig- "a the Canada Reds and "JOns-
than" are hsyer displayed.
The drift OF the discussion seemed TO
show that the appearance OF The fTuIt rather
than TIE hsvOr. Is whsr makes fruit pay.
It was the opinion o. QUE member that from
his experience there would De three or four
times a. much fruit consumed when the
hne favored fruits were forced upon the
markets, as when tbs nIcs appearing but
ill-h4yored fruit Is sold.
h. A scott. Of Ann Aroor. said that be
thought that the Eastern market was pretty
well educsled. His oest fruits he sold in
I DctrOlt. OUT Us large, me iOOAlQg. Dub ILL
favored apples he sent TO Chicago where
they brought good price. The Chicago
market Is not educated.
The packing and handling Of fruits was
next taken up and discussed. A good deal
OF fault was found with tue way in which
the express com mpanies handle fruit The
tossing from one man 10 another add the
indiscriminste hesping together OF pack
ages on their wagons. but no remedy
seemed 20 be arrived At or agreed upon.
The subject Spraying with Arsenites"
~ss opened by q letter from \. J. Strong,
OF Fairfield. Lenawss county in which be
favored the sprayIng OF plum pear and
Othsr fruits 20 destroy ths insects. J. A
Pierce nsd sprayed his apple trees vita
London Purple aud thought that Eve or
ST. barrels OF apples would pay 81 ex-
I penses Of a saving OF forty or nity barrels
/ b The Use of arseuiie. ~ II. Psrmelee, of
| Hopkins. bad used London Purple for
Spraying purposes and bad secured good re-
suits. Prof TAT Of the Agricultural Col
lege who favored the spraying TO Kill the
cDtiis mOih and other Injurious insects.
thought that London Purple was pei-rsble
70 PaIls Green. For MS own uss he favored
vnits arsenic bat did not sdvise Its use as
/ the danger OF it vas very great unless IL .
coiored 81 that II may rot b mistaken fol
other substances and prsye ut its accidental
use tor other substances