The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15

an q reputation. establishing Their brands.
Commission merchants from the Through
markets are soliciting their cons gnrnen1s,
ahsle preEerrlng not 10 handle fru-t sent ~
other growers. We are using aeat pack
ages. and find but little difficulty n Pc X
ing properly. when the fruit mas frst 9een
carefully assorted. Even those wno know
how find il difficult 20 discard the smaller
sizes unless some prov .s-oa = made Ior s.
position az home beforehand. and mere \
may be suggested. -rase more hogs
Growers nave found BY experience IN mar
ketfng apples that II & crop = graded -n1o
three sizes the largest and second packed
Separately. the third keqJ At home. q great
er pront will be realized than Z the Rno4e
crop is marketed uEassoTteti.
With our very superior and large sizes CT
prlnes and the great bulk Of weI cured
fruit put upon the market last season, Ine4e
is san a need among prune growers gen
sraiy Of better methods of evaporation
than has been praetiCed. Some Of the fruit
has been curets !nsuiEicsently after pack. ~
il started 20 mould. First Ne ind < neee5-
sary 10 gather the fruit when L Is uniform
IL ana dead ripe Green fruit does not cry
well. and more especially when placed WIN
that which Is fully r.pe besides this, care
fGl grading as 10 SIZE IS necessary.
TIE second point in Importance. and
one whicn has been fully demonstrated
the past season. is that the fruit must
not be cooked" Without a SINCE eX-
ceptfen. the evaporatOrs are built SO that
the fruit is too c.ose 10 the heating pipes
and there is insufficient ventilation. As
a washing Of clothes hung Oh line Viii
dry much faster on q windy day than at
a tine when the thermometer is much
higher with a calm atmosphere, 50 fruit
wtu eyaporate more evenly and better
with increased circulation al a lower
ter.perature than IS usually employed
Observations during the past season
demonstrate that evapoTators with the
fruit a distance at least ten 10 twelve
feet from the heat generators and tan
hot air veutilatOTs, extending thirty feet
or more over the top, TO produce rapid
circulation, have done the best work The
principles which viii produce a constant
strCng draught Of air and heat Of a uni
fern density are those which must be
ado Lted in building successful fruit eVapo-
ratCrs.
They are in nearly every direction
Much OF our last years fruits have been
sent into Montana and the Dakotas
A.ong the lines Of the through railroad
companies good markets have been
reached by both express and freight ser
vice For the first time cherries have
been shipped East ia considerable GUAM
titles. and prices have been very salts
factory Apples are taken right at home
al very good prices.
Ger eral Freight Agent s. L. Moore. Of
the Northern Pacific. reminds fruit grow
eTs that very much OF the market along
that entire line FOR fruits, green and
canned. also vegetables ana honey, is sup
plea 6y California. We can increase our
bee keeping industry so per cent. and
have a better market than is open today.
The market prices for apricots and
peaches has also been excellent.
The Oregon Fruit Union reports salts
factory returns on shipments OF straw
berries TO Montana, Utah. Colorado, Wy
omlng and Omaha. Cherries through
these shipments averaged growers
cents per pound and the Black Republic
an proved the best shipper Italian prunes
shipped green averaged growers Ia cents
per pound. The silver prune is not so
good a shipper while the Hungarian
tC'ros d'Agen or Ponds seedling) is the
most desirable shipper
From commercial reports it is noted that
S.4i9 ear loads Of green fruit from this
Coast were sold in fourteen of the largest
Eastern cities. Much of this. Of course,
was reshipped and sent 10 smaller interior
towns, sometimes TO points back over the
h1e oy which il ca me, after passing through
third and fourth hands. From the past
years experience We find the local markets
along the railroad lines and the interior
towns better markets than the large cities,
because consumers are reached more de-
rectly by the growers. But for Eastern
shipping We must now become, or employ,
expert packers
Again il is urged that our prosperity in
the dairy industry viii depend upon keep
ing the products which we shall begin TO
export true to brand. of an improved and
pure quality. The markets for cheese are
almost unbounded. They can be made ours
II the proper foundations are laid now.
At the close Of the year gold was offered
az q premium for the first time in many
years. To realize that So per cent. of the
clothes the people wear the coming season
are imported. when at the same time mill
ions of dollars have been lost by our own
manufacturers. and the exports of rural
products have greatly decreased while the
imports of foreign products have increased.
IS certainly a shocking and deplorable con-
dition Of affairs But new dawn is break
ing. We are a disciplined nation. and more
careful about choosing our leaders. il may
be considered kindly divine Intervention
that our careless and eXtraVagant methods
were not permitted 10 proceed farther be-
fore our condition was realized. Let US as
individuals. undertake only so much as
may be done well, seek the highest stand
ard OF justice and prepare TO enjoy the
prosperity near at hand. which is as bright
for the farmers and fruit growers Of The
Pacific Northwest as for any section on
the continent