The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-19
FRUIT GROWERS ADJOURN.
ASSOCIATION WILL MEET NEXT
YEAR IN PORTLAND.
Last Day of Session Devoted to Elec-
tion OF Officers and Continuation
of Discussions ON Pertinent Top
ics-.Adopt California Standard.

convention Of the Northwest Fruit Grow
ers' Association closed this evening, atter
one of the most interesting sessions ever
held. Portland was selected az the next
meeting place. Seattle. Tacoma, spokane
and walln Walla all having had the con-
vention in their turn.
All the old officers were reelected ex-
cept the secretary, which office, according
to the custom, went to the city where the
next annual meeting is to be held. rms
leaves the officers as follows: President,
DIR. N. G. Blalock. Walla Walla; secre-
tary, Henry f.. Bosch, Portland; treasurer,
w. S. offner. Walla WaIla; vice president
for Oregon, Il. L. Smith. Hood River; vice
president for Washington, Frank j..
Wheeler North Yakima: vice president for
British Columbia. Thomas G. Earle; vice
president for Idaho, J.. A. Porter, Lewis
ton; vice president for Montana, 5. M.
Emery, Bozeman.
The California standard apple box was
adopted. 10x11x22 inches in size. in place
of the Washington box. which holds more
fruit.
The morning session began with paper
by II. p. Stacy, of Minneapolis, on ship
ping Fruit" followed by paper on For
cign Markets." by Mr.. Bosch and by
Col Fife in an address on the "Prospec-
tive Markets in the Philippines" An in
teresting discussion OF the market ques-
ton followed the papers, particular atten-
ton being directed to the possibilities OF
the Oriental trade.
Col Fife said Washington apples were a
great treat in the Philippines, and that he
had seen them sell for dollar apiece.
Fruit would keep but short time there,
any everything was subject to mildew-
even men, Fruit for the Philippines was
better canned, as dried fruits would be
eaten up by the ants which ate everything
and would eat your house IL You didn't
watch it. The colonel saw great possibil-
ties for markets, not only in the Philip
pines, but the entire Orient
Money In Making Jam.
Jams and Jamming'' was the text of a
sermon by ]. OBJ. Scoby of Olympia, who
said he was once poor newspaper man.
but is now rich TANNER. He became O
fruit jam maker by being forced into 1t
by conditions which he could not over
come. With twelve acres of Strawberries
on his hands, which he began to sell at "a
q crate, but which dwindled down to -,
So, 81 ard finally 40 cents, he saw his dreams
of wealth disspated. and the strawberries
were as thick as ever. In despair he
bought all the pint jars In town, asked his
wife If she knew how to make strawberry
jam, and put up the rest Of his berries.
Last year he put up 10000 jars and next
knew right where he was going to sell
every Jar. When berries went below $l.o0
DER crate he did not sell any. but made
them into jam.
Now when berry time comes, instead OF
standing around with his idle hands in his
empty pockets he knew just where he was
going to put his surplus berries, ana knew
that he was going to make money In
his trips East he had found that goods
that were said to be pure were OF an IN
ferior quality, and always Tell down pelore
the Olympia jam.
E. A. Mcdonald, of Seattle, state food
inspector, spoke on adulterated trult prod
ucts and gave some of his experience with
the makers of such goods. He was con-
fident much good was being accomplished,
and reported all grocers in Seattle, Spo-
kane, Tacoma and Whatcom as favoring
the enforcement of the law, which would
soon drive adulterated goods entirely out
of the state.
Prof. Cardley, Of Corvallis, talked of APP
pie canker or as he preferred to call it
''apple anthraxnose,' commonly known as
"black spot" The spores of this fungus
did not terminate until late in the season,
and would not terminate In temperature
above seventy degrees. He, therefore.
concluded that spraying the trees with
copper spray, just as the fall rains began,
would kill the spores, After they had got
into the bark of the tree spraying did not
avail.
Remedies for Moths.
Western growers failed because they took
Eastern stories about moths. In the East
the moth began It's work as soon as the
blossom was out, and there spraying was
recommended from the blossom to June %.
In the West the moths did not put in their
appearance until June 20 and continued to
work up to October l.
Instead of spraying from the blossom
to June 20, the spraying should he from
June 20 to September 20, for after the
greater damage by the worm was done
after September l.
MIR. Smith, OF Hood River, said they had
succeeded in getting apples 81 per cent.
free from moths by the diligent use of the
<edzie spray which was one pound white
arsenic, two pounds of soda and two gal
Ions of water, boiled ten minutes to thor
oughly mix. They also used a spray made
of a short quart of arsenic in twenty-five
gallons of water, mixed with six pounds
Of fresh lime in twenty-five gallons of
water. With either mixture he believed
the moth could be practically kept out.
Papers We're read by Mr.. Craft, of Seat
tie on packing and marketing potatoes;
Mr. Fitzsimmons, of Winnipeg, on shippers
and commission men, and by Mr. Hiason
and Mr.. Stuart on shipping fruit to distant
markets.
The Stringfelow root pruning delusion,
of Texas, was aired by Prof. Balner, who
commented upon the teachings Of THE
New Horticulture" which consists in cut
ting all the roots off from a young tree,
jabbng a hole in the ground with a crow
bar and sticking the bare tree stem in the
hole, where it is warranted TO grow. Prof.
Balmor did it to twenty-five frees each OF
apple. plum, maple and chestnut and every
last one of the hundred died. He conclud-
ed the theory wouldn't work in Washing
ton, though it did work in Texas and
Georgia.
The transportation committee Miller,
Wheeler, Offner and Porter reported that
they had labored with the railroad men to
make rate that would enable the Door
man TO eat fruit and that the railroad men
had promised to consider the matter. The
railroad men had also offered to assist in
getting canneries located, and 10 make a
very low local rate from the orchards to
the cannerieS.
Resolutions were adopted thanking every
body and expressing good will for the
city where the visitors had been enter
tanned.
Dr. Blalock closed the session with
happy little speech in which he said he
hoped to see them all at Portland next
year.
Log Drift ON NesauaIly.
Special Dispatch to the Post-Intellgencer.