Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-09

23,00J,0O0 Barrels fn sfght-BerkeIey
County Farmers Are \ OF Alarmed
by the Conditions Prevailing
Elsewhere.

Elsewhere.
The farmers and fruit growers OF
this section. indeed have reasons to
feel proud Of the fact that they are
not as some others in one particular
at least 1t one crop is a failure
there is always one or two others SO
abundant as TO overshadow the cry OF
hard times. In many sections of
| this great country this year all of
the crops failed to come up TO the
average, while in Berkeley county a
season of unprecedented prosperity
has been in evidence on all sides.
The New York Tribune gives good
summary Of the conditions prevail
ing, which will be of interest TO
those engaged IN what is fast becom :
ing one Of our greatest money max.
ing industries. The Tribune says:
The apple famine which dealers
have been predicting for several
months is now said to be an assured
| fact. Ever since the unfavorable
apple weather In the spring, buyers
and growers have anticipated short
crop. They told the public about it
at the time, and were not believed.
for there has hardly been spring
when the mo apples story was not
circulated. Now, final reports have
been received from every available
market, and the dealers themselves
are surprised at the extent of the
shortage.
Don't talk to me about apples. .
said Washington market fruit mer
chant yesterday, when a Tribune re-
porter asked HIM about the crop.
It's disgusting / can see all kinds
OF trouble coming to us. Just as soon
as 1T gets little colder people will
be clamoring for their winter supply
of apples. Then we will mention the
price-you can imagine what il will
be when | tell you that we are paying
as high as "a a barrel at wholesale.
They will demand a reason for the
rise, and we will tell them of the
short crop. Will they believe u.s.
OF course they won't. They have
heard so much of apple famines that
did not materializethat we will never
be able to convince them of the re-
allty of this one. y
And just how bad famine will
this one be? he was asked.
The reports are all in. and the
most reliable estimate places the
total crop at 23, 600, 900 barrels, of
which only about ], 800, 600 are from
New York orchards"
F" You 'd.better. mot tell it that wav
II you want to convince people of
an apple famine, said a customer.
''Twenty-three million barrels
seems like mighty big lot of APP
pies.
Last year we thought we had a
short. crop with As, 900, 900 barrels. and
the year before a crop of 700, 600, 600
was not to large for the demand "
saidS. the dealer Indignantly. do
vouEseesnow where the famine comes
in?"
What caused it?' was the way the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the light.
Different things in dlfferentiStates.
lnSNew York and Michigan and
other States in the commercial belt
it.wassheavv.gales in September that
finishedsthe apple crop. The South
western States are the only ones
that.had anything like a crop, and
theggrowers there don't know how
1t happened. They thought that the
crop, would be ruined by early rains.
Theyshave more apples than usual
suchsas. they are-but southern an
plesIarevnever up to the standard,
and people will protest against
them. -