The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-01-17

portation facilities shall be more avail
able will also enter prominently into
the production OF apples. Elsewhere IN
the Northwest Northern Idaho and the
Palouse country yield excellentfruit. In
many places of the Northwest the cod
lin moth has not yet made ITS appear
ance. It is going around fast however,
and is catching up with the virgin dis-
trcts. -.
In order to learn the conditions OF the
export apple trade and of production Of
the fruit in this state, a reporter inter
viewed several merchants q few days
ago. F. II. Page, Of Page & Son, firm
which does large export business IN
Southern Oregon, said:
"After many years OF effort we nave
built up an Eastern and European mar
ket for Oregon apples. 1t has come byt
assiduous attention to the production oil
the best possible fruit and to the pack
ING. 1t took considerable effo6 Tor
growers to learn these things. The
opening apple market merely exempll-
fies the trueism that there is demand
for all things grown in Oregon that are
produced and packed right We have
shipped from Medford this season about
100 carloads. "Why is it that valley
apples are not sold in the East? the
REPORTER asked. "There are several reas-
ons," was the response, leach one as mn
portant as the other and to recount
them all would take a long time.
Chief of them is that farmers do
not grow given varieties in sufficient
quantity and in proper quality. 1t does
not nav to pick up for export one box
Of apples at McMinnyille, another at
Corvallis, another at Albany and anoth-
Ter at Salem, even if the apples are the
finest on earth. At Salem, recently, !
had an option on 1900 boxes W so-called
Eexcellent apples. They were indeed gOou,
but out of the 1900 boxes only 500 were
suitable for shipment This is an illus
tration of the, reason the valley does
not send apples eastward. Let me show
YOU some apples that are apples, Forth
with Mr.. Page opened box OF Yellow
Newtowns. "You see," he continued,
"what superb apples these are. Not
blemish on them. They are intended for
exrert to Europe ,and | value them here
at So per box. Which is more than |
could get in the Portland market. See
how they are packed. The reporter
saw an ordered array of "a apples, sew
eral of them peeping from their paper
wrappers. Beneath them were three
tiers, each of like number of apples,a all
neatly ordered. Between the tiers was
blue paper or cardboard. On whichever
side the box was opened, the apples
were in the same arrangement. "Ore-
gon cannot produce apples in oyer-sup-
, ply" he continued, " "high-grade trult
. will always find market.
j. A. Bell, of Bell q Co., said: Apples
! at Hood River and in Southern Oregon
| are shipped away almost entirely by
a growers, direct to the East and Europe
T The old growers in Southern Oregon
j have been in the business long enough
to have fixed relations with the trade
: and they do not have to deal through
. Portland. The East wants chiefly Spltz
Il enbergs, Yellow Newtowns and iona
Q thans 1t does not take much fancy t(
Baldwins, Northern Spies, Red-Cheekec
e Pippins or Bellhowers. Most OF tht
|, highest grade apples here are from HooC
G River. | regard the shortage OF thu
p Eastern trade as a stimulant to the de
y mand for Oregon fruit 1t certainly
d has improved prices. The best apple
II comes from the foothills and mountains
Is This is why Hood River fruit is OF sucl
e fine quality. The industry in the vii
l. lamette valley is not organized proper
y ly to gain Eastern trade. Quality /
'f not up to the best, and besides, ther
Is are not enough extensive growers.
% J. w. Selover, OF W. n. Sayre x Co
le said "It is a safe estimate that South
re ern Oregon will export this year at leas
N 1870 carloads of Yellow Newtowns, Spita
ID enbergs and Jonathans, Many OF tn
N yellow variety will go abroad. More al
), ples have gone out this year than eve
r, before and shipments will keep increai
10 ing. None are sold under the Californl
n label. As to the Eastern short crop, It'll
not so short as once estimated, but it
N short enough to help the Oregon proc
le uct. Last year we shipped about 40 ca
Us loads from Union county which, toun
e; ready sale. A large part of the Hoo
Ill River fruit is of red stock. do not bt
u lieve there is appreciable difference b'
ie tween Hood River and Medford apples,
W w. B. Glafke, of Glafke 4 Co., said
Z "The Portland market is supple
Us mostly with apples from the Willamett
IS valley, Lewis river and places on tn
Us Columbia river. Little Hood Rive
Gt or Southern Oregon stock comes her'
III The st. Helens district is new produ'
u er of fine stock. In the Portland ma
ket there are all kinds and prices
ne apples The Orient offers large poss
)d bilities for trade. We have sent seyeri
H. quantities there this season. The ma
a ket there opens but slowly, however.
re year ago we consigned to China Slt
re worth of apples. Half of the consigI
IT, ment decayed or was stolen. W
od made the shipment simply to test til
ne market. We lost by the transaction, br
ra received several orders this year. Farm
e. ers here have not learned to pick an
pack their apples. They frequentI
'e- lace the boxes at the top and bottol
an with good fruit and fill in with Gull
~ Commission men are called scamps, bl
NJ such doings as this show that the farm
ne ers are also in the game. few day
IL ago we received about 40 boxes of apple
IN from farmer. They were fine apple
III but the farmer, to wedge them tight
in the box, had keyed them up with a
ey pies cut in two. In each box were II
* is apples thus wedged This is an e
"a ample OF the ideas of packing which pr
lot vail among farmers"
CT Mark Levy, of Mark Levy & CO
on said. This market does not deal
Is enough high-grade apples to make shi
hd ments eastward. | forwarded lot
re- Lady apples in November, which brougI
up fair price, but not enough for Il
Ell trouble. The handicap in the valley
're that we have not enough new and e
al tensive orchards l would advise
'rs mountainous country growing apple
'ge Farmers do not know how much it +
an acts to their disadvantage to try to st
., scrubby stock, by palming it off +
II first-grade fruit"
m Silver Wedding.
'mI5 M Trout Lake, Wash, Jan. Son ia
as 4th were gathered the many friends
we Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Moore in Tro
nj Lake, Wash, to celebrate the twcnt
en- 6ftb anniversary pf thpir TOQrriaup