The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-07-02
FRUIT
GOES TO
PORTLAND
Directors of the Union
Gets a Raise on
Berries
Thee--0narterS of a Cent
Advance on Some
Lines of Cannery
Stock


The directors OF the Salem Fruit
Growers Union met at 3 D. m. at the
office OF the president. and considered
bids for the crop OF raspberries and
blackberries and Logan berries. Fol.
lowing were received and opened:
r. ]. Holmes. Portland Canning Co,
Portland-Raspberries AZ cents per
pound
Blackberrles, cents per pound.
These prices are for fruit delivered
for shipment by boat or express to
Portland. Berries must be picked
clean, free from leaves or dirt. Mr..
Holmes pays freight to Portland, and
crates can be returned at a nominal
charge.
The other bid was from G. w Hol.
comb, OF the Salem Canning Co..
3h cents; blackberries,
2h cents; Logan berries. 2A cents.
These prices are for fruit delivered at
the Salem cannery. On motion the
bid Of r. J. Holmes was unanimously
accepted. and the officers of the Union
ordered TO enter into contract with Mr..
Holmes on the above terms, and all
members TO be notified.
The expense for returning crates
from Portland will be about three
cents per hundred pounds. no ship
ment for less than 25 cents. Under
the terms OF this contract a large
quantity OF fruit will go TO the Holmes
cannery at Portland. and II is possible
that Mr.. Holmes may open a cannery
at Salem next year..
.u elu Logan Berry Crop.
Alex LaFollett has crop OF 500 to
$50 crates OF Logan berries, which are
now In fun fruit. and sight worth
seeing. Mr. LaFollett has some very
rich bottom land on the banks OF a
natural lake that has perfect drain
age and a beautiful exposure 20 the
sun and air. Last year he planted a
second field OF Logans. and, with his
2-year-old patch. he has his hands
fun harvesting the crop. A force OF
pickers are az work every day, and
the legislator who killed the scalr
bounty bill. superintends the packing
and delivery 10 market They bring
s1.25 crate at Salem. and are about
the finest fruit OF the kind ever
brought 10 this market Mr.. LaFolletl
has his second lot on a high wire trei
lis and the vines are now growing
that win make next years crop They
are a sight worth driving to his farm
north OF the city 10 behold
Producing New Varieties.
w w. Walker, the state-street nur
seryman. has been working for sever
al years TO get crosses between the
cultivated blackberry and dewberry
and the Oregon Wild blackberry and
dewberry. and has some very inter
esting results The natives have some
delightful qualities. but are NOT such
producers. the blackberry Being STAN
mate and pistilate on different plants
and unless growing near together dc
not always fertilize. Mr.. Walker has
by inter-pollinization. produced some
new varieties from seed sown by him
that promise great improvement over
anything on the market. having some
OF the flavor and acidity OF the wild
berry with the greater size and pro
ductIyeness Of the Lucretia dewberry
and Lawton blackberry Such work
requires great patience and devotion
and often the man who does the work
gets very little recognition. although
being a great public benefactor-
greater than some men who lead ar.
mics and command battleships.
The Later Strawberries.
The strawberry market is holding
up well in prices and supply OF late
varieties. Among those now coming
into market are the very latest VII.
sons, the oregons CHufstetter seed.
lIng), and a number OF new varieties
grown by Z. Hofer the Sample, Down
ing's Bride. Kansas and Ruby The
latter are fine canning berries. and the
Ruby will bear for at least two weeks,
and II water could be put on II would
bear for a month. The late berry and
the early berry are very profitable to
the grower yielding from S1.25 To
s175 per crate. Among the earliest
grown here are the Clarks Seeding
tHood River). Saunders. Oregon,
Ideal and Lloyd. Growers who want
early and late berries should watch
these matters closely. and when they