The Topeka state journal., 1904-12-10
KANSAS NEWS.
Reno COunty's Apple Crop LIS
Mostly In Cold Storage.
At Least 10000 Bushels in
Hutchinson Houses.
ORIGINAL CROP 800, 900.
Majority of the Stored Fruit In
Keeping Well.
One Reno County Orchard Raised
5000 Bushels.


Bee says:
There are now about 10000 BUSH
els of apples in the various storage
houses in Hutchinson. The crop for
the season of 1904 was well taken care
of and the waste was small compared
with the difficulties in the packing
season. when the material for boxes
was badly delayed. 1t is now esti-
mated that the crop for this year was
fully 100000 bushels in this county
OF this quantity there has been a con-
stant outgoing of local and car ship
ments ever since the early apples be-
gan to come onto the market in June
There have been thousands of bushels
sold on the market for home con-
sumption, for 10000 people that COM
pose the population of this county
consume a large per capita OF the
fruit that is making Reno county Ia
made to points all over the United
States from the eastern portion clear
to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
At the beginning of the storage sea
son there began a great influx OF frult
TO the cold storage houses, and it con-
tinHed till the crop is all in. About
10000 bushels were stored IN all
There have been steady shipments
the orchard season closed, and now
the stock in storage is down to about
10000 bushels. This amount is di-
vided about evenly between the IN
derwood-Viles cold storage house and
the Carey cold storage houses.
Mr.. Walter Underwood, of the I'm
derwood-Viles company, said today TO
a Bee reporter that his firm is housing
something near $4,000 bushels and
that they are keeping perfectly. About
SIS per cent. of these, he thinks. are in
bushel boxes, and they represent near
ly every orchard of any size IN the
county, and all varieties are included,
except those of early summer.
The Carey company has two big
cold storage warehouses The ware
house in West E avenue, erected TINS
fall, now contains $4,000 bushels of
apples, while the cold storage at the
main house on Main street contains
10. 600 barrels The Carey people esti-
mate that about IS per cent of the
fruit stored with them is in three
busheI barrels. This is contrast with
the Underwood-Viles house. where
nearly all are packed in boxes
Good winter apples are now selling
at Hutchinson at an average of about
$3.50 per barrel and the boxed vari-
cites are selling at about 90 cents ana
81 per box The box varieties seem to
sell better than those in barrels. 1t is
likely that the box will soon be almost
the universal package for storing
apples in this section. The apples in
bushel than those in barrels and are
said to sustain less loss
1t is likely that a large portion OF
the apples now on hand will be held
till March or later for sale, as the
market shows promise of being stiff
for the latter part of the season. Evil
IDENTIFY the men who have held their
fruit are going to win this year With
splendid quality there will be good
return to the growers here
The early estimate of the crop this
year was pretty well held up The
Daily Bee early in the picking season
estimated that the crop would be
about 500 cars. possibly more. The
returns show that 500 cars of 500
bushels each was abouE right.
The big Yaggy orchard produced
between $1,000 and $4,000 bushels of
apples. according to Mr.. YaggyS state
rnent given yesterday. There was only
about $50 bushels of unmarketable
apples outside of the windfalls which
were not worth picking up The crop
was remarkably clean.
The Underwood orchards produced
about 5000 bushels of fruit and the
largest portion of this is now in stor-
age. There were plenty of other large
orchards that produced well and in
nearly all instances held up to the
early estimates, which were held by
the conservatives to be badly over
drawn. Thirty freight trains of twenty
cars each would have been loaded to
the limit to have carried this years
Reno county apple crop.