Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-03-13
OREGON
APPLES I'm
SCOTLAND

Oregon apples are in high favor in
Scotland. A price equal to sl5 bar
rel was recently realized on lot sold
in the Edinburgh market. This high
price was due not only TO the remark
able quality Of the fruit, but also to
the excellent manner in which it was
packed. The Edinburgh Scotsman, Of
February II, in reviewing the apple
situation there, says:
At the present time the finest apples
from any outside source come from
Oregon. Some of the best are put up
in bushel boxes containing 100 fruits
each They have sold at various prices,
depending upon the quality Of the
samples These range from las to 15s
for fine specimens. But the largest
and finest have realized from los to
20s A sovereign bushel for foreign
apples in February is remarkable, to
say the least. They are Newtons, i'm
mense in size, clear-skinned, of high
flavor, and above all, well graded and
attractively packed. Eastern states
Newton Pippins packed in barrels, the
best that could be sent from these cen
ters have sold for as much as Ais a
barrel-the highest price secured this
season for Newtons in barrels But |
what is that sum to 20s a bushel, equal |
TO Cos a barrell This wonderful diff |
ference is not altogether due TO vari |
ations in quality. The small, clean,
bushel box package plays an import
ant part in respect to price. When we
first advocated the use Of the non.
chargeable bushelbox by home apple
packers, the question of cost was at
once raised as an objection against its
use. But that is no account when the
extra prices secured by its use and the
decreased cost Of transit are consider
ed. The foreign growers now send us
over 100000 bushel boxes Of apples
each year. Their use is found remu.
nerative by them The prices that
have been made for apples already
his year are without parallel in the
history Of the trade. But Y the for
'ign fruitgrower does not dominate the
situation in this respect exclusively.
British apples have also been sold this
lear at los a half, equal to POS bush
i, and if the fruit had been collected
md specially graded and packed like
he Oregon fruit, il would have made
higher prices still. Months ago We
gave first and exclusive news Of the nc.
ual collection and purchase of these
Oregon fruits in the Scotsman. We
iaid that they had been bought for
.0s bushel in the orchards of Oregon.
Well, as 10000 bushels were secured
I is clear that large profits had been
made ON the deaE At that time we an
bounced the purchase tons of bome
rown apples were a drug at Is Cd and
Is a bushel. These facts prove that
he demand for best apples in the
British markets is practically Unsuitable
{ high values, even in seasons of
hundanco. With so much fruit land
yailable in the four kingdoms, it is a
ity that apple planters are not more
usy. As the result of these high
rices a great impetus will be given to
ome produce industries. The fruit
rowing movement has done much good
o country cultivators, and the pros
octs for extended production are Ger.
linly better than ever. Gold storage
OF home grown apples will prove Of
udouhted value to all connected with
he business, As far as the grower
} concerned, it will enable him TO 4
rolong the season at time when the 7
est prices are realiz d. With a vastly \
lcroascd output by home.growers, the
So of nonchargeahle, standardized E
oNes and cold storage, the spring APP
10 season can be made most lucrative
nd important. Cold storage has en-.
oled the foreign apple-growcr TO
rengthen his position in the British