The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-10-14
ORGANIZATION OF
FRUIT GROWERS
PUYALLUP PASSOCIATION,s OFFER
FOR SAN JUAN APPLES
Post-Intelligencer Maintains That
Limits OF Industry Have Not Been
Reached In Any Locality But Ad-
mits Importance of Organization
and Corporation.

~ Ase AAnpOHsoAco "a OIBau1Z0lOn
and Corporation.
The ISLANDER is in receipt of o let
ter from W. H. Paulhamus, president
OF the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit
Growers Association, in which he
says on the question Of marketing
San Juan fruit:
~ beg to advise that can send you a
purchaser for all of the winter apples, in
Guiding the well known fall varieties,
Waxen and King. that are first-class, five
tier or larger. We can pay you fifty cents
for forty five pounds Of apples. We will
furnish the box and do the packing. We
find that so many of the farmers, our
selves included, do not pack our fruit with
view of getting the best results for the
same and some put all Of the poorer ap-
Piles in the center of the box thinking that
they are getting that much more for their
fruit. Therefore, we find ft best to have
the fruit brought in in any kind of boxes
and packed by our own packers. When
we make shipment of this kind of apples
we know what the boxes contain, there
fore we do not fear a demand for rebate
If you are interested in establishing a
class of fruit that can be sold in your coms
munity, I would be very glad to furnish
you an article on the varieties of apples
most suited to western Washington
Mr.. Paulhamus had read in the Sc
attic Post-Intelligencer Of the 9th
inst an editorial on the subject Of
fruit raising, called forth by the Is
LANDER's recent comments on the
same question, to which our big city
contemporary not unnaturally takes
some exceptions. There are scores
of orchardists in this county and else
where in northwestern Washington
who can vouch for the truth of every
thing that the ISLANDER has said on
the subject. 1t is condition and
not a theory" that confronts them
and the conditions still associated
with the unorganized industry in this
county are what the ISLANDER has
sought to improve in calling atten-
tion to them and in its advocacy of
the organization and cooperation.
of fruit growers.
On account of the short crop OF ap-
pies this year in most of the great
apple growing sections Of the coun-
try, the demand for good apples has
been rather better in this county this
fall than usual, but the prices real
lied by the growers are small as COM
pared with what consumers have to
pay, and they win continue compara-
lively small until the growers organ
ize to insure the proper grading and
marketing of their product. The-ls-
LANDER cordially commends what
the. Post-Intelligencer says on this
point:
"Organization is the secret of success in
fruit marketing. It has demonstrated its
powers in the berry fields of Puyaliup.
the peach orchards Of Wenatchee and the
apple farms of Yakima. There Is
no question as to thesOil and climatic con-
ditions being perfect tor producing excel
lent fruits. The proposition for the grow
ers to consider is that OF marketing.
When q crop is harvested the battle is only
half over. Making profit from every
orchard is the problem to be solved.
There is growing demand for all varie-
ties of fresh fruits. The market may DO
somewhat limited for that which is perish
able aud must be sold every day on tie
fruit stands. But the demands for canned
fruits. eyaporated fruits and fruit Jamss
iellies and preserves are almost unhmited.
A single grower may not be able % ns-
nose Of his fruits either green or canned.
He cannot supply customers with enough
to nay for handling. But community OF
frnit-crowers, banded tSgether for mutua.
h.nefit. can market large quantities OF
fruits and fruit products at prices that Will
insure profits for every member"
The state Presbyterian synod,
which vas in session at Hoquiam last
week, made divisioa Of the Puget
Sound synod, placing Whatcom, skag-
II and San Juan counties and 9 part
Of Chelan county IN 9 new division, to
be known as the Bellingham synod.
Il 3. Carter's store, after having