The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-09-27
SINGS PRAISES
OF HOOD RIVER

Adrian Epp ng has the following
Interview in the Oregonian:
Located as it is, IN sort of bowl
formed by onHtains on all sides and
with Mount Hood to the south. anil
Mount Adams to the nuith, Hood
hi er valley is grand from a scenic
standpoint, Hood River runs the en-
the length If tho valley and on each
slde Is dotted with faIms, the LIinci-
pal producl Of which is apples. with
Strawberries IS a siGe issue. The cuI-
tl1ation of the aIrla in Hood River
mas reached q scientific stage seldom
If ever equtIled.
There are !eople in Hood River
who sttte that you cannot find one
box OF wornly apples in any Cne en-
lire orchard, said Lrchard turning
OFT 1000 boAo, Of apples / his is be-
cause Of the spray used to destroy tie
Goblin moth oud with the strenuous
methods used fol the determination
OF this pest, it is safe to predict that
Hood River viii in the near future be
entirely rid OF tile meth. The thin
ming OF apples is another important
feature in The raising Of a perfect ap.
pie of commercial size. In some in
stances a. many as 1900 az pies have
been cut off tree in the early spring,
wl gu the tpple is, the size of cherry.
AT "a second thinning later in the
summer, another 1000 apples, the
size of an ,gg, would be shipped off
with pair OF scissors. leaving from
$50 to $40 Wtrsh OF apples on the tree
to come to u.aturity. his may seem
an eXaggeratiOn, tut you can see it il
you want to-
Through the good work of and
management of the Hood River Fruit
Growers union, The price of apples
in Hood River is greater this yeal
than ever before, and this in the face
of the fact that there is a great apple
crop all over the country. There is a
reason for this; After other apples have
become soft OF I0ttet, or have lost
flavor, Hood River apples have re-
tanned their firmness, juice and tlav
or, even as long as year after being |
picked. This is the reason why the |
city of New York will pay over three
times the price for Spitzen berg apples
grown in Hood River, than for the
same variety grown in New York |
state, and pay the freight to b"ot
80, uei ,hbor of mine who offered to |
epl! lis place for $40, 500 early last |
spnng, and couldn't find buyer, hi
since refused to sell at all, on accoul
Of ten acres of Yellow Newtowns
which will bring close to So, 600 within
the next twc months. Ano her friend |
near my ranch who bought 30 acres OF
bearing trees in the spring for S12,
900, will crop $4,000 worth of apples
and has refused S22, 600 for his proper
ty. One man has three acres of trees
from whicl he will take nearly s., 900
this winter Another neighboT who
has little l0-aCre place, sold over
$500 worth of straw berries from 21a
acres, after paying all expenses o
packing, picking, etc.
81 personally sold my entire cherry
crop for l9 cents per pound wholesale,
and have tle receipts to show for 1T.
Another near neighbor sold $500
worth of black Ferries from a patch
less than one acre. One of the feat
nres of great benefit to the grower is
our Fruit Growers union, which, un-
der able management, hanGles fruit
for the nominal charge of 10 cents per
box or crate, keeping it in cold stor-
age for cooling purposes and finding
the buyer, the farmer getting his
money at the time of delivery OF
,ruE. There being no question as to
The possibility of selling his fruit,
;he grover runs no risk and all be
has to do is to raise the fruit. The
lnion does the rest. Where else is
be grower able to dispose of his pro-
luce in such an easy mannerY AS a
place to spend the summer months,
none more delightful could be imag-
med than Hood River. The nights
IRE cool and I'll ere is always a strong
'efreshing breeze in the afternoon
Many physicians are sending their
cases to Hood River for
,he winter months owing to the Cieal
md bracing mountain air. If OuI
'oung men could only tear them
selves away from city life, with its
extravagances, and put a
tie of their nCney into Hood River
ruit, they would soon gain compe-
ence for thOmselVles, instead of vast
ng the best years of life working for
he very small salaries which barely
erve to keep them alive. AS for my
elf. if | had only known | should like
o have bought in Hood River ten
ears ago." Essas