The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-08-30
ARE COMMENCING
TO SHIP APPLES
HOOD RIVER FRUIT MOVING OUT
Buyers Still Offering Big Prices for
Winter Varieties One Shipment
Goes to VladiVOstOk.

lndisputable proof that apples are
again on their way to market is evil
denced by the wagon loads of boxes
that are being taken out Of the city
and the full ones that are being
brought to town. Early apples are
commencing to move and sales for
many thousands of boxes of late ones
have been brought to a successful is
sue or are being bargained for.
Apart from the sales of the Union
and the Davidson company several Or
charists have disposed of their fruit
at good prices. While the Newtowns
and Spitzenbergs have brought IA big
price the cheaper varieties have not
suffered much If any decrease in com
parison with last year and some grow
ers who hve been in communication
with Portland buyers for some time
have been told that they can dispose
of the Hood River product at about
the same price as the 1905 crop.
Il. p. Loomis, who has been here
representing the firm of h. p. Loomis
Il Co., who contracted for the fruit of
the Apple Growers Union, finished
signing up contracts with 1t Saturday
and Monday, left for his home in New
York city. He was much pleased with
is purchase and says if nothing hap
pens to prevent it he will be here
again next year as buyer of Hood
River apples.
Another New York firm is known to
he in the market for local fruit but as
yet they have not closed the deal.
The firm Is after Newtowns and SpitZ-
enbergs and few Of the other high
priced varieties and has been looking
for them both here and at Mosier. De-
mands indicate that the Hood River
crop will be disposed of much earlier
than was at FIRST thought both by lar
distant and local buyers.
Sears Il Porter have just disposed
of 80 boxes of Kings, Wealthies and
Gravensteins to ID. s, Yogdjoglou,
wealthy fruit dealer of Vladivostok,
Siberia. These apples will be shipped
immeditely by by way of Vancouver,
b. c., as Nj. Yogdjoglou says that
ZEN days will be saved in transit by
shipping them that way. Before the
Russian Japanese war the YogdJoglou
Bros. had quite an extensive trade in
Oregon fruit, but when that conflict
came on their business was almost
ruined. Now, however, they have re-
cuperated and are In the market for
the best that can be bougth. Apples
and all fruits the representative of
this hrm says have to be guarded
against cold with the utmost care af-
ter reaching Vladivostok, as the
slightest exposure ruins them. AS an
instance of this Mr.. Yogdioglou says
that one shipment which they received
was so badly frozen after being expos
| ed for 10 minutes while being unload
ed from the steamer that his firm lost
81, 600 on then. He says that II 1t
we're possible to transport some of the
more delicate varieties of pears grown
here to Vladivostok he could obtain
as high as 80 cents apiece for them.
The Sunday journal caught Mr..
Yogdjoglou in Portland and obtained
fac similie of the label which his
| 1rm uses on It's fruit and which Is
| printed in Russian. While we can not
reproduce the cut of the label below
| will be found the article and trans.
lation of what Is on it,,
"Not alone have Oregon apples cap
tured the appetites of all parts of the
United States, but Europe, Asia and
Africa have fallen into line In their
demand for the best fruit that grows.
The recent fale by the Hood River
Applegrowers' Union of its 1906
crop of Spitzenbelgs apples to a New
York firm around SO box-the high
est price ever received for apples de-
spite the fact that the worlds crop il
several times as heavy as it usually is
shows that Hood River apples can
not be beaten or equaled for quality
or pack in any part OF the world.
Just now Russia is paying consider
able attention to Oregon apples, there
being heavy sales of late to Vlndivos
tok and other cities. d. S. Yogdjog
lou, one of the members of the firm
of Yogdjoglou Bros, of Vladivostok,
has been in the city for some time ar
ranging for heavy purchases of Ore
gon apples for shipment to his firm.
He is at present at Hood superintend-
J ing the labelling of a large consign-
ment. The firms own labels are
wrapped around each apple, while the
! packing is done in the regulation
Hood River style-the best in the
world.
The illustration above is the in
scription on the apple wrapper and
looks like an inscription from one of
the pyramids. A literal translation
gives the following:
American Apples -- Oregon; extra
t red Specially prepared for business
, house of Brothers Angel, the house of
, fruit sellers, Sweat street, Vladivos-
I tok.
= Mr.. Yogdjoglou will remain in this
{ city for a month or so and will pun
: chase heavily of Oregon apples, pears,
r vegetables and fruits. He has made
/ the W. b. Glafke company of this city
. the firms American representative. >
v 1t is said by close observers that
the high prices fer apples again this
year is having a slight tendency tC
1 Increase land values and that several
4 instances have come to their notice in
r which land that was in the market
!. previous to the announcement OF
Q pi ices, has withdrawn and Others where
4 the price has been increased