The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-07-01

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call the nondescript. l told him to
call it the Logan Berry" and ex-
planned to him that it is cross be-
tween blackberry and raspberry.
The fact is, we can't call mule a
horse nor a donkey. Hybreds fire.
quently have no name common to the
class The Logan berry was an acct
dental cross between the blackberry
and the raspberry and originated in
the garden of DR.. Logan in California,
hence the name. Luther Burbanks has
made the same cross by artificial
means but could not call his hybred
a Logan berry, so he gave it the name
phenomenal Berry. J. F. Littooy,
of Everett, Wash, says that the Phe-
nomenal is the better of the two n.y.
breds-and he is the best authority on
berries in our state so far as I know.
Should other crosses of this kind be
made, which is not improbable, each
one will have to have it's own dis
tinctive name.
The fruit prospect remains substan-
TALLY the same as when we made our
last report Peaches will be scarce
and high in the northwest Apples
are dropping badly in the middle
states. Still the prospect is for large
crop, but ruinous prices will not pre-
vail or should not. Pears will be high.
Prunes are light in many parts of
California Prices will be good. Last
years crop is we'll cleaned up. Take
good care of your fruit. Spray at the
right time and in the right manner.
Thin where necessary, pack no unsal-
able fruit, and your pocket books will
bulge out with fairness.
We read in one of our exchanges of
man who sold his cabbages at Sc
per ton. He was curious to know what
the retailer sold the same cabbages
for, so he put a note in one of the
heads and requested the consumer to
tell what it cost him per pound. He
was astonished and amazed when he
heard from the consumer that the cab
bage cost him at the rate of $4,000 per
ton. The man began to ponder and to
make some inquiries in his mind.
Nine-tenths of what this cabbage cost
the consumer went into the pockets OF
some person or persons between the
grower and the consumer. Who got
these nine-tenths? There is but one
answer to this questionable middle
men. Now, let no one suppose that
am going to denOunce middlemen as
such They are necessary and are en-
titled to a reasonable profit. But
when but one cent in every ten for
which a product sells to the consumer
reaches the grower, there is 'too much
middlemen." 1t is imperative with
the growers of vegetables and fruits
that they be SO organized that nine
tenths of what their produce sells for
shall not go to the men who camp
along the trail over which their pro-
duce must travel.
l am informed on good authority
that an effort has been made by some
of the wholesale fruit dealers in this
state to control the prices of this
commodity When one of the growers
asked if the producers could come into
this organization and share in this
arrangement, the reply was given that
it would not be convenient to admit
them. Now, | do not know how far
this arrangement has gone but if such
an arrangement has been entered into
then let fruit growers retaliate by re-
fusing to allow any one who is party
to such a combination to have any
thing to do in handling their fruit. If
the middlemen in Washington under
take to work such a scheme as that,
they will hear something drop. There
is a man on their trail who will wake
them up and make their ears Jingle. l
am not that man. Not one box of my
| fruit will ever be handled by dealer
| in such a combination. Some of the
commission men in Seattle know that