The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-04-12

this with one of tie Vast associations
in the famous Col re AZ d,strict which
shows a net ave az ~ 81 00l6 per
box. 1t costs abol 81, ,onts NOR HOY to
grow apples, viii h ID ,,vas ne Sl 90 per
box profit or tv 90 tSa nrof,t ner box
IN lne noo9 III 9r valley that they
receive In Color 10, and bad our crop
been 9-l0 Newtt ms ara Spitzenbergs.
as IL VIII oe III 70 Years, we would
nave averaged yer 500 per box,
which means Il thea L inst three
times the prof or h,x In Hood Riy-
er than there in Colorado, and stiIl
gentlemen, tt y are selling bearing
orchards in Cole ado at $1,000 to
2ze2g Iee icr@ aRl some have actually
's6id III -Eallsadey Colorado, as high as
$1,000 per acre cannot help but
remark | am glad am an apple grow
er in the Hood River valley.
Nature has favored us with climate
and soil and we growers are doing our
part by producing a Newtown and
Spitzenberg that for excellency in
flavor, beautiful color, clearness of
skin, keeping quality, freedom from
blemish, cannot be equalled anywhere
in the world.
And to my dear friends, the,inspect-
ors and packers, | want to express my
sincerest thanks for their excellent
work and to add, that this year they
put up the most ideal pack in America,
and to say furthermore, few extracts
to be read later will prove the asser-
tion.
However, do not wish you to in
fer we are perfect. am sure you can
and am positive you will, put up a
better pack next year. One of the
most important suggestions | have to
offer on this subject is On uniformity.
We can certainly do much towards
putting up a pack that is more perfect
in uniformity Of size, and | want to
tell you there is no one feature in
good packing that will count for
more. A decided improvement can be
made by limiting the swell on top and
bottom so that every box will come
within the limit of an inch to an
inch on top and bottom combined,
and nothing effects the appearance of
box of apples more than too heavy
swell Too much swell means that
every apple on the top layer shows a
bruise about the size of 10 cent
piece. Every box should be packed
so every apple will be firm and at the
same time never be in position to be
bruised either by the adjoining apple
or the end, side or top Of the box.
want also to express decided pre-
ference for the diagonal pack wherever
possible, for the reason that apples
packed in this way are less apt to
bruise in packing and on account of
the cushion and distribution of pres
sure carrying with less bruising.
There are also two additional advant-
ages in this pack, one for the grower
as it requires less quantity OF ap-
pies to fill the box the, other for the
buyer, for he receives them packed in
this way with less bruises.
Let me tell you few words about
selling. All large apple buyers have a
certain amount of trade for which
they require a certain number of box
es and for which they engage the re-
quired space in the cold storage plant.
Today the apple business is different
from what it used to be. The reserve
stock goes into cold storage and is
taken out and sold as the trade de'
mands it. Early in the season the
buyers goes to the locality which
grows the choicest apples, to get il
quota and If they are sold or the rice
is prohibitory he goes elsewhere and
when these large Responsible buyers
have bought to meet their require
ments they STOP. kDoW Ihls Decaus'
buyers came here, we were soiu OFT
they went elsewhere ana Dont ht
When they ha1 purchased ne reqt lrec
nnm bel of tcXee they stol p' d onS ing
These hnyers 6fe MT p l~5 tPecH
latOrs bot shle"d conn " ol 81
mes men and ran helI 'd' " iE' -.
strictly Ln incss rr'.'T'S ;
point wish to Ting &" '"'e -. "'
fact that if "c - 10 a" Il Fc0 81
the best ptice &e mu .lI t c.t tn'
reliable buyers nre all tppl'cd. We
annot successfully be grover, sci @rs
buyers. eXpoItcis and speCulatGis
Statistics show that the farmer "ht
sells his grain at har, est time III lht
long run makes more money than iEt
farmer who speculates. -.
At no time during the last year coulc
we have disposed of our crop to
better advantage. Beautiful Spltzen
bergs held until February netted bach
but S2.65. After deducting the Iosi
in holding this length of time, ,yo1t
can readily see that the man who helt
realized less than the price we sold at
You are familiar with the fact tina
some of our growers secured betteI
prices then union figures. The aver
age price OF fancy 4 tier Hood hive
Spitzenbergs in New York was "a. w
some selling as low as 50. % and S3' 5O
while just a few fancy DIS brought 80
Still the average is what we must fig
ure on and that was 81, and know
where OF l speak because W.
are posted almost daily by letter
from number of different hrms II
New York. From S4,OO deduct 0'
cents freight, 40 cents commission an'
10 cents shipping charges and ina
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