The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-11-22
Exhibited Superb Apples.

The exhibit of the Hood River Val.
ley Apple Growers union, at their
annual fruit fair, held this year at
Hood River, was one of the centers
of interest in the fruit trade circles
here this week. As announced in the
Journal last week e. P. Loomis q
Co., who have contracted for the en-
tire output of the best varieties of
son, arranged for the shipment of
these prize winning apples to New
York in order that the trade here
could have an opportunity to sea the
quality of apples which they would
have to offer. The union also desired
to show New York the cream of their
product of which they are justly
proud and took consider able pains to
zee that their entire exhibit at the
fair was taken care of and shipped
here in the best possible condition.
1t arrived here in a most perfect
shape and none of those who inspect
ed it would have thought tbst 1t had
previously been shipped to the frait
fair and then been reshipped here.
1t was the original intention of E.
P. Loomis Co. to display the fruit
in the new building which they have
leased adjoining their present store
at 95 Barclay street, but owing to an
unavoidable delay in getting into that
building, it was found necessary to
arrange a place for the exhibit on the
second fooi of their older building.
The employees of this firm had the
apples arra lged and labeled and ready
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and it remained on exhibition until
Thursday afternoon. AS the fame OF
the Hood River valley apple has al
ready gone abroad, and az this was
the first opportunity that the trade
here has had to see such display of
fine apples, representative members
of the trade eagerly took advantage
of the opportunity afforded them and
visited the store in large numbers
during the eutire two days.
All of the Wis tors praised the ex
hibit, many OF them stating that it
was the finest they had ever seen,
and others remarking that 1t was the
best they had witnessed since the
Worlds fair. The fruit was really as
nearly perfect as could be and the
Hood River Valley Apple Growers un-
ion was hghly commended for the
care amt pains which they have taken
to provide the market with such fine
fruit. 1t is of course a wei known
fact that the climatic conditions OF
Hood River Valley are peculiarly
adapted for the growing of fine apples
there being no bugs or worms and no
scale to infest the fruit, but it is also
hot bn ho nvnrtA1
themselves greatly in order to get
the best possible results from their
natural advantages That they have
profited by doing this is evidenced by
the high pr ces which their apples are
commanding when the market is glut-
ted with inferior stock and by the
growing demand for it even at the
high figures which are being paid.
While the yield of the Hood River
orchards is constantly increasing, the
demands is keeping pace with the in
creased production, and it is the be-
lief of The hest posted observers that
the demand will continme to grow
fast enough to take care of all the
high grade apples grown In the val
lev in future years. The land has en-
HANGED in value phenomenally. The
orchards producing the best varieties
of Hood River apples are now worth
$1,000 per acre and are profitable
Investment at these figures.
One thing demonstrated by the ex
hibit here this week was the fact that
there are other extra fancy varieties
of apples gown in the Hood River val
ley besides the Spitznbergs and New
town Pippins for which it is already
famous, for among the varieties shown
which attracted especially favorable
comment were Jonatbans, Red
Cheeks, Hyde Kings, Winesaps, Ganos,