The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-10-11
APPLES PLENTIFUL
NO BIG SHIPMENTS


The apple situation in Chicago anC
the middle west, reported by the
Fruit and Produce News, is not ma
terially different from last week. Lo
cally the trade Is not very active. Re
ceipts, especially of bulk stock, are
liberal and ouly the finest varieties
and Arades are at all brisk. Under
grade fruit and Ben Davis, which are
here heavily in bulk, are very dull.
Prices covering the market are about
thus: Jonathan, extra fancy, 81. 75
and SO; No. !, 81. % and $3.50; com.
mon to good, 81. and 2; Blush, TWEEN
ty ounce, and Grimes Golden, fancy
S2 and 81. 25; Pound Sweet, 81. 25 and
2 40. Alexanders and Duchess are
about done. The few Alexandera
here command 81 and 81. %, when
fancy; the same price for the few
GravenStuins here. early packed Ben
Davis are just beginning and when OK.
ira fancy, sell at Sl.50; fair to good,
rs cHnts and 81. %. Bulk fruit is weak
or under the heavy supply, 40 cents
per 100 pounds for good Ben Davis
being about top. Good eating varie-
ties sell In bulk at so and GO cents
per 100 pounds. The tracks are full
of cars of bulk apples, and the range
by carloads Is $50 and 100.
The situation south and southwest
of Chicago, in the opinion of many
dealers, will force bulk shipments In
-heard-of quantity. The growers
have been slow to appreciate the zeal
situation, If they do even now. Bar
rels are getting higher daily, and in
some sections they now cost As cenks,
and even then the supply is short.
"The farmers had an idea that they
could wait till the buyers came to
them" said one well known receiver
to the News this week, $50 they made
no plans for packing. Now the bar
rel scarcity, and, what is more, the
labor scarcity, Is forcing the situa-
tion. They are offering ~ and So. so
per day to packers, and can't get
them. It's worse west than east, for
the west has the first big crop In
years, and the growers don't know
how to cope with the situetion.
"This Is bound to mean. heavy bulk
shipments, which already we are get
ting. The next few weeks will bring
matters to head, and no one can
say what the outcome is to be. Grow
ers must oonsign heavily, with big
percentage of bulk stock must store
themselves, or take the buyers offers.
They can't store In warehouses to a
great extent, because there's no stor-
age room, judging from all reports.
IT they consign, they'll have to let
the fruit come on the market for what
1t will bring.
ALREADY the market is demoralized
by heavy bulk receipts. The cheaper
trade oonflne it's attentions largely to
bulk fruit. If this we're not here in
sUeh large quantity these buyers
w0uld take hold of the best fruit to
some extent. AS 1t is, the heavy sup.
ply of bulk apples limits the sales of
the best varieties. "
Dealers here say the buying sltua-
tion In the south and southwest is
not materially changed. There Is no
big movement in winter varieties.
They say either In this section or In
New York except on special deals.
Reports Of heavy purchases by some
New York firms In New York are mis-
lading, unless explained. Il. p.
LOOMS II Co., Tor example. are re-
ported as having bought about 90, 900
barrels In York state ut 81 and more.
These are said to have been largely
Kings and Greenlngs, and do not
stand the purchaser 80 high, varieties
aud conditions considered, as sup
posed. Another New York firm, whose
high priced deals are talked about,
has really made some very shrew1
bargains. This firm has bought lot
of New York growers crops, apples,
peaches, pears and plums, all at tho
same price, which, for apples alone,
would have been high. But in this
way peaches have been bought at 66
Dents per bushel; plums very cheap
and pears at reasonable prices, and
he good profits on this fruit have
left the purchase price of the apples
very moderate. This firm picked out |
orchards containing liberal supplies
)f the other fruit mentioned.
Despite the fact that eastern buyers
have come west for apples, on account
II high prices in New York state, and
lespite liberal export movement
rom this section, even yet there are
10 big sales of winter varieties report
ID. Prices Ia the country are Consid-
rably weaker. Ben Davis are offered
t 80 aud 20 cents, picked and deliv-
red; fancy varieties 70 cents and 81.
Dealers say they can buy apples now
Ihere they couldn't get them short
ime ago, and at prices then offered,
Though many II overs arestill holding
or higher prices, or are storing on
heir own account. 70 show the sit
alton in one secticn., s. NJ. John
on, of Golden City, Mo-, wrote
'hicago dealer that there we're thous.
nds of bushels Of Ben Davis there,
ut not buyer had appeared, and
he people wssS dmoraiizd and didu't
now what to do. Most any price
'ould be accepted.