The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-11-15
ODD VARIETIES
AT $2.7s AND So
EAGERLY TAKEN AT THAT PRICE
Fruit Displayed BY Union In New York
Sells at an Unexpected Fig.
ure In a Short Time.

A MESSAGE received last week by E.
Ii. Shepard, manager of the Apple
Growers union, to the effect that a
car load 81 apples which union grow
ers exhibited at the recent truit fair
here, had been soil in New York at
% and 81 10 box, regardless OF va
riety, is il by Mr. Shepard to add
another ic..ther In the cap of Hood
River apples as heretofore such pric-
es have only been obtained for two
varieties - Spitzenbergs and New
towns.
That color plays an important part
in the sale of apples In eastern mar
kets 10 evidenced by the fact that the
green varieties sold for less than the
red, the latter bringing the So price
and the former S2.75. Mr.. Shepard
thinks that this mark a new depart
ure for On egon fruit and that the va.
rieties which have not before been
very favorably received In the big
markets Of the east will in future
command better price.
The successful marketing OF the
fruit was accomplished by advertising
1t In the fruit trade journals and sell
ing 1t to the highest bidder after hav-
ing bad it displayed in large show
window connected with the establish.
ment Of Loomis & Co. The apples
we're sent to this firm to dispose of on
commission and ss an experiment and
the sale of the entire nine arieties
which comprised the lot is said by
the apple growers of the union to be
a long step in the direction of max
ing a market for all varieties of ap-
pies grown at Hood Ri er. In 1t we're
included Red Cheeks, Arkansas Black,
Gravenstein Ortleys, Aiken Red,
Kings, Wealthies and one or two 9th
er varieties.
The idea of having the apples dis
played In the district where the trade
has its headquarters and enabling
them to see just what they we're buy.
ing before they made any offer for
the apples, Mr.. Shepard thinks, will
do much more to get big prices for
Oregon fruit, and make it better and
more favorably known than any other
plan that could have been devised and
says that its sucee SO means much
in the future. In sending the apples
east for sale the growers who owned
them placed them In the hands of the
union to be sold for whatever they
would bring after being advertised
and exhibited.
A Prominent apple man here had off.
cred to put up the money to defray
the expenses of freight and other
charges and the quoted price of the
fruit at Hood RIVER. In their message
Loomis Il Go. state that the entire
shipment was sold in "a hours after it
was put on exhibition.
Estimates on the apple crop are in
creasing and II Is expected that the
crop will reach 250,0 200 boxes. That
Is the number that have been made to
market the crop, and is about
twice as many apples as we're ever
sent out of Hood River during any
previous season.
Manager Shepard, of the unicn, lie
authority for the statement that 80
cars of fruit have been sold by them
and that 30 more cars of Newtowns
could have been disposed of II they
could have been obtained.
The Office and warehouse force of
the union has had to be increased
this year to IL men where previousl,
four or give we're able to do the york,
and 1t has been necessary to have 60
packers In the field to pack the APP
pies. Unable to secure men for tie
work the experiment of using girls
has been tried and pumber of them
have been found to make very good
packers.
That the problem of getting enough
packers and pickers will have to be
solved before next year is the opinion
of the union growers and all others
who have given the matter any
serious consideration.
II girls can be used they say that it
will furish employment to good
many OF them for p number of weeks
provided they can be obtained