The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-04

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to say that spraying as have outlined
it will give and has given rs practi-
cally clean apples with less than two
per cent of worms.
Thinning is not easy to explain and
a great deal more difficult to do intel
ligently. To get prices you must
have size, and to get size you must
thin. Do it and do it with a firm
nerve and an iron will. A good
general rule is that no two apples
should touch in fact, no two should
be closer than from four to six inches
apart.
In gathering and handling our APP
Piles we treat them as we would eggs,
not because they will break, but be-
cause a bruised apple is about as val-
ueless as a broken egg. In packing
we do not follow the time honored
farmer custom of stove-piping, but
the golden rule. We aim to pack just
such fruit as we would be satisfied to
buy if we we're purchasers and paid a
fancy price, Our packing is-not done
by the farmer himself, but by expert
packers in the employ Of the Union
and under the supervision Of an in
spector. Here is where we complete
our grand success by culling out all
apples that may either accidentally or
purposely have been placed on the
packing table Each apple is wrapped,
layer paper placed between the layers
and the box lined. We put mp "A good,
honest pack of fancy fruit, and so con
hdent is our belief in our system that,
when occasion demanded it, our board
of directors issued sworn statement
and backed up the affidavit as to the
pack by Offering the pack in evidence
and | am proud to cay that the New
York papers commented edito tally
and voluntarily by saying "lhe fancy
prices being paid for Hood River APP
pies is conclusive evidence that the
pack and quality is all that could be
desired.
We pay particular attention TO the
following details: We pick carefully
pack in good light, use suitabl pack
ing tables, clean boxes, sort carefully,
wipe we'll, stencil the boxes neatly
with variety, tier, the growers pack
er's and inspector s number, enabling
us to locate any defect, load on the
sides, and haul in spring wagons Will
covers to keep Off dust or rain.
In conclusion, just a few words
about marketing. We aim to sell I.
o. b. We believe a grower makes
more money by selling early than by
holding and speculating. When it il
necessary to reach certain cities Will
perishable fruit, such as strawberries,
and the (. o. b. sale cannot be made,
we select a good commission man.
do not mean all are not good, but by
good" | mean reliable Arm, one
that has capital, good location, J..
well equipped, has a good trade and
popularity. The better the standing
of the firm in each of our require
ments the less apt it ie to edo MS. >
We select one =, ci tru I'D rtT ant
avoid self cen ty.itIun,
/ will sum u? all these ren~.Ss to
you briefly, a. follows:
LIST. We have asceItaincd the vario
ties which attain the highest degree
of perfection in the soil end climat
of Hood River, varietirI tbat are II
demand and sell for fanay prices, ant
grow them exclusively,
: End. We strive to grow these varie
ties to degree of perfection iha
cannot be equAlled. With this objec
in view, we are tireless in our energy
psinstaking in every detail and thor
! ough in cultivation, pruning, sprayin
: and thinning
3rd. We carefully grade our frui
and put up net only fancy pack
q but a pack that is honest, as good o
: the bottom as it is in the middle an
! as good in the middle as it is on to
v -one that will sell on its merits.
4th. Our torefathers handed dow
/. to us the expression, "In union ther
is strength, and the wisdom cor
: tanned therein Our great and glol
r ious America was founded on thi
Q principle and built up byN energy
8 ability and honesty; and so Hoo
River with its Union, integrity
!. brains and industry, has created fl
e itself reputation that is famous tl
Q world over.