Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-12-13

81 tell you we fruit growers must
stand together, said one member of
tn Grants Pass Fruit Growers As
socistion and then he continued /:
1--WE may not have things come all
our way, this year, owing to unto
ward circumstances and conditions
which we cannot help. But in the
future the wisdom of thus pulling to-
gether will become very evident.
Indeed. this has been the history OF
all such cooperative matters and in
such unions there is bound to be
strength. So l would say to the
member who is inclined to become
weak kneed over the way things have
gone this season. don't give up the
fight It's always darkest just before
dawn"
j. A. Perry, president Of the Rogue
River Fruitgrowers' Union, stated
today that-6nancisl conditions have
had little bearing upon the fruit ship.
ping industry Of the Union. He says
I'VE have shipped to date all varieties
OF apples which we have handled at
a date corresponding to this in pre-
vious years We have received good
prices for all fruit shipped, and we
now have in transit to London and
other markets, for which we shall
also receive good prices. as l think
the English market will not be sub
jected to financial conditions as in the
United States"
j. II. Burke. who owns a four acre
piece Of land on West Fifth street has
been finding that it pays to raise
fruit He this season had some very
fine pears and from four trees he
realized $500 in spot cash, which he
shinks Is pretty good for q beginner.
he Is putting his ground In good con-
dition and now he Will put out q lot
more trees and In the course of . few
years he confidently expects to be
able to ship his own fruit in car load
lots to the large city markets. Mr..
Burke came to this oity from Wash.
ington state and he Is very much
pleased with the .Rogoe River eli.
mate. which he thinks is hard to sur
pass.
Following is the latest bulletin of
W. Dennis d Sons Of London on the
condition Of the London apple mar.
ket: "0ur market this week on ap.
pies has given away a little. bat we
are glad to note that the average daily
quality Of the fruit that has come in
the past week has been considerably
higher than heretofore. The market
Is very active and readily sbsorbs
whatever quantities of apples sre
Offering at what must be considered
fairly satisfactory prices. althosgh
somewhat bslow the level Of last
week. The following prices are cur.
rent; "Albemsrle Pippins, "a at eos
virginia Newtowns. best quality.
81 at 96s; do, second GLASS, 10 at 2Os
New York Imperisls. 20 at 9ss
state Baldwins, i5 at 1855; State
ereenings, 10 at l0s; RoI Russets,
IA at los; California Newtowns
fonr'tier' best quality. 10 ut 14s per
box; second quality. 10 at lis; AZ
tier best quality, lis second quality
at 9s. Keiffer pears are in yery
strong demand today. and we have
made 10 at 20s per barrel on all we
had for sale, This market is very
strong, especially for good. large
fruit. d"
A A. Fuller Is new arrival in
thls city from Richmond, Illinois
He has spent much time and money
In looking over the various fruit
growing sections Of the coast and
comes to the conclusion that rivbt
mere in the Rogue River vale, is
the best of them all He 10 thinking
quite seriously Of starting a nursery
mere at Grants Pass, for he finds tina,
there is an opening here for such AN
industry and IL finding much To on.
courage him in the undertaking. He
means to know ell about this region.
Tor he has put on high boots and has
gone out into all parts Of tho valley
ana he reports that ths people who
do not take such jauut are making
a great mistake, for he has received
more information and now has
much better feeling about she posi-.