The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-09-26
VANDERBILT DOES
ANOTHER stunt
From the Portland Oreeonian.


For fancy Sritzenbe apples O.. 27Is
q box, and for Newtown Yellow Pip.
pins q. 70 a box are the prices re
ceived by the Hood River Apple
Growers union under its contract for
tue sale of this years crop of those
varieties to the Davidson Fruit Co,
of Hood River The prices for tbis
seasons crop had not heretofore been
made public. They are the highest
ever realized by the Hood River up.
ion. 1t is estimated that the output
of Spitzenbergs will amount to about
$4,000 boxes, aud of Pippins about
1900 eoxes. Oscar Vanderbilt, vice
president of the union, and the laIR-
est apple grower In the Hood River
valley, WHO is now at She Portland ho.
tel, is the futhority TOR this state.
ment.
With the exception of three varie-
ties, the Hyde King, Ortley and Red
Cheek, which we're sold to Yogdioglou
Brothers, fruit merchants of Vladi
vostok, Siberia, and few local sales
made by the farmers, the entire crop
OF apples for the valley has been sold
to the Davidson company, which, as
Representatives OF eastern firms, will
ship the crop east, some OF it to Eng.
land aud some to Continental Eurore.
1t lie estimated by Mr.. Vanderbilt
that the entire crop Of the valley will
amount to l05, 600 boxes.
For sl2 box, the highest price
paid for Oregon apples since 1852,
Mr.. Vanderbilt's entire crop of Win
ter Bananas, about 40 boxes In all.
was sold through Seely. Mason &
Company of POI oitland, to firm of
eastern dealers The fruit Ia still on
the tree. His crop of another varie-
ty, the Delicious, Mr.. Wander bilt has
sold to the Portland hotel for S6 q
box. Tie crop will make about 60
boxes.
Yogdjoglou Brothers, the Vladivos
tok firm that purchased the valley q
crop of Ortlyes, Hyde Kings and Red
Cheeks, has bought from Mr.. Wander
bilt five boxes of Winter Bananas,
which will be presented to the Czar
of Russia. These apples will be spec-
tally packed, shipped to Siberia by
stesmer, then sent by rail to st. Pc.
tersberg.
"We have off years, that is, years
when the apple crop is little short
of the previous year." said Mr.. Van
derbilt, yesterday. "This Is an off
year. Last year my crop amounted
to about 15, 900 boxes. This year |
don't expect to have over 5000 boxes.
l have two orchards, about 142 acres
in all, of which 92 are in apples. l
have my own packing house, and in
the picking season hire from 25 to 40
persons.
81 think that this years crop will
amount to about los, 900 boxes and
that the average price will be above
81 box. We will start picking some
of the earlier varieties next week. The
Gravensteins and Kings ieady have
been harvested. | think that we shall
start ON the Jonathans next"
Mr.. Vanderbilt has little use for the
knockers who are constantly using
their hammers against Hood River.
"Do you know MIR. Lownsdale, of
McMinnville?" he was asked yester-
day;
"Why, he is noted orchar dist, !"
ventured the reporter.
"From what l heard of him, l al
ways thought that he was noted pes
simist."
"Mr. Lownsdale states thai apples
we're sold for S20 box In 1852.
"Well, Nero gave dinners with pies
made of nightingales' tongues, " re-
torted the fruit man.
As an example of the high price re-
ceived for Hood River land, Chris
Dethman, neighhor of Mr.. Wander
bilt recently sold 20 acres of his 100
acre ranch at $1,000 an acre. The rest
of the farm is as valuable as the part
sold.