Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-08-02

New York. Shipment will positively
be refused to growers who handle their
fruit roughly Don't pick pear less
than 2A inches in diameter, leave the
small ones to grow for the second pick
ing, and only perfect fruit will be re-
ceived. Get extra help so the picking
can all be done in one morning if
possible. Pears will be received in
quantities from one box up and for this
year from any person whether member
OF the Association or not. All desiring
to ship pears through the Association
must notify me at once. All pears
within convenient distance to Grants
Pass must be brought to the warehouse
for packing. Growers at distance
and having so boxes or more will have
packers sent them and they must get
their boxes and paper at once. Small
lots had better be taken to the neigh
Dor who has a packing crew, but if
not convenient then be brought to the
Association 8 warehouse. Pears are so
tender and having to be shipped 1000
miles to market they must be hauled
to the warehouse in a spring wagon.
If on common wagon then put on
high sideboards and fill with hay and
set the boxes on they hay and drive
with the greatest care and walk the
horses. Small lots can be brought in
loose in boxes, but it is best to wrap
each pear in old news or other paper,
for if there is any of the pearsat all
bruised the lot will be refused as we
shall take no chances with bad lot
that will endangerthe sale of the care
full growers fruit.
This Association is going to attain
the Medford prices for pears and the
Hold River prices for apples and
growers who will not conform to its
rules will have to sell where they can
and get swindled as they have almost
every year or loose their pay entirely
as many of the farmers did last fall
who slod to dishonest local buyer.
Three dollars box for apples and So
a box for pears will yet come to the
fruit growers of Josephine county if
they will but be thorough intheir orch.
ard work, honest in their pack and
stand Loyalty by their Association.
Every other industry and vocation is
organized and if the farmers don t
unite and cooperate they may be able
bv hard work and clos co unomy max"
a scant living. Vita the small Dc
ginning that thG Grants Pass FgJlt
Growers Asscci ,ti.1 made last year and
with a very smaG membership tie
members realized better prirrs for tleir
fruit than dill he grove - VIII" sold to
dealers and .hey got their casl l.rompt.
ly and did not hav" TO Place attach
ments on ears .: frui; and chase IN
absconding det,or Du5 Of the state. IN
the shipment of Bartlett pears to New
York the Association netted Sl.lO a
box after freight and sales commission
had been made. The farmers who sold
to local dealers got SOC a box. The
previous year, before the Association
had been organized, the best price paid
bv the dealers was 40 box. On New
town apples the Association netted sl.79
a box and on Spitizenburgs $l.6O and
Isl.65 box. On fall apples that were
selling in the local market at % a
box and were drug in the Coast
markets the Association got Sl.O6 a box
ON sbipment esnt 10 Honolulu. But
the Association did not fare so well on
shipment Of the common kind OF
apples that ! had sold to San Fran
cisco firm at sl.lO f. o. b. Grants Pass
These apples were to be free from scale
worms and blemishes but owing to th'
carelesness of some Of the packers anC
; some of the growers the shipment wa
' turned down by the buyer sent by tn
! firm to examine the fruit and he re
n graded the lot and fixed the price rang
I ing from sl.10 down to 20 a boz
c Had the pack been honest and uniform
r the firm, which is one of the best o.
+ this Coast, would have paid the cor
i tract price of s1.10. When the Assoc
It alton is able to have all the gradin
IS and packing done by its own crews o
" trained, reliable hands then will sue
e olsses to the growers be avoided. Br
'e this little loss was nothing TO tha
st sustained by some Of the fruit grower
D. outside Of the Association who did the
" own shining One Of the big growel