The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-07-15

ization, the Seattle Produce associa-
ton. would say, regarding this
association, that it is not true that we
have meetings once a week to regu-
late these things. The association has
no regular meetings but the annual
meetings. The board of directors of
the association have meetings occa-
sionally, but they are irregular and
only happen on an average Of not
more than once a year. Our organ
ization was formed for the sole pur-
pose of regulating credits and carriage
and aside from this the only purpose
is good fellowship on the Street and
to boost the commercial interests of
the city in an organized way.
"The commission men have been
abused needlessly and an injustice has
been done them by some of the Sc
attic papers, but they are beginning
to see our side of it now and to ap-
preciate that we are not getting any
the best of it. For long time, they
claimed that we were antagonistic to
the Public Market" idea. Now they
are beginning to realize that the COM
mission men are as strongly in favor
of the public market as anyone else.
1t would benefit us in great many
ways, and we would be glad to see it
materialiZe."
H. S. Emerson, of H. S. Emerson &
Co., has recently returned from trip
to Medford and Central Point, in Ore
gon, and states that it is a splendid
apple country. "The farmers are not
only producing fine apples" says Mr.
Emerson, "but they are growing lots
of them, and they have fine markets.
Their two principal apples are the
Spitzenburgs and the Yellow New
towns. The former apples are sold
almost entirely to the New York and
Chicago markets, while the latter are
virtually all exported"
The growers in the Hood River
country, Oregon, who depend little
upon the local market, but sell most
of their apples to the eastern cities
and Alaska take great care in grad
ing their apples. In this way they
reach the markets in a shape that is
very satisfactory to the dealers, and
are placed on sale in an attractive
way, which makes them demand bet
ter prices. The apple growers in the
state of Washington could follow this
example to very good advantage. 1t
is not great deal more trouble and
it insures the grower of better pri-
ceS
Scott w. Phillips, the well known
fruit grower of the Wenatchee valley,
was in Seattle recently and visited
q rohnr Of tho ice
He expressed himself as very we'll
handled his fruit last season, and he
anticipates heavier shipments than
ever this year. He says the prospects
for fine apple crop in the Wenatchee
valley are good.
Commission men are afraid that the
recent heavy rains in the Puget Sound
country have ruined the cherry crop
that still remains on the trees. The
rain settles around the stem of the
cherry and when the sun comes out
the cherry splits open, which, of
course, greatly impairs it's value for
the market. There is yet a large
crop of the late varieties of cherries
still unmarketed, although cherries
from the Sound country have been
reaching the market for some time
and some growers have their crops
virtually all in. Nevertheless, the loss
to many of the cherry growers in the
Sound country may be large. On the
other hand, it is likely that the grow
ers east of the mountains will benefit
from this fact, because of the better
prices they will receive on a short
market.
The Seattle produce markets are
not very active at the present time,