The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-08-27

all ind cations point to the harvesting
of the heavy crop which has previous
ly been predicted In the journal.
There Is very little buying being
done at present. The views OF the
farmers are now little high as re-
CARDS the prices which they want for
the apples, there being a considerable
difference between their ideas and
thUse Of the dealers. There are some
dealers who have contracted for ap-
Piles in the orchards at 80 cents per
barrel, hut the farmers, as q rule, do
not want to accept this figure, and
the buyers are holding off, as they
expect the farmers to reduce their
prices as soon as the returns from the
large markets become known. An.
other reason why the dealers are not
overly anxious to contract for the
fruit is that they have fears regarding
the quality.
Bartlett pears have been selling at
81 80 toESl. 75 but there has been little
demand at these prices.
Expects S1.2j to S1.5O for Fancy.
ii. M. Gilbert, of the firm OF Richey
& Gilbert, the big apple handlers of
Toppenish, Wash, in recent report
on the fruit situation in the Yakima
valley says:
"Apples, of course, are the big end
of the fruit crop in the Yakima val
ley, fully two-thirds of the $500 cars
of fruit this season being fall and win
ter apples. The apples here this year
are entilely free from worms, scale
and any disease. The fruit growers
have made large money in the past
few years and given careful attention
to spraying, spraying thoroughly in
the winter with Rex lime and sulphur
spray, and spraying thoroughly just
as the bloom is falling with arsenate
of lead for the Goblin moth. Craven
sieiu apples are now being picked and
shipped to Alaska and points in Brit
ish Columbia.
''GroweIs and dealers are not look
ing for tho extravsgantly high prices
of last year. They are expecting from
81. 25 to 81. 30 for fancy export varie-
tie4 and GO cents to 81 for medium va
ieties, such as Black Twig, Rome
Beauty, Wagner, etc. Jonathans will
be ready for shipment the last OF Sep
tember and are going to show, from
present indicat Gus, elegant color and
quality. All varieties are full crop
and the estimated shipments OF apples
will be l,600 cars of 600 boxes each. "
Drought Hurts Apples in Michigan.
A dispatch to the Chicago Packer
from Lansing, Michigan, says:
"The excessive drought during the
month of July caused very heavy
dropping OF apples, which has reduced
the prospect for crop in the state
from 60 per cent July l to AZ per cent
August |. The prospect for an aver
age crop in the southern counties Ii
45, in the central counties 46 IN the
northern counties SO and in the state
Al. One year ago the prospect In the
southern counties WAS 80, In the CEN
trail counties Sc, in the northern coun-
ties 80 and in the state 46.
"Ihe winter varieties that promise
best are in their order: Baldwin,
Greeniug, Northern Spy, Ben Davis,
Rnsset, Wealthy, Wagner and King.
OF the early sorts the most prom isine
are Duchess, Red Aslrachan, Yellow
| transparent, MalueD Diusbi rune" 'e
and Early Harvest.
"The prospect for sn average croI
of peaches in the state is 10 pei cent
and the varieties that promise be I
are in their order: Crawford. Elberta,
Hills Chill, Gold Drop, Kalamazoo,
Crosby, Barnard and New Prolific. y
Grand Junction Fruit Ready.
"Our association, says ohnFanne,
of Grand Junction. Colo. twill again
be ready to market IT'S famous fruii
in few DAYS. aud We give the follow
ing Information regarding our crops
to the trade;
"Pesrs-The crop is very iiRht Ia
his valley. We estimate our holdings
at about 100 cats. BaItletts al d Flem
ish BeGuties will EeGin to move II
carlgt. ahont AugEst 10, Att thai
we will have the various ether v8rie
tie in teen roper season,
"Peaches-Th crop Is very short
We estimate our holdings ut about 4O(
cars, whlch will be mostly Elbertas
rhase will III 20 from The far famed
PaIisade district, ard 1t is vel
known fact that there is no peach OIL