The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-07-02
$l5O,OOO FOR
STRAWBERRIES
ESTIMATED PRICE $40 To,$2,5O
Crop viii BE About 100 Cars-and Re-
quired Skillful Work in Marketing
to Obtain Good Prices Received.

: While there is no question that the
famous Hood River straw berry crop
is q owing smaller each year, about
100 cars OF this tootbsome fruit will
be shipped from this point before the
season ia over.
Had it not been for the adverse
weather conditions, interrupted trans.
portatiUn facilities and the accident
to the ditch there is no doubt that
the berry season this year would have
been fully as good as last year as far
as prices are concerned and perhaps
better. During the early part OF the
season when berries should have come
in plentitully and when there was
great demand for them locally at high
prices on account of the Portland
Rose Festival and the festivities at
tending the presence;ot the war vessels
at Seattle, cold weather kept them
from ripening. The high prices that
ooull have been received for them
then would have helped very mater
tally to boost the average price,
whi'h, it is estimated will this year
be in the neightorhood Of s2,40 or
perhaps 81. 80. A little later when
berries commenced to come plenti
fully washouts In Montana and at
east, N markets made it difficult to
place the large shipments that
wei being sent out daily to advan-
tsge notwithstanding these difficult
ties the crop will bring large amount
of nor ey into the valley owing to
coed II anagement In placing orders
bot by the Union and the Davidson
Fruit Company. 1t was not expected
th t the high average price received
for leI:ies last year when the crop
WIS u ohort one everywhere would be
real zrd, but both this years and last
yeat = rices show that there Is fine
prnhl n Hood River berries and that
may who decreased their acreage
thio. ears ago and cut short the crop
wtDl ave made more money in the
lat I . years than they did In the
fotu4c. when berries sold for less
mCntv.
A. to quality, berries were much
betler han last being large, better
devel ped and Of finer flavor. AL
Though the season will still last for a
week or ten days IL is estimated that
the crup will amount IN round num-
bels to about 100 cars. OF this about
So rn will have gone out In refriger-
atrr oHls and the rest In express ship
m,n $ The number OF crates shipped
will amount to about &C, 600 and berry
9ro@,,s are expected to receive $780,
600 ch will include practically the
whn.. crop of the valley.
Although the seasaa is still expected
to last for ten days and the berries Of
the upper valley are yet to be handled
big hipments are over for the season.
Ber. les are still coming in from the
low a. valley in small amounts, fact
th,t : unusual and accounted for by
thr rpness with which they ripened
In early part of the season. Com
psruI to other years the shipping
season his year while 1t lasted was
one .i he heaviest ever experienced
by ~ handlers, although cars was
th, r'khest number sent out In any
OH Il and as compai ed to IL cars
witch s the record berry shipment
tr II iIood River for single day.
Fol ..e day shipments those of this
yonI ere the heaviest that have been
stnt vut in the last two years.