The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-11-20
ASSOCIATION
APPLE PRICES
BUT FEW APPLES BROUGHT LESS
THAN 81 PER BOX.-GIBSON
FRUIT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO.
SECURED MOST OF THEM.

| Last fall when the Wenatche,
Fruit Growers association opened
the bids on the apple pool the man
agement did not care to let thu
prices be known for which the apple:
were sold. So far about 800 car.
have been shipped out of here b,
the association, and most of the crot
has been handled. There will be
but twenty or twenty-five cars more
to be shipped. The management fel,
very well satisfied with the prices
obtained for the apples. The grades
were good and the pack extra fine
On the 800 cars shipped out the fol-
lowing are the prices:
| Winesaps, $3.50 to $40.
| Jonathans, 1925 to $3.50.
Spitzenbergs, $3.50 to $500.
Delicious, $1.9O to $500.
Staymen Winesap, $1.35 to s1.45.
Rome Beauty, $3.50 to $1.4O.
Black Bens, 90c to $1.1O.
Ben Davis, S5c to 90c.
White Winter Pearmain, $1.25 to
1880.
Grimes Golden, 1925 to $50.
The Gibson Fruit company of Chi
cago, secured most of the fruit. W.
c. Michaels was the local buyer and
spent most of the summer here. Most
of the fruit was Extra Fancy Pack.
This is one grade higher than any
other fruit section is able to put out
Mr.. Tibbitts stated this morning to
a World reporter that at the begin
ming of the season it was a question
with the association management as
to whether it would be possible to
keep up this grade pack and allow
the fruit to be packed by the growers
themselves, but he stated that it
worked out perfectly.
"a very rigid inspection of all
fruit has been maintained during the
season." said Mr.. Tibbitts, ''and at
first some of the growers had to have
help, and be shown how the fruit had
to be packed and graded, but before
the season was over the fruit came
in better packed than at any prev
ious season. The Extra Fancy Pack
permitted us to get more per box
on the fruit than We could have OBJ
tanned if less care had been taken.
OF course, there was some poor fruit,
some out of color and second grade
stuff, but this we marketed and got
what we could for it. Most of the
fruit, however, was first class, and
no better cOlored fruit ever struck
the eastern market than left the val:
ley this year"
Mr.. Tibbitts was in receipt of let
tiers this week from different commits
sion men in the east. One was from
the Upton Fruit company, Roches-
ter, New York. The letter was sent
for the purpose of complimenting the
fruit growers of the valley on the
perfect pack and grade. 1t stated
that no fruit country in the world
had the reputation that this valley
had for perfect fruit.
A letter from the Henry ]. Per-
kins Fruit company of Springfield,
Mass. stated that this company had
been been in receipt of several small
consignments of fruit and it was of
such fine quality that the company
desired to know to whom the crop
had been sold, SO that more of this
same fruit could be obtained.
The 800 cars of association fruit
was sent to Chicago, and from there
distributed to most of the big cities
of the east. Mr.. Michaels is very
much pleased with his purchase of
this year, and states that he will be
in here next year, and hopes to take
out of the valley more fruit than he
got this year.