The daily sentinel., 1908-01-09


fruit. For several years it has en-
ployed one of the best fruit inspect
ors in the west, w. S. Chandler He
visits the orchards in the spring and
gives valuable advice to the growers,
and then when the shipping season
begins every car of fruit shipped must
come under his watchful eye for in
spection before 1t is started on its
way and unless that fruit in every
box measures up to the standard of
quality it is rejected. The growers
know this, and naturally it makes
them anxious to raise only the best
quality of fruit.
The association demands that the
grading be good, the packing syste-
matte and honest, and every effort Is
made to develop the very best color
and flavor in every class of fruit.
To keep the fruit up to the highest
standard, ever striving to make i'm
provements in its already rich quail
ty and flavor, and to deal fairly and
honestly with the markets are among
the prime principles of the Grand
Junction Fruit Growers Association.
and as result the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers Association has a rep
utation throughout the fruit world
enjoyed by no other similar organi-
zation.
1t is interesting to note that in all
the years not single car load of
Grand Valley fruit shipped by this
I association was ever rejected.
Space forbids the dealing with all
the leading principles and methods
| that mark the management and op-
Grafton of this remarkable institu-
ton. Only passing. mention may be
made of a few.
| Until a few years ago all the fruit
was shipped out by the association on
consignment. Not so now. All the
peaches and pears and other smaller
i fruits are now sold F.. o. B. or de-
livered or while the cars are rolling.
No consignment business is done
with these easily perishable classes
of fruit.
| The great apple crop handled by
the association is disposed of by con-
tracts OF booking orders for so many
car loads before the opening of the
shipping season. For instance, this
past season the association had dis
posed of the Jonathan apple crop at
the superb prices of from $3.50 to
SO per box long before the apples
were ripe. In this manner the mar
ket can be reached quickly and cas-
lily, prices are established beyond un-
certainty and many other advantages
are derived. The association endeav-
ors to keep the apples sold as fast
as they can be loaded on the cars.
When it is remembered that the ap-
pie crop numbers many hundred car
loads each season, the remarkable
success of the association III placing
its apples quickly and at high prices
can be appreciated.
The cantaloupe shipments are al
ways made on consignment, and no
effort is made to dispose of this de-
licious Grand Valley product west of
Chicago. This fruit is practically all
sent to the New York and Chicago
markets.
So vast has grown the fruit ship
ments of the association during the
past few years that it was deemed
necessary to establish a branch house
at Omaha a few years ago. The of
fee opens at the beginning of each
season, and H. d. Foy. a highly COM
petent fruit man. Is in charge, and
he is assisted by a capable office
force. Omaha is easily the gateway
to the eastern fruit markets, and the
advantages in having an office there
are readily seen. Here at the branch
Office all the fruit shipped, to further
eastern points or sold in, that portion
of the west are inspected, by, Mr.. Foy
and the condition tested. If he finds
that there is car of fruit that may
not be in the pink of condition when
it reaches its far eastern destination,
he cuts it off the line and quickly
places 1t somewhere in the Omaha
section of the country where it is
handled in fine condition and to the
satisfaction of all concerned. Mr..
Foy has charge of all the associa-
tion's business in the middle west