The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-12-15

selling of it. Some time since
quoted part of letter from w. T.
Stark on the importance of the proper
distribution of our fruit. j. H. Hale,
the "peach king of America" has also
spoken on this vital matter, and /
give what he has said as follows:
"Many a day when New York has
been overloaded with sixty to one
hundred cars, market towns of 10000
or more population each to total az
gregate of over four million people,
did not have a single car lot. Now,
If these towns had been properly sup
piled from the surplus that went to
New York, and that city had only
from thirty to fifty cars day, can
anyone doubt but that prices could
have been maintained at fair mar
gin of profit to all?
Dumping too many peaches In
New York and few other so-called
large markets, is the real cause of>this
years low prices. Practically 5000
carloads of Georgia peaches have now
been marketed; seven sets of people
have been interested in placing this
enormous quantity of fine fruit In the
hands of the consuming public, five
of them have been paid in full, one
of them little over one-half paid,
and one practically nothing"
Then Mr.. Hale suggests as solu-
ton, cooperation among the growers.
"So-called distributing agents work
ing for what there is in 1t for them
selves, will never do; 1T must be a
full and free combination of growers"
he says; 'broadminded, capable and
honest management, with no favorites
or markets or growers, just equal dis.
tribution according to to markets ca
pacity of consumption and ability to
pay, always protecting the f. o. b.
buyer in his markets. This feature
alone would bring the best buyers
into Georgia and they would take the
pick of the orchards at good prices II
they could be sure their markets were
not to be flooded with commission
stock
cit is up to the Georgia peach grow
ers to cooperate in the marketing
of their crop. They will be able to
find many splendid examples in va
rious sections of the country. Coop
GRAFTON in the marketing of crops Is
the secret of success in fruit and
vegetable growing on a large SCALE"
The idea seems to be prevalent that
bruised apple will certainly decay,
even though the skin is not broken.
The following from Green's Fruit
Grower throws some light on this
matter:
Do Bruised Apples Decay Quickly?
Geneva Experiment Station: have
just eaten Hubbardston apple and
Melon apple. Both of these apples
happened to have been placed at the
top of the barrel where they were
seriously bruised in putting in the
head, but no signs of decay had ap-
peared about these bruised spots at
this date, March 9Th. I have noticed
in other years that in the Baldwin and
other apples that were bruised in put
ting in the head decay often occurred
at other points where there was no
bruise rather than at that point where
the bruise occurred. This leads me
to ask the question, Is it not mis-
take to assume that the bruise which
does not puncture the skin of the ap-
pie causes it to decay? I find that
these ordinary bruises on an apple
cause a pithy condition of the flesh
which is almost rot proof, the skin
meanwhile retaining it's fresh and
lively appearance.-C. A. Green.
Reply: 1 can see no reason why
an apple that has been bruised but
with uninjured skin, should decay more
quickly than a sound apple. In order
to have decay, at least under most
circumstances, certain bacteria must
have free access and opportunity to
work. These conditions do not pre-
vail in fruits in which the skin has
not been injured. I should expect,
however, that bruised apples would
decay more quickly than unbruised
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