Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-01-30

ard. The use of the Autograph on Y
the box end is much in favor and
should displace entirely the use OF +
stamps or even printed end. | also I
believe we should decide upon a
uniform method of labelling our
grades, calling them Fancy,
Choice and mo 20 or some other
acceptable terms. The too gener-
Gus use of adjeotives on our boxes
has taken away all the meaning
which they should possess.
am also convinced that there is
not the particular demand for the
larger sizes that the buyers pre-
vious to this year have insisted
upon. With most varieties the 1913
size is the favorite and the 1905
are not undesirable.
There are few thoughts in con-
nection with the future of this in
dustry that are pertinent here.
have stated that the western apples
have captured the fancy trade of the
east and that only few varieties
are desiredl and that the consumer
will pay three times as much for
western apples as for the eastern
at present. Assuming that their
statements are true, let us look
forward to the future. The north
west shipped this fall from 1000 to
1900 cars of apples. Now, while
the planting in Idaho has not been
comparative large, the paintings
of young trees in Oregon and Wash
ington and to some extent in Colo
, RADIO, have been tremendous and it
is safe to say that 10 years from
! now our output from the west
will have increased ten told,
making 10, 900 to 700 cars a
: season. Then who will buy our
! Ben Davis, LAWYER, Black Twig,
ETC., etc., and who will want
} the small and poorly colored APP
= pies, or where shall we lind the
. many who will pay three times
y the price of the eastern apples
for our products
! Now, | do not believe that we
t shall ever have an over production
: of fine fruit of any kind, but the
S progressive grower should see the
S approach of the avalanche of fruit
: and so adjust his orchard and bus.
e mess that he may be in accord with
: the movement rather than contrary
n to it. When that time comes il
e ordinary years fruit will have but
e little value in Idaho. But believe
n that we will never have so much o
: good quality that there will not b.
% buyer for every box, at a price
n that VIII still make fiuit growing
e the most profitable business tor thu
j. capital invested that we have.
$ In closing wish to make few
r remarks which, while not entire.
: pertinent to the subject, should b.
Or of interest to every loyal ldahoan
lie In these days when the district
lie of Hood River and Yakima ar
I'd being advertised from one end O
TX the country to the other, whe
Ks their merits are being proclaime
a. everywhere, and their high val
ly ues advertised to the whole world
e it may be OF interest to compar
the output and income of thes
Id districts with our fruit section /
Sc the southwestern Idaho. Quot
an ing Better Fruit' for January
S. ''Hood River shipped d trifle les
X than 200, cals of fruit, netting
ne little less than $500, 000.'
he there has been no apples consigne
We to eastern markets from this section
he the amount of which do not know
lr- but it is small, the carload shiI
of ments of fruit from Payette woul
have brought more money at tn
&c point than was returned to Hco
ny River. From Boise and Weiss
of valleys and the Emmett district II
of income should be considerably mo-
OF in total than from Payettc VALE
,iy or nearly $500, 900 for southwestel
,er Idaho The estimate of apple shi
jor ments from Yakima is 225, o.
boxes; figured at Hood River pric
les this will give $500, 600. The tot
ere receipts of both Hood River al
am Yakima totaling 5000, 600 as agair
ny $500, 600 for this district.
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