The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-28
EXPERT REPORT
ON fruit CROP

II L. Griffin received a letter yes
terday from Horace w, Day. OF Sgobel
& Day, New York. relative 10 this sea-
sons fruit crop, which Will Ire of in
terest 10 local fruit men. Mr.. Day
has written similar letters for num-
Der of years past and his expert re-
port on the general outlook for fruit
in the west is looked forward to by
many The letter follows:
Mr. II. L. Griffin, Ogden, Utah
Dear Sir. Eastern CalIfornia-Crop
OF aprIcotS moderate size. peaches.
full crop; plums, 80 per cent. and
prunes. small crop, Tragedys very
tites (FTench pruBes for drying). only
20 per cent of crop
Pears, short crop Last season 1900
cars OF pears left California, of which
| estimate GOO wero fall and winter
pears and 1000 were Bartletts. This
season not over 1900 cars of Bartletts
Will leave the state. The pears on
the Sacramento river were dropping
badly. and the thrip had been at
Sulsun, while in the Vacaville district
there would DO only so per cent OF a
crop of Bartlette. The cannerie5 were
bidding lively. When | entered the
state they were bidding $3.50 per ton
and thirty days later were bidding
$3.50 1t was reported they would
20 up to $50 per ton II necessary to
get the pears. Last season there were
none canned. so the market Is entirely
bare. Not a case remained in Call.
fornia. which explains why only about
50 per cent OF the crop Will go to
tho east.
Grapes-There will be an enormous
crop especially OF the Tokays.
In southern Oregon there will only
be sixuy-fvc cars OF BartletLs. Mt
Hood River flvo cars and In Yakima
sixty cars OF Bartletts.
In Oregon there will he about fifty
cars of italian pruncs suitable TO go
east: at Yakima fifty cars, AT Walla
Walln and Milton 140 cars, while In
southern Idaho there Will possibly bo
$50 cars / estimate there Will be
about 601 carliadS OF Italian prunes
from Oregon, Washington and Idaho
suitable 10 90 east.
SpitzenberGers from Oregon and
Washington show 220 carloads expect
ed, which probably means there VIII
be about $50 cars, or NewtowD pip
pins there will he 800 cars, which prob
ably means ESQ cars, as ] have always
found that people oyerestimate their
crops.
We made fine sales on italian prunes
in New York, and our returns, net I.
q. b. loading stations 10 different sec
tions, were as follows, Mosier lnear
Hood Rivcrl, 81 cents; The Dallcs, 6l
cents; Southern Idaho. 20 cents, and
the Blaylock ranch at Walla Walla. ~
cents, the latter think the best that
Sgobel & Day ever did.
There we're only Sb cars of Italian
prupes sold In Nov York last season.
hut think there will he from l25 tn
$50 sold there the coming campaign
italian prunee nre two weeks early In
Oregon and Washington. and about
one week early in southern Idaho, bu'
they all look healthy and clean on the
trees.
No frosts have hurt crops to any
extent anywhere that ! have beer
during the past two months. and
have secured California. Oregon
Washington and Idaho.
Immense prices last season or
pears: Bnrtletts brough $3.50 to -
| oomlce In half boxes from California
sold from $4,000 to $500 per carload
and the same pear frori southern Ore
gon. not quite so large In size, gen
orally sold from s250o to $4,000 pc
carload. D'AJou pears also sold high
the best Of them commanding from
| $4,000 TO s2S0O per car
Immense settings out OF apple tree'
all over the northwest and huge roa
estatc boom" IL in proeress every
whore | think, especially al Mcdford
| Oregon.
HIGH PRICES