The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-01-27

oil. alternate style with it's variations
to be far better. Instead of the
apples lying one Oh top of another, as
in the square style of packing, so
that they are bruised from top to
bottom by the pressure 10 fastening
down the la, une Hrple fits in be-
tween three others, aud very little
damage Is doue by the pressu In
our Judging We scored down Que
point on every square packed hoX,
because of the Inferior style. TIE
tumble paok, which 10 in use Ia
Color do, is not even thought of by
The more progressive growers of the
rthwest, aud any style of packing
by which the apples aIe poured Into
the box is bad-Very bad. 1t does not
leok neat nor bring the price that
good apples deserve. LAS to size,
We decided that all apples packing
over three aud half tiers to
the box should be severely scored for
being too large, and those smaller
than four tiers for being too small
the best sizes for market range be-
tween these two, aud count from
oS to l2S to the bCX. All above or
below sell at interior prices, and are
to be avoided by the grower and
dealer as far as possible. lhe result
OF the scoring by the rules laid down
was that the highest awards went to
he apples of best quality. The big
$1,000 prize for the rIOad that attain
ed the highest scoring went to a
carload of Esopus Spitzen beIRs from
Eagle PCint, Ore, and the second
prize to car of Grimes from the
Yakima Valley of Washington. The
.ame principle held good throughout
the five and ~ box lots, for the
Spitzen bergs took most of the prizes,
because of the very high rating it has
in the Pathological Society, being
10 on the scale Rome Beauty and
and the better. favored Winesap,
Jonathan and other good varieties did
40 get mnay awards because OF their
lower rating than those of the highest
quality competing with them.
There were some apples from New
York, Virginia, and very few other
| Eastern states. They came in bar.
rels, and of course did not look very
we'll in comparison with the boxed
apples for the barrels d } not show the
fruit to good advantage But worse
chan tthat was the interior color bnd
blemishes on the apples. Certainly
these we're not the best apples that
could have been sent. | have seen
much better ones in many Eastern
states The worst we're from Maine,
and of the variety that is there con
,idered one OF their best, commonly y
called Nodhead. but more properly
Jewett The apples we're Of fair size
and color Tor the variety, but when
came to examine them closely they
we're badly affected with the worst
ofssll the enemies OF the apple, the
Pomella or apple maggot. When cut
oten were found to be Tiddled with
holes through the flesh, and some had
the maggots nearly ready for the
pupal stage.
"rhe inspector was called at once
aud the apples, barrel aud all, were
cremated Ibis was a menace to the
apple industry of the whole North
west There Is no doubt of the PIE
vaIeure OF this terrific pest in Maine
and other sections of the Northeast.
but to send into a new region apples
infested by 1t is grave otfenee, ann
might have done unlimited injury
The Pacific Coast has rightly enact
ed drastic legislation against orcharc
Iests, and is endeavUrinG to keel
ont every source of possible inf @
ton.