The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-15
GRANGER FRUIT MEN
PLAN LARGE THINGS
VIII Continue BEST Pack" ard
Insert Guarantee in Every
Fruit Package

The annual meeting or the Yakima
| Valley Union, composed of fruit
growers of the lower Yakima valley,
was held at Granger last week at
which time matters pertaining to the
/ handling of fruit this season We're
discussed 1t was decided to send II
| man east soon to look after the bus
} mess of the Union on the Atlantic
I scaboard and keep this end advised
'us to market conditions and prices.
I A movement considering the reor-
| ganization of the Union by increasing
| the capitalization from $4,000 to $l0,-
| 900 was also started. new plan
| has been suggested for reOrganHa-
| ton which it is thought will better
! facilitate the handling of fruit for the
membership and induce many not
now members to join the association.
| The matter will be taken up again
at a meeting to be called soon. The
old trustees will do the preliminary
work looking toward reorganization.
The Union is Differed as follows: Is.
d. Thompson, president; II. Il. Pierce,
secretary; John Armsworth, Geo. Z.
Eaton, John Scoon, w. NJ. Barns,
Thos. Wilkinson, b. d. Thompson and
II. e. Pierce, trustees.
The following guarantee was
! adopted and will be placed in every
box of fruit packed for shipment
Guarantee.
To all who purchase apples of the
Yakima Valley Union:
We guarantee all of our Union
Brand apples to be as represented by
| the markets on the boxes, and tina.
they We're graded and packed ac-
cordng to the grades and rules here
unto attached.
We believe we are putting out the
best pack marketed. Our aim is to
make our apple pack perfect and in
case more that ) per cent of our
Union Brand apples, in any box or
| boxes. are found, to be inferior in
grade or pack, to the representations
on the box, we will refund to the
purchaser the difference in value be
tween the apples received and apples
Of the grade and pack represented,
provided: The following form is
properly filled out and returned to
! us Immediately arter The consiGn-
ment of apples is received and that
we be given a reasonable length of
time to get a representative on the
ground to inspect the fruit
Extracts from Rulcs for Packers.
Rule >. Each packer Will be re
CURED to put up a first class pack,
Rule 3. Each shall, when a boN is
packed, write With a pencil upon the
end of the box near the center ana ut
the top, the number of apples in the
box.
Rule A. Each box of apples shall
be packed with about "a to an inch
swell in middle of top and bottom,
Rule 9. Use Northwest Standard
boxes (eXtra heavy and wide sidcs)
with four cleats.
Grades.
Extra Fancy: Fruit shall be no
smaller than four tier of good natural
matured color. free from discolora-
tons and shall be absolutely free
Of worms, worm stings, scale, scab,
limb marks, water core sun scald,
bruises or any defects whatever. In
other words. ii shall be perfect fruit.
All spraying effects shall be removed.
Red varieties shall be at least "a red
and of good matured color. The fol
lowing varieties must be Of at least
pllt-llill Itu anu BObI HldlNltb col
ir: Rome Beauty Ben Davis Wag-
ner York Imperial, Staymen Winesap,
Northern Spy, Geniton, Black Twie.
Blue Pcarmain. Hubbardston. Iydcs
King King Of Tompkins, Rambo and
Snow. Red Cheek Pippln must show
a red cneek.
Fancy: All fruit of this grade
shall be free from worms. scale scab,
stngs bruises, punctures of the skin.
sun scald and shall be smooth and
firm. This grade may contain limb
marks and gals not over one inch
in length and one-fourth inch in
width; or if circular, not larger than
| a dime and not more than one blcm-
ish to an apple. All fruit in this
grade shall be Of good shape and in
red varieties shall be one-half true
matured color. All fruit in this grade
Of semi-colOred varieties must be
true matured color. All spaylng ef-
fects must be removed.
Tier.
Tier marks represent number Of
apples in box and not the style Of
pack.
Four tier are 90 to 1873 inclusive,
4 - tier, 144 to 175 inclusive, and
tier 1S5 to $50.
We do not guarantee against nat
ural decay after apples are packed.