The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-24
BUYING UP APPLES
At HIGHER PRICES
Bumper Crop of Reds III the
Waynesboro Section and DUAL
ity Very Fine.
SELLING WELL ABROAD
Some Shipped Early Bring 81
Per Barrel in England-Pack-
ing in Boxes This Year.
SELLING WELL ABROAD

Especial TO The Richmond Virginian.)
WAYNESBORo, VA, Sept. ga
The Waynesboro section of the Shen-
andoah Valley Is now harvesting a
bumper" crop OF red apples. the
largest and. finest quality ever grown
in this ftuit section. The 1910 season
has been perfect for the development
of the apples. an even and plentiful
rainfall in June. July and August, hot
sun and clear days in September. have
all worked to produce large apples,
with cellar, waxy skin and OF a high
color. and the orchards show solid
rows Of trees loaded with fruit that
will grade largely to fancy. Many
iWaynesboro orchards will net the
owners $500 per acre this year.
The town In full of apple buyers,
and all are buying freely at advanced
prices, on account of the superior
quality OF the fruit in this section.
A local grower has just received a
cablegram from Glasgow reporting
sales there of recently exported red
apples at 81 per barrel.
In one of the large commercial
apple orchards near Waynesboro an
up-to-date packing plant has been
established under the management OF
oregon packers. The apples are be-
ing graded on an automatic grading
machine and being wrapped In paper
and packed in the standard boxes By
a corps OF skilled packers, brought
here from Oregon for this purpose
Western fruit association standards
for sizes, colors. etc, are being care
fully followed. The writer watched
the packing of a lot of 1000 boxes
of Stayman wtnesaps that are being
shipped TO Boston for the Christmas
trade The apples ran ). 3 liz and
tier with large percentage of Eek
ira fancy
This orchard also shipped this week
2.o00 boxes of Stayman winesaps &c
New York for export TO Glasgow,
Scotland. The freight rate from
Waynesboro to New York was Ia
cents per bushel box.
The first of the red apples to move
from the waynesboro orchards were
| the '.Lowrys." which showed high
color. graded well to 4 tier pack and
bid we'll to equal last years selling
price, which was IS per bushei. This
Lowry is the sweet winter apple tina,
| was propegated in a Virginia orchard
some eighteen years ago.
/ The York Imperials will be picked
and packed next week. The crop In
| the Waynesboro section is estimated
, at 10000 bushels, the size. color and
qualities are better tnan ever before
seen in these orchards. and severa.
sales of Yorks have been made to
Chicago buyers at 81 per bushel on
the trees, the buyers picking. pack.
ing and furnishing packages. Several
carloads OF Waynesboro5 Yorks have
been exported to England this week.
The winesap. Grimes Golden, Rome
Beauty. Bonum and Arkansas al
show high quality in the orchards
| The fruit Is well set on the trees and
these varieties promise to make 8
record yield per acre this year.
| Modern methods of cultivation
! pruning. spraying, etc. that have
been universally followed in these or,
chards this year produced a full crot
\ of summer and fall apples which were
all taken by large city markets a.
prices ranging from 81 to 50 per bar,
rel in the orchards. During Angus
the Waynesboro section shipped over
! 5000 barrels Of Transparent. Asia.
! chan. Maidens Blush, Rambo and
other summer varieties.
| Compliments are being paid to oul
growers by several Oregon apple
! growers. who are here this year L
watch the harvesting OF the crop II
the Waynesboro section.