The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-09-08
RECORD SALE OF
FANCY APPLES
STETNHARDT & KELLY BUY AGAIN
Apple Growers Union Reserves Apples
with which TO Open New Territory
Chicago Takes 20 Cars.

The directors of the Apple Growers
Union closed a deal Thursday with
Joseph II. Steinhardt, of the firm of
Steinhardt & Kelly, of New York,
whereby the Eastern firm fruit
dealers, who have been making a
speciality of Hood River apples for the
pats two years, will take large
portion of the Hood River fancy apple
crop this year.
The figures on the deal have not
been given out at all, but the prin-
cipal part of the sale will consist of
fancy Spitzenbergs and Newtowns
with considerable quantities of the
other fancy apples. The deal was
closed in very short order after the
arrival of Mr.. Steinhardt, who was in
the city less than "a hours, transfer
which will run over quarter of a
million dollars.
! The first reports of the sale were to
| the effect that the big New York
dealers had purchased the entire Hood
River crop from the Union as was done
two years ago and last season, but
according to Manager Charles II.
Sproat, of the growers organization.
the Steinhardt & Kelly purchase will
run in the neighborhood to nearly 200
carloads while the Union has reserved
a large portion of the fancy Spitzen-
bergs to be sold in various of the
large markets of the Middle West in
order that the Hood River product
may be introduced to the high grade
| consumers of that section of the
I,.4t ntr hn in he
getting the large end of the crop.
1t is possible that the prices this
year may be a little disappointing to
some of the growers, because they
will be lower than Hood River has
received for several years. However,
this is the biggest crop which has ever
gone out from Hood River. Practic-
ally every orchard is making record
yields and the acreage in bearing is,
Of course, larger than ever The crop
of boxed apples in the Northwest is
greater than any previous season and
the price received for the Hood River
fruit will lead the other districts, as
has been the case for the past ten
years. While none of the prices are
made public the directors of the Union
express themselves as being highly
satisfied at the results of the sale.
Steinhardt 4 Kelly, who have made
the big deal for the apples, have
specialized in Hood River apples for
the past two seasons and have been
instrumental in building large trade
Tor them in the east. However, this
year the crop was too big for one firm,
| the whole of the Union output which
will include about 80 per cent of the
crop of Hood River valley, and the
Union has been arranging to branch
out into other fields. On Monday a
deal was closed by wire with a large
fruit house in Chicago which will take
20 carloads of the fancy Hood River
stock at the same prices f. o. b. Hood
River which the New York buyers are
paying. Several other large dealers in
that section of the county are negotiat-
ing with the Union for portions Of the
fancy crop.
1--WE have sold about 100, 900 boxes
to Steinhardt & Kelly" said Manager
Sproat, speaking of the apple deal.
"The varieties taken are the fancy
\ Spitzenbergs, Newtowns, Jonathans,
Ortleys. Arkansas Blacks and Red
Cheek Pippins. The prices which will
be received for the apples are salts
factory, although they will not be as
high as last year. The prices for the
Spitzenbergs and Newtowns will be
lower than for several years. Owing
to the large quantity of these apples
the board Of directors thought it
necessary to reduce the price in order
that ready market could be found.
We went on the assumption that the
buyer must have a margin on which to
make money and that he is entitled to
a fair profit. We had many chances
to consign the apples, but we followed