The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-11-24
MORE APPLES CAN
BE EASILY SOLD

Oyer-production of marketable ap-
ples in Oregon will never be a CON
tinqency to reckon with, according to
H. M. Williamson, secretary OF tne
State Board of Horticulture, in the
course of his address given recently at
the Portland Y. M. c. A.
Mr.. Williamson said there is no
ground for the fears Of some that the
people of this state are planting too
large an acreage of apples. He SAID
that the foreign market for apples
raised in this state and other Pacific
Coast states is growing in large pro-
portions annually, and is bound to in
crease rapidly. He was of the opinion
that with the completion and opera
tion of the Panama Canal, the market
for apples in this section of the United
States will be world wide in extent,
''We should not expect to get fancy
prices for our apples, SUCH as we have
obtained in the past" said Mr.. Will
hanson. "Apples at So box are too
high, and, Of course, the demand Will
be limited as long as the price IS
that high.
"Our market in .the future must be
created among the middle class. We
must, therefore, be content to sell our
products at price that will be attrac-
| tive to the masses, and yet give us
reasonably fair returns. People who
earn from $1,000 to $500 year will
be the ones who will buy our apples.
They constitute the masses both IN
this country and Europe. am pos
tive we can raise apples in Oregon to
supply that class of people, and the
returns will be such as to make
apple-raising still the most pro-
ftabIe, industry in Oregon.
within the next few years, Con-
tinental Europe and the English pos
sessions will take all the apples we can
ship, provided we are satisfied to ac-
cept reasonable prices for the pro-
ducts.
Mr.. Williamson said it was mis-
take to believe that Spitzenburgs and
Yellow Newtowns Pippins were the
only two commercial varieties that
should be raised. He said that certain
varieties grew to better advantage in
different districts and that each fruit
growing district should make special
| ty of the kinds which do the best there
For instance, the Northern Spy, does
we'll in the Willamette Valley, and
fails to treach the same standard east
of the Cascade Mountains. On the
other hand, the Winter Banana, raised
at high altitude and in a dry climate,
such. as in the district above The Dal-
les, gives better satisfaction than ii
raised on the west side of the Cas-
cades.
The speaker was of the opinion that
yellow apples were better adapted tC
the Willamette Valley than red apples.
Colored apples, he said, reached the
greatest degree of perfection where
there were longer periods Of sunshine
throughout the growing season.
Mr.. Williamson's remarks were more
particularly directed to the Oregon
apple men in general and will not
hold wholly true for each section. OF
the state. In Hood River the price
for the best apples will never go much
below 81 a box if the growers VII
adhere strictly to the high standards
of grading and packing which they
have set themselves and the world
Whenever they neglect these thing!
the prices will take a bad slump. HooC
River apples can always be sold to the
high class trade which is willing t.
pay a fancy price for an extra tanc.
] nnod,Iot if tho growers Keep up thel
own pace already set. Spitzenburi
and Newtowns are the apples which d'
better in Hood River than any othe
place in the world and Hood Rive
should not neglect them. Further
more, they are the two varieties whicl
have the highest rank and bring tn
highest prices.