The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-06-02
Portland, Oregon, May IS, 1911


supply and demand; the whole sup
| ply and the whole demand-not that
Of any one section. They are in
fluenced not only by the supply Of
and demand for any given variety
or kind of fruit, but by other things
as well; industrial and financial
conditions, weather conditions, eat
ing and keeping qualities, and by
the supply of competitive" fruits.
Thus, a very large crop of oranges
in Florida and California not only
influences values of orages, but of
apples, bananas and all other sea-
sonablo fruits as we'll, for a large
supply means lower prices for any
given commodity, and low prices re-
suit, normally, in proportionately
increased consumption of that ar
ticle Therefore, the student of
market conditions must cover a very
wide field of investigation before he
may safely arrive at any approx
mately acurate conclusions. AS a
servant of the fruitgrowers of the
Pacific Northwest, and an institu-
ton for and by the growers, this
| Exchange will undertake to assemble
and to disseminate full and complete
information concerning not only our
own crops, but competitive crops in
all parts of the country-and of the
world, SO far as the information is
available.
Crop conditions here in the North
west are pretty generally known,
and this bulletin will touch on them
but lightly. Suffice to say that the
Southern Oregon; probably not over
so per cent of last year in apples,
though a good crop of pears; Hood
River estimates so to 60 per cent of
last years crop; Yakima now esti-
mates 5000 cars of all kinds of
fruits against 1000 last year; Wen
atchee estimates $500 cars against
1000 last year, Eastern Washing
ton reports favorable showing; and
Southern Idaho reports a consider
ably heavier crop in prospect for
this year than she had last year.
These estimates are all subject to
very material revision, of course, as
the season advances. However, the
consensus of opinion seems to indi-
cate that the apple crop of the
Northwest for the season of 1911
will run somewhere between 60 and
rs per cent of the 1910 crop.
Passing from our own conditions
what do we find in other apple pro.
ducing districts of the United States
and Canada? Colorado is our chiei
competitor. Authorities place the
expected output of apples from that
state at 1900 cars-a reduction from
first prospects, but still q large croI
compared with tho exceedingly light
output for 1910.
New Mexico: Secretary OF the
New Mexico Bureau of Immigration
is credited with an estimate of 500
carloads of apples from the Roswell
district of the Pecos Valley; the
largest crop in the history of tn,
Valley.
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indicate that there will be a larg,
crop of apples this season-the frs
for q number of years. Practical.
all the principal districts of thi
State report a heavy bloom.
Michigan: An important frui
state, which, however, has not pro
duced heavily for several years. Sec
: rotary of State Martindale has is
sued a recent bulletin, which is &C
companied with tho comment tina
conditions point not only to a goo
. crop of fruit this year but cree
: ord breaker"
, Mr.. Martindale says there ma
been more attention given to spray
I ing, the growers having discovere
: that spraying pays.
A Arkansas: Benton county, Al
A kansas, according to dispatch al
g pearing in recent newspapers, e,
: poets to ship 5000 carloads of al
: pies this fall. The growers ar
g learning to take care of their OIL
!, chards and every large orchard
= protected with frost devices an