Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-09-28
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Anyone who las not visited the
packing houses on our Iarse trull
arms ia NO conception OF the
manner OF handling the tremendous
apple crop OF Payette valley. Ana
words fail me when ! enGea, or tc
even IN a slight measure tell you
of the army of busy workers / have
seen this week.
Santa Rosa was first visited. AZ
III drove through the avenue and
| looking down the rows observed the
I thousands Of props supporting the
branches lalen with their burden o
red apples, ] thought, What faN'
ored spot" I he trees from which
! The apples have been picked actual
liy looked relieved.
+ In the packing house was a crowd
! OF mlrry girls under Miss Aibee as
manager packing the red apple that
/ has made US famous. Everything
mo es like clock work and with K
sort srs, a man to nail boxes, one TO
| take the boxes and check the cards
ami one to keep the receptaoles full
and with l6 women and girls as
packers, Mr.. Iugard expects TO ham,
I le his entire crop. The men who
pick the apples use picking bags an
the apples are thus not bruises or
blem shel. He has II pick RS al
present but will enlarge his force
as necessary under Manager Field, a
Colorado man Of experience. Al
present Mrs Shaw IS the star pack
or but they are not allowed to work
too rapidly or would be limited 10
certain number. All but the Choice
apples ia this orchard La been So
at cry satisfactory prices. The jon
athan is not 80 large as last year
0ut well colored and fine.
We next visited e. h. Hunters or
.harl the crop of which belongs 10
Mr.. Moody who began Monday to
pack. Mrs. Lovett of Boise has
charge of the nine packers, who OF
account of that being their first
day was taking life more seriously
than Santa Rosa. A crew of q
pickers under Manager Fan Heffner
were making inroads on the trees.
The apples are we'll colored. One
thing I obser ed was that in mosf
places the apples ere already sold
at good prices and this year at any
rate there does not seem to be any
LANCER of overproduction? Many OF
he buyers prefer to have the app
unwrapped: this however does net
suit the packers as II is much cas-
Ter TO wrap.
Mr.. Powers has bought the A. c.
R0gers apnle crop. but noticing tn
sign mo loafing allowed" thought
III better seek information else
whore. not knowing II this applied to
newsDaper rerorters or not.
SARGENT e. purnett have tremen-
dous cron again this year and as
fine rualitv as can be nroduce1 ho-h
in color and size They estimate
tney viii Ia 40 car loa1s. Sc e.
earloa-s are solu at excellent PR
es anu there IS good demand Tor APP
pies, at good prices. They have een
experienced packers unGer Mrs.
ur.ett and is pickers at present
ol5 viii enlarge Their toree il the
weather should be ra-ny as tht II
.arEe packing house can house
large portion of their crop so TIE
packers need not be idle until the
end of the season. They attr bu
the fine size o. their apples to the
are III thinning as Jonathans are ger
orally running smaller this year.
They have one 3-year old tree that
held 152 fine apples, beauti vi
picture of productiveness. Sargent
g Purnett have their own wrappers
ana boxes with the name of their
'arrn ''Pa1 Ample" on them as
7aos Santa Rosa also.
IN Tra~l5 an1 Mr. anFear are
packing at home but are shipni-g
through tho Pavette Va'lev Asso"'"-
tiop poth errrlov 2 packers and
with their smaller crew ard l0n0er
me expect to handle their crop.
their apples are Oh line size an
color.
After seeing such an army Of
JAS WORKERS your correspondent in
bibed the spirit Of the day and WI
D. one OF the Danj so will greatly
appreciate your assistance IN keep
ne up the Fruitland column Of tn
Daper By phoning your news items
to S-13 after $3.50 any evening. Our
time was limited but many other
orchards were not visited that are OF
3lual importance.