The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-08-24
WRITER SECURES
LOCAL DATA
MlSSOULA MEN STUDY THE UNION
Bartlett Pears slipped to Stemhardt &
Kelly Porter Reports Excellent
NewtOwR Crop.

Hood River stands in the vanguard
Of the Apple World. During the past
week 1t has had number of visitors
here studying it from different view
points.and taking il as an example Of
a region where the fruit industry pre-
dominates.
Saturday Carlysle Ellis. a former ed
itorial writer for the Spokane Spokes-
man-Review, butswho is now a special
writer for Eastern magazines, was here
securing data fer an article that will
appear shortly in Every body S maya
zine. MIR. Ellis was shown over the
Valley by j. c. skinner. Secretary Of
the Commercial Club. lie took q num-
ber Of pictures and visited the officials
of the different Institutions peculiar to
the industry of the Valley He made
study of the workings Of the Union
and was impressed with the co-opera-
tive measures that have lead to such
successful marketing. The magazine
man has already visited the most of
the Northwestern apple districts For
the purposes of his story he will make
tour of all the most important fruit
centers of the United States. '0f all
the Northwest fruit sections that |
have visited, said Mr.. Ellis, Hood
River is the only place that the invest
or makes his nome. In other places the
people are putting in their stakes to
make money. However, don't blame
anybody from wanting to live here. If
you will permit me, | will frankly
make one criticism of your valley or
rather your town. that is, the suburbs.
| TN, G.ot fhfrr. I 4
must say that it didn't appeal very
strongly, was those unkempt vacant
lots in number Of places that are set
with scrubby looking trees. OF course,
they are not intended as orchards, but
they don't look good -
W. d. Ballard, horticultural path
ologist from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, who has been in
vestigating and working in the fields in
the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville,
Calf, spent Monday and Tuesday with
Prof. w. II. Lawrence, the fellowship
expert. Mr.. Ballard is making
study of disease prevention. He was
here two years ago. The Valley
looked good them" he said. but it
looks doubly good to fruit expert
now"
f. Jerford, Fred Parker, and r. H.
Rutledge, of Missoula. Montana, spent
Tuesday in the city and Valley. While
here they made a thorough study of the
metho Of the Union. II is their in
tention to return to the Bitter Root
country and establish a marketing in
stitution there based on the local organ
ization. They made tour of the VAL
ley and conferred with Manager G. Fl.
Sproat while here. The visitors spoke
with much praise for the Hood River
country. at and its institutions are
looked upon as a model in the fruit
world" they said The Bitter Root
country of Montana has a fruit area OF
about twice the size of Hood River. IL
has been making excellent progress
and its fruit has been meeting with
success on the markets.
The Union consigned its first carload
of Bartlett pears for the season Mon
day. The shipment was to Steinhardt
& Kelly, of New York and brought the
growers 1926 per box. This years
pears are of good quality, said Mr..
Sproat. They are free from blemishes
and well shaped. The Union will
ship out abopt five more cars of pears.
This is an average crop for the Hood
River country.
The Union is receiving many in
quiries from buyers as to prices and
crop estimates. The price situation is
still indefinite.
j. C.. Porter, a member of the firm
of Sears 4 Porter, who have an or
chard of GO acres, containing some of
the Oldest commercial trees in the
Valley, says that he thinks the crop
for the Valley as whole will be
slightly greater than has been esti-
mated He says: ''The prospects on
the East Side are good, as are those
of all the Valley so far as have seen.
Fifty per cent is what they claim the
Valley will haye. | think it will be
slightly greater. To me indications
are that the prices will be as good or
little better than last year. The
greater portion of our crop is Yellow
Newtowns.
Nine acres of the Sears & Porter
orchard was set out between the years
of 1893 and 1896. Fifteen acres of their
Yellow Newtowns, young orchard
have given their owners excellent re.
lufus. Inc tract was SET III l5V4. We
years ago it bore 500 boxes, last year
they picked more than 1900 and this
year Mr.. Porter SAYS that he has esti-
mated the crop for the fifteen acres al
b 5000 boxes. Walter Vannier, who has
had charge Of the spraying. has bet
b him a new hat that the orchard will
bear over 1900 boxes. Mr.. Porter has
ordered boxes for a four ffths crop fol-
his whole tract
Hood River pears ere never finer
than they are this season, said Mr..
Porter, "and | think we would have
met with gratifying success if we
had planted more pears years ago.
The fruit is of the finest quality,
smooth Of skin and good to look at. -
/. BIG EASTERN CROP