The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-02
New York Fruitman's Guide Sug-
gests a Course of Instruction
for Fruit Packers
SHORT APPLE BARREL
BOTHERSOME BUCABOO
Shippers Stand in Their Own
Light When Sending Inferior
Fruit Poorly Packed Into the
Markets of the East and Lose

The need of a course of instruction
in the care and packing of apples on
the part of some shippers using this
market as an outlet was brou2
forcefully to the front during the
week in connection with deliveries
of windfall apples, says the New
York Fruitman's Guide There were
a good many lots laid down here and
offered for sale that showed inferior
condition of fruit and pack, and the
range of values was low. In marked
contrast to the prices on the inferior
fruit were the prices secured on
good packed sound fruit in standard
barrels. The range on inferior and
good stock was from SIPS to $3.50
per barrel. This wide range should
carry its own comm entary on the alb
soute need for care in packing ana
selection. 1t is pointed out that ship
pers stand in their own light when
sending inferior stock into this m "
ket since the effect of poor fruit is
to lower prices not only on the IN
ferior stock but on good fruit as
well.
Good Demand
A feature of the market is the fact
that an unusually good demand now
exists for all apples. This is due
largely to the general scarcity that
exists in many lines of fruits-notabiy
peaches. Sweet Bough apples sold
here up to 1925 per barrel for Well
picked fruit in a jobbing wy. The
range covering poor to fair stock is
from $3.50 to So per barrel. Fer so
early in the season these prices are
considered exceptionally good espec-
tally in view of the fact that much
of the stock is by no means mature.
Sour Bough apples sold at from $3.50
to $3.50 per barrel. This variety is
described as fair to good. Pie bak-
ers and large users are among the
most active buyers. Astrachan APP
Piles, fair to good, met a steady de-
mand at from $3.50 to $3.50 per
barrel. Windfalls in all varieties lead
at Indifferent interest at from $1.25
to $3.50 per barrel. An occasional
sale was noted in the range Of $3.50
to $1.75 per barrel in small way.
There was a fair demand for large
green apples in half-barrel baskets
in the range of So TO S2.25 per bas-
ket, as TO quality and condition. All
stock seems to be meeting a fair gen.
eral interest. Ordinary greens sold
at S1,25 to $3.50 per basket. Fair to
good Astrachans in half-barrel bas-
kets sold out at from $125 to $1.75
per basket. Some inferior apples in
half barrel baskets sold out in the
range of Use to 81 per basket. A
good many lots in green sorts from
Maryland and Delaware met met a
jobbing sale at from 75c to $1.25 per
basket. There is no more than a
half interest in this stock, however.
Taken as whole, the market
seems to be in good shape for We
healthy interest. This, at least, is
the opinion of some of the best post
ed interests here. We are going to
have a very moderate supply of
peaches and other small fruits and
offers will be the one staple on which
the trade can depend to supply wants.
One of the features is the fact that
the bugaboo of the short apple barrel
is likely to cut very little figure this
year, since warning has been issued
to the shipping trade that unless
plainly market short" they cannot DO
sold here except at considerable risk
to the commission dealer handling
! them The outlook for the apple
| crop is said to be fair in this state,
and a big crop is looked for in Nova