The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-09
.STEINHARDT TELLS
new YORK OF BUY
New York World.D

For apples, 81 ,OO0,O 900.
This is not all that New York will
pay for them this season, either, but
only what one firm bought between
| trains at Hood River, Ore, where the
apples come from. The Hood River
Apple Growers Association sold its
entire crop Of 10000 boxes to one New
York buyer.
Fasteners can hardly realize what
the apple industry out west is today.
1t is no longer just little side issue
! with the farmer. Now the man who
grows apples does nothing else. The
great Apple Show has just been held
at Spokane, where more than 1000, 600
apples from all over the world were
exhibited and $40, 600 in prizes was
given. In the beautiful orchard lands
of Oregon and Washington one hears
of nothing but apple, apple, apple,
! all the year around.
The growers have formed associa
| tiOns for their respective districts, and
they get the most out Of their apples,
too. They are wonders, these apples
| from the Northwest. You never see
them on the pushcarts, they cost too
much.
"a could have bought the crop with
out going out at all, said Joseph
Steiuhardt, who has just returned from
the Pacific coast As it was, | arrived
in Hood River at II in the morning,
the Board Of Directors of the assOcia-
tiOn met at IL, and ] caught the A
o. clock train. 1t takes a good deal Of
system to be able to sell more than a
million dollars worth Of apples in that
time.
"This is the third year we have
bought the crop and we know that the
apples will be as guaranteed. The
ones on the bottom Of the box are as
good as those on the top. "
"You think professional men make
the best farmers, he was asked.
Most certainly" he replied. They
go into business Systematically. They
are always looking for new ideas and
they pay attention to details.
"The farmer of other days was
crook, though perhaps he never realized
1t himself. There was always a layer
Of good apples on the top Of the barrel,
and it was the same way with the
Strawberries and the small fruit. This
new system Of grading apples as to size
and color has done away with all that.
The association makes itself responsible
for every box and guarantees it.
Last year we paid So. 65 for a box
Of "a apples, and with the freight-6O
cents it made each one cost nearly
seven cents. These are the apples
which sell in the New York market for
from 81 to $l.50 dozen and are the
fancy grade.
Apples are selling at higher prices
country, but the demand for perfect
fruit is higher, too. In the contract
Just signed by the Hood River Associa
tion for the new crop this is the speci-
fcation for fancy fruit"
'This grade consists of perfect
apples only. The apples must be free
from worm holes, stings, scale, fungus,
scab, rIst or any other disease and free
from all insect pests or injury. They
must be free from bruise, limb rub,
and the skin around the stem must not
be broken All apples must be fully
not deformed, and have a
healthy color Spitzenburgs must have
70 per cent Of good red color and all
apples of the red varieties must have
good red color. "
Through this cooperation the West
ern farmer can get better market
and price for his fruit. The associa-
ton controlled by a board Of nine
directors markets the crop. The
farmer rates the fruit. If for any