The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-12-14
DO EARLY SHOPPING
SAYS A CARTOON

Aecompanied by a cartoon depicting
Hood River apple grower handing
hack to a German. draft Tor apples
and announcing to the nations OF Eur
one sbat he had no more Extra Faneies
| left. thel cartoon entitled DO four
Shopping Early, the following writ
ten by Lyman II. Cohen, appeared ID
Sundays Portland Oregon Journal:
The other day a check for a very
LARGE sum Of money was returned TO
certain parties in Hamburg, Germany
nv officials Of the Hood River Apple
/ Growers Union. ~,
The mere return Of the check did
not signify much 20 the outside, but 70
those that are most closely identlfed
with the apple market, the occurrence
indicated much.
In the face Of tre greatest crop Of
apples produced throughout the Worla
and especially in the United STATES
Hood River has been unable to supply
the demand for its worlds famous
fruit. While il is true that the crop
of apples on the coast west OF the
United States and especially IN oregon,
Idaho and Washington, was compata-
tivelv small this season, this dehclehey
was more than made up by the record
production in that section east oI the
Rockies
The royalty of Europe and Asia de-
mands the best in the world OF apples,
this applies principally to the product
Of Oregon Hood River, Rogue River
and the Willamette valley. The public
which has the money to buy the prod
uct of any section, invariably asks for
the fruit from Oregon when purchasing
apples. This accounts for the faeet
that even if big crop here there is
scrarcely ever sufficient amount of
apples produced TO fill all the eastern
and foreign demand and leave a small
amount for home consumers.
In the worlds market for apples,
the Oregon product stands in a class
entirely by itself. There is no apple
from any other section Of the world
that approaches within sight of the
prices that are paid for. the fancy stock
from this state.
Notwithstanding the enormous crop
of apples produced in the eastern por-
tion Of the United States and IN Eur
ope, there is always a demand for the
better quality. In comparison with
the prices obtained for box of Oregon
apples, every other section lies low
TO secure a reputation for honest
quality and pack. Oregon growers have
led the world IN improvement IN apple
culture. Extra fancy apple labels
from the leading Oregon sections mean
exactly what they say. The fruit is
the same from top to bottom and from
side to side. Every apple is uniform.
Those going out from the better sec
tions under the extra fancy label are
not only uniform in size. but are
marked for colors and the smooth skin
is wonderful to look at. This accounts
for the fact that for years past the
leading buyers of apples throughout
the world have been quite willing to
send their checks ahead and know that
the apples they receive are the best
that can be produced.
Owing to the fact that the eastern
portion of the United States had such
a very heavy crop of apples of good
quality this year, and of which rather
low prices ruled, there was a smaller
amount of OregOn's best product sold
there than usual this season.
Competition in Europe was greater
than ever before on this account, but
this did not deter the trade there from
taking all available supplies of Ore
CONS best product and then bavinl
its check returned because it wanted
more than growers were able to brinl
forward. Oregon apples were mor'
widely distributed over Europe thi
season than ever before and repea
orders could not be taken care of.