The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-08-10
SMALL APPLES WILL
HAVE BEST DEMAND

IL the demand for the coming season
is at all similar 10 that of last the
Hood River growers who are doing but
little thinning this year. will have the
kind Of fruit to fill the bill" said
County Fruit Inspector G. r. Castner
in discussing fruit prospects last
Thursday with W. X. Newell, presi-
dent of the State Board Of Horticul-
ture, who was in the city to look over
the local situation.
Mr.. Newell says that the crop Of all
the Northwest, except in Wenatebee,
is going to be lighter than that Of last
season. The estimates of some of the
marketers and growers, he says, place
the crop there at a greater figure this
year than last
At present it is impossible to make
accurate estimates of Hood River
Valley. The Union, however, is send
| ing out its estimate blanks to the
growers and by the middle of Septem-
| Der, when they are all returned, a
correct set of figures can be reached.
No definite conclusions as to the
prices for the coming season can yet
be arrived at; for no purchases will
/ ue U1dQe until after thS thCCAihe VI lhS
international F'ruitbuyers' Association
at Detroit. August gil. All fruit
men, however, say that the year is
going to be a profitable one for the
Northwestern grower.
The apple crop Of the United States
| this season is now estimated at about
$28, $50, 900 barrels as compared with
1923, ,825, 900 barrels last year, according
to figures:compiled by the Fruit Trade
journal and the latest Government
reports. The season in the East will
be from ten days to two weeks earlier,
while that of the West will be two
weeks later than last year.
1t is too early to learn the exact
amount of commercial apples that will
be produced, as the foliage of the trees
in some of the leading sections is still
so dense that it is impossible to see
and to accurately estimate the guam
tity of growing fruit. Although opin-
ions differ as to the approximate out
put, the concensus of belief in all
quarters is that the crop of Balwdins
will be light and that the quality of
all other varieties will be far superior
to that of last years product.
Eastern growers having finally
awakened to realization of the fact
that the Darwinian theory of the sur
vival of the fittest applies to apples as
well as to animate things gave greater
attention this year to spraying and to
scientific methods of cultivation than
ever before. This is particularly true
of western New York, where the crop
is expected to aggregate 3,700, 900
barrels or about 500, 900 barrels in
excess of last years output.
The Hudson River Valley crop is
estimated at from rs to SO per cent
normal. The drop has been very
heavy, not only in this section, but in
several districts of western New York.
What the crop lacks in size, however,
may be compensated for in quality, as
the outlook for very desirable fruit
throughout the State is promising.
The New England States are ex-
pected to produce little over 5000,
900 barrels divided as follows Yer
mont, 474, 300; Massachusetts, 402, 700
Rhode Island, l44, 900; Connecticut,
$5l5, 600, $3.50, 500 New Hampshire,
1924, 500.
ne west virginia ClOp piOuiloSo W
equal, if not exceed, that of 1910, and
the latest figures obtained show the
output of commercial fruit from the
State this year will amount to at least
{, 900, 600 barrels. Pennsylvania will
make creditable showing with over
2, 900. 600. barrels of 400, 900 barrels ir
excess of last years output; Ohio viii
have 1,940,00O Illinois, 1895, 600
Michigan, l,7l4.0OO; Kentucky, l,030.
600: Iowa, 93l 900; Delaware, 125, 500
Maryland, 296, 500; Virginia, 387. 500
Wisconsin, 634, 600; Arkansas, 25l, 900
Missouri, 1850; Kansas, ll6.0 00l
Indiana, $4,000, and Tennessee. 725,
000