The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-09-11
PEACHES AND HOPS
SLIGHTLY DAMAGED
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Best Information Obtainable Indi.
Gates That Wet Weather Has
Occasioned But Little Loss

One or two Of the fruit buyers do :.
ing business in North Yakima report
ed on Saturday that they had quit
buying peaches and will not resume
again unless it appears that the crop
of the Naches and the Selah valleys IS
better than what IL now coming in
The showers Of the past few days,
they say, has made the peaches soft
green" and have added a bitterness
which is not attractive. In other
words the peaches have softened with
out ripening or coloring and they G
not want them According to the mass
of testimony these men have taken an
extreme view of the situation.
Peaches, 1t is admitted, have suffered
some damage from the wet cold
weather, but that damage is nothing
really serious. The fruit is coming in
steadily from the orchards, but in re-
duced quantities. Those in the valleys
mentioned will probably be an unin-
jured crop.
With Regard to Hops
With regard to hops the report is
that the wet weather, apart from
making conditions somewhat severe
for the pickers. has done little DAM
age. The harvest work has been
slower and in some few of the yards
there have been traces of mold, but in
the main there has been but little loss
by reason Of the weather and the har-
vest is proceeding without serious in
terruption and with but slight loss or
fixed here.
80 Z. =
Oregon is as follows:
The hopgrowers now are all but
wholly occupied with the gathering Of
their crops. and for that reason not
much in the way of business is to be
expected until the bulk of the valley
product Is taken care of. Latest re-
ports from the country say that most
of the growers have sufficient help,
the. clear weather bringing consid-
cradle influx of pickers to the fields,
and the work of getting the crop un-
der cover is being pushed at rapidly
as possible.
Rain Does Little Harm
Beyond making conditions littls
unpleasant for the pickers, the driz-
ling rain had little or no effect on the
work at the yards. The growers arc
confident that clear and settled wealth
err will come soon, and In that event
by the end of the coming week, the
greater portion of the crop will have
been gathered.
ITO date it is not believed that the
wet weather has done any material
damage to the crop. In a few fields
a little mold has been reported, but
ALL IT, ta.sI d.
neglect on the part of the growers.
Generally the crop Is coming down In
excellent shape and beyond question
will be cured and prepared for the
market in the best possible manner.
AS long as the weather continues
cool. growers say. there is little dan
ger of mold developing to any great
extent but warm spell imme diately
following the main might work some
damage. At this time of the year,
however there is small danger of very
warm weather.
"In nearly all parts of the valley
the crop is said to be coming down
heavier than was expected. The ia
vorable growing season this year de-
yeloped both size and weight in the
hops, and as result the acreage
yield this season promises to be one
of the heaviest ever known in the
Willamette