Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-09-25
LARGE BUSINESS IN
APPLES OF VIRGINIA
Biggest Crop Ever Made in State
Being Marketed
SHIPPED TO MARKETS ABROAD
Growers Are Now Well Organized to
Conduct Business

NOuQu(l oAoALSSo
The movement of the Virginia APP
pie crop is now in progress, and the
orchardists OF Augusta and Abe
marie and other fruit-growing coun-
ties and all up in the Valley are ex-
ceediDgly busy. Cheering reports
come from the offices in Staunton OF
the Virginia Fruit Growers, Inc,
which organization is by far The
largest shippers OF Virginia apples.
Clarence W. Moomaw, the general
manager OF this mutual selling and
buying agency composed OF orchard
lists and farmers, is authority for the
statement that the organization is
handling this year the largest out
put in it's history.
For two years the Virginia Fruit
Growers, Inc, as an organization,
have been vigorously in the field,
and have brought to pass many
things of great benefit to the grow
ers OF the State. Recently, packing
schools were conducted in the State
by the Virginia Horticultural So
ciety, but it is interesting to remem-
Der that the first steps taken for the
Standardization OF the Virginia pack
! we're the steps taken by the Virg n
: ia Fruit Growers, Inc, in 1910. 1t
= will be remembered the organiza-
D ton that year brought the first ex-
q pert box packers into the State OF
< Virginia, and for a period OF two
t months many peach and apple or
: chards throughout the Valley and
q Piedmont sections we're really pack
;. ing schools. II IS said the organi.
r zation spent over 81, 900 in this work
IS in 1910 alone.
Al Since 1910 the work OF education
Of has continued, and expert inspec
f. tors 90 from orchard to orchard
ID spending many hours and days su
r. pervising the pack and giving 10
ID structions to growers and packers
S, along standard lines.
as This year the association has gon
II. a step further in its work OF produC
ing a standard pack, for aside froI
at inspecting in the orchard " lille tn
lie fruit is in course OF packing, the a.
n sociation experts also inspect ind
IN vidusl carloads before shipmen
of are made and forward written r
az ports to the Staunton office so tn
IN the management has definite info
nd nation as to the exact condition
nd each individual shipment.
;ed For the past two months Manag
, OF Moomaw has been vigorously Ia
OF ing early export prospects and pl
Who paring the way for earlier and aes
the Ter shipments OF Yorks than CIV
IRA. before to the foreign markets. L
ed; organization is now busily engag
ally in handling export stock, some
,en- their shipments having left Virgl
real as early as two weeks ago.
ces- The development OF the exp
that markets has been one OF the most
and teresting and lucrative phases
that the Association work, and the
and tenn under which the organizat
to export shipments are handled
ira the other side is said to be worl
out along the finest lines know
L Of FIRM
Is of For over two years the Virgl
mis-. Fruit Growers,I nc, have had II
that own special tried and trusted rel
,ken sentative stationed with q bra
ting Office in London. and every phas
@ an the export business has been Il
Their oughly studied and worked
find from both ends OF the line.
and