The Springdale news., 1912-08-16
MARKETING APPLES
Plans Followed By Some Success
 full Growers.

In recent issue Of the Farm and Ranch, published at Dallas, Texas, C. W Holman had an arti- ele on How Arkansas Sells Apples, giving experiences of various grow CTS. Concerning some of the local and nearby growers the article says:
 D. E Richer, who lives F miles southwest of Springdale, and is one of the best fruit growers in the state, has had excellent success in catering to fancy trade. "I do some boxing" said Mir. Eieher, speaking of the packs he used T find the trade demands more box goods every year l also ship quite a number of half=bnshel boxes To put up this pack l saw regular bushel box into two parts. bottoming the top part This gives q box a4 inches long, 1 F inches wide and , A inches deep. II enables me to put up tWo-tief pack with Ben Davis, Rome Beauties and Black Twigs and three-tief pack with Winesaps and Jonathahs wrap the latter two and get high prices for them. Last year the half-bushei boxes commanded n cents and S5 cents. f. 0. b ations al Springdale Ft. Smith. Memphis and points in the central states The bushel box costs l6 cents. the half=bushel S12 cents l find it more than repays me for the extra trouble, and then there is the advantage of building up q regular trade
 Tie yalae of=Ar= faiehef=s oHia= lon may be better gained From knowledge of his past industry He came b sRfinedale from Iowa. where he 8as an undertaken and furniture dealer He bought his present farm in 1905 The 1905 crop sold Tor $990, the 1906 crop brought $46a, the l9o7 crop netted him 5000. Since then he has been increasing his earnings
 W. E. Brogdon of Springdale. who is both grower and packer has an advantage over most growers in that he keeps up with the market and always knows where 10 sell T ship largely to Houston, Waco. Fst Worth and points in Louisiana. said Mr Brogdon Everything goes to dealers with bill of lading draft attached Now and then cars are delayed in transit. but ordinarily a car should reach a common point within 24 hours after leaving ship ping point.
 Box goods should bring at least 70 cents per barrel higher than apples in barrels They usually bring higher than that Last year sold fancy tfansBafents al $500 per bush el box
 The time of tHe unspfa, ed apple is passing H this territory Buyers give preference 70 the apple that has been sprayed by at least cents per barrel in favor of tH# sprayed product Fhe grower wHo sprays Will Lad lt still furthef proa- table in that his percentaee af cuEi5 will be greatly reduced
 Frank Ellis Of near Fayetteville ia 1901. q big apple year. instead of selling al Sl and $l25 per barrel as many growers were doing, put his apples in cold storage. and la er obtained 5 Der barrel for them. This shows tHe effect of good juds- ment on tHe part of the seller fl growers were organized and had big man in close touch with condi- tions. possibly there would be even greater storage of apples at present Just a. the South Texas Truck Growers association, under the management Of Rey Campbell some times put onions in cold storage 10 avoid depressing market, 50 an or ganization here might do likewise
 He decided that his home trade would pay good prices for good ap- ples, so he put in number of his half-bushel boxes in cold storage. During Christmas week. 1911. he sold them in Springdale for s125 per box. As his storage cost was 25 cents he netted s2 per bushel- a good price for apples anywhere, any time
 H. C. Porter & Sons of Washing ton county, who this year expect to have 1000 bushels of apples to sell, have decided to erect cold storage cellar that will take care Of their entire crop, and if gathering time prices do not suit them, to hold until later in the winter. Then, after packing in the best way they