The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-10-24

Paul kefauVer, the We'll known
fruit grower OF the South Slope,
who went to Butte, Mont, last
week with a carload of mixed fruit,
gives valuable pointers to fruit
shippers in the following commun-
ication. He especially calls atten-
tion to the eighth paragraph.
Having spent a week in Butte,
Montana, recently, selling out a
carload of fruit, l have learned
several things which l will give
to your readers free of cost, for l
have a fellow feeling for our En-
NETT fruit growers.
First. l had a mixed car of
grapes, apples, peaches, pears and
prunes, and had to pay the freight
rate which applied to the higher
class articles. This made the
freight on the apples cost 10 cents
u hundred more than it would have
done on a straight car of apples.
Mixed cars should, if possible, con-
sist only of articles taking the
same rate of freight.
Second. See that your car is
we'll and proper packed and braced
mine was-and that the ventilators
are properly adjusted before leav-
ing your station. / had a refriger-
ator car, but did not have it iced
as the weather was cool enough to
go without ice. My bill of lading
provided for standard ventilation
that is, that the yentilators be
opened at night and closed during
the day. l failed to see that the
Yentilatcrs were open, however, 1
when it left our station late in .
the afternoon, and when l caught
up with the car-delayed in Nampa
"a hours after-found the yentila-
tors still closed tight as jug.
1 promptly opened them and asked
the conductor who was tG take
the train cut to let them stay
open and they have stayed open.
/ don't think anybody has touched
luSA vi pdlu any dIlChIAOi W NhO
ventilation as provided for in the
bill of ladiing through the whole
time. Moral: If it is not hard
freezing weather, or likely to pass
through freezing weather, see
that your ventilators are open when !
the car leaves. This applies, of
course, only to cars shipped after I
the weather is cool enough te go
ice.
Third Never depend upon the ,
car going through promptly. Mine
was on the road five and half !
days when it ought to have gone I
in half the time. {
Fourth. A very important one; I
Put up your fIuit in standard, nice t
new packages Of the kind and {
size usually found in the market
to which you ship. My Concord,
Dnd other varieties of American
grapes, were packed in basket ?
prune crates, using a grape packer I
ard filing up the baskets well. ),
This Will do Tor quick sale, but !
when the grapes must stand for >
4 week, especially two weeks-be- 3
'ore being sold they wilt and set
lie down into the baskets, and ac- :
ually lose weight, so the baskets ;,
ire not full, and if you don't think
t hard to sell a half full bas- :,
let fer full prize, just try it. :
American grapes, such as Concord,
hould be packed in regular grape /,
filled as 1ull as possible,
nd lid put on and fastened down
veil, Sc the shrinkage will not be
o noticeable. The grapes should
e gathered at just the right time
lso; if little too green they are
our and not nice, and if too ripe 81
hey crack and shatter. tt
Fifth There is a fair market 81
or Concord grapes here if proper ~
7 managed. Many cars are ship :"
ed here from Washington and the %
asst. Our grapes are superior to ~
ne Washington grapes, and fully u
quail in quality TO any l saw from al
Iichigan. d
Sixth. I had few boxes of -
uropean grapes, Muscat, MalaNa, 80
ission and Purple Damascus, but "a
lese were not properly matured
nd will not begin to compare with -
le same varieties from California
hey are getting in three or tour
Lrloads OF California BLACK Prince.
okay, Malaga and Muscat grapes
-ery week here, which sell at
IL cents TO cents per pound l.
holesale, 5 u cents to cents
tail and this would be q fine th1