The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-26
Fruit Which Brings Low Figure IL
Said to Have Been Poor and
Badly Packed
SHIPMENTS FROM THIS CITY
WILL CONTINEU HEAVY
Growers and Dealers Are Looking
for q Lower Level of Values on
the Coming Hop Crop Accord
ing to Latest Advices

the Chicago market at fifty-five cents
for the package, which means that
they realized Just about enough to
pay the freight. A Chicago report
says that the cherries were not good
and were poorly packed, otherwise
they would have brought much bet
ter figure. Also the Chicago report
says that one of the two carloads
which were disposed of at the above
figure was from Wenatchee. j. M.
Perry says that from this end the
Chicago statements appear somewhat
contradictory and for his part he is
inclined to believe that the Chicago
market has had too much of the fruit
offered it. 1--WE know enough about
Wenatchee," says Mr.. Perry, "to
know that if the fruit from there
it was pretty good fruit and it was
packed good enough for any one. At
least that would be safe general
conclusion. The fact is that carload
lots of cherries have been sent to
Chicago from all points of the COM
pass and sold on the auction market
there and those people have paid
their own price"
TFut I-lCkcu lOO SOuu
A Wenatchee report says:
1T is claimed by some dealers that
Royal AIMS were picked too green IN
this valley and that they should have
been allowed to color up and ripen
for a few days longer. Their flavor
is said to be- undeveloped by those
who make complaints. .ss
AS was feared by shippers, She
Sound markets are demoralized on
cherries owing to the large amount
dumped into Seattle from this sec
ton. etN ts EQfNA CIV
Two or three cars will be shipped
continues to be the best market and
it is possible that some cherries will
be sent through to points further east
as the weather in that part of the
country is quite cool thus making
possible a longer haul"
Shipments From Yakima
One carload Of cherries was shipped
express from North Yakima Monday
by the Horticultural Union, which has
some thirty-five packers at work in
its warehouse, and three cars have
been ordered for shipment out today
1t is expected that the carlot business
this week will be pretty extensive.
The cash buyers are paying three
cents for Royal AIMS and four and
hal cents for Bings, but the majority
of the growers are doing a consgn-
ment business in one form or another.
1t seems to be the opinion of NUM-
Der of those who have looked into the
situation that the prospects are that
the growers who sells for cash is the
one most likely to get off right. so
far as the cherry deal is. concerned.
West side markets. Seattle, Portland,
Tacoma, ETC., report a cherry conges-
ton there.
New Berries Offered
Yakima valley strawberries are
pretty we'll off the market and those
which are coming in from the west
side are none too good. Blackberries
and raspberries have made their APP
pearance and taken the place of the
other small fruit and are selling we'll
Yakima grown beans are in the
market and also variety of other
Yakima green stuffs and fresh vege-
tables of one kind and another and
are selir-. freely. There is no
chang, in the egg and butter situa-
ton and the only news from the meat
supply side is that spring chickens
have begun to drop and are on their
way downward to the depths where
old hens and ROSTERS have been for.
10, these many weeks. Portland
stockyards report the arrival there of
pretty heavy shipments of cattle from
California and a slight decline in
prices is anticipated. First quality
lambs are figuring to be worth So to
IS, and good grade hogs are selling
at s775, with heavyweights at Sc.
About Hop Markets
OF the hop market a Portland re-
port says that old hops are supposed
to be worth 80 to 35 cents, but their
value henceforth will be determined
merely by the urgency of the demand
1t further says: