The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-22
GROWERS ARE NOW
WELL ORGANIZED
Foreign Trade Being Looked
After-Virginia Fruit Is the
/ Favorite in English Markets.
i Special Agents on the Spot.
This Year Record
(, Breaker.

crop 10 now in progress. and the or.
chardists Of Augusta and Aibemarle
and other fruit growing counties ana
all up in the valley are exceedingly
busy. Cheering reports come from the
offices in Staunton OF the Virginia
Fruit Growers Incorporated. which
organization is by far the largest ship
pers OF Virginia apples
Clarence W. Moomaw. the general
manager OF this mutual selling and
buying agency composed OF orchardists
and farmers. is authority for the state
ment that the organization Is handling
this year the largest output in its his
tory.
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 growers OF the state. Re-
Gently. packing schools were conducted
in the State by the Virginia Horttcui-
tural Society, but IL Is interesting TO
remember that the first steps taken
for the Standardization of the Ftr-
GINA pack were the steps taken BY the
Virginia Fruit Growers. Inc. in 1910.
1t win be remembered the organization
that year brought the first expert box
and for a perior of two months many
peach and apple orchards throughout
the Valley and Piedmont sections were
really packing schools. II is said the
organization spent over $1,000 in this
work in 1910 alone
Dolnx Business scientifically.
Since 1910 the work OF education
has continued. and expert inspectors
go from orchard to orchard spending
many hours and days supervising the
pack and giving instructions TO grow
ers and packers along standard lines.
This year the association has gone a
step further in its work Of producing
a standard pack. for aside from in
epectinx in the ochard while the fruit
is in course OF packing. the associa-
tion experts also inspect individual
carloads before shipments are Hade
and forward written reports to the
Staunton ONCE So that the manasement
has definite information as to the ex-
act condition OF each individual ship
ment-
Export Business Increases.
For the past two months Manager
Moomaw has been vigorously talking
early expor, prospects and preparing
the way for earlier and heavier ship
ments OF Yorks than ever before to
the foreign markets. The organiza-
tion Is now busily engaged in hand
ling export stock, some o. their ship
ments having left Virginia as early
as two weeks ago.
The development Of the export mark
cts has been one of the most inter
estinz and lucrative phases of the As
ISOLATION work, and the system under
which the organization export ship
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is said to be worked out along the
finest lines known to scientific dis
tribution Of fruit.
For over two years the Virginia
Fruit Growers, Inc. have had their
own special tried and trusted repre-
sentative stationed with branch
ONCE in London, and every phase OF
the export business has been thorough
ly studied and worked out from both
ends OF the line.
Regarding the organizations ex-
port business. Manager Mocmaw writes
as follows: From the start We have
realized the fine advantages of ex-
porting our apples direct TO the for
eign markets instead Of selling to eX-
porters in Virginia. Glasgow. Liver
pool, London. Hamburg and others of
the large markets pay exceedingly
high prices for good dessert fruit,
but shipment by Individual morgan
tied growers direct TO brokers on the
other side has at all times more OF
less been a hazardous undertaking. In
the FIRST place the growers has no
knowledge OF conditions over there.
as to whom TO cons;gR or where to
ship. In the second place. ii is prac-
tically impossible to know how much
fruit 10 being shipped and 10 what
foreign markets it goes until the
vessels have sailed from New York.
Frequently one market is glutted
while another msrk.; ma. be neg
lected and shipments that ar. made
direct to the foreign brokers are sold
In their respective markets irrespcct-
i've Of market conditions in other cit
te.. The brokers naturally solicit and
receive cousiSnments for the sake OF
commissions accruing. and veT" natur-
ally sell the apples in the markets
where they operate.
TSr OsS sUd The New syss~0~.
One great source OF prom, TO the
foreign dealers. writes Nr. .IovmSw.
.Sies IN THIS irregular drstTi- uiIvn %
shipments from American ports. n
Large portioa o. sales made from any
given market - mao. to dealers Tor
1ranssn.pment to markets whs -
Scipts were not so heavy.
As the result OF manager Aoomaws
uati.ins efforts In producing stand
erd packed apples. the organization
cranIs have secured an eH'.sbic reps
sa;.cn In Goth the home and iorv'gn
markets. and their brands sell at top
notch prices IL viii be emSercd
that IN the open market of the fail
Of 1911 the association sales ncttrd
al. grower around 81 per barrel more
than iEdep. ndeuts were netting from
GALES made In the orchards to the
sp-culasors. and according To- NJ.
Mcoraaw. the organization Is already
shipping York Iap-risis Seth. selling
shem "a 81 per barrel for the No. lis
and q Der barrel for the No. IS 2. o. b..