Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-11-01
CAR SOLD IN SAN FRANCISCO
BRINGS TOP PRICE.
1912 SHIPMENTS ITO CARS
No Apples Now Going to Eastern
Markets, But the South Getting
Rogue River Apples.

A car of Rogue river Spizenberg
apples, sold in the San Francisco
market, has netted its grower $500.
or approximately $14O per box. This
is the best price received yet this
season, and is considered most salts
factory in view Of the heavy apple
production in all parts of the Unit.
ed States.
The individual car noted above
was loaded with fruit of the best, or
extra quality" pack, from the Els
mann orchard located four miles be-
low town on the Rogue.
To date sixty-two cars Of fruit
have been shipped from this station
his fall, and Fruit Inspector Burke
is authority for the statement that
the total shipments for the season
vii. be not less than 10 cars. Ear
ler in the season the bulk of the
shipments were sent to eastern mar
kets, but the heavy eastern apple
crop that is now being sold there, to-
gether with heavy shipments from
western growing districts, has de-
moralized the market till it has be-
come improbable, and the most Of
our local fruit now goes to the south,
San Francisco getting much of the
choice pack.
The apples yet left on the trees
are largely of the Baldwin, Winesap
and Ben Davis varieties, the grow
ers having picked the spitzenberg
and the Newtons first. The SpitZen-
berg this season is not as highly col
ored as usual, the cool summer with
more than the usual amount of rain
having held back some of the real
Rogue river touch of beauty. The
Newtown is up to standard, however
and again the yellow fruit is ASSERT
ing its superiority, for it has a mar
ket all its own. Practically every
car Of Rogue river Newtowns is bill
ed to the east, not to enter into rom
petition in eastern markets with
eastern grown fruit, but for reship-
ment to the European markets. Our
Newtown has no real competition in
the world and for the table Of the
best European trade it brings the
top price.
The cities of the southern United
States are also taking much of The
western grown fruit New Olears
especially disposing of many car
loads.
Manager Damon of the Producers
Fruit Company. SAYS that his house
alone will ship better than eighty
cars of fruit from here before the
last apple is disposed of. He eX-
poets that the average run OF the
fruit will net the grower around six
ty cents per box, a satisfactory figure
considering the fact that the United
States is harvesting the greatest crop
in its history
In quality, Mr.. Damon says that
the apple shipped from Grants Pass
is proving its superiority. Many dis
tricts have been troubled with wa
ter core" this especially having al
fected the Medford district Mr.. Da-
mon adds that his people were con-
tinually cautioning him TO beware
of the water core, but that he found
none of It here. Our apples we're
colored as well as any, and the keep
ing quality of the local fruit has been
demonstrated time and again.
The getting of the fruit TO the
shipping point has been no small
item. and besides many teams tna'
have been hauling throughout the
fall. two or three apto trucks nave
also been employed, and are siiil
making regular trips Some OF the
larger orchards are packing their
fruit before bringing It to town
while other brings it IN the picking
box and It is boxed at the warehouses