The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-02
ASSN WANTS
EXHIBIT FRUIT
SPOKANE SHOW PLANS MATURING
N. P.F. D. Will Use Fruit, Cooperating
with Railways, for Advertising Apple
Districts Advanced Price Offered

Districts Advanced Price Offered
During the past week said II. +.
Davidson, president of the North Pa
cifc Fruit Distributors, who had just
returned here isst Thursday from a
meeting of the board of trustees in
Spokane, from our two offices, here
and at Spokane we have sold 1000
carloads of apples, valued at 81. 900
car and making the sales total a mil
lion dollars. The Spokane Office has
already handled over 1900 carloads of
fruit this year, and according to esti-
mates viii handle 5000 cars Of fruit
and 5000 cars of potatoes.
Fifteen local associations were afiil-
lated with the Distributors at our re-
cent meeting and we now have l04 or
ganizations shipping through the CEN
tral agency. The sales that have al
ready been made consist of a satisfac-
tory portion of Hood River fruit, most
ly Spitzenburgs and Newtowns, but
consisting of other varieties also.
1.-The past two weeks weather, when
the days were warm and sunny, have
increased the size of the local fruit ma
ktfldllN anu We lilu q NCiJ SaNisAoSNOAI
proportion of large sizes and good
color.
Mr.. Davidson states that growers of
all districts are now interested in the
movement that was begun recently in
Portland, when resolution calling for
conference Of growers at the the
Spokane Apple Snow in November for
the purpose of forming protective
league was adopted. This league will
be similar to the Citrus Protective
League of California, which has as its
members almost all the growers OF the
citrus belt. The representatives of the
league take no action in regard to mar
kets, but liimt themselves to cam
paigns of information for Legislators.
| The Washington growers are espee-
ially feeling the need of united rep
resentation, in order to secure law for
the benefit of the fruit industry. The
last legislature of the state repealed
certain statutes that allowed the coun-
ties to levy assessments for the employ
of inspectors, and as result the blight
has been playing havoc in many OF the
districts.
"On account of the shortage in the
apple CROP" saws Mr.. Davidson, I'VE
can sell smaller fruit than is specified
in the grading rules Of some of the
| better varieties, so do not waste or
damage this fruit, but have it packed
and we will sell il at our best possible
price. The growers should aot consign
their lower grades. 1t is Que that the
association will make charge for SELL
, ing the fruit, but If we handle 1t here
|, at the office, we will be in position to
Il make. a price that will retnrn. the
! grower more than ii he handled 1t IN
] dependently.
J Through the North Pacific Fruit 6is
i tributors, the Apple Growers Associa.
tion, according to H. F. Davidson.
president of the organization, will
q have an opportunity of selling three OF
four hundred boxes of commercial
! packed fruit at so cents more per bos
/ thes the prevailing price.
i N1s'he association wants this frui'
, for exhibit purposes. The manage
+; ment of the Sixth Annual Apple show
a which will be held at Spokane, Nov. L
: to %, inclusive, has decided to diseon
!, tintp the practice of displaying carload
; lots of fruit. However, small exhibits
! from all districts are asked for. Ant
a the transcontinental railway systems
= penetrating the northwest wis make
4 use of 1000 boxes of the besL exhibi
9 apples to be used in advertising thu
: districts in eastern cities.
1.-THE association in guaranteeing thu
: sale of the apples will take the benefi
of sny premiums received. The grove
will get his pay at the advanced price
n and will receive credit for his display
the name of the grower and the nam
of his ranch, If it has any, beinI
a placed on each box exhibited.
81 "Ths railway companies will TAX
e the fruit as soon as the show is over
b They will divide their territory, an
instead of displaying the fruit at lam
y shows as has been the custom. 1t vii
is be placed in the windows of depart
I'd ent stores. where samples of 1t will b
In distributed to customers of the stores
g. and thus the northwestern fruit con
Or munities will receive great deal
Of publicity.
I'd Each grower will be allowed
he give only small amount of apple
le and the fruit will be packed under tn
n supervision of the district inspector
er ONLY the best extra fancy grade wi
r. be used for exhibition purposes.
Mr.. Davidson says that one OF tf
en- main features of the fair this yea
ne will be the discussion of apple marke
sll ing as we'll as marketing of agrieu
h tural products in general. III
Sc North Pacific Fruit Distributors,
nd saws. innate erialized from suggestion
in, begun last fall at the apple shov
he The management of the fair will TO
ng low this up, and men of note from tn
lie country and abroad will be brought
rs Spokane to deliver lectures on a
,st phases of marketing.
TX, Wilmer Sieg, salesmanager OF u
as Distributors, returned Monday fro
Ig. Spokane, where he had spent the la
M week to relieve A. B. Perham. sale
II. manager of the Spokane district, VI
II. has been i'll. 1--WE are keeping busy
l.. day and night shift of clerks at Sp
rt, kane" said MIR. Sieg, land VIII
1T, there booked 600 carloads of apples
&. "The general market is showing
ril, very healthy trend. The purpose
md the distributors is to get the crop
st- rolling with as wide distribution
re, possible. We are working on that
II. standard, that market men have SO 10
Ieir taken notice of, namely, that unit
S. 60 per cent Of the apple crop has be
ell sold by January !, the chances sta
lar. for loss rather than gain.
,uis ~ think that the apple crop is gol
IF. to net back more money to the grow
the this year than ever before. Perh'
the not SO much per box, but per acre;
L. we are going to sell for the best pri
G. all of the product, not only extra fal
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