The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-10-31
APPLE SHIPMENTS NOW
OVER rs CARS DAILY
wenatchee Valley Will Ship 1900 Cars
Apples This Season, According
to Recent Estimates

According to an estimate recently
given out by A. A. Piper, agent fol
the Great Northern at Wenatchee, the
apple crop of this valley for the yeal
will be $500 carloads. Mr.. Piper has
paid close attention to the apple ship
ments this year and believes that his
estimate is very conservative. Includ-
ing soft fruits the shipments from the
valley he says will exceed 5000 car
loads.
This may be disappointing to those
who compare the figures with estimates
made last spring, but other districts
are showing considerable shortage
also. For instance, Yakima's estimate
of apples were 1900 to 5000 carloads.
The Yakima Republic Monday pub
lished a report to the effect that the
entire valley will send out less than
1900 carloads OF apples.
The Wenatchee valley has shipped
that much already this season and Pi-
per says total shipments of apples alone
for the valley will be $500 carloads.
From Wenatchee alone last year,
not including Cashmere, Peshastin,
Dryden, Monitor, Sherman Spur OF
Leavenworth, the shipments were
3,177 carloads. Deducting 770 cars
of soft fruits, apple shipments totaled
2,407 cars. From Wenatchee station
this year Piper estimates the total OF
apples will be 1900 carloads, 500 car
loads coming from the upper por-
ton of the valley. An average OF
90 cars per day is now being main
tanned from Wenatchee and 25 cars
from up-valley for outgoing shipments,
Referring to its estsmate the Yakima
Republic says: According to the es-
Inmates OF the sales managers OF the
Fruit Growers association and Horti-
cultural union, leading buyers and well
informed growers to which the inquiry
was addressed, the apple shipments
from the Yakima valley this season will
not exceed 1900 carloads. Only one
placed it as high as 1900 carloads
and two at 1900 carloads, while sew
eral said they would be surprised if the
tonnage exceeded 1400 carloads.
This will be about 40 per cent OF
the apple tonnage of 1912 and 500
carloads less than estimated by Fred
Thompson in May last, his figure be-
ing 1000 carloads.
''Mr. Thompson is inclined to think
that the tonnage will reach 1900 car
loads, and accounts ior the falling of
from his original estimate by the fact
that the Winesaps and some other va
rieties are smaller in size than last
wear. and the loss from worms is much
heavier than in the season OF 1912.
The railroad companies report that
up to this time approximately 800 car
loads Of apples have left the valley.
According to the best information
obtainable the estimate Of MI. Thomp-
son last May of $50 carloads of pears
proved practically correct, while the
peach shipments exceeded by from so
TO 100 carloads his estimate OF 1000
carloads. Cherry shipments were three
times what be figured, being 63 car
loads. If be is right in placing apple
shipments at 1900 carloads, the total
fruit shipment from the valley this
wear will be within few carloads OF
his Nav estimate Of 4o45 carloads.
"The tonnage Of yellow varieties,
Ben Davis, Missouri Pippins and few
other varieties will be but small per
centage of last year. Red varieties are
Welding from so to 90 per cent, and
but for young orchards which are this
wear bearing for the first time, the
total shipments would scarcely exceed
1000 carloads, f"
2 z Marble and wife departed