Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-03-07
SUCCESS IN FRUIT
GROWING IS DUE TO
SYSTEMATIC WORK
Selection of Variety Best Adapted
to Locality of Prime Consider
alton, Says Mark Ewald.
MARKETS ALSO IMPORTANT.
Thurston County Planting Very
Irregular-Impossible to Ship
Car of One Kind of Fruit.
by MARK EWALD,
BY MARK EWALD,
Manager Of the National Canning Conn
pAny.

BY MARK EWALD,
Manager Of the National Canning COM
pany.
When we hear Of district that has
attained success in the growing of
fruits it is safe to assume that sue
cess was brought about by knowl-
edge and a systematic manner of fruit
growing and marketing.
First, the full knowledge was nec-
essary not only of the fruit but the
variety of that fruit that was most
adapted to their locality. The variety
of fruit chosen was not only the best
adapted for shipping to a fresh mar
ket, but was also most desirable for
canning purposes.
Second, the setting out of enough
of each of the chosen varieties of
fruits to be able to ship fresh in car
load lots into distant markets, or to
make it an object for a cannery to
locate in their vicinity so that they
might be sure in any case of a market
for their products. This condition
rarely exists, in fact there are very
few counties in Washington, at least
on this side of the mountains, where
these conditions do exist.
We have an example, Thurston
county, where there has always been
an utter lack of system In the plant
l-r 80 fkC hou cvn
under fruit as the average county and
1t Is safe to say that 1t is a. badly
mixed as any Of them. 1t would be
an utter impossibility to load out q
car of fresh fruit Of any one variety.
Yet II you wish to take the dozens Of
different varieties of apples. pears,
cherries. plums or berries you would
have very little trouble In filing many
cars.
The local growers of Strawberries
are at this time endeavoring to organ
ize with the intention of shipping
their Strawberries in car lots to dis
tant fresh markets The many vari
eties of Strawberries that will not
stand shipping and the lack of enough
acreage of the Strawberries adapted
to shipping make the problem a hard
one for the fruit growers.
For instance, the Parker Earls and
berries of that class are styled soft
berries, due to the fact that as
soon as picked they commence to fade
and soften. These berries II placed
Immediately on the table are very de-
sirable, but owing to the fact that
their life is SO short they cannot be
shipped. They are also not canning
berry as when canned they shrink al
most to nothing and turn white, which
is very undesirable.
On the other hand the Wilson, Clark
Seeding and Marshalls will not only
stand shipment but are also good can.
ming berries and are greatly in de-
mand not only by canneries but by
housewives as we'll. The success OF
Vashon island in the shipping Of fresh
Strawberries is due to the fact that
they have confined themselves as close
ly as possible to one variety Of berry
and have acreage large enough to as
sure them of many cars per day OF
fresh fruit,
Had the proper variety been settled
upon by the growers when their or.
chards of apples, pears, plums and
cherries were set out, this state would
have many active canneries, and as
far as fruit growing is concerned
would be much further advanced. In
California, especially In the San Juan
valley. this was fully realized. There
they have two clusses Of growers, one
grower shipping to the fresh market
the other conining himself to the
growing of fruits entirely for the can
merry. The latter grower is commonly
called the cannery farmer. and it is nc
unusual thing for him to have under
cultivation from 80 to 100 acres oi
peaches or apricots which are to be de
nvered under contract to . cannery.
The growing Of ono class of fruit
on Z large scale applies more to hold
ers OF large acreage than it does to thu
smaller growers who grow for the can
merry more on the intensified plan
mat 10 they endeavor to have . croy
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