The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-08-13
INDICATIONS FOR
Big APPLE CROP
DROUTH HURTS CENTRAL STATES
All Other Districts Show Good Prospects
Pacific Districts Will Have
Bumper Yields

With the Internationl Apple Shippers
convened at their annual convention IN
Boston last week, all fruit and trade
journals of the country paid especial
attention to apples. The pages of the
publications presented one apple sdver-
tisement-those of buyers as well as
sellers after another. In the Pac ker,
one of the largest fruit and produce
journals of the country, the North ia
cifc Fruit Distributors had a double
page space, showing the trade pictures
of the 80 cold storage plants controlled
by them in the Northwest. Among
these cuts appeared the likenesses OF
all local ware ehouses and plant.
From a genreal viewpoint, the apple
market will be enormous this year.
The New York crop seems in excellent
shape, as does that of Virginia. All
western and northwestern districts
point to a good yield.
The Packer sizes up the situation
state by state. Below are given short
items taken from its articles and bulle-
tins of last week:
The Kansas crop is scattering. Some
sections will have good yield, while
other districts will be cut short. Such
a condition on account Of local drOughts
will prevail all through the south and
middle west.
A big yield is looked for in Canada,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick orch
ards are loaded.
Nebraska's crop is in fair shape. The
average is better than that of last year.
The Maine estimate at the present
time indicates that the crop will be
larger than that of last year.
Nearly all reports from districts in
Utah indicate an increased yield over
that of last year.
The Michigan apple crop is normal.
| Several sections have been badly al
fected with scab.
Montana's crop is good, and several
| hundred carloads will be shipped this
year from producing belts around Ham
| ilton.
In New Mexico, where the growers
have been paying more attention than
ever to the culture of their trees, the
biggest crop in years will probably
result.
Indications are in Arkansas prOduc-
ing belts that the crop will be heavier
than that of last year.
Missouri's crop is reported as normal.
The Indiana crop is short of that OF
last year.
Having escaped the drouths and no
serious storms having prevailed, the
Virginia orchards will exceed yields of
several years past. -.
With an increased interest in fruit
growing throughout the state. Texas
will have more apples than last year.
The outlook for an apple crop in the
| Rocky mountain districts and Pacific
coast states is much more bright at
this time than last year. This is es-
pecially true in Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Idaho.
The great Central Western states.
occupying the territory known as the
Mississippi and Missouri valleys and
the Lake region, will have a good crop
only in spots this year.
Drouths will cut short the crops of
Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Packers estimate for the Ore
gon crop is as follows:
Reports to the Packer from various
sections indicate very good crop, al
though not what might be called ar
extraordinary yield. Hood River says
the crop is a little larger than last
year, with promise for total OF
around 1900 car. Medford reports q
likelihood of 700 cars, the crop being
somewhat shortened by frost. In the
Union county district, the crop is con
siderably better than year ago, but
last years yield was very short. Re
ports from Cove estimate the yield a
all the way from SO to 100 cars. La
fayette, Yamhill county, expects 81
cars, or three iourths of q normal crop
25 per cent better than last year. Mo
sier estimates so cars, or 10 per cen
increase over last year. Dufur prom
ises better than last year. Phoenix, II
Jackson county, expects normal crol
and about the same as last year. Yon
Gala, Douglas county, promises crol
of so per cent larger than last year AM
Cany0nville, in the same county, an in
crease of 25 per cent. Corvallis prom
ise little better yield than last year
Il The government report for July list
Il Oregon at n, compared with 81 tn
same date last year. 80 two years ag
and 70 on October ! 1918.