The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-03-19
new STRAWBERRIES
FOR THE CANNERY

''There is one fact which our straw
berry growers do not want to lose sight
of, " said Secretary Ravlin at the Com
mercial club yesterday, "and that is,
with the establishment of cannery
here, they will not have to coniine their
activities to the growing of Clark
Seedlings alone. They will be able to
add more prolific varieties and proba-
bly, make Just as much, if not more,
money, than they do now with much
less trouble.
"There are varieties like the Nick
Oymur, for instance, which are said to
outyield the Clark Seeding from two
to three TO one, and are just as good
canning berries as the Clark The lat
ter has been grown here exclusively
because il was obviously the thing to
do. We all know it is the best ship
ping berry known and heretofore we
have depended entirely ON shipping.
We shall probably always ship the
Clark, because to many of our growers
that field offers the largest returns,
but am convinced. to a large number
the cannery will be the best PROPOSE
tion, provided they go in for some
heavy yielding variety.
The Upper Valley and some of the
other outlying districts should be the
best fields for the special caunery pro
ductiou. These districts come along
when the prices begin to drop rapidly
and they do not get such satisfactory
prices as do the growers in the earlier
sections.
"a was talking to we'll known Up.
per Valley grower ON Saturday, and he
told me his average for the season last
year was $l.92. His yield was about
l5O crates to the acre, which is a little
better than the general average, anC
the price also was an exceptional aver
age The general average throughout
the Upper Valley last year was LIS
but the general average during the
past five years for that section ha'
been Sl.55.
Figuring on tlts basis of $50 crates
to the acre it costs the Upper Valley
grower $li3.25 per acre 10y the tim,
they reach the eAssociation warehouse II
Hood River, On last year average
price Of $l.75 per crate, his gross rev
enue.per acre would be S262, 75, leaving
mis- net profit at Sll9.50
"The Nick Oymar, or other heaN,
yielding varieties Of that sort, are sait
to yield 300 crates and over per acre
Taking the price we got last year of {
dollar a crate for the canning berries
this would give $500 per acre. Whel
you eliminate cost Of crate, packing
Association commission, packing hous
boss, these can be laid down at thr
cannery in Hood River at a cost of Sli
leaving a margin Of Sl56. The differ
ence would be still greater if we mad
the basis of comparison on the average
price of the past five years.
This is a question many Of th,
strawberry growers should certalnl,
thoroughly investigate, Start in hi
spring aud experiment with various
varieties ana find out which one is bes
suited to conditions here, At the re
cent straw berry meeting at the Com
mercial club, j. r. Newton, one of tht
partners In the new canuery and mana
ger Of the northwestern branch Of th'
II. NJ. Kellogg Company st Candy, ad
vocated the Nick Uymar. The kell0gl
people are the largest producers Of
strawberry plants in the world anC
their advice as to varieties is worthy
Of attention.
Il am putting in a small block oi