The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
VIRGINIA APPLES AND
HOW THEY WILL PAY OUT
Srcrrtnr! NhntcIcy Has u Few Re-
marks 10 Make ON the subject
lhnlCN of I'hrca. MuNs

Walter Whatcly, the wide awake
secretary of the Virginia State Horti-
cultural Society. and VITO IL always and
ever on the fruit job writes tho Indus
trial section = few lines on the fruit sit =
'uation The letter speaks for itself
Iand can bu, be intensely interesting TO
tho Virginia orchardists. Secretary
Whatcly says:
Now that the apple harvest is at
hand in fact has commenced, there are
numerous inquiries az to when buyers
Will be around and wrerc apples can
be sold. IL seems opportunc at This
time to examine the situation briefly
iand also suggest the best prospects for
disposinG Of the crop.
TO begin with. there are practically
no buyers around and II is useless to
expect them as they Will not material
izc. several reasons are given. such aS
putting blaine on the war as a cause.
and the very larE" crop in the country.
these are neither of them true as be-
inS TIA" cause though H. u measure they
may be contrihutarN, FOR export trade
is going on. and is being solicited and
quotations OF sales made are satisfac-
tory, trade routes arc open, insurance
and freight rates are now normal. no
more risk than mt any other time. all
the usual European markets are open
except those of Germany, SO it is not
owing 10 the war.
II ~ not owing TO the so called large
crop In the country because as q mat
ter OF fact We have had larger crops no
less than four years out of the last ten.
and in none of these years were there
no offers 10 buy apples. in fact in none
of them was there any difficulty In sell
ing at Il fair price.
So the size OF tho crop Is not the
cause.
The reason is on acco,in, Of the pres
ont financial situation. With Il new mon
etarN system coming into operation
next month bankers are unwilling to
make loans except payable on demand,
uuiil they find ont how this new sys-
tom works. Hence as buyers Tor spec
ulators) cannot borrow money to nav
growers FOR their apples with the pos
sihiiity Of il being callou in before They
can resell. they are practically unable
/ TO finance their business. and therefore
Icauu"t come ana buy.
MI this does not hclp us Ia dispose
of our crops, so lot us sec what altcrna-
uNcs there are that offer Il solution TO
III" d""dlock find there is certainly
cnoice of three ways:
i'y export ,tbc sooner the better.
before New York and Canada start
doing II with their largo crops)
liy storage for later sales. as demand
ana prices will almos, certainly i'm
prove 10y Christmas az the end of the
wear
1;y selling in southern markets
whcr" they do not produce sufficient
applcS for home consumption ana
where our apples arc welcomed This
. IS ~" doubt a great Imdcvclupcd market
/ for our appolcs. and comparatively q
new field for US. care should he taken.
however To Investigate tho reliability
ioi prospective buyers before making
contracts. for the simple reason that
! they arc mostly unknown To- us h'thur-
, TO
again warn growers OF the abso-
/ lutc necessity of careful packing ana
grading. In order to soil in any mar
| kcts this year II viii be necessary 10
pack and grade under the provisions
OF the Sulzcr packing ana grading law.
and above all things, keep low grades
and clilis off the market entirely Bv
/ Offering these the effect viii be to glut
tn already low market and make the
price ~ No. Is lower than they other
wise would be
'Niat;oaN, Va. September 10
honorable L. s. Woodson,
Richmond, Va
Dear MI Woodsou, What think YOU
~ the following as an Insert la your
amelia County story?
Mr.. McharcN plouyhcd and suDsoilcd
his corn land TO a depth of sixteen
inches lie gave Ak his reasons for
/ tnia tho conservation Of tho winter
rains and prevention Of erosion Of tho
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