The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-02-19
THE HUMBLE POTATO

rluStrlal agent, udS Aui AiohSN "~
some information regarding the price
quotations on potatoes in Seattle, our
ing the last three seasons, which ne
has BEEN at some pains to compile
from the files of the Daily Produce
News. The prices given below are
those charged by the produce dealers
to retail grocers. The prices paid 10
the growers would average ABOUT
three dollars per tou less than these
figures:
Selling Price
Nov. /, 1912-Burbanks, E. Wash
ington, fancy, $3.50 q SIS.
Melted Gems, E. Washington, fancy,
$3.50 q SIS.
Whites, E. Washington, choice, $l2
q $3.50
Whites, local, fancy, $11.5O @ $1S.
Whites, local, choice, SO q $40.
Nov. Is, 1912-Burbanks, E. Wash
ington, fancy, 1880 @ SIS.
Melted Gems, E. Washington, fancy,
$3.50 q SIS.
Whites, E. Washington, choice, $l2
q $3.50.
Whites, local, fancy, $11.5O q $13.
Whites, local, choice, 50 q $40.
Oct. 1, 1912-Burbanks, E. Wash
ington, fancy, SIG q SIS.
Melted Gems, E. Washington, fancy,
SIS q SIT.
White, E. Washington, choice, $3.50
@ $14.
White, local, fancy, $14 @ $15.
White, local, choice, $11 q $13.
Oct. Is, 1912-Burbanks, E. Wash
ington, fancy, SIS @ SIG.
Melted Gems, E. Washington, fancy,
SIS q SIG.
Whites, E. Washington, choice, $12
0$14.
White, local, fancy, $14 @ SIS.
White, local, choice, $40 @ $13.
Sept. IS, 1913-E. Wash. Burbanks,
ton, $22 @ $25.
E. Wash. Melted Gems, ton, $22 @
$25.
Local, per ton, $18 @ $40.
Sept. 20, 1913-E. Wash. Burbanks,
ton, $22 @ SIS.
E. Wash. Melted Gems, ton, $22 O.
$25.
Local, per ton, SIS @ $40.
Sept. IS, 1914-Yakima, Burbanks,
ton, $25.
Yakima, Melted Gems, ton, $25.
Yakima, car lots, ton, $40 to 81.
Sept. %, 1914. Yakima, Burbanks,
ton, $27.
Yakima, Melted Gems, ton, $27.
Yakima car lots, ton, 1928 $24.
Mr.. Graham informs me that the
American Hawaiian Steamship Co.
quotes rates on potatoes from Seattle
to Charleston, Philadelphia Boston OF
New York as follows:
Lei CT
Potatoes and onions in
crates or sacks, straight or
risk of delay, decay or de-
|terioration, charges pre-
mixed carloads, owners
paid or guaranteed, mini
mum carload, $4,000 lbs. 800 AZ
Railroad rates from Oroville tc
eastern cities on potatoes in carloads
Of 10000 lbs. minimum is rs cents pei
cwt. to Chicago, st. Louis and New
Orleans.
He says, 81 think the eastern Wash.
irgton potatoes are superior to those
grown in western Washington as they
are drier, mealier and better keepers
took quite an interest in the Water
vile potato show several years ago
and am the originator of the Oregon
Redmond Potato show. If you want
to start something in the potato line
a. Oroville, or elsewhere in Okanogan
county, l will be glad to help you. The
Great Northern uses great many
potatoes on it's diners and in its cafes.
We are now getting them under con-
tract in Montana. We do not require
an extra big potato, as they are not
the best What we do want, however,
is uniform sized potatoes, weighing
one pound each, or very close to that.
We are willing to pay the price plus
the extra expense necessary for grad
ing and sorting to secure uniformity.
Il would be glad to take up with our
people the question of using Oroville
potatoes on their diners and cafes. IL
you can now or later give US any def
mite assurance as to the quality and
quantity that would be available. We
would require considerable quan-
tity, and would expect that any con-
tracts entered into would be lived
up to-"
Personally l would like very much
to see large acreage planted to DO
tatoes, providing the proper kind of
seed can be obtained. 1t seems to me
that it is we'll worth the while OF our
farmers to give this crop a fair trial.
Probably onions would prove a good
export crop also.
L. L. WORK.
Some of the lads we're ont Satur-