The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-08-12
INDIVIDUALITY
is A. G. A. AIM
BRANDS WILL DESIGNATE GRADES
Pears and Early Apples Begin to Roll
Sieg, at Chicago Apple Convention,
Has Birthday

Beginning with this season, the Ap-
pie Growers Association will endeavor
to make Hood River apples an individ-
ual product, and the terms SO long used
by local orehardists, extra fancy, fancy
and c grade. will go the discard. Here
after these grades will be respectively
known as Blue Diamond, Red Diamond
and Mountain brands. For a special
pack separate brand, to be known as
Defiance, will be used.
Local market men are hopeful Of fair
returns, and it is expected that all
grades of fruit will find ready mar
ket.
The Hood River pear crop began TO
move last week. The Association has
laid down very strict rules as to the
handling of pears this year. Because
slight punctures of the skin cause hasty
decay pickers are made to wear cotton
gloves. Even the moisture from the
hand IS said to have a destructive effect
on D'Anjous. The pears will be hauled
Immediately to cold storage warehous-
es, where they will be packed under
refrigeration.
The Association has fixed its charges
for handling the apple crop for the
coming Eseason as follows: A sum of
not to exceed two cents per box on all
fruit of Mountain brand, or better. for
advertising; a maximum handling and
sales charge of 10 cents, and a maxi
mum cold storage charge of 10 cents,
the length of time fruit is in storage
to govern amount.
Arrangements have been perfected
for an advance of 25 cents per box for
harvesting apples, says A. w. Stone.
The first carload of local pears was
shipped out by the Association Monday.
The pear crop is of excellent quality
this season, and the marketing concern
is looking for good returns.
The first carload Of King apples will
go forward next week. The fruit will
20 to South America.
Wilmer Sieg, who has been attending
the international Apple Shippers AS
soclation convention at Chicago, will
return home tonight. MIR. Sieg had
birthday party while away.
Speaking of this event Saturdays
Packer said
"The convention this week was al
most oyershadowed by another impor-
tdht SNCht WHICH AntedttHeu 10 nose
the meeting out of the limelight. The
occasion was Wilmer Sieg's birthday,
which fortunately occurred Tuesday and
was celebrated before the real business
of the convention began. Most every
body knows Mr.. Sieg. but for those
who may not be familiar with him it
may be said that he is from Hood Riv-
er, Ore, and is sales manager of the
Apple Growers Association there. 1t
is claimed that MIR. Sieg has more
friends in the United States than any
other man in the trade, and is better
known even than Henry Ford. Mr..
Sieg also has the prize cat of Oregon,
valued at no less than $4,000 This
is not Ford joke.)
However, returning to the story,
Mr.. Sleg had birthday on Tuesday.
and everything to go with it except the
cake and candles. He refused to say
how old he was, but his activity, ambi-
tions and enthusiasm when talking
Hood River apples placed Mr.. Sieg at
not day over doc. He threatened to
drag out the birth records of 1859 and
settle the matter. but his friends here
laid absolutely no faith in his claims.
So the matter will have to remain a
mooted question until the regular auth
critics can be consulted. +"