The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-06-07
STRAWBERRY
DAY OBSERVED
IN NORTHWEST
Tribute is Paid Kennewick and
Richards Famous Early
Fruit
VALLEYS CROP ISSUBNORMAL
This Week Will Practically Wind Up
the Picking Seas0n-Demand
is Still Good ~

The Northwest paid tribute to tn,
Kennewick- -Richland strawberry Wed
nesday as the forerunner of the North
vests great fresh fruit crop. Attic
shipments were not as heavy the day
before as as had been expected, re.
ports indicate that all markets were
fairly well supplied with berries of ex.
cellent quality.
As last year the railway companies,
the leading hotels and restaurants
and retail dealers co-operated by fea-
turing the Kennewick- -Richland berries
on their menus and in their window
displays. The day was given consider
able publicity by the daily press of
Washington, Oregon, Montana, and
North and South Dakota, and the
thousands of readers were aware that
another fruit harvest had arrived with
this district leading the way to mar
ket.
Among the first to respond to the
call for another annual strawberry day
was Manager Titus Of the Northern
Pacific Railways dining car service.
Writing from his headquarters in st.
Paul Mr.. Titus said that he would be
only too pleased to feature the Kenne-
wick Strawberry on all the company's
dining cars that day. Manager w. 81.
Wraight, Of Davenport's also replied
that ne would be pleased to put Ken
newick Strawberry Day in red ink on
all their Wednesday menus.
In writing to Sales Manager L. j.
Blot, Of the Kennewick-R -Richland Mar
keting Union, Mr.. Wraight says:
Anything we can do at any time to
assist you and your growers in boost
ing the products from this excellent
district will be done with the greatest
Of pleasure"
Wednesdays Produce Daily News,
OF Seattle, in a front page feature
osVAy SAUL
"Kennewick Berry Day dawned
bright and sunshiny for consumers in
seattle, and a carload of the famous
Clark Seedlings rolled into Western
Avenue at an auspicious moment. The
demand was heavy, under the influence
OF the weather, and was likewise stim-
olated by sentimental regard for the
earliest producing district of the Pa
cine Northwest. The shipment, which
was handled by the Produce Distribu-
tors Co., in charge Of the Seattle ac-
count of the Kennewick-Richland
marketing Union, was the largest of
tne season to date. The fruit arrived
mere IN first-class condition.
The fact that the California Com
mission company, William Meiser pro-
prietor, has received a shipment of
oiaila Strawberries, goes to show that
tne season will not be so late as was
AZ hrst anticipated. The local crop
irom all localities will be started nice
~ Dy June Is, and will probably be
approaching it's peak about ten days
.ater. In that event it will fit nicely
INTO the Kennewick season, with little
embarrassment from overlapping.
"h1le production probably will not be '
as neavy as usual, it is practically GER
tam that there will be carlot shipping
VI considerable volume to other mar
kets.
Inc first crate of Clark Seeding '
strawberries to be picked in the fa- j
nous Hood River district was received '
On u the Street this morning by the Ryan I
u. rult company. 1t was sold for $500 t
immediately upon arrival. Regular
oaily express shipments will be inaug- /
orated within few days." 8
VI an entirely different tone is the "
.ollowlng = article which appeared on t
y, tne market page of the Spokane Daily n
chronicle yesterday: If
Altho today is 'Kennewick Straw r
Jerry Day. but few grocery stores r
nave any of them for sale. ...,
representatives of the Spokane
t I,ot Growers distributed placards "
unlcn We're to be put up to advertise \
Strawberry Day and at the a
same time gave notice of an increase 10
III prlce OF the berries to 1925 crate. \
many OF the dealers had already la