The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-10-17
APPLE HARVEST
Is MORE THAN
HALF FINISHED
With Three Weeks More of Good
Weather Kennewick Orchard
lists will be in the Clear
THE INFLUENZA SCARE HELPS
Children and Teachers Work in Or
chard and Shed 127 Cars
Shipped to Date

If the weather man viii continue
his splendid behavior for another three
weeks the apple crop of the Kennewick
district will be off to market in ex-
cellent shape. 1t is estimated that
about go per cent of the crop is off
the trees now and probably 40 per
cent either shipped or packed ready
for shipment. IT,
In spite of the shortage of labor,
the shortage of box materials and
the general disorganization Of ship
ping facilities, the harvest is progress
ing very satisfactorily. Local ship
'pers are experiencing some difficulty
in getting experienced help in the
packing rooms and warehouses, but
they express themselves more than
pleased with conditions. While the
closing of the schools may be trouble
breeder for the professor and the
schoolma' 'ams when examination time
rolls around, the shutdown has given
the apple growers mighty big lift.
Nearly every youngster and several
of the teachers are spending the en-
forced vacation in the orchards or the
packing sheds.
Every fruit house and several va
cant buildings in the city are piled
to the ceiling with filled but unpacked
boxes and the packing houses are hav-
ing difficulty in keeping enough floor
space cleared for the packing crews.
Packing sheds in the orchards are like
wise filled to capacity and thousands
of boxes line the tree rows. Conse-
quently the growers chief worry right
now is the weather. If there should
be some freezing nights within the,
next two weeks there would undoubt-
edly be considerable damage to ap-
Piles which have been picked but are
not under cover. At the end of two
weeks shippers believe they will have
enough floor space to store the re-
mainder of the crop.
Carload shipments Of apples by
Kennewick's five shipping concerns to-,
tai approximately 127 carloads. The
several shippers report carload ship
ments as follows: H. H. Davis Com
pany, 43; Kennewick Fruitgrowers 25;
Lynch Pennington "a; Spokane Fruit
growers 1s, Pacific Fruit & Produce
Co., IL.
All shippers report that the earlier
varieties ran heavy to culls because
of ineffective spraying for codling
moth, But the Winesaps are packing
out with only small percentage Of
culls.
Prices SO far have been generally
satisfactory. The Kennewick Fruit
growers association has closed its
early apple pools and announces the
following net returns to the grower:
Grimes Golden-Blue Y, 125 and
larger, $225; 1SS to 1853, $2.15; IT'S
and smaller, S1.S5; Red Y, 125 and
larger, $500; 18s to 169, $1.9O; 175
and smaller SLIGO. tumble, $1.OO. Av-
-erage, all grades and sizes $1.85 a
box, or $67.60 ton.
Winter Banana - Blue Y, SO and
larger, $2.75; SO to 125, $2.61; 1873 to
1853, $2.49; Red Y, ss and larger, $2.S5;
96 to 125, 1924; 1873 to 163, $2.19; IT'S
and smaller, $1.s3. Average all grades
and sizes, $2.323 box or $4,000 ton.
+ Jonathans-Blue Y, 125 and larger,
$2.1S; 1873 to 169, $2.O3; IT'S and
smaller, $1.7s; Red Y, 125 and larger,
s1.Ss; 1Ss to 16s, $1.7s; IT'S and
smaller, $1.5S. Average for all sizes
and grades. 81. .876 or S69. GO a ton.