The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-08-07
N ID-COLUMBIA
CROP GOOD
BI GEST TONNAGE-BEST QUALITY
Sales Representatives Off to Milwaukee
Convention. Heavy selling Expected
to Follow Meeting

- thAat-NNna VII last 9Ndt clllIIiACiFts
of commercial fruit of the three
gr 1es, extra fancy. fancy and c.
grade, reached li00 cars. The tonnage
of this season will reach approx.
mately 1850 carloads. Shipments of
Gull stocks and cider fruit will bring
the tonnage to an approximate 1000
cars.
Eighty per cent Of the Hood River
crop will run to Newtowns and Spitz-
enburgs. The Newtown tonnage will
be slightly in excess Of the Spitzen-
burg, and from present indications the
green variety will 60 almost exclusive
ly to export.
Sales of local apples have been neg
ligible. 1t is not likely that five per
cent of the crop has been contracted.
Selling is expected to begin with
rush next week, following the Milwau.
kee meeting of the international Apple
Shippers Association. The Apple
Growers Association, controlling the
M Jor portion Of the Hood River crop,
Will be represented at Milwaukee bv
General Sales Manager c. W. McCul-
lagh and Dwight l.. Woodruff, the CO.
operative agency's New York and
export sales manager. MIR. Woodruff,
who has been on tour Of all North
western apple districts, left last week
to view the California deciduous dis.
tricts before leaving for Milwaukee.
h. +. Davidson, who has been on a
tolr Of European markets, has sailed
fcc America and will attend the con-
vention. j. Oliver, Of Dan Wuille &
Co., whose Northwestern headquarters
are located here. plans attendance.
Quality is the characteristic Of the
1919 Hood River apple crop. From
late Winter up until the present
weather conditions have been ideal
No part of the district reports any
scabby apples. A two week period Of
cold weather occurring at the laying
period, prevented the deposit Of Cod
ling moth eggs, and the damage from
worms will be negligible. Growers
have been applying an arsenate OF lead
spray this week, and it may not be
necessary to spray again for worms.
Growing days have been more numer.
GUS than usual.
Hot days. cold nights and an abund-
mace of irrigation water, coupled with
tie universal practice of applying
trates and other commercial fertilz.
e.s, is resulting in apples Of desirable
sizes.
The harvest, from present indications
VIII begin the latter part Of August
with Gravensteins and Kings. These
early varieties will reach about 20
cars. Jonathans and Winter Bananas
viii I, How about the middle Of Sep
tembe'. and by the latter part Of Sep
tembe the harvest will be well under
way. The local Ortley crop. it is de.
ciared, will be a startler this year
The Valley expects to harvest 65 cars
Of this variety.
Growers are making preparations to
give their fruit the best of care this
season. Scores of new packing plants
are arising in all parts of the Valley
1t is estimated that the cost of new
packing plants will reach 500, 600.
The magnitude of the local crop can
be comprehended when it is announced
that approximately 35 carloads of
paper will be needed in packing the
fruit. The cost Of paper to wrap the
Valley S apple crop will reach nearly
$l0G, 900.
The Hood River Valley shipped pears
as follows last season Bartletts, "a
cars; ID Anjous, so; miscellaneous va
rieties, 10. The pear crop, it is ex-
pected, will reach 100 cars this year.
Quality and increased yield applies
to all Mid-Columbia districts as well
rs Hood River Valley proper The
Underwood, Wash, district, Just across
the Columbia river in Skamania coun-
ty, expects 70 cars Of apples this fall,
about 30 per cent above the crop Of
last year. The district will ship three
carloads Of pears "Our crop has
never been larger or cleaner for this
season of the year, says A. }.
Haynes, owner of one of the districts
largest tracts. 1T will be the finest
quality crop the district has ever har-
vested.
Husum, just up the White Salmon
river from Underwood, will ship ap-
proximately 80 carloads of apples,
The White Salmon district, accord
ing to estimates, will ship rs cars of
fruit the coming season. The apples
of this district are sizing rapidly. Or
chards are clean, and the fruit is IN
excellent condition.
Lyle, new district to the east of
White Salmon, will ship fruit in com
mercial quantities this year.
None of the Washington districts
have any selling machinery, and indie.
dent buyers have been operating there
aN.tapctxyalt a for
But few sales have been reported,
however.
The Dufur district will figure for the
first time in prominent way in the
years markets. The district, it is
estimated will harvest 80 carloads
of fruit, practically all from the big
holding of the Dufur Orchard Co. The
district will have a negligible quantity
OF pears. AT the present time our
crop is in excellent condition., says
Donald Campbell, superintendent of
the big tract. "They are free from
worms and are developing good size.
To handle the crop we are constructing
packing house 380x60 feet. This will
b. equipped with eight of the largest
sizes of Cutler grading machines, 1919
models. Complete belt and gravity
carrier systems will be installed. No
truck will be necessary from the time
tie apples are received from the or
chards until they are ready for delivery
to warehouses. We believe our plant,
" men completed, will be the most mod
ern and up to date in the Northwest
We have two warehouses on the tracks
q Dufur, and before construction is
g mplete expect to have warehouse
frontage Of over 500 feet along the
tracks. The buildings we are now
completing will take care Of an in
creased crop. We hope to complete
our harvest work this year IN 80 days
While reports indicate a serious
shortage Of containers in other North.