The Prescott daily news., 1919-09-10

. haiisas great crop of peaches has Just been brought to close. Twenty i've hundred ear loads were sbinned rom the state to northern and Cana dian markets.
 This year Arkansas peaches sold for much higher prices than those from any other state. There had been an a"akenlng and the peach growers bought spray machines and cpray ma terials as they never had before
 Many orchards were given the first pruning since planting. In nearly ev- cry district the peach trees were cul-
 tlvated and fertilized. Two excur- slons of Arkansas growers visited the
 famous peach districts of Georgia Where the methods of the successful peach growers were studied.
 While there were some neglected orchards that produced inferior fruit. the general average of the Arkansas peaches was far superior to that of peaches from any other region. This was shown by the fact that in other years the growers have experienced
 great difficulty finding buyers for thelr fruit and at the height of the season the Extension Department and other various state agencies, would be flooded with calls for help.
 This year nearly the entire crop was sold f. 0. b. track. Numerous
 buyers were on the ground and often there would be exciting competition In their endeavors to secure the covet- ed cars of fruit. In the northern markets these peaches were in great demand. The writer saw wholesale merchants paying as high as $4.5O per bushel in Chicago and other places for the Highland and Cabin Creek peaches. This was due to the excellence of the Arkansas Elbertas and to the splendid method of grad ing and packing
 The recent excursion of the Little Rock Board of Commerce to the High land orchards revealed the stupend- ous preparations for harvesting the great crop. One hundred and fifty of the leading business men of Little Rock chartered special train and vis- ited these orchards a few days before the harvest began. Large grading machines with capacity of IA cars a day each were being installed. Car after car of baskets and packing mat erial was being unloaded while pre- paration for housing more than 1000 harvest hands were under way. The trees were heavily loaded with fruit and one excursionist said, q didn't dream there were so many peaches on earth" The manager told us that the most modern cultural methods were employed and that the results were indeed wonderful. He pointed put a large fleet of power spraying that controlled the diseases and pests, and a regular army of trac- 5ors and cultivating machinery that xeep the orchards cultivated like a cotton field The superior quality and uniformity of the produce of .hese orchards is known to every fruit Iealer in America. The buyers liter lily fight for every car load and MT. Johnson sets his own price.
 Big Sign in Chicago.
 That MT. Johnson's methods pay is evidenced from the fact that at the ,oner of North Clark and Water streets in Chicago, which is the cen er of the fruit and vegetable deal ,rs' district, was an exhibit which attracted the attention of the entire .ity and delighted the eye of every Arkansan who was there. An enor- nous replica of the Highland orchards brand was hung high in the air over he street. The sign was at least 10 'eet in diameter and represented the op of basket of ring packed El- ,erta peaches in natural colors, across his was written in large blue letters, Arkansas Elbertas-Famous Bert Johnson Brand.' and to indicate that he Johnson peaches were being ship ,ed from Arkansas to northern points below this was the legend. Now 2olling.' This brand of peaches has become so famous that it is nearly l,uavs sold bv wire, The buyers sell