The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-11-14
INTERESTING APPLE
REVIEW IN MONTHLY
NEWS LETTER
FROM OCTOBER MONTHLY NEWS
LETTER PUBLISHED BY THE
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.

October II the State of Washington
shipped 2S2 carloads of apples They
were distributed in 1S different cities.
Idaho shipped 101 carloads to 8 diff
ferent cities. Some care shortage is
reported at different points, but rs
this is the peak if shipping activities,
the indications are that within two
weeks the movement will be normal,
Jonathans and other early varieties
are mostly shipped, The percentage
of Extra Fancy Jonathans fell below
the estimates ON account of lack of
color. The Winesaps, Arkansas Black
and other late varieties are now be-
ing picked. The crop yield is exceed
ing the early estimates in some sec
tions.
Up to October nth, 1900 carloads
of apples had been sent out of Wen
atchee, which is 300 more than had
ever been shipped in any one year up
to that date. Present indications are
that the Wenatchee district apple crop
will over-run all previous estimates
at least 1000 cars, making a total of
10000 cars from that district. This
is due to increased size and quantity
in the Okanogan territory.
There has been rather an acute car
shortage throughout the district for
the past week. Up to date, October
goth, only about one-fourth of the APP
pie crop has been moved. Already
storage and shipping houses are be-
coming congested, with little relief in
sight. There are storage facilities on
the track for about 100000 boxes
and on the farms for about 100000
boxes, or storage facilities for less
than one-half the crop. There also
exists at this time, rather an acute
box shortage, with the price at about
twenty-five cents per box. The labor
situation is entirely satisfactory.
Yakima reports 800 cars shipped up
to October 1 with 5000 yet to ship.
Benton county with the balance of
the state has a banner crop this year.
Sixty-five per cent of her crop is
packed, 45 per cent shipped. Every
available building is being used to
store the fruit. The size of the apples
is better than the average, color good
and freedom from pests and disease
exceptional. The Second District up
to date has shipped 252 cars of fruit,
20 cars vegetables from the following
counties: Stevens, 5 cars apples, 2
cars cherries, ID cars mixed fruit;
Lincoln county, 3 cars apples, l car
pears, 8 cars peaches, II cars mixed
fruit; Whitman county, cars pears,
so cars peaches, IA cars plums, 10
cars prunes, 5 cars cots, 81 cars mix
ed fruit, 6 cars dried peas; Spokane
county, 6 cars apples, 3 cars pears,
car peaches, % cars prunes, cars
mixed fruit, 1 car mixed vegetables,
/ car watermelons, 2 cars tomatoes, 2
cars potatoes, cars dried beans, 2
cars dried peas.
In the Horticultural District COM
prising Clarke, Cowlitz, Klickitat,
Skamania and Wahiakum counties
there has been shipped a total of 49,
$50 boxes of apples, 1903 boxes of
pears, 1869 crates of grapes, 1883
crates of peaches, 1870 crates of
prunes and 81 1922 crates of strawber-
ries.
This does not include fruit con-
sumed at the canning factories. The
range of prices for packed apples up
to the present time is:
Wano NJ chao n;ctrief