The Penn's Grove record., 1920-11-05
BUMPER APPLE
/. And POTATO CROP
Largest Crop of Apples and Po-
tatoeS Ever Produced in New
JerSey-Advice to Buyers.
COURT TO DECIDE CUSTER.
New Jersey Hunting Season viii Open
With Plentiful Supply Of Game.
Broader Scope to Educa-
tlonaI Work on Savings.

Trenton.-The largest cro Of ap-
pies ever produced In the Eastern
United States Is now being harvested
The New Jersey crop is estimated to
over 100000 bushels. The DO.
tato crop also is one of the largest
this state has ave produced. the fetal
production Of the state being estimatcS
at 100000 0 bushels. These products,
as well known, were produced on 3
very high cost basis.
The foregoing announcement has jus.
heen made by Alexis l.. Clark, chief of
the Bureau of Markets, State DEPART
ment Of Agriculture to employers of
labor. Continuing, Mr.. Clark said
while present system Of dis
tribution is not nearly as bad as is
sometimes pictured by enthusiastic
writer's and others, yet city onsume
have insisted upon many services from
the retailer which were not thought
to be necessary years ago. Standard
A grade winter keeping potatoes of
high quality and standard A grade
winter varietis of aples can be pur-
chased in wholesale quantities, 1. e.,
car lots or motor truck lots, from pro-
'ducers' organizations and individual
producers very reasonably at the pres
ent time. This bureau is calling your
attention to these facts so that if you
deem it wise you can take advantage
of the present market conditions for
your employees and others. The New
Yory Celluloid Company, through n
of Its subsidiary organizations, the Gel
luloid Company of Newark, has or
dered six car lots Of potatoes from a
farmers organization in Central Jer-
-sey. The women's clubs Of Montclafr,
Elizabeth and other cities have pur-
chased 1000 or 5000 bushels of ap-
piles direct from growers in the north
,ern part of the state. The Jersey City
Chamber of Commerce has handled
nearly 1000 bushels of apples in this
way. The city of Passaic has pur-
chased three car lots of potatoes and
nearly 1000 bushels of apples.
after meeting numerous difficulties
In promoting direct dealing between
%aroducers and consumers, we are now
I'm a position to recommend the Farm
ers' Cooperative Association Of Mer-
Ger County, the Sussex County Fruit
Growers Association, and the Warren
County Apple Growers Association as
being in position to offer high grade
apples and potatoes in car lots and in
truck lots, graded in accordance with
recommendations of this bureau. For
potatoes we suggest the U. S. Grade
No. 1 Green Mountain variety. There
are hundreds of individuals ready to
sell such potatoes, but at present we
can recommend particularly the Farm
ers' Cooperative Association of Mer-
Ger County, which Is composed OF
nearly 400 bona fde members organ
lied on a non-StOck, nOn-prOht basis.
These organizations buy and sell in
large quantities and we feel justified
In recommending them to you. For
apples we suggest Baldwins or Stay
man Winesaps as the standard variety.
A few Northern Spies, Delicious or
other varietis may be included. The
county agricultural agents, under the
direction Of the State College at New
Brunswick and the U. S. Department
of Agriculture, should be addressed for
winter apples, as follows: f. Leon
Brown, county agricultural agent, Sus-
sex County, Newton, N. j., and w. A.
Houston, county agricultural agent,
Warren County, Belvidere, N. ]. Both
of these men are actively engaged In
promoting the cooperative grading,
hacking and marketing of apples
among the farmers of their county.
We recommend them to you as they
are the temporary managers OF the
selling plans in Sussex and Warren
counties.
at is apparent that these products
should be purchased in car lots If
possible or at least in motor ruc lots,
as the transportation charges are too
high in small lots. The potatoes are
nut up in $50 pound sacks. Probably
YOU will want to take orders previous
TO arrival and make arrangements for
delivery to your employees homes by
motor truck direct from the car in
unbroken sacks. The apples Will best
be shipped in bushel baskets. Barrels
are very high and scarce. We can also
mt interested parties in touch with
orcbardists in the southern part OF
+he state where some suitable means
of transportation for delivery can be
made"
Court to Decide Custer.
In beginning quo warranto proceed
Tugs against the Public Utilities Com
uis.,ion ousted by Governor Edwards
Attorney General McCran named nm
self as the relator Of the charge that
tbe commissioners are usurpers In the
offices they claim to be holding.
Under the law, he had the right
RI take this course, lex officio'-that
Is. bv virtue of his position as chier
of the states legal department. by
doing so, he has avoided naming either
the senators who asked him 10 tai
..,onriata ~nrOceedingS," or the gov