The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-08-05
CROP ESTIMATES
SHOW INCREASE
APPLESPLACED AT 100000 BOXES
Growing Weather Causes Fruit TO Size
Rapidly Pear Crop Shows
a Heavy Drop

With few exceptions growers and
shippers are increasing estimates on
the 1920 apple crop over pre-harvest
figures of two weeks ago. The apples,
1t IS said, are growing rapidly, and the
crop bids fair to go to market of unus-
ually good quality. The yield is now
/ placed at 65 per cent of the 1900, 600
box crop of last year, and II. +. Da-
wilson. believes that it will exceed this.
The lowest figure on the seasons yield
is made by Frank Stanton, county fruit
inspector, who estimates the crop at as
| per cent.
''The apples," says Mr.. Davidson,
are in general going to be bigger than
we anticipated, and this means a much
heavier yield. have just returned
from the Willamette Valley, and the
crop there is going to be very light on
all the old family orchards. On young
commercial tracts, however, the crop
will be fairly heavy and of good quail
ity. The older trees, apparently, suf-
fered from the cold winter"
G. W. McCulIagh places the crop at
65 per cent. He says:
"Newtowns will predominate, and
the quality is excellent. 0rtleys will
run rs per cent, and the fruit is reach
| ing fine size. Spitzenburgs will only
run about so per cent. While our crops
of Delicious and Winter Bananas are
only nominal. the yield and quailtv are
both good. Our harvest will begin
about September Is, perhaps earlier,
the usual time. if growing condi-
tions continue. Our Bartlett crop will
not run over rs to 35 per cent of last
saeson. The d'Anjou crop will run so
to go per cent. We harvested ll3 cars
of pears last year.
Cash buyers will be conspicuous
this year by their absence aud as
result the growers will profit. Isolated
high prices for blocks of fruit, such
as were frequently reported last fall,
had a very bad effect. We have hope
that the British price control will be
lifted and that the export situation will
be better this season than any time
since the war began. Definite infOr-
nation on the British Commissions s at
titude is expected to be available when
the international Apple Shippers AS
sociation conVenes at its at its annual
session in Chicago August 10. This
convention will be attended by scores
of shippers from the Northwest.
Dan Wuile q Co. expects an increase
in exports volume this season. A. r..
Woolpert, northwestern manager of the
concern, says:
"We are confident that the British
price control will be lifted and the
British export demand will be a great
factor in opposing of the Oregon crop
profitably.
The Hood River Fruit Co., Kelly |
Bros, l.. T.. Ireland and Duckwall |
Bros are concerns that will figure in
the local deal this season. The most of |
the concerns will be represented at the
Chicago fruit shippers session. Next |
week the following will leave for Chi.
cago: l.. f.. Ireland. II. f. Davidson,
and c. w. McCullagh. Dwight l..
Woodruff, G.. w. Hooker and w. M.
Dickerson district sales managers of
the Apple Growers Association, will
attend theaChicago meeting. John Oil
yer, New York manager of his con
and William Duckwall, of Indianapolis,
will attend the gathering in the inter
of Duckwall Bros.
The Mosier district, according to r.
d. Chatfeld, manager Of the Mosier
+ Tull bTOWtIS ASaOCIdllOHt is expect
ing only about so per cent of last years
yield. Mr.. Chatfeld says 1--WE are
about 100 cars. chiefly Spitz
enburgs. Ortleys and Newtowns. We
expect 5 cars of d'Anjou pears and 10
ears of Italian prunes. Growing con
1itions have never been better and the
fruit is sizing rapidly. All the apples
will be hauled from orchards and
packed at the associations combined
packing plant and storage rooms.
Earl S. Coe, horticultural inspector
IF Klickitat county, Wash, places the
of the White Salmon valley at
,25 cars of apples and 10 cars of pears.
"Our greatest tonnage" he says,
will be SpItzenburgs. Newtons and
Ionathans are short this season. The
.rop is of high quality and should be
me of the best produced in years, if
growers continue TO use proper care in
handling their fruit. Our winter dam
ige has been very light. No trees
ave been entirely killed. In lower
eetions a few branches are dead on
ome tree"