Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-09-02
NOTES OF THE APPLE BUSINESS

r. L. Coldsborough, who owns or
controls several orchards in the vicin-
ity OF Shepherdstown. has fitted up the
old m""lfacturing shops in this place
Tor TIC - idling Of apples this season.
ne as > =; n a grader and other ma
chin 'Ty for .h> packing Of apples in an
economical and satisfactory way, and
aS mere Is - of room In the big
ssnor he will no, only be able to handle
ms own sruit but can take care of busi-
MS rrcu%ht to him by other growers.
me Il1n seems to be n good one, and
II Is believed that il will be a consider
able convenience to apple growers i'm
TINS section. Mr.. Goldsborough ex-
poets also TO buy apples. He is now
arranging terms with big manu-
facturer who will want several hundred
car. loads OF apples from this neigh
borhood IL he can get them, including
cider and canning stock, and IL an
agreement is reached there will be a
market for all the apples OF every grade
mat are grown in this vicinity. His
plant for packing in the manufacturing
shops is all ready for work as soon as
the apples are ripe enough for pick
ing.
In regard to apple prices this season
We quote the following from the Mar
tinsburg World:
Grimes Golden apples, for delivery
when the fruit is 'matured, were sold
oy local growers yesterday in some
quantities Tor So per barrel for "a"
grade and 81 per barrel for "B" grade.
| ne sales were made to w. w. Clark.
OF Roanoke, and, the lots sold include
1000 barrels from the Thomas Orch
ard Company, This county, two car
from the George NJ. Bowers orcha-I
In this county and a quantity from the
nern orchards near Winchester. re-
Gently purchased by local men. The
price is the first that has been r,ade
public this season. The Martinsburg
Fruit Exchange has reported sales Of
Grimes previously and while the price
was not made public, il is known TO be
slightly better than the Sc figure. An
unconfirmed report this morning told
or the sale by local man gf all his
iirst grade apples, all varieties. for
80 per barrel. That the market will
oe somewhat under last year is gen.
orally accepted and is indicated by the
sales OF Grimes today which Is about
~: so per barrel under the average
rice last year. Growers are not pes
Simistic, however, as to the outlook.
Advices from markets indicated a dis
position among the commission men to
puy nothing until the apples are ready
Tor shipment this season. The un-
certainty OF the market and the GEN
orally large crop figured in this atti-
tude, and number OF men this morn
ing intimated that the price on fruit
would not be stabilized this wear until
the fruit begins to move in large guam
titles.
| Fruit growers continue to plant ar
pies and peaches in Jefferson COUNTY.
Thomas E. Baumgardner will set OUT
q thousand apple trees on his place at
Schaeffer's Cross Roads, his varieties
being Grimes Golden and Staymans.
Near Leetown Geo. r. Coyle will plant
200 trees, being divided among Ben
Davis. Stayman and Grimes Golden.
MISS Frances Moore will add 200 trees
10 her orchard in the same neighbor-
hood. DR.. A. P. Thomson will set out
a ten-acre peach orchard near Summit
Point.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
contemplating the purchase OF 500 new
steel underframe refrigerator cars of
~ tons capacity. The purchase is
necessitated by the rapidly Increasing
orchards in the eastern part OF West
Virginia and adjoining sections of Vir
ginia and Maryland served by the B.
q o. The demand for cars is greater
than the supply.
The ocean freight rate on apples
shipped from New York to England in
refrigerated compartments has been
reduced a dollar a barrel. The old
rate was 81 and the new rate is So per
barrel.
George B. Zinn has sold the apples
in his orchard Of 80 acres near Charles
Town to Frank l.. Robinson, w. F.
Alexander and Z. E. Cooke, the price
not being made public. The purchas-
ers are to pick and pack the apples.
The Martinsburg papers report that
Hon. George M. Bowers has sold p
600 barrels OF Grimes Golden apples
at $500 per barrel for Grade A fruit
and $500 per barrel for smaller sizes.
Delightful Social Event.
The most delightful social event Of
the season was the party given last
Friday night by Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Carvel Ringgold at Bellevue" their
beautiful home just north of town, as
a compliment to Mr.. and Mrs Henry
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