Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-03-04

ing OF berries IN ADDITION TO grapes,
especially loganberries, on account
Of freedom from untimely frosts in
the district, Of favorable growing
conditions and marketinf facilities
with competing canneries.
Exhibit at Payallup Fair.
The crowded booth at the Puyal-
lup fair testified to the success Of
the venture Of making a display at
the fair. Six varieties OF grapes
were shown and finally presented to
W. H. Paulhamus
The following address was made
by Adam Eckert:
I'VE do not have to look for or
ask many questions to account for
the pleased look and smiling faces
of every grape and berry grower in
our district. for the past season has
surely far exceeded our most extrav-
agant expectations. not only in yield
per acre but in prices received.
Had any member of our associa-
ton ever expressed the thought Of
getting 75 cents to IS cents for his
six-pound basket of grapes he would
have been adjudged mentally unbal-
anced. Yet these were the average
prices received, and best of all is the
fact that not only we're numerous
letters received from merchants ask
ing for our grapes, but numerous
buyers camped here for days, buying
and arranging for shipments to their
respective houses. The new roads
opened. but not completed. brought
many buyers, many doing their own
picking and furnishing their own
packages, pleased to pay at the rate
Of $500 per ton.
with this experience we are nat
urally all prohibitionists. We have
had several inquiries for prices.
amount Of grapes to be had for the
coming season, and we have booked
one order for 1000 pounds at 8 cents
per pound. This is at the rate of
$50 per ton; no grading, or pack
ing or packages furnished. 1t is,
therefore. not strange that apple or
chards are being pulled out, and new
clearing being made for the extern
sion of our leading industry.
while this is all as 1t should be,
I must again impress upon you the
necessity Of diversifying. and not
while grapes have been grown
here for more than 40 years. without
a single total failure, which is
almost beyond belief, yet there is a
first time for all things. We hear
Of great injury in many places to the
loganberry plant through freezing.
I have yet to learn of one single in
stance in our vicinity Of any injury
through freezing or any other cause
to any Of the loganberry or any
other of the berry plants. Last sea-
son there were buyers here from
Olympia, Puyallup, and Baker can
neries at Sumner, all wanting grapes.
currants, gooseberries. Strawberries.
Montmorency cherries and other
fruits. We are also reliably informed
that the Phez company OF Olympia
and Salem. Ore, the largest pro-
ducers Of loganberry juice in the
world, will open their large plant at
Olympia for the manufacture Of To-
cranberry Juice. provided a SUFFICIENT
acreage is planted to produce at
least 10000 tons at an estimate pro-
duction of Ave tons per acre. This
would mean 5000 acres. What bet
ter assurance can you have or ask
fora market right here at home
for your product.
County Agent Mr.. Drew has con.
sented to be here today to talk about
these fruits.
"Quite some time ago l wrote to
the government weather bureau at
Seattle. requesting comparative
statement as to weather conditions
of our locality with that of the sur
rounding Puget Sound stations. no
tably Tacoma, Seattle. Olympia, Puy-
allup and other stations. This re-
port l have just received, but have
not had the time to analyze 1t, but
to use the words Of the chief observer