The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-07-14
APPLE OUTLOOK
is VERY GOOD
CLARK ANTICIPATES HEAVY DEMAND
Crop of Valley Estimated at Approximate.
Iy 100000 Boxes r. Apples
Will Be Extremely Clean

Increasing activity in the seasons
apple deal is being noted here each sue
ceeding week p. f. Clark, new sales
manager of the Association, says that
inquiries on crop conditions and infor-
nation that prefaces buying are com
ing in.
Large eatern operators" states MIR.
Clark, "are expressing desire to buy
at reasonable prices and every indca-
tion points to a steady, healthy demand
for Northwestern box apples. With the
eastern and middle western crop very
moderate in supply and the crop of the
northwestern states no larger than that
of 1919, the stage seems to me to be
set for a constant consumption of our
boxed apples. -
Mr.. Clark says that the early esti-
mates of all Northwestern districts,
based on the heavy blossom. were en-
tirely too high. After talking with
growers and observing the orchards
himself, he declares that the Hood
River valley will not pack in excess of
1000. 600 boxes of apples. The heavy
set of apples is irregular except in the
| Upper Valley, where trees are loaded
with a record crop, and where all grow
ers will have to employ thinning crews.
Some growers and shippers estimate
the crop as low as l,750,000 boxes,
while the more optimistic in instances
place the yield at 2,250,000. The gen
eral consensus of opinion of leading
growers and representative shippers
puts the 1921 tonnage of commercial
fruit at an approximate 100000 box
es, the mark set by the record yield of
1919.
Mr.. Clark says that he has never
seen cleaner crop of apples than pre-
walls here this year. The efforts of
growers to eliminate anthracnose.
which in former seasons has caused
the deterioration of heavy percent
age of apples after they were packed,
are declared to have been entirely sue
cessful. The Apple Growers Associa-
tion and other shippers, working in
conjunction with the Hood River EX-
pertinent Station and County Fruit In
| spector Armstrong, have caused grow
ers to cooperate to the extent that this
disease is being weeded out. BY the
application of a Bordeaux Mixture
spray at certain periods of the year it
is said, this pest, which two wears ago
was a serious menace to this section,
can be entirely eliminated.
The Association, according to ex-
preston of officials, will apply more
| rigid packing rules that ever this year.
With the clean crop of fruit available
1t is anticipated that the fruit shipped
will be of an extremely high standard.
F. l.. Kent, observer for the United
States Department of Agriculture gives
the following report of apple crop con
ditions:
Indications are that the apple crop
will be larger than last year in prac-
tically all parts of the state. Hood
River reports about the same number
of apples as last year, but little
larger size is expected, which should
increase the actual number of boxes
The Rogue River district promises
25 per cent increase over last year, and
some of the Willamette valley orchards
will probably produce nearly double
the crop of year ago. Others, how
ever. will apparently produce less than
last year. Fungus has been more
prevalent in the western Oregon orch
ards this year than last.