The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-08-18
GUARDING GROWERS INTERESTS.
Practical Inspection That viii Insure
Real Service.

r. s. Nelson, horticultural inspect
OF for the district composed OF Okla
hogan. Chelan, Douglas and Grant
counties, was visitor in Oroyille
rrlday last in company with County
Horticulturalist Scott. The gentlemen
were looking over neighboring orch
ards and personally comforting with
growers, cheerfully extending informa
tlon wherever information bearing
upon the growing OF fruits was de-
sired.
Mr.. Nelson stated that tne best fruit
that will be grown this year in what
is known as the Wenatchee district
will be from Chelan to the internation-
al boundary largely because that por-
| tion OF the district Is freer OF worms
and pests that have had a deleterious
effect upon numerous orchards direct
iy around Wenatchee and which have
not as yet made taeir appearance in
this upper country. He stated that the
apple crop was unusually large over
the part of the district mentioned, in
fine shape as to growth and that the
orchards were well kept up. The crop
OF Winesaps will be very large here
while short in the Wenatchee valley.
This fall, Mr.. Nelson says, when
the apple crop Is ready for harvest
there will be joint federal and state in
spectors to inspect the apples in the
pack at the cars as we'll as in the field.
,lD tn u,tI ha Nt
inestimable benefit to the grower. TOO
often by the time apples that have
been contracted for reach the con-
tractor at the places OF distribution
prices may have slumped, and in or
der to throw the loss upon the grower
Or original shipper, the contractor will
set up the claim that the apples re-
ceived do not come up to grade as
billed and refuse to pay the contract
price. After this state and federal in
specion is made on shipments and
their brand of approval is placed upon
the boxes, no contractor can put up
claim of inferiority and make the
claim stick This will be practical in
spection giving the growers real SER
vice.
Mr.. Nelson remarked that 1t was
satisfaction to meet and give out in
formation to the land owners OF the
Okanogan valley. He said That this was
new district where the grower must
learn, and is anxious to learn, every
phase of the industry, and is ready
to accept advice and willing to follow
that advice. He finds more co-operat-
i've spirit prevailing here than in the
older irrigation districts where the
growers think they know it all ana
are rather cool in meeting inspectors
and treating their views with great
deal of indifference. treatment that an
inspector naturally resents. II IS there-
fore a source of pleasure as wen as
satisfaction to meet up with tne apple
neople in the newer irrigation dis
tricts where the efforts or the III
spectors to improve conditions anu
aid the grower in his work are appre-
ciated.
Such men as Messrs. Nelson ana
Scott are valuable auxiliaries IN this
apple growing and marketing game.
They know horticulture from every
angle and are giving, and Will con-
tnue to give, the growers the pehe,
fit of that knowledge, and much oi
great value can be learned from them.
Again. these inspectors are all OF d
hipa class of men. They are kindly anu
courteous. take great pride in their
work and their interst in performing
their duties goes far and away De'o""
drawing salaries.