The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-12-07
RECORD CARGO OF
APPLES DISPATCHED

A record cargo of Oregon apples
from the Pacific coast to the United
Kingdom, l25, 900 boxes. was f1oated
aboard the Royal Mail steamer Narenta
at Portland last week, says the Ore
gonian. Three choice boxes of the
fruit will be presented to the lord
mayor of London. to the head OF the
port of London authority and the chair
man of the directors of the Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company, with Oregon g
compliments.
The gift to the lord mayor of Lon
don is from Mayor George l.. Baker
and the others are from the commits
sion of public docks and Port of Port
land commission. through the joint
traffic bureau. Captain G. E. Warner.
master of the Narenta. will be made
custodian of the fruit for the voyage
and the representative of the donors in
their presentation.
Expectation of quantities of apples
from Portland to the British Isles is
not new, but this seasons movement
will eclipse any preceding, as the
steamer Narenta, one of the special
refrigerator carriers assigned by the
Royal Mail to the trade especially for
the apple season, is to handle the rec
ord cargo, it was deemed desirable
that the fact be featured to prominent
Londoners.
"Say it with apples" was the deci-
sion to Harry l.. Hudson, general man.
ager of the joint traffic bureau of the
port, when a greeting in recognition of
the record fruit shipment was dis
cussed. Mayor Baker readily assented
as did John H. Burgard, chairman of
the dock commission, and II. A. Sar-
gent, of the Port of Portland commls-
sion, acting in the absence of Presi-
dent Warren.
Then was assigned the job of having
special boxes constructed, they being
in the shape of commercial apple
boxes, but of selected, finished mater
ial and fastened with screws, while on
the cover of each is neatly painted the
address, the effect being much the
same as if burned into the wood.
To fill them was an easy matter, and
truly, it is asserted, the result has
been to assemble luscious samples.
Newtown Pippins being the varieties,
and from the Hood River district.
And there are SO apples in the box
for London's chief executive, labeled
''To the Right Honorable Lord Mayor
OF London, the Mansion House, Lon
don, E." In the other boxes are 110
each, smaller, but none the less flavor
some, addressed "To the Chairman
Right Honorable Viscount Davenport.
l09 Leadenhall street, London E. c.
g." and ''To the Honorable Sir Owen
Phillips, Chairman of Managing Direc-
tors, the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company IS Moorgate street, London,
e. G. g."
Naturally there will be formal let
ters to accompany them as well. In
relation to the shipment to move at
the same time, the l25, 1000 boxes have
been studied with respect to weight
and measurement and Mr.. Hudson
figures that in a single row, side by
side, they would cover 23.6 miles. in a
square would equal one Portland block,
200 by 200, five feet high; or five
blocks one foot high. Estimating the
apples average 100 to the box. that
being the size in export demand COM
mercially, there will be %, $50. 600 ap-
pies. the equivalent of Az apples for
each individual in the city of New
York, based on the census of 1920.
At any rate, there are some apples
aboard, and when it is taken into con-
sideration that to cram the Narenta
with apples would mean the accommo-
dation of not to exceed l75. 600 boxes,
the exports are held to demonstrate
that the Columbia river gateway truly
is the outlet for products of rich him
terland.