Smyrna times., 1924-03-12
DELAWARE APPLES COMPETE
WITH PACIFIC COAST FRUIT
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY CALL
FORNIA GROWERS TAKE NOTICE
Delaware Apples Compete Now With
Fanciest Fruit.-State Becoming
Famous For Its Fine Apples

Delaware, apples from this little Com
monwealth are now competing with
the fanciest and most luscious grown
fruit raised on the Pacific coast and
shipped 5000 miles eastward to the
best markets. Not only are Delaware
apples competing with western apples
but they are succeeding in bringing
sales where sometimes the western
apples are without buyers. And what
is still more pleasing to Delaware ap-
pie growers, is that it is not altOgeth
er because the price in some instances
may be little lower That's not all
the story. Some buyers whose pa
irons have cultivated a taste for Del |
aware apples, buy Delaware apples
because of the peculiarly fine flavor |
and taste, so that if the wisdom dis
played by Delaware apple growers !
this year is continued on, the success |
of apples grown in this state appears
to be well founded.
Last year Delaware apples were
quarantined against by the New York
Board of Health, because of the de-
cayed condition in which the fruit,
not sorted or graded and shipped in
bulk, reached New Yorw city. That
taught a lesson. The past year,many
of the largest Delaware apple grow
ers began the sorting, grading and
careful packing of apples, and while
this was an added cost, they have
made much more than the money thus
expended. Under the direction of the
Bureau of Markets at Dover, many
carloads of apples were inspected by
government inspectors and given the
standing they warranted. This was
another recommendation for the fruit,
and the combination of grading, pack
ing and inspection has brought the
most gratifying result in the history
of apple growers here.
Delaware Apples Get Advertising
Another reason for the promotion
of Delaware apples was the advertise
ment given apples at the Eastern
States Apple Exhibition held in New
York city last November. Delaware
was represented by w. 7. Derrick
son, chief of the Bureau of Markets
, at Dover, but there was no display
) from Delaware because, as the state
made no application to defray the eX-
pense, and the grower did not feel
like assuming the cost, the state was
not an exhibitor. But the exhibition
attracted attention to eastern grown
apples, which was its purpose. And
Delaware benefited generally. Now
G buyers of apples in New York, Phil
Q adelphia and Boston may find boxes
of Delaware apples packed and grad
ed and in attractive looking boxes, II
commission houses, right alongside Of
apples from the state of Washington
and other big apple growing western
states. Because of the long distance
necessary to transport the apples, th'
- eastern fruit has a big handicap owe
western fruit, all other things beinl
equal. 1t costs 81 cents to ship from
Delaware to New York city-by tn
= whereas the cost to the western
shipper, transporting immense quaint
ties Of fruit is about 78 cents a bO
or more than double. Prices quote
in New York markets recently fo
Delaware apples ranged from $1.5O
$500 whereas the western fruit wa
offered at S2.25 to $2.75. The differ
ence in the price is due to the extr
cost of transportation.
Inspection Grading of Fruit a FactC
The great assurance given cOmmi
sion men by the fact that the fru
is inspected has added nightly to II
attractiveness of Delaware apples. |
until this year, when a buyer soug.
10 apples, he found western apples gra
lee. @ ed A, B or according to the quail
Ood with the stamp of the United Stat
inspector on the boxes, attesting
owe what it contained. There was no g
ing back of this stamp, because t
,od- apples had to be as represented. b
~ sso this year, Delaware apples also be
this stamp (that is those that we
-, so inspected). Consequently when
900 buyer goes after apples he finds d
aware apples beside western app
Pos and both marked with the governm'
ash. inspection stamp, so that its Of
times just a matter Of fancy whet
he takes Delaware or western app
O with the added attractiveness that
y may be able to buy Delaware apI
cheaper. w. T. Derrickson has b
LRE attending a meeting of state mar
officials to plan for next years exh
tion of apples under the auspices
- the Eastern State Apple Exhibit
It is hoped that the coming exhibi
u will be no charge for floor space
n exhibits. That was the handicap
prevented Delaware growers I
displaying their fruit last year.
v this cost eliminated or greatly red
\ there is little doubt but that DelaN