White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-06-17
LAMPSON reviews
STRAWBERRY DEAL

The strawberry and asparagus
season for this valley is over and as a
whole the results have been satisfac-
tory. While the Yield was not up to
that of other years, due to the freeze
and cold backward spring. the price
has been very good, particularly. for
the berries. Practically all of these
two crops produced in this valley are
shipped through the 3-Rivers Growers
Association, of which Lee M. Lamp
son of Kennewick is manager. In re-
sponse to an inquiry from the Spokes-
man as to the seasons activities OF the
association in these two crops, Mr..
Lampson said:
"The association received from
White Bluffs 684 crates of strawberries
and from Hanford 23 crates, while
White Bluffs gent us 983 crates OF
asparagus and Hanford HOS crates.
"A price approximately $4.00 per
crate to the association for straw
berries haG been received up to the last
of last week. The association has
handled close to 10000 crates Of berries
this year as against Ao,oUU crates last
season. 1t has been vsry good
SEASON. In fact. our average p ice Will
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war. riglt up to the last few days. The
mark.ts now seem loaded up with
Coast and Oregon berries but we s. :p-
ped our last carload Monday and this
will be the cnly car on which the p. ace
will BIZ b low what we consider an
excellent figure. Indications now are
that the price to the association TOT
this car will be betwe n $500 and $3.z5
per crate. This experience is in line
with that of nearly every other year:
The bulk Of cur berries can be moved
at very high price, compared with
other districts. Generally we are
forced dow n pretty low on the last few
days deliveri Every season, but 1t
still gives US a very hig1 average Price,
compared witi 9th districts.
u remarked to man short tune
ego that / wished VIC could discont nue.
facing the berries as it made extra.
needless exp. nse to the grower. inns
fellow has had lot Of experience ~
varioua strawberry districts and ne
spoke up rather quickly and said, DO
you know of any other place in the
world where they get $4.O0 per crate
for strawberries?" l replied that !
didn't and he continued, well you
better go ahead as you are because
you are averaging one year after an
other, between SO and rs cents a crate
above Hood River and double the
price of any other district in the
whole country for the same kind OF
berries"
"a .We were very much interest d in
Mr.. Keal,s exparienc. in heating his
strawb.r.y field. don't know how
many others IN ycur distr ct tried heat.
ing but quite number down here did
while others covered their strawberry
beds with burlap and old sacks. In
all of the cases where they heated
with oil and in some of the cases
.shere thev used bricques as we'll
as in cases where they protected
their beds with covering, the grow
ers are enthusiastic over the re-
suits and they are thoroughly
convinced they have the frost problem
whipped at a v:ry asonable cost,
considering the prices they receive
for their berries. The heating and
covering experiment this year has
proven entirely practical and has e.:mi-
mated the one big obstacle in straw
b.rry growing here on the Columbia
river.