White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-09
ORCHARD PROBLEMS AND
MARKETING ARE TOPICS


interesting, meeting with most of the
old problems rehashed and some new
ones discussed. All through the
meeting thoLe seemed to be a tend
ency to emphasize the marketing end
OF the apple industry and not to lay
so much stress on the production
end.
Some Of the high lights, as re-
ported in the Yakima Herald are
as follows:
Washington State college was re-
quested to hold economic confer
ences on fruit problems this winter
similar to those conducted in Yak
ina and Wenatchee last year in a
resolution passed by the Washington
State Horticultural association in its
concluding session Saturday after
noon.
1t was suggested that the data
presented last year be Brought up
to date and be made available for a
conference in Yakima and one in
Wenatchee. It was recommended
that delegation from Yakima attend
the Wenatchee conference and a dele
CATION from Wenatchee attend the
Yakima conference lin orde: that
there may be unity of action in
movements for the betterment of
the industry that might be iniated.
1t is probable that the conferences
will be held the middle of February
as the college will require some time
in making the necessary preparations.
That the matter of advertising ap-
pies will be prominent issue in the
conferences is indicated by the adop-
ton of a resolution jfavc.:ing the
formation Of a sound business organ
ization of growers for advertising
apples with the understanding that
the resolution be refered to the
economic conferences.
The federal food, drug and insec-
ticide administration was asked in a
resolution passed to delay the en-
forcement Of the .0l Tolerance on
srtay residue until such time as
tile industry has improved machinery
for doing this work efficiently.
In another resolution the state de-
partrnent of agriculture was asked to
assume responsibility for the enforce
ment of spray residue regulations
similar to the manner in which it is
handled in Oregon and California.
Results Of Investigations into the
problems Of fruit wiping and wash
ing and the effect on the keeping
quality of fruit we-e discussed by
F. L. Overly and DR.. F. D. Heald
OF the state college and H. c. Diehl
and D. F. Fisher ef the federal de-
partment OF agriculture.
The more important points
brought out were that washing had
;ot Increased blue mold decay, that
mere efficient washing machines will
undoubtedly be available next year
and that calyx scald is not caused
by acid but by water soluable arsenic.
In the forenoon session DR.. J. K.
Magness of the state college dis
cussed spray residue as a national
r. oblem and declared that it was of
Utmost Importance to clean the fruit
and that there was no other way to
meet the situation.
]. w. Hebert, chairman OF the
northwest spray residue committee,
declared that the committee mad
handled the situation in the only
way in which it could have been
done and that the industry had no
alternative but to clean the fruit in
conformity with federal regulations.
Apple growers this season have
been saved from loss by an act OF
God in that the crop was light over
the country, but what will they do
next year if the crop should be as
large as that of 1926? This was the
question raised by Erie ]. Barnes,
d. eetor of agriculture, in the after
noon session of the Washington
State Horticultural association Fri
day. ~
He urged consideration of this
matter and recommended that the as
sociation express itself before adj
journment what it proposes to do.
He said that the growers should
prepare themselves for such big
crop in 1928 and limited that the
matter Of advertising should be given
Those who attended from White
Bluffs were: Mr.. and Mrs Ira c.
Hawley, Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Me
meyer, Carl Heideman L. "A. Cod
ding, and Mrs. M. S. Weeks. Those
from Hanford were: E. 4. Griner,
Harold Evett and w. S. Weber.