White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-10-05

The orchards, fruit warehouses and
packing sheds are surely bee hives of
activities these days. Except for a
few odds and ends here and there,
the peaches and pears have all been
picked and packed and have rolled to
market or are in cold storage wait
ing for better price.
In tie apple family all of the fall
and early winter varieties, barring a
few stray lots, have been picked and
most of them have been packed.
These include the Jonathans, Deli
/ cious and Spitz. In most orchsrds
at least one picking for size and color
of Ro1nes has been made and in soile
cases all of the Romes have been
picked.
Probably half of the Arkansas
Blacks have also been harvested. This
leaves only the Winesaps, which
make up close to half of the apple
production in this valley. Picking of
this variety was started in number
of the orchards this week as it was
found that on number of treIs the
apples were ready to come and there
was danger of heavy drop in the
event of a wind storm.
The capacity of both the White
Bluffs Warehouse and the Horticul-
tural Exchange is being taxed to
handle the apples. This in spite of
the fact that the former has been for
some time running both day and
night shift and the latter is also
working two or three hours at least
three nights a week. The two ware
houses are being relieved, too to a
considerable extent by the Hawley
packing shed, which is sorting and
packing all of Mr.. Hawley's apples,
and the Heidemann- Coddling packing
shed, which is not only handling all
of their own apples but is also ac-
ccnrnodating several of their neigh
bors.
1t is not possible, yet, to make a
very accurate estimate fo the apple
tonnage produced in the valley this
year but it seems safe to predict that
it will at least equal that of any
other year in the history of the dis
trict.
There has been considerable worm
damage in some of the orchards
while others were fairly clean. Other
wise, the crop is up to normal ex-
cepting that there are more small
apples this years than usual.
The prices that have prevailed so
far have not been very satisfactory
hut in spite of the heavy shipments
now rolling, the market is reported
to be steady and firm, which argues
we'll for the later varieties.
The heavy advertising. campaign
| beng PUT Oh this year in the East by the
Washington Boxed Apple bureau, it
is claimed, has already shown results
in the marketing of the Jonathans
Many sales were made in small lots,
giving wide distribution and caus
ing little speculative buying, accord
ing to reports from the bureau. 1t is
believed that with the situation as it
is, number of smaller markets will
be added to those handling Wash
ington Jonathans. Eastern dealers in
some localities have said they are
highly in favor of the advertising
campaign and will back up this ap-
prevail by helping to pay for some
of it.
Not all of the advertising will be
confined to the newspapers, maga-
ziiies and handbills. The radio is to
be called upon to do its part, too,
and programs advertising apples are
to be broadcasted from sixteen sta
tons in the east through arrange
ments made by the American Fruit
Growers, according to the Yakima
Herald.
In telling about this phase of the