The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-24

state witness in the Hines trial,
Williams instead repudiated his
statement and testimony before
the grand jury. He is a member
Of Hines political organizations
less tendency on their part to cut
prices. Before price information
from the Market News Service
can mean very much, however, d
full knowledge of grades must be
common among the growers, ana
the custom of selling on specific
grades must also be OF common
practice.
4. More than majority of the
apple growers of Henderson
county reporting in this survey,
expressed themselves in favor OF
establishing and operating co,
operative enterprise which would
offer the services of grading,
packing, storage and marketing OF
APPLES. This desire was expressed
to the extent of the growers be-
ing unwilling to make 1lnanclal
contributions on Il tree basis, SUI
ficient to finance at least 30 per-
cent of the cost of the necessary
building and equipment.
Before taking any action, how
ever, in the matter of outlay Tor
cooperative plant it would be
advisable for four or five inter-
ested growers to visit the lnman
Packing corporation which is To-
Gated at Inman, S. c. This cor
poration consists Of %. apple
growers, representing 1000 trees
who organized and operated for
the first time during the season
of 1897. These growers are equip
ped with grading and washing ma
chinery which cost, installed,
about $1,000. The equipment has
the capacity for handling about
1000 bushels of apples per day of
10 hours.
If Il cooperative enterprise Is
desired in the hope of improving
net returns to the growers, the
writer urgently recommends that
the Inman enterprise be thorough
" investigated by some selected
and interested growers from Hen
derson county, who, together with
some representation from the OK
tension service, take whatever
time is necessary to interview the
officials of the corporation as
well as other grower members.
In the event a cooperative en-
terprise, such as has been dis
cussed, is actually contemplated
it would be advisable to start in a
small way and include, at the be-
ginning, at least, comparatively
small group of progressive and
dependable growers, convenient
ly located to the vicinity where
the plant is to be placed. 1t would
also be advisable to contact. we'll
in advance of the marketing sea-
son, dependable outlets that will
recognize and pay for quality APP
pies, properly graded and packed
5. There were IL growers who
indicated desire to better de-
velop the outlets through the mer-
chant and grower-truckers. 1t
might be advisable for those in
terested to take steps and lay out
program along this line which
would include the preparation OF
maps giving locations Of orchard
lists, and of roads leading thereto,
varieties grown and advertising
in the local papers of the mer-
chant-truckers, giving instructions
as to where to 60. in Henderson
vile, for example, to obtain more
detailed information relative to
the apple area in the county. A
central clearing house, for this in
formation would have to be desig-
mated which would no doubt, log
! ically be the county agents Oh
flee. The preparation of the maps
and other information should be
done through some farmer organ
ization, such as the Blue Ridge
Apple Growers association. de-
scribed herein.
Part two of the summary, deal
ing with the conclusions with re-
gard to interviews with wholesale
and retail distributors states:
1. The North Carolina apples
are undesirable because they are
poorly graded, are not washed,
usually come to the market i'll
bulk, are often immature, indi-
cate poor storage care as evil
denced by the rapid deterioration
even if placed in cold storage
later, and are unduly mellow II
arriving at the market 80 or more
days after being harvested
2. The wholesale and retail dis
tributors interviewed were agreed
that North Carolina apples could
be as desirable to their trade as
the Virginia or Western apples
now merchandised almost ex-
clusively by them if they were
properly graded, washed, packed
and stored
Ihe--repoft- Lists. Wilkes Hay