Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 242, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1910 — GET LARGE CROP OF APPLES [ARTICLE]

GET LARGE CROP OF APPLES

Washington Has More Fruit Than Last Year and Values Are Higher Than Ever: ■ | Seattle, Wash. —Reports of growers and handlers indicate that the production, of apples In Washington this year will be between 3,500,000 and 4,700,000 boxes, but while the yield promises to be the largest yet grown, orchardists and buyers say there will be no cheap apples. The cause assigned is the late frosts in the other apple growing states. The yield in Washington is estimated at around 4,000,000 boxes, against 2,414,000 boxes in 1909, when the average wholesale price was $1.40 > box. Oregon is second in the northwest this year with about 2,000,000 boxes, and Idaho and Montana follow. Buyers have been active over the state the last two months, and it is probable that half of the crop has been 'sold, but many apples will bm

held in anticipation or Increased prices at holiday time. No prices are made public, but it is believed the wholesale price this year will be above two dollars a box. Several growers will send large consignments of apples to England and Australia this season, while others will market their fruit in the orient, Hawaii and South America. One grower has already arranged to accompany a shipment of 3,600 boxes to England.