. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, igso BETTER FRUIT Page 2S every reason to believe that a success- ful import trade can be established. Oranges—The orange situation is also interesting and encouraging. It is re- ported on good authority and it is in fact generally conceded that the Span- ish crop in Valencia is only a moderate or a light to moderate one. The crop in the adjoining districts, Murcia, De- nia, Gandia, etc., is reported to be good. The Spanish growers insisted on high prices during the war and are main- taining them now. These conditions sliould allow American, especially C
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, igso BETTER FRUIT Page 2S every reason to believe that a success- ful import trade can be established. Oranges—The orange situation is also interesting and encouraging. It is re- ported on good authority and it is in fact generally conceded that the Span- ish crop in Valencia is only a moderate or a light to moderate one. The crop in the adjoining districts, Murcia, De- nia, Gandia, etc., is reported to be good. The Spanish growers insisted on high prices during the war and are main- taining them now. These conditions sliould allow American, especially Cali- fornia, oranges considerable scope at remunerative prices. The arrivals of Murcias so far have realized to $ per half box; Valencias $ to $ per half box. The Jaffa crop is only a moderate one, estimated at 500,000 to 750,000 boxes. This is said to be about one- eighth of the 1914 crop. The shippers are here trying to obtain advances on this crop, as the cost of material and labor there is very high. The freight is expected to be about $ It is anticipated that one-half of this crop will be used for the demands of Tur- key and Egypt. As in apples and other fruit so in oranges the study of market conditions is a prerequisite of success. A high price in a market indicates a shortage on the market on the auction day but is absolutely no indication of the num- ber of boxes of produce in transit to that market. Uninformed American shippers frequently noticing these prices ship large consignments to the market only to find that a good many others equally uninformed have done the same thing. The inevitable result has been a glut, and the fruit has been sacrificed to the hucksters to get what- ever was possible out of the consign- ment. Northwest Beekeepers to Meet The Inland Empire Beekeepers' Asso- ciation will hold its first regular an- nual meeting at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Wash., Jan. 26 and 27, 1920. Preparations are being made for the best an
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