. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. were on the program to speak were Senator Charles L. McN'ary, Prof. H. P. Barss, Prof. A. L. Lovett and C. I. Lewis. WASHINGTON. Apricots and peaches from the Yakima val- ley, which went on the market in the early- part of August, brought good prices according to a report on crops and crop movements in Washington, made by M. L. Dean, chief of the state division of horticulture. Early prices for apricots reached $150 per ton, although later the price declined. The prices received for peaches ran from $ to $ per box. Contract prices for Bartlett pear cannin
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. were on the program to speak were Senator Charles L. McN'ary, Prof. H. P. Barss, Prof. A. L. Lovett and C. I. Lewis. WASHINGTON. Apricots and peaches from the Yakima val- ley, which went on the market in the early- part of August, brought good prices according to a report on crops and crop movements in Washington, made by M. L. Dean, chief of the state division of horticulture. Early prices for apricots reached $150 per ton, although later the price declined. The prices received for peaches ran from $ to $ per box. Contract prices for Bartlett pear canning stock were started at $70 per ton, with later offers of s'10 per ton reported. The Bartlett pear crop in the Yakima valley is variously estimated at 000 to 1200 cars. Believing that this is a year when grade will cut a big figure in the price of box apples, Mr. Dean is warning growers to bring both grade and pack up to the top notch. Owing to the uncertainty of transporta- tion conditions, apple buyers, he says, will insist on the fruit being in the best pos- sible condition before it leaves the point of production. The melon acreage in the state of Washing- ton showed a considerable increase this year over that of 1919. Approximately 2,000 cars of cantaloupes and 500 acres of watermelons, it is estimated, will be shipped during the present season. Wenatchee is one of the Washington districts that has a bumper crop of pears and 550 car- loads are reported to have been contracted for in that district at prices ranging from $70 to $80 per ton. With the other fruit-shipping districts in Washington, Wenatchee is entering a strong protest against the recent increase in freight rates on apples. It is estimated that this dis- trict will have to pay from $1,350,000 to $1,- 875,000 more in freight rates under the in- crease than it paid last year. The second annual prune harvest festival, which will be held under the auspices of the Prunarians, will take place at Vancouver, Wash., thi
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