. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 22 BETTER FRUIT Sej}ter7iber, 1921 Northwest Notes From Here and There "PlOUGLAS county will be the banner section in â¢^ Willamette valley this year in the produc- tion of dried prunes, according to official esti- mates. The output in Douglas county is placed at 7,500,000 pounds. The Polk county output is given at 2,000,000 pounds; IVlarion county, I,- 500,000 pounds; Yamhill county, 2,500,000 pounds; Lane county, 1,500,000 pounds. Uma- tilla county, with an estimated output of 2,- 000,000 pounds, for the first time becomes a larger factor in the dried
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 22 BETTER FRUIT Sej}ter7iber, 1921 Northwest Notes From Here and There "PlOUGLAS county will be the banner section in â¢^ Willamette valley this year in the produc- tion of dried prunes, according to official esti- mates. The output in Douglas county is placed at 7,500,000 pounds. The Polk county output is given at 2,000,000 pounds; IVlarion county, I,- 500,000 pounds; Yamhill county, 2,500,000 pounds; Lane county, 1,500,000 pounds. Uma- tilla county, with an estimated output of 2,- 000,000 pounds, for the first time becomes a larger factor in the dried prune market this year than several of the Western Oregon prune-pro- ducing counties. The total production of dried prunes in Oregon this year is estimated by F. L. Kent, statistician of the U. S. Bureau of Mar- kets, to be 21,610,000 pounds or less than one- half of the tonnage forecasted early in the season. AAA i~\UTSIDE of Hood River county the largest ^-^ apple crop that will be produced this year will come from Jackson county which will ship 900 cars. Jackson county will lead the state in pear production with an estimated shipment of 4,500 tons for the season. AAA â pSTIMATES made by the fruit growers of the Calapooia River valley arc to the effect that before the season closes 450,000 pounds of ber- ries will have been produced in that section. These figures do not include the large quantity of berries appropriated for family use. Two hun- dred and twenty-five tons of the berries were shipped to the cannery at Eugene. AAA "W/^ITH the increase in apple production in the " Hood River valley the Apple Growers' Asso- ciation has found it necessary to add to its ware- liouse capacity and is building storage houses at Odell and Dee. The new structure at Odell will be one story high, 130x60 feet. It will be built of tile and will cost $11,000. The Dee plant, which will be constructed of wood, will be 120x50 â feet and cost $8,000. AAA At $+0 a ton prune growers i
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