. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 29 create a working surplus large enough to meet all requirements, and the establishment of connections in the East to handle a large percentage of the tonnage, have been com- pleted by the Wenatchee District Cooperative Association, according to .H. G. Boehlke, pres- ident of the newly formed fruitgrowers' asso- ciation, who was in Spokane recently. "We have already signed up 735 carloads of the 1921 crop in the valley, and we have every reason to be- lieve that we are going to obtain the support of 65 per cent of the growers
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. January, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 29 create a working surplus large enough to meet all requirements, and the establishment of connections in the East to handle a large percentage of the tonnage, have been com- pleted by the Wenatchee District Cooperative Association, according to .H. G. Boehlke, pres- ident of the newly formed fruitgrowers' asso- ciation, who was in Spokane recently. "We have already signed up 735 carloads of the 1921 crop in the valley, and we have every reason to be- lieve that we are going to obtain the support of 65 per cent of the growers in the four coun- ties comprising our district," he said. "Three cents will be levied on each box of fruit to pay the advertising bill, which will be spent advertising one brand for the entire ; The chief features of the plan adopted by the Wenatchee District Cooperative Association are the centralization of all authority in trustees and officers. All growers who join must sign up for five years, and must place their entire crops in the hands of the association's offi- cers to dispose of to the best advantage. Pools are provided for, settlement for which is to be made at fixed dates, and all returns are to be made equally to growers according to the num- ber of boxes of fruit sold. Reports that winter apples held in commun- ity storage in the Wenatchee district are dam- aged are emphatically denied by District Hor- ticultural Inspector Darlington, who has made careful examination of Winesaps in the dis- trict, both in the orchard and track storage. Mr. Darlington reports that there are no indi- cations of detrimental water, core or other breaking down of the cells. Apple shipments from Yakima continue to decrease, only 262 carloads having been rolled to the market during the week ending Decem- ber 12 as compared with 367 the previous week. Total apple shipments for this season are 5,708 cars with a valuation of about $8,- 0(10,0(10. There have now been
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