. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 84 A T a recent meeting of Coeur d'Alcnc valley â ^ apple growers, 35 miles east of Spokane, R. L. Michael, apple buyer from Chicago, offered to buy the entire crop of every member of the asso- ciation, pay 25 cents a boi in advance and fur- nish boxes, the remainder to be paid when the apples are loaded on cars. He quoted the follow- ing prices; Jonathans, $; Wagners, $(1; Rome Beauties, $, and Delicious, $ to $ ^â¢iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiitiii iiiit^ I What They Are Doing | I in
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 84 A T a recent meeting of Coeur d'Alcnc valley â ^ apple growers, 35 miles east of Spokane, R. L. Michael, apple buyer from Chicago, offered to buy the entire crop of every member of the asso- ciation, pay 25 cents a boi in advance and fur- nish boxes, the remainder to be paid when the apples are loaded on cars. He quoted the follow- ing prices; Jonathans, $; Wagners, $(1; Rome Beauties, $, and Delicious, $ to $ ^â¢iiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiimiiiMiiiiiitiii iiiit^ I What They Are Doing | I in California [ niiiiiiiiitiiiHiiiiMiniiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinim iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu': /^ROWERS in the state of California will here- ^^ after can their fresh figs themselves. Starting this season a large tonnage of fruit in the form of canned figs, preserved figs and fig jam will be placed on the market by the California Peach and Fig Growers, a co-operative marketing association of over 8,000 members. The move marks the cutting away from the in- dependent canning interests and the growers' or- ganization will not only pack their products, but will market th^m as well. In order to handle the growing tonnage of figs In California, a large proportion each year will be diverted to canned products and the balance dried as has been the case heretofore. The association has erected two of the most modern canning plants on the Pacific Coast, as finely equipped as any In the country and the operations have already been started. The California Peach & Fig Growers is the first of the big growers* organizations on the Pacific Coast to erect and operate canneries for their members on a large scale. The departure represents an Investment of over $100,000 and the two plants now In operation are located at strategic points in the California fig belt, so that the cost of deliveries is so equalized that every section of the belt is adequately served. The operation is b
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