. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 22 BETTER FRUIT August, 1921 Northwest Notes From Here and There OREGON "PEARLIER estimates of the Hood River apple crop placing it at 2,500,000 boxes, are now said to have been too high and those familiar with crop conditions in the valley this year state that the yield will not be more than 1,800,000 boxes and possibly as low as 1,500,000. The unusually heavy blossoming caused the highest estimates. Much of the fruit, however, failed to set and the Pond's Centipede Ladder Twr "^S (Patent Applied For) Ask your implement dealer to show you the late
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 22 BETTER FRUIT August, 1921 Northwest Notes From Here and There OREGON "PEARLIER estimates of the Hood River apple crop placing it at 2,500,000 boxes, are now said to have been too high and those familiar with crop conditions in the valley this year state that the yield will not be more than 1,800,000 boxes and possibly as low as 1,500,000. The unusually heavy blossoming caused the highest estimates. Much of the fruit, however, failed to set and the Pond's Centipede Ladder Twr "^S (Patent Applied For) Ask your implement dealer to show you the latest invention in lad- ders for use in high trees. Made of iron, Oak and clear Douglas fir. Tall, strong, light weight, rigid, stable and rea- sonably priced, the last word in ladder efficien- cy. In tall trees it will ::ut your picking costs in half. Descriptive circu- lar on request. RUSSELL G. POND (Forest Engineer) 1 nveiitor and Shipper of Pond Products Parkdale, Hood River, Ore. loss from the June drop was very heavy in many sections of the valley. The output, it is stated, will be of exceptionally high quality and with the ad- dition of many new facilities for housing, storing and handling the crop is expected to move to market in fine condition. AAA TTP to the middle of July the Oregon Growers* Association had shipped 29 cars of its Mist- land brand of prunes for export to England. Establishing a demand for Oregon prunes in Eng- land Is looked upon as a fine stroke of business, as there is a continuous demand for this fruit owing to it being popular In English homes and eating houses the year around. AAA T^HE report comes from Vale that the entire apple crop of the Brogan district near there was recently sold to an eastern buyer at a price of $50 per ton for all varieties except Delicious which brought $75 a ton, the fruit to be delivered in bulk. Some box apples that were sold brought from $ to $ AAA IZ" ING'S Products Company from its plant at Salem shippe
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