. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. December, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 23 WASHINGTOX T7ROM Whiti: Salmon more than 200 cars of ^ apples had been loaded out by the middle lit November, and warehouses were reported as still packed to capacity. AAA A MONG heavy yields of apples in the Yakima â ^ Valley was that of J. F. Douglas, near Wapato, who obtained 12,000 boxes from 14^2 acres, or an average of 870 boxes per acre. AAA /^ARL R. PIERSON, 28 years old, is credited with having made the highest record as a box lidder in the Yakima district this season. His record was the lidding of 2,260 bi>xes of p
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. December, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page 23 WASHINGTOX T7ROM Whiti: Salmon more than 200 cars of ^ apples had been loaded out by the middle lit November, and warehouses were reported as still packed to capacity. AAA A MONG heavy yields of apples in the Yakima â ^ Valley was that of J. F. Douglas, near Wapato, who obtained 12,000 boxes from 14^2 acres, or an average of 870 boxes per acre. AAA /^ARL R. PIERSON, 28 years old, is credited with having made the highest record as a box lidder in the Yakima district this season. His record was the lidding of 2,260 bi>xes of pears in one AAA TN the Prosser district the better returns on grapes were these: Two acres owned by O. S. Larson, gross return, $2,400; four acres Con- cords owned by Mrs. George Finn, gross return, $4,000. AAA Approximately 600 cars of apples were -^ produced this season in Walla Walla county. More than half were shipped East as fast as packed, but a big surplus piled up at the time the rail strike threatened. AAA ClX carloads of "gift apples" were shipped ^ some little time ago from Wenatchee to Chi- cago in solid cars. From Chicago the shipment is being distributed to all parts of the country by express and parcel post, under special labels affixed to the boxes. AAA A of 150,000 gallons of cider and -^ '200,000 of vinegar will be produced by the Inland Products Company, at Spokane, ac- cording to Manager Charles Theis. Reports show seven cider, mills at work in Spokane, with promise of record production because of an un- usual quantity of windfalls following the early windstorm. a A a W/HAT doubtless is to stand as the record '' day's shipment of apples from the Wen- atchee district was made on October 30, when 300 refrigerator cars were dispatched. AAA "C'RED WREN, orchardist of the Lake Chelan district, was given credit for having dis- played the biggest Delicious and Rome Beauty apples seen in Spokane this season. Twenty- eight of the
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