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Peach and Prune Crops Are Smaller Than Usual but High Prices Will Result in Good Returns. Net Profit of $1.25 to $1.35 a Basket on Peaches—More Than 100 Carloads to Be Shipped Out During the Season. Emmett, Sept. 17.—The fruit grow rs here are having the most profit able season in their history. While the crop of peaches and prunes in not as Tareens in some years, the prices are weh as to give the growers the big gest net profits they ever received. ‘There In a great demand for Emmett frui this year. Representatives of sastern fruit buyers are here and they are offering the growers cash or t heir fruit. ‘The peaches are of exceptionally fine quality this year. Those growers, who are accepting the cash offers for peaches, are getting $1.25 to $).5 per B0-pound aaket. t o b. Emmett. The grower pays for the basket which costs him 16 cents; add to this a fur ther expense of 18 cents per basket, which includes the cost of picking, packing, hauling, and other items of expener and the total cost to the grow~ or of a basket of peachse placed In the, ear ready for shipments about 34 pants. His net profit this year on the cash basin of $1.26 to $1.0h per basket is therefore 91 cent to $1.01 per bas ket, . NET $400 PER CAR. A entroad of peaches constitutes 480 baskets, and the net profit to the growers on the cash bnaix in about $460 per car. Tt fe estimated there will be 100 to 126 cars of peaches shipped from here this year. Most of the peaches are already shipped out. All of them will be shipped within the next few days . One of the prominent peach growers is nipping hia peaches in crates, he re encouraged to do so from (in fact that in Chicago peaches were quoted ME SLAG to $1.25 per 20-pound crate This is a remarkable price, and it i sl then who are consigning their! ires his vear will realize ahe ther aatisfactor’ returns. Prerhor At $135 per crate in Chicago would renewal return to the grower here st 40 censeter crate, or four center’ er pound net NET $100,000 TO GROWERS. ‘The minimite price eo far quoted for orunon in $35 per ton cum. Whae he soved most of the prune growers here will get $40 or more par ton for their rolt this year. The manager of one of the concerns chipping peaches and prunes from here enve Ut ne an definite that the peach crowers here will receive thin year a total net return of sn0,000, and that the wane growers will receive June about An equal amount net Duncan Hunter, manager of the famous Frozen Dog fruit ranch here, stated the first car of peacher shin~ qed to Chicago hla xeaxon brought a return of $50er ton, and the second, ear brought $64 per ton. Mr. Hunter said his crop of peaches from nix ncres will total about 78 tons thin year CASH OFFER FOR APPLES. At least one buyer x already on the round here for the purport of buying apples. He stated he will pay cash for the apples he buys He will buy ap ples either in bull or pack, He repre sents Davidson Bros. Co. [ bik fruit] firm of Dow Moines, Ta. ‘There are four Institations through whom the growers are shipping their fruit: Pratt, Growers’ associatio nruit Growers’ union, Idaho Fruit Pr oucts company and the Earl Fruit company. 1 ‘The advooiation has aready whipped out a8 cars of peaches and prunes. The union has shipped 2% care of peaches 11 started to pack prunes Baturdavy. The Idaho Products company has shiprell 1 cara of peaches. The Earl Fruit company has whipped 24 care of pruned and five cars of peachon. Ttme estimated there are fully 800 people now employed In the fruit miss ions here as pickers, packers, haulers, etc. we
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Evening Capital News
Boise, Idaho, US
Mon, Sep 17, 1917
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