THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
The SKipments of Broccoli from Western Oregon. This Tear Have Been bixty-odd
run tt t n l c mrrt 0 7" 'm . ! 1 TT .'O.-.w
Cars, and l nere is a MarKet ior ouuu ars a n ear; a rroiixaoie money a,i up
in Douglas county and whose
beautiful home is situated on the
banks ot the South Umpqua flyer.
W. C. Winston, seconded the mo
tion, which, after considerable
discussion, was adopted. I am
frank in saying that if we had had
no organization , of farmers such
as . the grange, the movement
would not ' hare resulted in suc
cess. .
Visited Jjocal Grange)!.
Mr. Winston Immediately agreed
to plant ten acres of his river
bottom land to this crop, but only
a comparatively Jew of those pres
ent seemed to think the move
ment would prove successful, so
it became necessary to visit the
a liferent local granges to ex
plain the growing of the crop and
to nrge tne members to plant a
sufficient acreage to make the
movement a success,
Many ot the merchants of Rose-
OREGON BROCCOLI
' There are few States in the Union that can equal Oregon
i- irrowinff of broccoli and certainly none that-can beat
her The factors contributing to this superiority in crop pro
duction are suitable climatic conditions and an unlimited
mount of fine soil which is fully adapted to this vegetable.
In the marketing oi me irup, suwa c u-cwumu .uwt
careful in grading and packing each year, realizing that if
4n croD is to be sold in large quantities in eastern markets
U must bear tne Stamp Ol quamy uu uiut.utuui.jr iiuit icaca
no doubt in the mind of the wholesaler. .
In the increased acreage which is contemplated at this
time there are several things worthy of mention as being
iecessary to be considered by every grower. First, this crop,
cannot be well grown as a sideline. It must receive proper at
tention in all of the phases of production and marketing if
utnha successful and. make money. There can be no
i hroccoli crown with poor farming, no good broccoli sold
by poor methods of cutting, grading and packing. Broccoli turg were skeptical of financial
. Vi i.r moTi'o crnn ztrtA cvorv crrnwpr vchn Vina had MC-4 results, some claiming that the
S nOk J' - vvj ;
knows the crop is well worth his best efforts of
production and marketing. Second, first class broccoli de
hiirh class seed. I would hate to see any grower this
.,. lannchinor out into this crop with a seed strain of un-
value. Fully eaual to well drained ground in point
of importance is the question of seed. The crop takes nearly
a year to grow to maturity and you can't afford to gamble
with anything. This question must be very carefully con
sidered. Good seed this year is a scarce article. ,
ThirdOregon broccoli must in the future be standard
ized. There is too much difference between the idea of one
set if growers in one section as to what is a first grade or
second grade. Grades and packs must be standardized in all
producing sections. There must be, set a hjgh ideal for this
wn and its Quality. '':
Airain I say, let no one grow broccoli as a sideline or the lines of broccoli growing. The
something to dabble in. We want ordy honest-to J"
broccoli growers wno are in me bum3 i for their basis the stimulating of
worth, aiming to outdo each other in the quality of their crop interest along these same lines.
in overv Ttwnect to nut out a uniform The Rose burs Commercial club
jrcfc .w, , ... r was liberal In iU help In financing
product. ' . - nnTtAT-rm 1 these institutes, one of two dayV
A. U. U. iJUUViUiii duration being held in Roseburg.
Corvallis, Or., March 28. 1921. c while the other was of a week's
. .... length, the various speakers from
a f rPadpra know. Mr. Bouauet is professor of "e J1?" TiSSf
- . - - , . isill Tim I " muu ivwui ui iu iuuuij,
vegetable gardening at the Oregon Agricultural College, nej whne T went along to act as ad-
? nroCCOll entnusiasi, nas aiueu me muuaujr w i -b.. - w
. . J V. !a I 1irrwfnH nlf nr nd It. nnnslMli.
one M we ucat .fu irVlTiT At that time I was serving as
try. Prof. Bouquet will be with the broccoli growers and presIdent of tne board of dlrec.
TrnoTwtivp oTOwers at tne meetine on oavuruajr eemn tors ot tne umrxiua valley Fruit
it the Salem Commercial club, to make plans for a large union and one of my most en-
- t i niiaiairin in.wnrir an n nvnTnnv-.
hscreage in the Salem district.)
ACREAGE OF BROCCOLI' IN RDSEBURB
DISTRICT WILL BE ABOUT
The Matter of Seed is the All Important One Now For
The Growers of Douglas County The Market is
Clamoring For More, So Why Not More Broccoli7J
Asks Mr. Busenbark.
results, some claiming that the
veretihle would nnt art-lv nn tha
eastern market In fit condition I
for human consumption. J. II.
Booth, of the Douglas National
bank, however, was an exception,
and from the inception of the In
dustry has shown a confidence in
its success, and in every way in
his power encouraged us to go
ahead and make the movement
what it is now a staple crop in
Douglas county.
The lecturer of the Pomona
grange. Mrs. O. C. Brown, im
mediately saw the possibilities in
the broccoli Industry, and she. as
part of her lecture hour, arranged
ner programs to Include every
one who had any knowledge along
Editor, Statesman:
The broccoli Industry et Doug
las county is a growing industry
The crop Just harvested is one of
the best that has been grown.
While not as large as the 1917
crop, yet the quality la exceptional
and the price has averaged much
higher than the IS 17 crop, so tne
net returns to the grower equal
that of 1917. The worst setback
the industry has received is lack
of good seed. Before the war, the
seed was imported from Europe
(Denmark), and was true to
name, since men growers nn
been attempting to raise their
own seed, with variable results.
At present the seed produced by
Cha. W. Kruse of Oswego, is the
most reliable. Local growers
produced about one-third of the
seed used locally the past season.
The results were not satisfactory-
Plants from one grower's seed
began to head by the first of
January and the bulk of his crop
was off by Feb. IS, thus coming
too. early to get the best market
f lH is I rum uiiniicr svwci
seed did not begin to head nntil
March 10; this coming rather too
late, as the height of the harvest
was March 25, is hard to market
as there is not enough of it to
make car shipments. This long
raAge of season is not particularly
objectionable if enough of both
the early and late varieties are
grown to insure car shipments
throughout the season.' The type
ot plants from both these lots
of seed, was fairly good, but not
the purchase of a new tractor, to
rmUt them in their farming op
erations. On account of their ex
perience wMh the car of broccoli
that was held up in Deliver, and
lor other reasons, w. A. Sloper
believes broccoli might be shipped
to Europe, if there were a call
tor our product there; that Is. It
BROCCOLI IS AN ARISTOCRAT ID V
f
TO BE TREATED AS
SCH
would airire across the Atlantic! . .ru. ii.Mi.
in good condition, if proper ship- Comes Strutting Into Our Market in Feoruary, warcn
And April, at a Time When We Have No Succulent
Vegetables, Except Hot House Products or Some
That Have Been Sent From Sunny Climes.
eaual to the C. W. Kruse plants.
The main crop from' the Kruse
strain of seed ripened between
February IS and March IS and
was ot exceptionally high quality.
It is claimed by many that
broccoli Js a heavy feeder and
takes lots of plant food from the
solL This, I believe, la true, as
it takes a good, rich type of soil
to produce the best broccoli, but
If the leavea and waste from trim
ming are carefully returned to the
field as fertilizer, the loss ot plant
food can be reduced to a mini
mum. Fields that have produced
several crops of broccoli in suc
cession, handled in this way. do
not seem to have deteriorated.
and are atill good producers.
As I said In the beginning, the
broccoli industry In Douglas coun
ty Is a growing industry; and
while the seed selection is far
from perfect, yet the results ob
tained this year are very good.
The market Is clamoring for more
than is produced, so why not more
broccoli? There Is much demand
for seed at present, and the sup
ply Is limited, but the Indications
are that the acreage this year will
be nearly double that of last year,
ping precautions were observed
But it would no doubt meet there
the competition of the broccoli
ot Norway and Denmark and oth
er continental countries. And.
thus far. western Oregon haa not
produced nearly enough broccoli
to meet the American demand.
This Year's Crop.
Sloper Bros, estimates that they
had IS acres in broccoli this year.
It was between the rows ot a
Uaby hop yard, of S7 acre. It
was Interplanted. The rows were
eight feet apart. They planted
in August, andt they will have
easily eight cars; the seventh full
car lot was shipped on Tuesday,
The Slopers afe mechanically
inclined. They took a common
kale planter and pot a check row
By C. I. LEWIS.
Broccoli belongs to the cabbage
family. The broccoli Is really an
early tprtng form of cauliflower.
It haa been said that the cauli
flower la a cabbage with a college
education, which Is probably true.
But If the cauliflower Is a cab
bage with a college education,
then the broccoli has taken a post
graduate course.
Truly the broccoli la an arlsto-
appllance on It, for planting broe- crat. Comes stmtting" onto our
coll.' It worked; fine. They have
Invented a hop plow, run with a
tractor. It has two discs in front
that act aa a middle breaker, with
three discs on the side, and it
leavea the ground loose and pli
able. They expect to patent this
device.
They expect to ne solid plant
ing in their broccoli growing this
year; with perhaps about the
same number of crates aa last
year; but with a smaller number
of acres,
Ifarvefttiag the Crop.
Sloper Bros, have worked out
cheap and quick methods ot crat
ing and loading their broccoli.
The Oregon Growers Cooperative , They have put It. Into crates at
Association shipped the bulk of I about 4M cents a crate. They
the croo this vear. They are re-lnae wagon with a hay rack.
aulring the growera to meet holding 30 or 40 cratea. with ar-
thelr standard ot grade and pack. I rangements on the rear for crat-
thua putting an article on the Sing. They pack the broccoli into
eastern market that can be de-the crates right on the .wagon.
market In February. March and
early April, at a time of year
when we bate bo succulent vege-.
tables, except some which have
been cent to us from hot houses,
or from sunny climes. Is It any
wonder that be struts around
with an aristocratic air when all
he haa for competition la some
dried up beets and carrots, with
a parsnip or turnip here and
there, or some old dried up cab
bage ot last year'a vintage?
Like the true aristocrat, the
broccoli demands the beat ot ser
vice. It haa been said that the
broccoli la a very eay crop to
grow. This we feel la hardly
true, because the broccoli Is very
exacting In some of Its require
ments. First, good seed Is abso
lutely necessary. Unusually good
and expensive seed, seed running
30 a pound or more. This seed
must be planted In good aeed
pended npon and insuring the fu- When the wagon is loaded, the! ted in April, and the young plants
tare market.
- . . R. A. Busenbark.
Roseburg, Oregon, Mar. 27, 1921.
load is ready to take to the rail-1 transplanted In
roaa car. xney eena meir eui-ijniy,
ters two or tnree nours aneaa ot
the craters and loaders, to have
Jane or early
From the very start, it must be
seen that mis aristocrat nas
TIIE ' BROCCOLI INDUSTRY IN DOUGLAS
IK . Br THE Ml WHO STARTED IT
I -- --. ; j - -,-' -"..
SLOPER BROS. OF
How it Vas Started and Some of the Obstacles That
Had to Be Overcome The Industry was Begun
In That County With About Forty Acres Pledged to
Jhe , Growing of Broccoli. -
;,By DR. C. II BAILEY.
Eight-years ago the county
toarlf Douglas county appointed
me fruit inspector and I Immedi
ately assumed " the responsibili
ties of the office. In my travela
tmoBgst the orchard men It waa
made plain to me that -while in
time their orchards would bring
tlvem In an Income, at that time
their trees were young and pro-
luclBg no fruit. Douglaa county
kid been invaded by a large num
ker of eastern men who had come
to the Umpqua valley to embark
la the fruit industry, and many
of these men had been assured
f real estate promoters, that a
Urtngjcould be made by growing
truck "eroBs between the trees for
local consumption. Upon trying
to dispose ot their vegetables
lowmr, these incipient orchard
! found that the supply was al
ready larrer than the demand.
Not onlv were many ot the
ovaeri of young orchards' finding
hard to make a living, but own
w of farms ranging Irom 40 to
19 icre were also up against tne
fact that the home market waa
OTerwpplIed, with no demand
from the local merchants except
lor butter and eggs. In fact, our
Problems were the same that still
we ths northwest, except in sec
tion! where co-operation haa been
thoroughly developed, namely.
poor markets.
Growiag On Commercial Scale.
Uany of these young apple.
Pr and prune orcharda bad been
thusiastlc co-workers in promot
ing the industry waa the secre
tary of the union, S. D. Cooley.
To prove that the, doubters were
mistaken in saying that broccoli
would not reach the eastern mar
kets In edible condition, he ship
ped several crates to Chicago,
while I shipped at the same time
to friends in Duluth, Minn., both
shipments arriving in good con
dition, which proved conclusively
that if the prodtfet could travel
in a warm express car and arrive
in good condition it certainly
could be shipped under refriger
ation and arrive fit. for consump
tion. ;
We had at this period only in
the . neighborhood of 15 to 20
acres signed up to grow broccoli.
and it" was realized that at least
35 to 40 acres were needed to
make the movement a success
During the winter I visited every
FARING ME
IEPEHCE USE
Tl
the leaves slightly wilted. In or- p.cnty to drink. He doesn't stand
US IN BROCCOLI
der to make a closer pack; be
cause they had complaints laot
I year that the cratea were not well
filled. It la hard to fill them
prohibition and drought at all
well. He will grow spindling.
run to aeed. and will refuse to
grow at all if be suffers. There
to aeed or refuse to head. Neither
must he be too greatly alarmed
If about 2S per ceat of the crop
can be classed, aeeordlag to good
grading rulea. aa -culls. Broc
coli has been a leading crop in
the Roseburg district for a em
ber of yeara.
In 1914 there were cars; la
1915. 2S cars: 191C. 42 cars;
1$17. 82 cars: lfl. 44 ears:
1919. 42 cars;- 192. 24 cars;
1921. 51 cars.
Of the (1 cars handled la the
Roseburg district this past year,
the Oregon Growers' Co-operative
association handled 4i cars.
At Independence last year 4 CIO
cratea or about nine cars wert
handled, which sold for from
about f 1.29 to $1.25. This year
the Oregon Growers have handled
10 cars out at I a dependence which
will bring la about 1 ii a crate.
It has been shown la both the
Roeebsrg and Independence dis
tricts that It paya the growers to
get together sad get the benefit
ot the wide distribution. adrer
. - a Sw
timing aaa aaiesmaasai oi nci
an organization as the Oregon
Growers
The -men handling the fresh
fruit and vegetable department of
this organization have bad a am
ber of yeara experience la handl
ing broccoli and cauliflower. The
fact that mneh fruit had already
been sold under the "ilUtland"
brand also Helped In moving the
tioecoli.
Had the attempt been made to
sell all the broccoli In small ex
press shipments, principally here
In the west, or had about all
(Continued on page 4.)
planted on our richest river bot
tom soils, and. wnue me iree
were making a splendid growth.
the spaces between the trees were! local grange in the county In the
an economic waste; In most cases
only enough being grown to sup
ply the owner witn wnai vege
tablea he and his faintly could
consume. With these condiUona
confronting us It became an ob
session with me to promote the
growth, collectively, ot some crop
that could be shipped in cartoaa
lots, that would not come la com
petition too much with other sec
tions, and a crop that would as
sure the grower an .Immediate
cash return.
Realizing the fact that my ef
forts must be" confined to pro
moting the growing of not more
than one article of consumption,
if the movement was to result in
success, and having grown broc
coli for home consumption for the
three years previous, it came to
me as an inspiration that the
Umpqua valley, with Its equable
climate and rich aoils. was ideally
situated for the growing ot tnts
vegetable on a commercial scale.
At this time I had the honor
of serving as master of the Doug
las county Pomona grange, and
at one meeting In the fall, plac
ing another member In the chair,
1 offered a resolution to the as
sembled grange that we promote
and encoukage the? growing of
broccoli on a commercial scale.
One of the members f the grange
who has since become one of the
most successful broccoli growers
interest of broccoli production.
and where the grange meetings
were held in the school houses :
was particularly fortunate In in
teresting the growers, for here
blackboards and chalk were ayail-
( Continued on page 4)
They Set Out the Plants. With a Common Kale Planter,
. Adding a Device Making it Suitable 'For Broccoli;
They Cultivate With a.TraCtOr, and They Put Their Jnr the crop that had been cut Umette valleye often plow ti
V . . . . ., m I In the field, and it was on theldrag the ground several tl
rrOQUCl iniO Urates neauy ror IIIC naillUdU ivcu cu ground for four or n days, m end take c
Four and a Half Cents a Crate.
with the broccoli right from the I fore the ground ahould be rich
hands ot the cutters, because tne land deep and preferably rolling
leaves are very crisp and brittle. jor 0f such a nature that it will
An hour's sunshine will remedy I not hold water for long periods
this, or a few hours or rainy lie the winter.
weather. (By the way. broccoli I The slant must not be allowed
must be cut when ready, rain or I to dry out during the summer
shine.) But. at one time, last! time. The better broccoli grow.
year, they were delayed in pack-1 era of both the Umpqua and Wll-
twlce.
, , . , i I " me iiciu. inn m waa vu iut I arac la a ground sTraj WBitja.
PrOdUCt IntO CrateS Ready For the Railroad Car at ground for four or five days. In and take every precaution to hold
arencaiUBT riu iuu u wj i me moisture. mis piam loves
shipped to Chicago by express and I the cool open winters, such as we
sold there at $2.?S a crate. Broc-are passing' through this year.
con win stand a gooa oeai oi Mild temperatures and plenty oi
waiting, in rainy or cold weather. I moisture are the prime requl-
Sloper Bros., In harvesting. I sites.
keep three people cutting and alx I it exceedingly cold weather
packing Into the cratea. with I comes he will often curl up and
three wagons with the hay-raek I die.. unless there Is snow enough
arrangement. Ito protect him. He i also aub
They have been trying to getlject to chilblains, and If there Is
their neighbors to go Into broc-1 freezing and thawing weather.
coll growing, in order to facilitate Mr. Broccoli crumples up In the
the handling of the crop in car stem or sulk. This can be p re-
lots, and they have succeeded in I vented by throwing earth up over
getting some of them to grow a the atem during such periods.
little. In a email war. The In-1 After all thia rood care lis given
dications now are. however, that I him. the grower mutt noi be dis-
BROCCOLI
E
ED
The most extensive growers of'
broccoli in the -Salem district are
Sloper Bros., of Independence.
They have been growing broccoli
for 10 years. During their first
eight years they raised this veg
etable in a rather small way.
though they had' four acres during
one of those yeara; and they sold
their product on the local mar
kets and produced seed for the
seed houses.
The past two years they have
produced broccoli on a commer
cial scale.
Their 1920 Crop."
I They lost about $1 a crate on
A BLUE RIOBOH QUALITY ITU ,
A SALEM m ILL BE HIS GOAL
their 1920 - crop, owing to xne
switchmen's strike, but they came
out with a good net prolit, never
theless. . '
Thev started a car for Chicago.
and it was tied np In the strike
faV 10 davs in Denver, Notwith
standing this delay, that car of
broccoli arrived in Chicago in
such good condition . that It waa
sold at a higher net profit than
was the average for the aeasoa
for them, for most of their snip
mentaftad to go by .express, stand
ing the higher transportation cost.
They received, that year as high
ss $2.75 a crate in Chicago. -3Iight
Go to Europe.
W. A. and A O Sloper are the
members of the firm of Sloper
Bros. They sre also members ot
the . Independence hardware firm
of Sloner Bros. & Cockle. W. A.
Sloper runs the farm, and they
have, 200 acres, 90 acrea being In
bops.
W. A. Sloper was in Sal em yes-
Thus C. C. Russell, the Father oHhe Industry in the
Immediate Salem District, Dedicates His Labors in
This Field, and He Has Already Made a High Mark in
Quality. '
the growing of broccoli will be
quite general ' In that neighbor
hood, beginning with this year:
And Sloper Bros., who have thus
pioneered the industry, deserve
all the success they . themselves
have secured, and besides grest
credit for bringing to their neigh
borhood the opening ot a new line
In the way of a profitable money'
crop that has great possibilities.
Former Premier Vlvlanl Is com
ing to the United States. Sounds
appointed If about 25 per cent
ot the plants are spindling, run
terday making arrangements for 1 like a new hair lotion.
DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN
Mia Twice-aAVeek Statesman Following Day)
Lof.Mberr.es. Oct, 7.
drones, Oct. u. -t , ,
. Dairying, Oct 21. -
ttw. Oct. 28.
Alberts. Nov. 4.
JmU.Nov. 11. vV
Strawberries, Nov. 18.
Apples, Nov. 25.
RpberrteuT-ee. 2.
Mint. Dec I.
Creat cows, Dec. 18.
JJlaekberr.es, Dec. 22.
ferries. Dee. 20. ,
Pearl Jan a in ) ' -
Gooseberries and Currants, Jan,
Corn, Jan. 20.
ry. Jan. 27.
Spinach, Feb. 3.
On 06., Feb. 10. -Potatoes,
Feb. 17.
Feb. 24.
Mining. March S.
Goats. March 10.
Beans. March 17.
Eed highways, March 24.
Broccoli, Marcr 21.
fHos. April 7. ' ' ' - "
VtTme. April 14.
Aparagns. April 21. i
Crast April 23. "
13.
Drug garden. May 6.
Sugar, beets. May 12.
Sorghum, May T9. ,
Cabbage, May 2C. .
Poultry and Pet Stock, June 2
Land. June 9. j.r-?'x:U
Dehydration, June 16.;
iinna June 22.- -i " .' .... f'.-
Wholesale and Jobbing, Jone
30.
and
Cucumbers, July 7Wu -
Hogs, July 14.
Citr Beautiful, flowers
bulbs, July 21.
Schools, July z.
' Sheep, Aug. 4. '
National Advertising, Aug. 11.
Seeds. Aug. 18.. " ' '
Livestock. Aug. 25. .
Automotive Industry, Sept, 1. -
Grain and Grain Products,
Sept, 8.
rannfattnrlne. Sept,-15. - i
Woodworking and other things,
Sept. 22.
.. Paper Mill. Sept. 29. .
inapk conies of Salem Slogan
tuitions of The Dally Oregon
Statesman are on hand. They are
tor sale at 10c, each,. raaUad 40
Editor Statesman
There has been much said of
that delicious vegetable, broccoli,
in recent issues of the Salem daily
papers, especially The Statesman.
The broccoli la a vegetable of
the cauliflower family, but. grown
as it Is in the Willamette valley, is
far superior to the cauliflower.
Inasmuch as it grows in COOl
weather, and usually the crop is
gathered at the time ot year when
we have more or less ram. i nave
found in my experience that broc
coli harvested in such weather is
superior to that gathered in the
warmer and dryer days, as the
coql weather makes It brittle and
more tender. - -
I believe the climate near Sa
lem Is especially . adapted to the
growing ot broccoli. While we
-may have some winters that would
injure the crop. I think it is no
more subject to a freexe-out than
grain crops. In the seven years I
have grown it. It has been more
in an experimental way than any-
thing else,' and I am sure the ex
periment has been a pjeasan one
I have learned that It takes good.
fertile, well drained sou to pro
duce the fancy article, and it is a
cron that will stand all the work
m . . ta. a
you can give it; wnue i m
grown good crops when I waa com
pelled to partly negieci iu
lleuoas oi naming
T nlant the seed in a seed bed.
either with a seed drill or by hand.
Care should be taken tnai me -son
la well worked, deep and tine; the
seed planted about half an Inch
deep in drill rows about 12 inches
apart, and it should be planted
from the first to the lath, ot May,
and reset in the field about July
15 th
Snecial care shuld be made to
get the best seed on the market. If
yon can find an Individual who
haa made a. practice of raising seed
and ia a auccess, buy ot him. and
don't plant anything but the St.
Valentine, or a snrout from same.
The seed is a very careful, and,
one might say. a acientiflc study;
to select specimens that will I ra
ti rove rather than run out.
I see the seedmen still continue
to list a variety by name. White
French. Any one should be careful
to not plant this variety, as It Is
no good, and la a disgrace to me
broccoli family.
There could be much aald re-
rardinn- marketing the crop in a
commercial way, but for this time
will omit this, except to say the
east, up to the present time, wants
our broccoli, and I am one to put
no a blue ribbon qualitty with
Salem mark, in big red letters.
Yours for the industry.
C. C. RUSSELL..
Gervais, Ore., Route 2, March 29
1921.
(Mr. Russell has already pro-'
rressed far toward a blue ribbon
quality in the production of broc
coli. -He told the men assembled
at the noon luncheon of the Salem
Commercial club, a week ago Mon
day, that he had already sold ssis
worth of broccoli, to saiem gro
cers, from three-quarters ot an
acre, and waa atlii cuiung me
crop. He told the Salem Broccoli
aasciatlon crowd, at' the organiza
tion meeting last Friday, that the
Independence growera ot broccoli
were receiving higher prices, tor
their product shipped tn ear lota
and sold In the east, than he has
been rettlne In the Salem market.
Mr. Rnssell will be at the broccoli
meeting at the Salem Commercial
club rooms on Saturday evening.
He will himself grow twelve acre
of broccoli Jhls XT' -
S700 TO S8D0 tlCRE VALUE OF
E
EDM
CROPS IN ROSEBURG DISTRICT
BROCCOLI
PLANTS
We will bare broccoli
plants for sale be fin
ning Jane 15, and we
are already booking
orders.
One Grower With Six Acres Is Said to Have Harvested
3000 Crates; Another Got 800 Crates From Less
Than Two Acres; Prices Running As High as $1.75
A Crate But Such Yields Are Above the Average and
Bordering on Phenomenal.
C.
H. BAILEY
& SONS
Rosebor?, Oregon
:We have mxde a spe
cialty of Broccoli seed
fer "a number of years-
At the. time the grow
ers of Roseburg' first
started growing- this
crop, we supplied the seed
and plants. . -
.The ST. VALENTINE
BROCCOLI had proven
the best variety to stow
and we had about all the
seed there was in the
United SUtes at that
time.
This variety is still the
leading: variety -and is
used by nearly all the
growers as it produces'
the finest, largest heads
and they are ready for
the market at the prop
er time to secure the
highest price.
Our seed is np to the
usual standard that we
have always 'maintained
and our price is reason
able. We are always giad
to Quote prices.
Get in line and make
Salem the largest pro
ducer of Broccoli.
We have the land, the
climate and the market.
The grower who gets in
now will make the bis
profits. Try a few acres,
as raucn as yon can
handle.
D. A. WHITE & SONS
SEEDSMEN
SALEM :: OREGON
Editor Statesman: - 1 mo winwr VA7
broccoli aeason Jut completed
in tha RoaebnrK district baa
been tbe most successful
since the industry started
nd th roach ours. ,Wnil me
oast winter in Oreron waa ao
"ri normally mild, creatine eondM
Tvi.ltiona farorable to early maturity.
IT lDDRiri 1D1L lUV Ksvwvav I
applie. not .only to the quality VoT.h
of the CP y"ea.X " confidence in baTln a blh-priced
price recelred dlBelf Ute market. For. if we hare to
growera mm
the Cooperative Association claim
to bare recelred satisfactory
prices. The most notable feature-
of the marketinc ena oi me ae
. . A lt
this season is in me iaci imi " th,t nmcon Interests mlaht
compete with California In addi
tion to the larger yanety ot treen
truck and fruit coin Into east
ern markets from various south
ern statea It appears to the writ-1
sales were made f.o.b
on a atrictly cash basis. While
the independent growers do not
aooear to have been able to reach
the hlrh averace of ll.s to
fre better by shipping; at an ear
lier period, when this competi
tion is not so great.
Numerous growera In this dls-
"'ZZ v.onnltrict report almost phenomenal
mm Lnjk j i . t.w.--l
r-M.-M rv. -.. AxJation. yieias. una grower wn i
v.w... r : l i. 1 .i . v.. ii.raM i nun
.m. ryt C 1 tn SI T S fir A I ft w -'
v.py snrnnrsrlnr A little com-1 '" I
w . I -A V I. aft.Ftinnil fli.t
fSS wTacreVwToye; VK
L"rw "V.h . crater Of course, these yield.
for our crops ' are far above the average, but
for2"fw:. f. ' i .f i. t,. they ahow the fertility of our soil
.ww";or mildness ot our climate and
VhT;wr oF brccVlI onh ability ot some otour far-
quite a large scale. In the past mers. rnrrr nrrrvrw
ah .concentrated on callHower. FOSTER BUTNER.
which waa harvested daring fall I Roseburg, Or., Mar. If, 1121,
: '.L ' - - " -
LOWER
Seed Prices for 1921
Omt mtHM as TO5T HAND GROWERS niUm wa
t srmia mtme mmt cheicw mtrmlmm ! Vf UU 5 fit mt
Trm-Wmr Tricm. AM tkr p-lar L2y Uty
mrm Umtmd te mr ltZl Sm4 AmataaJ at
CAaaoT I fP rvACH
ctuxay Hv SQUASH
CUCUMSE . TOMATO
mcijom U aUrrAA&4
, SPECIALS FOR 1921
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