King County Horticultural Society
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- Dec 25, 1897The Fumigation Didn't Take: Live Scale Found on Japanese OrangesA King County fruit-growers' committee inspects a shipment of imported oranges that the state's own commissioner had fumigated, finds the mealy bug and scale still alive, and demands stricter enforcement before the fruit goes on sale.Seattle, WA
- Apr 9, 1898The Wholesaler Tells the Growers the Truth: 'We Don't Love You'Sixteen years in the Seattle commission trade and no patience left, R. Merchant tells a room of fruit growers that no middleman has ever cared about them — and that neat, uniform packing, not grievance, is the only thing that ever got a farmer paid.Seattle, WA