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5. Each packer shall receive his pay from the grower in cash, or a written 

 order on the Apple Growers' Union, which will be cashed by the manager on pre- 

 sentation. 



6. The charges fixed by the Union and agreed to by the packers for packing, 

 will be 5 cents per box for all boxes containing 128 apples or less, and 6 cents 

 per box for all boxes containing over 128 apples. This price shall cover any and 

 all packs ordered by the manager. 



7. Each packer will be furnished meals by the grower where he is packing, 

 ■without charge, but must make necessary arrangements for his bedding. 



8. Packers are required only to pack fruit properly wiped and assorted from 

 ■culls fairly well by the grower before being placed on the packing table, but the 

 packer will be required to make the final culling, which shall not exceed 8 per 

 cent, or 8 boxes in 100. Such culls as the packer may throw out he will be 

 required to handle with as much care as first-class fruit. 



9. Each packer must be supplied with suitable and necessary room at the 

 packing table, which must be properly and substantially made. 



10. Each packer shall require the grower to supply him with empty boxes, 

 and have the paper placed in a convenient place. 



11. Each packer must set off liis box when packed. 



12. If the grower is not properly prepared for the packers, the packers will 

 be at liberty to move on, or may charge the grower at the rate of 20 cents an 

 hour for extra time spent in culling and wiping properly. It shall be the duty 

 of each packer to notify the grower of such conditions, when existing, in advance, 

 and should the grower make a protest, the packer will be at liberty to move 

 on and report the matter to the manager, who will endeavor to conscientiously 

 adjust the matter satisfactorily. 



13. Please assist the packer. He is also a grower and your friend : and 

 remember he is following instructions given by the Board of Directors, who are 

 acting as directors with your interest at heart, giving one day each week of 

 their time without pay. 



WALNUT AND FILBERT GROWING. 



By J. B. PiLKiNGTOK, Portland, Oregon. Read before the Northwest Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Convention, Portland, January, 1P04. 



The walnut today occupies a similar position in horticulture iu Western 

 Oregon that it did in California twenty or thirty years ago, and as a distinctive 

 and very important branch of horticulture is entitled to as much consideration 

 Iiere as was given it there. In preparing this paper I uave carefully digested all 

 available writing on the subject and have made deductions from personal ob- 

 servations. The very interesting writing of Mr. Del^ong, of the California 

 State Board of Horticulture, which is published in the report of our State 

 Board of Horticulture, goes into detail. Origin, longevity, pollination, varieties, 

 including European. Oriental and of home origin, planting, soil, propagation, 

 pruning and. lastly, harvesting, are extensively treated. While this work is 

 familiar to many who are present, a review of some of its subjects may be in- 

 teresting. 



Mr. Delong commences : "Holding a prominent place among the fruit 

 products of California, stands the walnut. This position has been attained in 

 the past few years, and is the result of experience — and many failures — which 

 have shown the proper conditions under which this fruit will thrive, its re- 



