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rightly calls the worst enemy of the apple grower. This bulle- 

 tin should be in the hands of every fruit grower, as it tells just 

 how to detect the eggs upon the fruit, thus giving timely notice 

 of when to spray. It also gives the best formulas for sprays 

 and instruction for preventing scabby apples and pears. It 

 is the best treaties that has yet appeared on the subject. 



There has been a very heavy demand for apple trees for 

 planting this season, with good market for other trees, par- 

 ticularly prune and cherry, and nursery stocks are practically 

 exhausted ; and beside there liave been heavy shipments into 

 the state from the outside. With the present prospect for a 

 world-wide market for our apples there does not seem much 

 danger of greatly overdoing the apple planting business, 

 though of course we can not often expect sucli prices as we 

 have received this year. Even the much abused Ben Davis 

 is going to prove useful and valuable for shipment to the 

 Orient. I am inclined to think that it is about the only apple, 

 save the Yellow Newtown, that will successfully stand ship- 

 ment to the eastern countries. The latter is too high priced 

 an apple for some luarkets, and the area in which they can 

 be grown is too limited ever to make them very cheap, so 

 that the former is the only resource, and I believe that to 

 choose between Ben Davis and nothing that most people 

 would choose Ben Davis. They can be grown anywhere, and 

 so cheaply that they can be placed in the Oriental markets at 

 a price they can easily pay, and still be very profitable here. 



With a favorable year the prune crop will probably be a 

 little larger than that of last year. Prices should rule good 

 as the surplus both in California and at home promises to be 

 well cleaned up ere the new crop comes on the market. 



It is encouraging to note the increase of interest that is 

 being taken in the growing of strawberries, especially around 

 Xewberg. There several men are putting out large patches, 

 and many more are preparing to grow plants for next year's 

 planting. Steps are being taken to form a union there similar 

 to the ones at Hood River and Salem, to handle the crop when 

 it is produced. They are also endeavoring to have a cannery 

 ■ or preserving plant established there. This latter seems to 

 me the most promising plan ; there are many and serious dif- 

 ficulties in the way of successful shipping of fresh berries from 

 the Willamette Valley, but with a jam plant or a cannery the 

 question is a simple one from the growers' standpoint, at least. 

 Such a plant can well afford to pay 3 or 3i cents per pound, and 



