. i TO 



was found to be a sale temperature, 

 since the freezing point of apple juice 



is several degrees lower. 



The experiments showed the Rainier 

 apple In he the best keeping variety. 

 It remained in prime condition for mar- 

 kel until May or later. In length of 

 time in which they could be kept in 

 such condition the remaining varieties 

 tested ranked as follows: Hyde King 

 and Arkansas Black, May; Winesap and 

 Yellow Newtown, last of April; Rome 

 (Home Beauty), Northern Spy and Mis- 

 souri, middle of April; Delicious, last of 

 March; York Imperial, Ben Davis, Win- 

 ter Banana and While Pearmain, first of 

 March; Esopus ( Spil/.enburg), last of 

 February; Gano and Black Ben, Stay- 

 man Winesap and Salome, middle of 

 February; Ortley, February; King Da- 

 vid, first of February; Mcintosh, middle 

 of January; Tompkins King and Wag- 

 ener, January; Jonathan, first of Jan- 

 uary; Arkansas (Mammoth Black Twig), 

 January; and Grimes, middle to last of 

 December. 



BETTER FRUIT 



December 



Southern Pacific Adopts "Hoover Corn 

 Cake" 



The Southern Pacific Railway sends 

 a menu for corn-meal cakes, made ac- 

 cording to this recipe: 4 cups of corn- 

 meal, 3 cups of boiling water, 1 cup of 

 cream, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 2 

 teaspoons of baking powder; salt to 

 taste. Mix well meal and water (do not 

 let it lump), add the cup of cream, into 

 which the three eggs have been beaten; 

 then add sugar, and last, the baking 

 powder. Bake on hot griddle. 



BEST SERVIC 

 QUALITY S PRICE 



PERFECTION IN 



FRUIT 



VLABELS 



1r iE 



Simp 



oellerCo. 



-24N0RTHWES 

 PORTLAND.OREGON. 



E.Shelley Morgan 



NORTHWESTERN MANAGER 



WE CARRY^AND CAN SHIP IN 24 

 HOURS-STOCK LABELS FOR PEARS, 

 APPLES.CHERRIES a STRAWBERRIES. 



1 JHisslon San'BueHaveHtura,~f / entura, (?alifbrnia..Tbuneted1782 



CALIFORNIA 



MISSIONS add the romance of California's 

 early days to the infinite variety and charm 

 of California life today. 



We can't begin to tell you here, but will send booklets 

 of how and where to go— and what to do and see— in 

 this wonderland. 



Jtsk any Agent of the 



Union Pacific System 



or write WM. McMURRAY, General 

 Passenger Agent, Portland 



Founded 177^ 



Apple Scald a Preventable Disease 



Department of Agriculture Discovers that Occasional Renewal of Air in Storage Houses 



Is An Effective Remedy 



APPLE scald of green and ripe fruit 

 in storage can be entirely and 

 easily prevented by an occasional re- 

 newal of the air of the storage room, 

 according to a discovery of the United 

 Stales Department of Agriculture, just 

 reported by Charles Brooks and J. S. 

 Cooley in the Department's Journal of 

 Agricultural Research. The basis of 

 the discovery is the fact the apples are 

 living organisms which breathe and, 

 like other living things, have ventila- 

 tion requirements which if not met lead 

 to other smothering. 



The report stales that accumulations 

 of carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas) 

 produced by the apples in storage, the 

 lack of air movement in the storage 

 rooms, and the depositing of moisture 

 on the fruit, are all factors that may 

 play a part in the production of scald. 

 The relative importance of these fac- 

 tors is a matter for further investiga- 

 tions. The experiments indicate that 

 high humidities may be maintained in 

 storage without the development of 

 scald, and prove conclusively that an 

 occasional remedy of the air of the 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



