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BETTER FRUIT 



Ridley, Houlding & Co. 



COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 



Points to remember when consigning 

 apples to the London Market 



1— We Specialize in Apples 



2— All Consignments Receive our 

 Personal Attention 



3-The Fruit is Sold by 

 Private Treaty 



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CORNER FIRST AND OAK STREETS 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



December 



last between irrigation periods for 

 normal soil. In fact, the two troubles 

 are to related that wherever it is seen 

 that water sinks slowly, or that areas 

 tend to dry out too quickly, it may be 

 taken for granted that the undersoil 

 lacks its due share of fertilizer. 



The remedy is deep tillage. That, 

 and that alone, will open up and crum- 

 ble the soil enough to permit the pene- 

 tration of water and the carrying 

 down of whatever else may be ap- 

 plied to the surface. Many orchards 

 throughout the Northwest have been 

 blasted, but only at the points where 

 the trees stand. The blasting should be 

 done along the rows between the trees, 

 at least one way, and well may be done 

 over all the space between the trees. 

 And those orchards which have not 

 been heavily cover-cropped should be 

 reblasted now. Roots of annual plants 

 penetrating in masses to the lower soil 

 will keep it open and fine for years, 

 but if the breaking is not accompa- 

 nied with cover-cropping, the original 

 clogging and compacting may occur 

 again soon. 



No fruit trees will thrive properly 

 on plant food they must secure from 

 the top eight or ten inches of soil, no 

 matter how much is put on there. They 

 must be able to get it down where 

 most of the feeding roots are located. 

 Surface cultivation is a mild and in- 

 effectual treatment at best. Provision 

 should be made for filling the under- 

 soil with irrigation water, and for 

 making the water carry down the ma- 

 terials needed by the trees. — Contrib- 

 uted. 



Potato "Don'ts" 

 Don't injure the selling and storing 

 quality of your potatoes by careless 

 digging. 



Don't glut the fall market and in- 

 jure your winter market by placing 

 large quantities of ungraded stock on 

 the market at harvesting time. 



Don't ship any frost-damaged pota- 

 toes. It is disastrous. 



Don't demoralize the already over- 

 burdened transportation facilities by 

 shipping cull potatoes. Unless pota- 

 toes are extremely high in price, culls 

 will not bring transportation charges. 



Don't overlook the advantages of 

 "machine sizers." They are proving 

 of great value in many shipping sec- 

 tions. 



Don't expect machine sizers to grade 

 for quality — only human hands can 

 grade out the defective tubers. 



Don't mix No. 1 and No. 2 grade 

 potatoes. There are customers who 

 desire each separately, but do not want 

 them mixed. 



Don't overlook the potato grades 

 recommended by the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture and the 

 United States Food Administration. 



Farm boys should lay in plenty of 

 nuts and popcorn. It's going to be 

 patriotic to eat it instead of candy this 

 winter. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



