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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Compatibility Table— Insecticides, Fungicides 



rEniTO^s Note.— II is frequently necessarj to combine different sprays lo spraj for different 



disuses and pests at the same rime. For the reason that in order to get proper control "I two 



. ,„ irouiles it Is necessary h spray with two or more materials at the same time, n addi- 



, , combining sprays is econ y. ta doing so two or three spray materials can be put on at 



„,!„„.. instead of going over the orchard two or three times. Just what sprays can be mixed 

 and wha can not be is a subject that many growers are not thoroughly familiar with. Informa- 

 tion on U.is subject has not been in very definite form nor arranged in a practical way for the 

 fr I grower. It is frequently difficult to Ond out and necessitates the asking of many questions. 

 Mr G* orge P. Gray, of the Experiment Station of the University oi I alifornia, has arranged this 

 Information in a vV, x practical way in tabular form, xvl.ichjwin be of assistance to the growers.] 



Fungicides 



Walla Walla district. . . 



Spokane district 



Yakima Valley district. 

 Wena tehee district 



White Salmon district.. 



Cars 



urn 



30 



3060 



1125 



2 



m 



E 



3 



£ Paris Green A-l D A-l 



STS Calcium Arsenite.... ADA 

 &M 



,-£ Lead Arsenate A-l ? A-l 



IE (Acid) 



g<: Lead Arsenate ABA 



g~ (Neutral) 



S Zinc Arsenite ? D A-l 



Washington State Department of Horticulture 



By M. L. Dean, Chief Division of Horticulture 



The State of Washington takes the 

 lead in the production of apples for the 

 year 1917. Government and other re- 

 ports show that the comercial apple 

 crop for the state is greater than that 

 of any other state in the Union. 



The quality of the fruit as a whole is 

 up to the average, yet the codling moth 



At the Grade and Pack Conference 

 held at Spokane November 23, 1917, it 

 was recommended that the 1917 regula- 

 tions be adopted for the 1918 pack. 

 There seemed to be much demand for a 

 Federal uniform grade, in order that 

 the uniform grade may become a fixed 

 standard in all states. 



Total 4317 



Reports from the fruit commissioner 

 of Canada, Donald Johnson, shows 

 about 132,800 barrels, or about 630 car- 

 loads, in storage in Canada, Decem- 

 ber 1. 



Fruit Products 

 The demand for fruit at the canning 

 establishments, evaporating plants, cider 

 and vinegar factories has made a good 

 market for all cull fruit, making it pos- 

 sible for the growers to receive a much 

 larger revenue for this grade of fruit 

 than ever before. There seems to be a 

 market for every grade of apples 

 .mown in the state at a profitable price. 

 In 1913 the fruit products plants in 

 the state used about 150 tons of apples. 

 In 1915, 4,302 tons. There were about 

 270 prune evaporators at that time 

 which consumed the bulk of the crop. 

 The canning of small fruits was becom- 

 ing to be a prominent industry in the 

 state. 



In 1916 there were more than 8,500 

 tons of apples and other fruits canned 

 in the State of Washington, more than 

 3,400 tons evaporated and 9,100 tons 

 used for cider and vinegar, besides 140 

 tons of grapes which were used by the 

 grape-juice factories. In 1917, nearly 

 all fruit-product plants in the state 

 were increasing their output, some 

 many times, while the number of fac- 

 tories have been greatly increased. 

 This has made an unprecedented de- 

 mand for the cull fruit at prices which 

 have turned a good profit to the grow- 

 ers and has solved the problem of the 

 disposition of cull apples. It also re- 

 moves them from competition with the 

 good fruit in the open market. 



Some plants are already reporting a 

 shortage of stock and. they will not be 

 able to fill their orders. This should 

 encourage all growers to conserve 

 every apple and not allow any to go to 

 waste in the orchards, packing sheds 

 or elsewhere, because there is a good 

 market value in them, and as a food 

 product they should be saved. 



CARLOADS ESTIMATED. 



1 

 1815 



Jona- 

 than 

 1590 

 1131 

 150 

 150 

 8 

 3329 



Wine- Rome 



District »«P Beauty 



Yakima Valley 2509 899 



Wenatchee 1553 529 



Walla Walla 21 311 



Spokane 



Western Washington 1 



Totals -4087 



Total number of carloads, 19,815. 



has been very active and the larvae was 

 found entering the apples as late as the 

 middle of October, which increased the 

 percentage of wormy fruit over that of 

 former years. 



In some sections the yields are over- 

 running earlier estimates. The bulk of 

 the fruit is already sold, returns from 

 early shipments showing good margins 

 of profit. Scarcity of boxes, shortage of 

 labor and limited shipping facilities at 

 times seemed alarming, but where prop- 

 er storage facilities were provided the 

 crop was secured with a minimum of 



loss. 



New- 

 town 

 548 

 140 

 30 



19 

 737 



Esnpiif 



Spilt 



508 



884 



34 

 1180 



lleli- 



ciotts 



201 



569 



23 



Wag- 



ener 

 230 



210 



3 



443 



Arkan 



sas 



201 



51 



3 



255 



- Other 



Varieties 



3503 



2142 



09 



115 



699 



6828 



Reports show that there were 2,112 

 carloads of peaches and 1,465 carloads 

 of pears shipped, beside those used by 

 the fruit products factories. Cherries, 

 prunes, plums, apricots, strawberries 

 and other small fruits showed an aggre- 

 gate of 965 carloads. 



Apples in Storage 

 Careful investigation shows that 

 there were about 4,317 cars of apples 

 left in the apple-producing sections of 

 Washington December 1st, distributed 

 as follows: 



FURS IN STRONG DEMAND 



Coyotes, Moles, Lynx, Cats, Muskrats and 



Martins bringing record prices. 



Send for Price List and Tags. 



OSCAR GARD 



75 Marion Street Seattle, Washington 



RABBITSKINS 



ARE VALUABLE 



We will pay from 4 to 16 cents each for 

 dry J^ck and faim*- rabbit skins ond will 

 bike millions of them. 



Mole Skins waited 



Rid orchardsandtrardenaof these pests. 

 Let us know what quantity of rabbit 

 skins you can gather and we will make you 

 special prices. Write today. . . 



Get our price list on all kinds of furs— 

 muskrat, mink, skunk, etc. 



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