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BETTER FRUIT 



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BEFORE using Cement Coated Nails 



Western Cement Coated Nails 

 for Western Growers 



Our Cement Coated Nails are always of 

 uniform length, gauge, head and count. 

 Especially adapted to the manufacture of 

 fruit boxes and crates. In brief, they are 

 the Best on the Market. 



Write for Growers' testimonials. 



Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. 



DENVER, COLORADO 



Pacific Coast Sales Offices 



Portland, Spokane, San Francisco 



Los Angeles 



AFTER use of C. F. & I. Co.'s 

 Cement Coated Nails 



Hood River Apple Prices Highest Since 1911 



DESPITE the unfavorable condi- 

 tions created by the war, prices 

 received for apples this year by 

 the association have reached the high- 

 est mark since 1911, according to the 

 report of General Manager Stone at the 

 members' meeting Saturday. The aver- 

 age price for the three standard grades 

 this year is $1.40 a box, compared with 

 81.13 last year. The low mark was 

 reached in 11115, when the average was 

 76 cents a box. 

 The percentages of Extra Fancy, 



1913 



Apples 575,500 



Pears 12,800 



Peaches 1,100 



Cherries 10,026 



Strawberries 61,500 



Blackberries 750 



Raspberries 14 



Plums and prunes 50 



Crab apples None 



Loganberries None 



Gooseberries None 



Currants None 



Quinces None 



[Hood River News, March 13, 1918] 



Fancy and "C" grades are as follows: 

 Extra Fancy, 52 per cent; Fancy, 32 per 

 cent; "C" grade, 16 per cent. The per- 

 centage in tiers were as follows: 4 tier, 

 40 per cent; 4% tier, 36 per cent; 5 tier, 

 24 per cent. 



Comparative Statement of Yield for 

 Years 1913*to 1917, Both Inclusive. 



A comparative statement of the num- 

 ber of packages of fruit handled by the 

 association for the past five years is as 

 follows: 



Total packages 661,740 



^Yhile there is larger variation in the 

 amount of fruit handled in the different 

 years by the association, the percentage 

 handled lo that grown in the Valley 

 has nol changed materially, as the years 

 thai show a small amount of tonnage 

 weir the years in which the crop was 

 small. 



Extra I 







rade. . . 



l tier 



i' 







The following is a list of price; re 

 ceived 10 date on the principal varieties 

 of apples. These figures will vary 

 somewhat when the returns are all in. 

 Prices quoted arc the average per box 

 price which have been received I" dale 



Experienced Orchardist 



with record for BUCCC88, open for employment 

 as superintendent March 15. Can handle work- 

 men advantageously. Thoroughly reliable. In 

 position to go anywhere. 



Box 134, Darby, Montana 



In order that we may become familiar 

 with the crop conditions and thereby 

 put ourselves in a position to correct 

 the errors of pasl years, we give below 

 a table showing the percentages of 

 Extra Fancy, Fancy and "C" grade for 

 five years last past, and also the per- 

 centage of tiers handled by the asso- 

 ciation: 



mi the different varieties, grades ami 

 sizes specified. The per cent column 



shows the portion of the varieties, 

 grades and sizes collected I'm' to date: 



SpH/enburg 



Extra Fancy Price Per Cent 



4 tier |1.76 83 



41 . tier 1.56 78 



1.31 21 



Fancy 



l tier 1.56 80 



l ' •. tier 1.35 64 



5 Her 1.16 36 



"C" G 



I tier 1.31 90 



i' Her 1.11 mi 



5 Her 91 70 



Average si . 15 70 



Total crop of Spitzenburgs handled, 

 222,605 boxes. Charges: Commission, 

 10 cents; storage, 8 cents; advertising 

 fund, 2 cents; and purchasing fund, 1 

 cent. 



Newtowns 



Extra Fancy Price Per Cent 



4 tier $1.57 59 



4% tier 1.37 36 



5 tier 1.17 1 



Fancy 



4 tier 1.37 62 



4% tier 1.22 30 



5 tier 1.02 1 



"C" Grade 



4 tier 1.17 63 



li • tier 1.02 41 



5 tier 87 1 



Average §1.39 



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Wanted, Apple Orchard 

 Assistant Superintendent 



Having Eastern practical experience. 

 Must have ability to handle men. 



Turkey Knob Orchard 



Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah Co., Va. 



a Cloud 



*«>i 



The Hardie Orchard 



Gun saves your time and 

 muscle — no long, heavy 

 rods to hold. 



Turns a big job into a little 



one. One man with a Hardie 



Gun will do more work and 



do it better than two men 



with the old-fashioned rods. 



Hardie Orchard Gun $12 



Low price made possible by 

 big production — send for the 

 Hardie Catalogtoday. Hardie 

 Sprayers and spraying de- 

 vices standard for 18 ; jrs. 



THE HARDIE MFG. CO. 



Hudson, Mich. 

 Also Portland, Ore. 



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