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The Apple Crop of the Northwest for 

 1915. — The largest apple producing dis- 

 tricts of the Northwest are: Yakima, 

 Wenatchee, Hood River and Southern 

 Idaho. Last year Hood River had over 

 1,300 cars, Yaliima about 6,000 cars, 

 Wenatchee about S.t'iOO cars. Southern 

 Idaho probably around 500 cars. Con- 

 servative reports at the present time 

 from these districts indicate that Yak- 

 ima will have about one-third of last 

 year's crop, or about 2,000 cars; We- 

 natchee is figuring on about 75 to 80 

 per cent, which would be about 4,000 

 cars. This probably puts Wenatchee's 

 estimate a little high, as the crop cer- 

 tainly is not heavy. Southern Idaho 

 seems to be comparatively strong com- 

 pared with last year; various estimates 

 place the probable output at from 500 

 to (iOO cars. Rogue River had about 200 

 cars last year and may be to 300 cars 

 this year. Montana will have probably 

 50 cars this year, more or less. Esti- 

 mates seem to vary greatly from Colo- 

 rado, all the way from 3,000 to 500 

 cars, which is very indefinite. Watson- 

 ville, California, will probably have 75 

 per cent of last year, or about 3,000 

 cars. Altogether the Northwest would 

 size up somewhere from 40 to 50 per 

 cent of last year's crop, maybe less. 

 However, the growing season has been 

 good and apples have attained splendid 

 size up to July 1. 



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Attention has been called elsewhere 



in this edition to cover crops, showing 

 the necessity of cover cropping. Atten- 

 tion is also called to the fact that cover 

 crops can do serious injury, therefore 

 it is wise in connection with that edi- 

 torial to call the reader's attention to 

 an article on "Cover Crops," which 

 contains very interesting information. 



The Editor takes pleasure in calling 



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ning of a series of articles by A. Millard, 

 .Ir., the first of which appears in the 

 .July edition of "Better Fruit," continu- 

 ing in successive numbers during the 

 balance of the year, for the reason that 

 these articles will contain much valu- 

 able information for fruit growers, and 

 especially those engaged in the apple 

 business. 



gently. Orchards can be damaged more 

 than benefitted by injudicious summer 

 pruning. 



Canning. — The July edition is off the 



press just in advance of the canning 

 season, therefore with wise forethought 

 this edition contains an excellent article 

 by Professor C. C. Vincent of the Idaho 

 Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, on 

 "Canning." Professor Vincent has made 

 a very thorough study, doing much 

 practical work in home canning, conse- 

 quently this article will prove interest- 

 ing, instructive and very valuable to all 

 people who intend to do home canning. 



Marketing. — This edition contains a 



very excellent article of good common 

 sense and good advice by Mr. J. F. 

 Segrue, one of the most popular fruit 

 growers of the Northwest, known gen- 

 erally all over this country as well as 

 elsewhere as "Barney." Mr. Segrue is 

 manager of one of the Cashmere Fruit 

 Associations. He is a large orchardist 

 and, it is a pleasure to say, a very suc- 

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Summer Pruning. — July and August 

 are the months when summer pruning 

 is usually done. The editor desires to 

 comment that while summer pruning is 

 considered advantageous in increasing 

 the crop it should be done with extreme 

 caution, as frequently orcliards suffer 

 from summer pruning done unintelli- 



Economy This Year 



Many fruit growers will undoubt- 

 e<lly find their young orchards are 

 this season jiroducing a pretty nice 

 crop of apples. Many of them are 

 short of money on account of last year's 

 low prices, and therefore il is import- 

 ant for them to economize in every way 

 possible. Kvery fruit grower needs a 

 packing house of some kind. Perhaps 

 he has a barn or shed which will l)e 

 sullicient or which may be made sulli- 

 cient with a little additional room. He 

 finds that he is not in a position to 

 build a packing house, which would 



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