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BETTER FRUIT 



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BIG PROFITS 



in the Cider Business 



Cider 



thf e 



with a Mount Gilead 



Grape Juice Press, 



will pay for itself in 



juice it will extract 



compared to other 



makes. 

 We make 



Evaporators, 



Apple Butter 



Cookers, 



Vinegar 



Gener- 

 ators, 



Spray- 

 ing 



Outfits, 



Cider 



and Vinegar 



Filters, etc. 



Send tor Catalog 



THE HYDRAULIC PRESS MFG. CO. 

 60 Lincoln Avenue Mount Gilead, Ohio 



I'acitic t_'ua8t Representatives: 



BEKGER <fe CARTER CO., 17th it Mississippi Sts. 



San Francisco, California 



PORTLAND WHOLESALE NURSERY COMPANY 



Rooms 6 & 7. 122^3 Grand Ave.. Portland. Oregon 



Wholesalers ol Nursery Stock and Nursery Supplies 



A very complete line of 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs, Vines, Etc. 



SPECIALTIES 



Clean Coast Grown Seedlines 



Oregon Champion Gooseberries and 



Write Now Perfection Cui'rants Write Now 



F. A. BISHOP, Secretary 



HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT COMPANY 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



ABSTRACTS INSURANCE 



CONVEYANCING 



Ask for Catalogue No. 5 



.stead of the six-basket carrier. It seems 

 as though the bushel basket has not 

 until lately been considered safe to ship 

 the fruit in, but with the good results 

 obtained last season it will undoubtedly 

 take the place of the six-basket carrier 

 more and more. The best and most 

 practical way to pack peaches for ship- 

 ment in bushel baskets to assure them 

 arriving at destination in perfect shape, 

 receivers state, is to nail strips on either 

 side of the car, so that by placing a 

 three-inch board across for each tier a 

 natural shelf is formed which keeps 

 each tier of baskets separate, and pro- 

 tects them from being jammed together 

 by the rocking of the car. In this man- 

 ner four separate shelves are made run- 

 ning the full length (jf the car, which 

 will accommodate about 400 bushel bas- 

 kets. The baskets should be lined with 

 paper and have good strong covers anil 

 be made with a pole in the middle to 

 prevent the covers from sinking in and 

 mashing the fruit. 



In tlie Northwest and in California 

 the package used is the California stan- 

 dard box, the dimensions of which are 

 11% by 18% by 4, 41/2 or 5 inches, in- 

 side measurement. Sooner or later this 

 package will probably be replaced by 

 the bushel peach basket, which is prov- 

 ing to be the most economical package 

 in which to handle the peach crop. 



The packages used for the marketing 

 of plums seems to vary as widely as the 

 Ijackages used for the other fruits. Very 

 little is known of the past history of the 

 plum package, due to the fact that the 

 I)lum industry is limited to a few fav- 

 ored districts. There has been but little 

 written in regard to the various pack- 

 ages in which this fruit is marketed. 

 In many of the articles on fruit growing 

 the subject of the package for the plum 

 is dismissed with the statement that the 

 same ijackage is used for the plum as 

 for the peach. This is largely true. 

 Some of the difl'erent packages in which 

 fruit is handled are in Vermont. The 

 Ilium is marketed in both the peck and 

 the half-bushel box. In Massachusetts 

 the round Delaware basket and the old 

 Climax grape basket with slatted cover 

 are used, and to a limited extent they 

 are placed in strawberry baskets in the 

 usual strawberry crates. In New York 

 plums are sold for the most part in 

 Climax, in the six-basket carrier. 



The style of the package used in mar- 

 keting plums varies somewhat with the 

 preference of the diflferent markets. 

 Some prefer the 10-pound handled bas- 

 ket frequently used in marketing grapes, 

 others want the >S2-quart berry crate, 

 but the greatest demand of the Eastern 

 markets is for the six-basket carrier 

 used for packing peaches. 



In the Northwest the tendency to use 

 a uniform package is much more pro- 

 nounced than in other sections of the 

 counti'y. The grade rules for the North 

 I'acific Fruit Distributors, season 1014, 

 are as follows: "Prunes and plums 

 should be packed in four-basket prune 

 crates. Fruit too small to pack 6x6 

 should never be packed in prune crates 

 and should only be shipped in .^Mj-inch 

 lieach boxes paper lined. Whenever 



Pear Land in Nevada 

 County, California 



will bring sure returns to the man who wants 

 to better his condition. This land can be 

 bought, cleared and planted, for 



$150.00 an Acre 



Nevada Countj' fruits and nuts won more 

 first prizes at the San Francisco Land Show 

 than fruit from any of the other counties. 



The Climate is Ideal 



Write for detailed information and literature 



Chamber of Commerce 



Grass Valley, California 



True -to -Name Nursery 



GALLIGAN BROS. 



Proprietors 



HOOD KIVER, OKEliON DUFCK, OKK(;ON 



Growers of high grade nursery stock, guar- 

 anteed true to-name. Breeders and imjiorters 

 of purebred Big Tvpe Poland China Hogs. Ser- 

 vice boars, bred gilts and weaiiine pigs tor sale. 

 For catalog of nursery stock and prices 

 on swine, write 



True-to-Name Nursery 



HOOD KIVKK, ORK(iON 



BUY AND TRY 



White 

 River 

 Flour 



MAKES 



Whiter, Lighter 

 Bread 



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