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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ^^ 

 PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



The uiily cniplete, thoruugh manual uf fruit growing published — 

 Covering every feature — plantirig, pruning, cultivating, spraying, dia- 

 eases, harvesting, etc.aa lised and approved by Northwest fruitgrowers. 

 Cttnlains valuable statistics. All reading matter arranged conveniently 

 for reference and indexed. 



It tells how to do the things that every fruit grower must do who 

 is growing fruit as a business, 



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barrels; 1902, 46,625,000 barrels; 1903, 

 42,626,000 barrels; 1904, 45,360,000 bar- 

 rels; 1905, 24,300,000 barrels; 1906, 38,- 

 280,000 barrels; 1907, 29,540,000 barrels; 

 1908, 25,850,000 barrels; 1909, 25,415,000 

 barrels; 1910, 23,825,000 barrels; 1911, 

 31,000,000 barrels; 1912, 47,825,000 bar- 

 rels; 1913, 30,900,000 barrels; 1914, 40,- 

 500,000 barrels; 1915, no reliable esti- 

 mates up to the present lime, but in all 

 probability somewhere between 20,- 

 000,(100 and 25,000,000 barrels, or a 

 good, fair guess would be 22,500,000 

 barrels. 



Mr. Darlington, the local inspector at 

 Cashmere, has been making an esti- 

 mate of the apple crop of that district. 

 Cashmere reports through Mr. Ralph 

 Dunham, assistant to Mr. Darlington, 

 that the pear crop of that district is 

 exceptionally good this year. The 

 Cashmere Union made arrangements 

 to hold a packing school during the 

 month of August for the purpose of in- 

 structing their growers to do more per- 

 fect packing. Packing schools have 

 been of great educational value, and 

 where held in the different districts 

 the packs of different fruits have been 

 greatly improved. 



The apple crop of 1914, taking a fair 

 average of estimates, would be about 

 45,000,000 barrels; the crop of 1913 was 

 reported at 30,000,000 and the crop of 

 1915 looks like about 22,500,000 barrels, 

 or one-half of the 1914 crop or three- 

 quarters of the 1913 crop. 



Market Expert Expresses Opinion 



Chas. .1. Brand, head of the Bureau of 

 Markets and Rural Organizations, who 

 has been visiting the West, is reported 

 as expressing the following opinion, ac- 

 cording to local papers in the various 

 sections where he visited, conferring 

 with the growers in reference to mar- 

 keting, endeavoring to assist them in 

 every way possible. His opinion out- 

 lines in a general way his views, which 

 will give the growers some idea of 

 where they "are at" in reference to the 

 Fruit Growers' Council, although his 

 opinion is not final or binding in any 

 way. "There are some close questions 

 to be considered," said Mr. Brand this 

 morning, "and I think that 1 have been 

 quoted incorrectly in some of the pa- 

 pers of the Northwest. I hold that 

 any body of growers or stockholders in 

 a concern may agree upon prices and 

 marketing ])ractices under the pro- 



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