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BETTER FRUIT 



December 



Sprayers Go Up 



Not in price but numbers 



Since August first more than four times 

 as many 



"FRIEND" 

 Power Sprayers 



have been sold than last year for same 



period. See last issue of "Better Fruit'" 



and learn why. 



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'.V) E. Morrison St. Portland, Oregon 



The Idaho Agricultural College ex- 

 hibited .some very interesting informa- 

 tion, portrayed on charts, showing the 

 results obtained in a comparative way 

 between .summer and winter pruning. 

 * « * 



One of the most educational and in- 

 structive features of the Apple Show 

 was the by-product exhibit, a number 

 of prizes being given for all kinds of 

 by-products made from ai)ples. 



The Oregon Agricultural College ex- 

 hibited a very interesting chart show- 

 ing what varieties of apples are best 

 adaptefl for sauces, jelly and various 

 other desserts. 



The Oregon Horticultural Society 

 held its annual meetina in Corvallis 

 November 16, 17 and 18, which was 

 attended by a very large and enthusi- 

 astic audience. Every one present re- 

 ported the program the most instructive 

 of any for a number of years. In addi- 

 tion to this, which probably was the 

 most important part of the program, 

 was the featuring of exhibits and the 

 instruction given in connection there- 



with by the professors and their assist- 

 ants in the ditferent departments of 

 hoi-ticulture. Apples were exhibited 

 from nearly every fruit-growing state 

 in the Union. These exhibits proved 

 very interesting and instructive. The 

 following ollicers were elected: H. C. 

 Washburn, president; B. W. .lohnson, 

 vice-president; C. D. Minton, secretary- 

 treasurer. The next annual meeting 

 will be held in Hood River. 



Protect Young Apple Trees. 



It is time to protect newly planted 

 apple trees against winter girdling by 

 mice and rabbits. A tree thoroughly or 

 even partly girdled has little or no 

 chance to live without expert bridge 

 grafting, which is not especially easy, 

 at least for the man who is unaccus- 

 tomed to it. Perhaps the best protec- 

 tion is obtained by using a thin wooden 

 veneer wrapper which has been soaked 

 to keep it from breaking, then bent 

 around the tree, and held in place by a 

 single wire about the middle. The wire 

 stays in i)lace better if passed through 

 a hole near the outer edge of the veneer 

 wrapijer. The wrapper should be pushed 

 down into the earth so that mice can- 

 not burrow under it, or they may be 

 shut out by heaping soil up around the 

 bottom of the case and tramping it firm, 

 (foiled screen wire may be used in 

 nuich the same way, but it is more 

 expensive. The veneer wrappers do 

 not usually cost more than half or 

 three-ciuarters of a cent apiece, and 

 can be secured from any orchard sup- 

 ply house. 



Bunches of long grass or split corn 

 stalks may give good protection against 

 rabbits, but fail to keep mice from 

 doing harm. Newsjiapers or tar paper 

 wrapped around the tree trunk have 

 been used with some degree of success 

 by many oi-chardists. 



Paint and washes do not give good 

 results, as the rabbits sometimes seem 

 to attack the washed trees more than 

 the untreated ones. 



Damage from mice shouhl be avoided 

 by the removal of all loose, trashy 

 material from the neighborhood of the 

 base of the tree trunk. If the ground 

 has been fall plowed, the under furrow 

 slice furnishes a good nesting place for 

 mice and the nearbv trees are likely to 



What are 

 your dairy 

 problems? 



To get started profitably in dairy- 

 ing as a side-line, the fruit grower 

 needs helpful advice and sugges- 

 tions. 



Our service department will de- 

 light in doing this very thing.with- 

 out any charge or obligation. 



We are sole Oregon distributors 

 for "Simplex" Separators, B-L-K 

 Milkers, Papec Ensilage Cutters, 

 Simplex Silos and all kinds of 

 dairy, butter-making and cheese- 

 making supolies. 



Your name on a postal will 

 bring Free Catalogs 



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126 Front St. Portland, Oregon 



It does not disturb the 

 fruit burdened branches. 



See why on page 12. 



suffer, but if the ground near the tree 

 is clean and well compacted, little dam- 

 age will be done by these rodents. — 

 C. C. Wiggans, College of Agriculture. 

 Universitv of Missouri. 



Exports of green apples to Europe 

 for the week ending November 13, for 

 the first time this year, exceeded the 

 exports of the corresponding week of 

 1914. During the week !)3,82.S barrels 

 were exported, as against 89,383 for the 

 previous year. The total exports of the 

 season are 530,921 barrels, compared 

 with 998,0-14 barrels last year. 



Pear Trees for Sale 



I have a larg^e lot to offer of the following- sorts: Bartlett, Anjou, 

 Bosc, Winter Nelis. B.CIairgeau, Howell, Cornice and other varieties. 



All budded trees, one and two years old. 



T also have Plum and Prune Trees budded on plum, and huilded 



berry-bearing and seedling Holly Trees from 2 to 5 feet. .A^lso Mazzard 

 Cherry and Marianna Plum stocks for nursery planting. 



Good stock at very low prices to Nurserymen, Dealers and I'lanters. 



JAMES W. STEPHENS 



Kelso, AVasKington 



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