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BETTER FRUIT 



April 



THE HURST 



STEAM FRUIT EVAPORATOR 



A Few Reasons 



Why^it is adapted to Your needs 



1 The Hurst Evaporator is built in units of 'A ton capacity of green fruit 

 in 24 hours. You can add one or more units any time without stopping 

 the operation of the first unit. 



2 Each unit is controlled by a separate automatic temperature regulator 

 with a range of 30 degrees from 150 to 180. Experience has taught 

 us that this range brings the best results in evaporating. 



3 Any style boiler may be used having a pressure of from 50 to 100 pounds. 



4 The Hurst Evaporator is shipped knocked-down — saving you freight. 

 It can be set up very easily from the plans we furnish with each shipment. 



5 The Hurst Evaporator is built like a cabinet— screws only are used. 

 Each unit requires floor space of 34" by 100". It stands 8fc>" high. 



6 Glass doors on both ends permit you to see the condition of the fruit 

 at any time. 



7 Italian Prunes can be evaporated in 14 hours — Apples in 2 hours — 

 Loganberries in 12 hours. 



8 Made in one size Only. 



9 Made on order only. 



10 Each evaporator is thoroughly tested before shipment is made. 



Write for prices and illustrated catalogue. 



B.M. HURST 



207 Clay Street 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



MOVED! 



We are now located at our new plant. 

 Address us here if you are needing 



Lime Sulphur 

 Bordeaux 

 Lead Arsenate 



Oregon Arsenical Spray Co. 



Formerly at Clackamas 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



course open to the selling concerns 

 was to save refrigeration expense by 

 ship])ing under ventilation and take 

 market values for fruit in overripe 

 condition on arrival in glutted markets. 

 If this same fruit had arrived in prime 

 condition under refrigeration, fit for 

 cold storage, frequently 25 cents and 

 sometimes more per box could have 

 been obtained. It is possible and rea- 

 sonable to assume that 10 per cent or 

 more annually can be saved by better 

 preparation of apples for market. 



Fruit prices have been so near the 

 level of production cost that economy 

 in every department has become a 

 necessity. False economy, however, is 

 a losing business. To allow fruit to 

 become too ripe by endeavoring to 

 save paying out money for necessary 

 help to pick and pack promptly, de- 

 pending on your family to do the work 

 instead of hiring sufTicient help, is a 

 losing proposition — a statement which 

 must be admitted by all intelligent 

 fruitgrowers. 



Community packing houses are now 

 recognized as essential for proper 

 handling of fruits. It will cost you no 

 more, and generally less, to pack 

 throu.gh a community packing house 

 than in your own packing house. If 

 your son works on the home place, he 

 saves you paying out $2.00 per day; if 

 he works in the community packing 

 house and earns .*2.00 per day, you 

 are even. The proposition is as broad 

 as it long. The fruitgrower does not 

 save any more mone>' in having his 

 own boy pack his fruit than he would 

 save if he had his fruit packed by a 

 community packing house that em- 

 ploys his son. 



Pick your fruit (|uickly and rapidly 

 when ready, and pack todav or tomor- 

 row. By so doing you will extend the 

 life of an apple at least a month or 

 more. .Selling concerns must co-oper- 

 ate and work witli growers to insure 

 lacking at the right time, prompt pack- 

 ing and immediate delivery to the cold 

 storage plant. By so doing, an im- 

 mense annual loss that has occurred in 

 the past will be prevented in the 

 future. 



Northwest growers think they do 

 everything in the orchard business 

 better and more up to date than any- 

 where else in the world. The Mooma 

 family have owme<l large orchards in 

 Virginia since 1809, which have now 

 been handled by members of the sec- 

 ond generation for 29 years and, 

 frankly, from experience, the follow- 

 ing statement is justified. Some of your 

 methods in the Northwest would not be 

 tolerated in Virginia by any of the 

 growers. F>very grower in Virginia 

 picks "today" and either ])acks "today" 

 or "tomorrow." 



S])ilzcnbergs, Wincsaps, Newtowns, 

 Home Beauties and your other winter 

 varieties are usually picked in October, 

 and if is. a fact that a large proportion 

 of your growers allow these varieties 

 to remain in the packing house for 

 weeks before being jjacked out. Fre- 

 ([uenlly some of them do not get these 

 varieties jjacked out until wa\- alon.g in 



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