Page JO 



Stop Wasting 

 Time and Money 



PRESTO 



Duplicator 



will make 10 to 100 copies of handwriting 

 or typewriting in about two minutes. 



You can use it in a hundred different 

 ways — for duplicating price lists, circular 

 letters, notices, shipping tags, etc. 



It is extremely easy to operate — no 

 wax stencil sheets— no printing ink — no 

 setting of type. 



CFruit Growers' Associations and 

 Shipping Concerns will find the 

 Beck Duplicator a splendid in- 

 vestment, enabling them to sup- 

 ply the fruit growers with nec- 

 essary information by circular 

 letters from time to time, in the 

 best possible reading form, at 

 the least expense. 



Complete Outfit $15 



Sent on ten days trial to responsible 

 concerns. 



The A. Beck Duplicator Co. 



Rm. 1761, 476 Broadway 

 New York City 



FRUIT GROWERS 



Dehydrate Your By Products 



It gives you a high grade quick selling product at a 

 minimum cost. It makes a clean and natural tasting 

 product. Dehydrated fruits and vegetables have been 

 approved by the U. S. Government, while desiccated, 

 dried and evaporated products have been rejected. 

 There is but one Dehydrator munufactured in the 

 West and it is the best By-Product machine ever de- 

 vUed. It is adapted to the individual grower, as it can 

 be constructed to meet any and all requirements. It is 

 fully covered by U. S. patents. Therelore, you are 

 protecte<1 in Its use. 



The manufacturers of this Dehydrator have recently 

 patented new and improved automatic labor-sav ng 

 preparatory niarhlnery which will further reduce the 

 present low cuM for the production of this product. 



For new dencriptive booklet address 



LUTHER MANUFACTURING CO. 



San Francisco, California 



BETTER FRUIT 



in.sects deposit eggs on most all of our 

 orchard trees, it will be well to spray 

 all of the deciduous trees that an efTec- 

 tive clean-up be obtained. Pruning 

 away the long out-of-the-way branches 

 will greatly aid in making a thorough 

 application of the oil. The following 

 formula is suggested for leaf-roller 

 control : 



Miscible oil, 6 gallons; water, 100 

 gallons. 



If scale are in the orchard increase 

 the oil to eight gallons. The oil does 

 not have to be used as strong in con- 

 trolling the woolly aphis. At this time 

 of the year the young insects will be 

 found in hibernation. In order to suc- 

 cessfully pass the winter they secrete 

 themselves in protected places under 

 the rough hark of trunk and limbs and 

 in old scars, so that in making the 

 application extreme care must be exer- 

 cised that all parts of the trees be cov- 

 ered. When applying the spray hold 

 the nozzle close to the trunks and with 

 a good pressure force the oil up under 

 the old bark scales. Cover all limbs 

 and branches as well. Use the follow- 

 ing formula for woolly-aphis control: 

 Miscible oil, 4 gallons; whale-oil 

 soap, 2 pounds; water, 100 gallons. 



This is not strong enough to destroy 

 the eggs of the leaf-roller or scale in- 

 sects. If these are present use the pre- 

 ceding formula. 



The San Jose scale and the oyster- 

 shell scale can be controlled by using 

 either winter strength lime-sulphur or 

 strong emulsion of the miscible oil. As 

 the oil can answer a dual or triple pur- 

 pose in insect control, its use appears 

 more advisable than the less expensive 

 lime-sulphur, which will only destroy 

 the scale insects. The following for- 

 mulas are suggested for scale-insect 

 control: 



Lime-sulphur (32 degree), 10 gallons; 

 water, 100 gallons; or, Miscible oil, 8 

 gallons; water, 100 gallons. 



April 



The Paris Fair 



HOOD RIVER'S LARGEST 

 AND BEST STORE 



RETAILERS OF 



EVERYTHING TO WEAR 



AGENTS FOR 

 HAMILTON & BROWN AND 



THE BROWN SHOES 

 HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX 



CLOTHES 

 MANHATTAN SHIRTS 



JOHN B. STETSON HATS 



NEMO CORSETS 



Strictly Cash— One Price to All 



Beekeeping and Fruit Growing 



By Oscar Kazmeier. Kiel, Wisconsin. 



NATl'HE having intended these two 

 lines of work for their mutual 

 benelit together, in fact what two lines 

 will harmonize so well together as 

 these two, and yet in years past and 

 even today in some sections there is a 

 strong antagonism between the bee- 

 keeper and fruitgrowers. It is a fact 

 only too well known that the cross- 

 fertilization of the fruit trees is bene- 

 ficial to the fruitgrower, insuring a 

 good setting of his fruit, while the 

 nectar gathered by the bees will be 

 beneficial to the beekeeper. 



Experiments conducted by the vari- 

 ous experiment stations have invari- 

 ably found the bees to he a great agent 

 in cross-fertilization of fruit trees, 

 clovers, etc., and are reconnnending 

 fruitgrowers to see that bees are in or 

 near their orchards, or, better still, to 

 have bceyard in connection to your 

 fruit farm, and thereby realizing the 

 benents and profits from either side. 

 A while ago the writer had the oppor- 

 lunil\ in overhearing a conversation 



25 Per Cent 

 Reduction 



ON ALL Apple, Pear, Peach, 

 Prune, Plum, Cherry, Apricot, 

 Nut, Shade and Ornamental 

 Trees, Berry Bearing Plants, 

 Flowering Shrubs, Vines, Hedge 

 Plants, Roses, etc., etc. 



We Need Room in Our 

 Nurseries for Spring 

 Planting 



All Stock Clean, Healthy and 



Thrifty. Grown on virgin soil, 

 two years from sage brush. 



Most [Complete Stock in the 



Northwest from which to select. 



All Stock True to Name 



Siiid today for Special Price List 

 and Descriptive Catalog 



0. & F. Nursery Co. 



Box 217 K 



Wapato, Wash. 



PORTLAND WHOLESALE NURSERY COMPANY 



Rooms 6 & 7, 122' a Grand Ave., Portland. Oreeon 



"WlioleBalers of Nursery Stock and Nursery Supplies 



A very complete line of 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Shrubs. Vines, Etc. 



SPECIALTIES 



Clean Coast Grown Seedlinps 



Oregon Champion Gooseberries and 



Write Now Perfection Currants "Write Now^ 



Frost Damage Prevented 



BOLTON 



ORCHARD 



HEATERS 



29c each 



Two-Gallon Capacity 

 Send for booklet 



The Frost Prevention Co. 



Merchants National Bank BIdg. 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



Northwest Fence & Supply Co. 



All kinds o( ladders. 



orchard supplies. 



Bastian Pruners, lawn 



fence and pales 



IVIIEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



