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B. F. Taussig in the Payette district has 

 built an underground cold storage room that 

 will accommodate 9,00(1 Ijoxes of apples. The 

 storage apartment is Iniilt into the hillside 

 and although filled to capacity during the 

 severe cold >veather. Mr. Taussig reports that 

 not an apple \\'as injured and that he esti- 

 mates tliat the value of the fruit saved this 

 year will more than pay the cost of construc- 

 tion. 



Fruit tonnage from the Lcwiston and r.Iark- 

 ston districts in 1920 will be materially less 

 than normal owing to frost damage it is re- 

 ported. Cherry and peach trees in the Lower 

 Snake River valley are said to have sulTered 

 very heavily, while a very light cherry crop 

 is expected in the Lewiston district propel'. 



Tlie plant of the Oregon Packing company at 

 Lewiston has closed after a record breaking 

 summer and fall. In spite of the fact that 

 last summer was very unfavoi-able for the 

 growing of tomatoes, the packing plant had a 

 run of 20,000 cases. 



What They're Doing in California 



It is now predicted that Imperial Valley 

 cantaloupes will go on the market the earliest 

 in history of the melon business and that 

 the crop will be the largest from that section 

 ever known. It is said that one-third of the 



cantaloupes consumed in the United Slates 

 will come from this district this year. The 

 .Japanese, who are the heaviest growers in the 

 Imperial Valley are using forcing methods in 

 order to ship the first fruit and avoid a 

 glutted market during the mid-season. 



The California Prune and Apricot Growers, 

 Inc., with headquarters at San Jose, is making 

 a strenuous campaign to secure sulTicient addi- 

 tional acreage to maintain lis control of 75 

 per cent of the production. The organization 

 announces that failure to get the requisite quota 

 of acreage will compel it to permit its options 

 on members of crops of 1920 and 1921 to lapse. 

 It is believed, however, that this serious situa- 

 tion will be fully met and overcome. The 

 campaign has been endorsed by the San Jose 

 Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' as- 

 sociation. 



The northern California orange crop season 

 which has just ended was 15 per cent heavier 

 in production than ever before. Notwithstand- 

 ing this fact the prices received are reported 

 to have been highly satisfactory. Northern 

 California lemon growers are now making 

 heavy shipments of the fruit which is reported 

 of finer quality than usual. 



According to experts, successful culture of 

 pecans on a commercial scale in Fresno county 

 is not problematical. A Riverside firm has 

 also issued a bulletin calling attention to that 



section as a natural home of pecan orchards. 

 The market for pecans is good and if there is 

 an abundance of water, there seems to be no 

 reason why they cannot be grown successfully. 



Stating that they desire to propagate better 

 fruit trees the nurserymen of California have 

 organized a state-wide organization to carry 

 out this plan. One of the leaders in the move- 

 ment is George C. Roeding, president of the 

 California Agricultural Society. In setting 

 forth the objects of the organization which 

 has been incorporated the incorporation 

 document says: "The purposes for which 

 this corporation is formed are to iniiirove the 

 grade and character of fruit trees grown in 

 the slate, and to increase the production of 

 fruit therein by a selection of bud wood from 

 trees producing record crops and fruit of a 

 superior type, and by the distribution of 

 nursery stock grown from such selected bud 

 wood, and to, as far as possible, cause such 

 superior type of trees to be used by the fruit- 

 growing interests of the state; and for such 

 purposes to experiment in or to produce such 

 superior types; to accomplish the foregoing 

 with the cooperation, as far as possible, of 

 experts connected with the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture and the University of 

 California, and any and all other experts 

 whose experience and advice will be of such 

 character as to accomplish the best results." 



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SERVICE 



watsonvil;le, California 



BULLETIN 



SEATTLE 



NEW YORK 



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SUBJECT. 



The Time to Winter -Spray Pear, Prune, 

 Apricot, and Apple Trees with Grade "A 



In Spraying with Ortho Crude Oil Emulsion Grade "A," it should be 

 remembered that for the best results, the emulsion should be applied 

 at the proper time. From the experimentation which I have con- 

 ducted, the best time was determined as being while the trees were 

 dormant, from January 1st to the time of visible bud swelling. We 

 are glad to note that practically all of the purchasers of our emulsions 

 are following, with very pleasing results, our recommendations: 



First— Use the emulsion' at the proper strength, usually 36 gallons 

 to the 200-gallon tank. 



Second— Apply at the proper time: i. e., while the trees are 

 dormant, from January 1st to time of visible bud swelling. 



Third— Apply with great thoroughness so as to cover all the twigs 

 and branches perfectly. 



The highest possible success for the control of orchard pests, by 

 winter-spraying, will follow the use of our Ortho Crude Oil Emulsion, 

 Grade "A," well applied. 



When referring to this bulletin, please give date and subject. 



Watsonville, California 

 Date: January 10, 1920 



W. H. VOLCK, 



Director of Research. 



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