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BETTER FRUIT 



February, ipso 



Ridley,Houlding&Co. 



COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 



WE ARE 



Specialists in 

 Apples and Pears 



CABLE ADDRESS: BOTANIZING, LONDON 



Codes: A. B. C. 5th Edition and Modern Economy 



Better Fruit Trees 



We offer direct from nursery to planter, subject to stock being unsold, the 

 varieties listed below. Our trees are guaranteed to pass government inspection 

 and to arrive in prime condition, subject to penalty of replacement without charge. 



Delicious Rome Beauty King David 



Ckiampion Early Rose 



Krummel Late Crawford 



America Burbanit 



APPLE- 

 PEACH— 



Baldwin 

 Arp Beauty 

 J. H. Hale 



PLUM- 



Elberta 



Heath Cling, Etc. 



Italian Prune 



Endicott (Mammoth Gold) 



Abundance 

 Shropshire Damson 



APRICOT— Superb 



Other varieties of peach and limited quantities of other varieties of apple. 

 Lowest net prices f.o.b. Neosho, cash with order and subject to change without 

 notice. 



APPLE— 

 1-yr. 



2-yr. 



Each 5 



Caliper Rate Rate 



Under 5/16 45 .35 



5/16 to 7/16 55 .45 



7/16 to 9/16 65 .55 



9/16 up 75 .65 



1/2 to 5/8 65 .55 



5/8 to 11/16 75 .65 



11/16 85 .75 



'3/4 up 95 .85 



* (This size in Baldwin only.) 



PEACH— Under 5/16 65 



5/16 to 7/16 70 



7/16 to 9/16 75 



9/16 to 11/16 80 



11/16 up 85 



PLUM— Under 5/16 . . 



5/16 to 7/16.. 



7/16 to 9/16.. 



9/16 to 11/16. 



11/16 up 



APRICOT— Under 5/16 . . 



5/16 to 7/16.. 



7/16 to 9/16. 



.70 

 .75 

 .80 

 .90 

 1.00 

 .70 

 .75 

 .80 

 9/16 up 85 



.55 



.60 

 .65 

 .70 

 .75 

 .60 

 .65 

 .70 

 .80 

 .90 

 .60 

 .65 

 .70 

 .75 



25 

 Rate 

 .30 

 .40 

 .50 

 .60 

 .50 

 .60 

 .70 

 .80 



.50 

 .55 

 .60 

 .65 

 .70 

 .55 

 .60 

 .65 

 .75 

 .85 

 .55 

 .60 

 .65 

 .70 



Our catalog. "Better Fruit Trees," 

 mailed free on request. Every customer 

 also receives free of charge our 80-page 

 illustrated book, "Inside Facts of Profit- 

 able Fruit Growing." which experts and 

 beginners too say is "A Wonderful Help 

 to Fruit Growers." (Price 10 cents to 

 others.) 



NEOSHO NURSERIES CO. 



2 Lake Street 

 Neosho, Missouri 



Methods of Orchard Heaters 



Continued from page 11. 



changed condition. The regulated type 

 of heater thus provides many advan- 

 tages over the crude styles of smudge 

 pots which were formerly on the 

 market. 



It is of much importance to carry on 

 the heating work if frosts appear any 

 time during the swelling of the buds up 

 until the time the fruit has reached the 

 size of marbles, for unless the crop is 

 protected at this later period of growth, 

 the tender little stems will freeze and 

 large quantities of fruit will fall to the 

 ground. It must not be lost sight of 

 that unless a heater of at least three or 

 four gallons capacity is used, the work 

 involved of refilling is large and in com- 

 mercial orchards the growers demand 

 the larger sizes. 



In concluding these remarks to the 

 commercial fruitgrower — to safeguard 

 his crop it may be mentioned that man 

 has devised irrigation to offset drouth, 

 insurance to offset fire and orchard 

 heaters to eliminate frost. The protec- 

 tion is at every grower's command, but 

 the work must be prosecuted intelli- 

 gently and thoroughly if he expects to 

 secure a high degree of success and a 

 bumper crop each succeeding year. 



The white arsenic produced in the United 

 States in 1918 amounted to 6,323 short tons, 

 valued at ?1,213,000. By far the greater part 

 of the domestic white arsenic consumed in the 

 United States in 1918 was used in preparing 

 insecticides and weed killers, the total quantity 

 so used in 1918 being about 2,600,000 pounds, 

 according to the United Slates Geological 

 Survey. 



Established 1882 



^Company 



Printers 



WE print anything 

 from the smallest 

 to the largest and always 

 welcome orders of any 

 size or quantity, giving 

 prompt, personal and 

 efficient service. 

 Mail or phone inquiries 

 are solicited. We do not 

 specialize — experience 

 and equipment enable 

 us to print everything 

 equally well. We render 

 service in preparing 

 copy and illustrations 

 and furnish plans and 

 estimates for catalogs, 

 booklets, publications, 

 billboard and any other 

 kind of advertising. 



First and Oak Streets 

 Phones i^MaJn 165; 511-65 



Portland, Oregon 



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