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BETTER FRUIT 



August, TO 19 



Valley by closing deals on the Arthur Eugene 

 Darby phice of 20 acres planted to conuner- 

 cial varieties of apples now 11 years old and 

 the_ K. \V. Hoss holding of GO acres adjoining. 

 It is understood that this syndicate also has 

 an option on the C. IC. Olson place of 200 

 acres at $150,000, and the 212 acres of prunes 

 and apples owned by the Manuel Brothers, 

 near Buena. It is rumored that the price for 

 the latter orchard is close to the .?1,000 per 

 acre mark. If all the options that have been 

 taken by this company on fruit land in the 

 Yakima Valley are closed it will control 1,000 

 acres of orchard in that valley. 



IDAHO. 



Stating that I'ayette Valley Jonathans have 

 been picked too late in former years, causing 

 them to rot in storage, growers in that <listrict 

 are being warned this year to change this 

 practice and to have all the Jonathans off 

 the trees by October 5, if the growing condi- 

 tions there are the same as they were two 

 years ago. Growers are advised to commence 

 picking .September 5 and have all the Jona- 

 thans in cold storage by October 5. It is esti- 

 mated that the Payette Valley will produce 

 800 cars of Jonathans this year, representing 

 at prevailing prices more than ?1,000,000. 



The apple crop in the Weiser district this 

 year is reported to be the largest and appar- 

 ently of the best quality in the history of the 

 industry in that section. The principal varie- 

 ties in the Weiser district are the Rome Beauty 

 and Jonathan. Some ravages from aphis is 

 reported from there, but not sufficiently seri- 

 ous to affect the crop very materially. 



Dirt storage house for storing apples tem- 

 porarily are being tried out in the Payette 

 Valley. The movement is said to be meeting 

 with favor in that district and to have at- 

 tracted considerable attention from fruitmen 

 in Colorado. A model, one twenty-fourth the 

 size of a dirt storage house 36x.50 feet is being 

 exhibited at Payette and will be shown also 

 at New Plymouth and Fruitland. 



The apple crop in the Payette-Weiser dis- 

 trict this year is estimated at 2,500 cars, the 

 Boise Valley district at 500 cars, the Twin 

 Falls district 400 cars and the Lewiston dis- 

 trict 350 cars. Midsummer reports show the 

 fruit to be in fine condition. 



Funds have been raised in Itlaho to employ 

 a special man to recruit fiuit labiT and ail 

 office will be establisluil at Boise to assist 

 gniwei-s in securing hands to pick, pack and 

 handle fruit. Growers have been instructed 

 to estimate the number of hands they will 

 need and to send their lists to the Boise office, 

 which will be in charge of H. J. Fleischer. 



.\lthough the yield of cherries in all the 

 regions surrounding Lewiston, Idaho, was not 

 more than G5 per cent of normal this season, 

 the total shipments sent <nit from Lewiston 

 will reach .1i270,000, according to the report 

 of 1). S. Wallace, of the state department of 

 agriculture. This includts shipments from 

 the big ranches on the Washington side of the 

 Snake river between Lewiston and Riparia, 

 as well as the crops from Lewiston Orchards, 

 Glarkston, and the sin-rounding country. 

 ICighty carloads of cherries were shipped out 

 of Lewiston, and ,350 tons were handled by 

 local canneries. At least 20 tons were shipped 

 by express. 



New Growers' Association 

 Grows Rapidly 



The Oregon Grower.s' Cooperative 

 Association has been making rapid 

 progress in or.ganizing the various dis- 

 tricts in the Willamette Valley during 

 the past month and recently an- 

 nounced that it had secured a total of 

 14,000 acres of fruit that will be han- 

 dled by the association in 1920. The 

 directors of the organization now be- 

 lieve that they will be able to control 

 the tonnage from 25,000 acres by the 

 first of the year. 



The executive offices of the associ- 

 ation have been established at Salem 

 and Prof. C. I. Lewis is handling the 

 organization campaign which he is 

 conducting out of the time allowed 

 him as a vacation by the Oregon Ag- 



riciillural College, where he is chief 

 of the division of horticulture. To 

 inform growers in regard to the bene- 

 fits of cooperation, the association is 

 is,suing a house organ called "The 

 Oregon Grower." A standard brand 

 name for the products handled by the 

 association will be adopted and they 

 will be extensively advertised as Ore- 

 gon grown and packed. 



The association has under consid- 

 eration the establishing of a number 

 of processing plants which it expects 

 to erect wherever they are needed. A 

 large proportion of the tonnage of the 

 walnut growers of the state, it is 

 expected, will be handled by the asso- 

 ciation next year. The nuts will be 

 graded and a separate department pro- 

 vided for marketing them to the best 

 advantage. 



Oregon Men Make Big Profits. 



H. L. Morrell, one of the strawberry 

 growers of Clackamas County, Oregon, 

 is meeting with success in growing 

 this fruit. 



Mr. Morrell has seven and one-half 

 acres in strawberry plants at his home 

 at Willamette, two and one-half acres 

 of which are two-year old plants, two 

 acres in one-year-old plants and three 

 and one-half acres in plants that were 

 set out last year. 



From these berries Mr. Morrell has 

 made a profit of $3,300 and he expects 

 to make $5,000 next year. 



THE VERY LATEST IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT GRADERS 



IS THE 



"New Four" Grade IDEAL Fruit Grader 



It is built for the largest growers and packing houses who require a large output each day. 

 The sizing is by diameter or cheek measurement, the most perfect way fruit should be sized. 

 We build the Ideal Fruit Grader in four sizes to suit any grower's need, and it will do perfect 

 work on Apples, Pears, Peaches, Oranges or any other fruit having similar shape. 



We have designed our machine so there is absolutely no bruising of the fruit in any manner. The 

 machine is very simple in construction, with nothing to get out of order or out of adjustment. Does 

 not make the least noise, as there are no metal parts coming in contact with each other to cause a 

 lot of wear and trouble. 



The grading is done by elastic bands revolving crosswise of the belt that carries the fruit along 

 the machine until it arrives at the proper bin where it comes in contact with this elastic which rolls 

 it off gently into its proper bin without injury. 



This season's crop is such that we have had to double our output to handle our orders, as we are 

 replacing other machines of other makes that have cost much more than what we are asking for ours. 



Our prices are very moderate, as we have no agents or brokers to pay a large profit for selling, 

 so by selling direct to the users we can sell very close. 



It will pay you big to write us to get more information and prices before you buy, for our machine will prove 

 very sa isfactory, as it has to many others for the past few years. 



We have one of the most complete shops with the best of machinery to build every part over a pattern to get 

 them exact. 



Write us for prices stating your needs then we will gladly quote you prices on any size machine you need. 



We also carry in stock the Bryant Clamp Warehouse Truck that will save you the price many times over each 

 season in labor. 



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