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BETTER FRUIT 



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Merry Garden 

 Auto Cultivator 



THINK what it means to cultivate your crops at the speed 

 of from 120 to 200 feet per minute — more than a yard 

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Saves the Work of Three Men 



Actual tests prove one man with a MERRY GARDEN does 

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ing a single row. Goes between wide rows and astride narrow rows. 



Simple to Operate 



The power is furnished by a reliable 2 h. p. gasoline 



motor controlled from the handles. Requires no pushing or 



pulling. Simply guide it along the rows. "It leads the way." ^ *' 



When not used as a cultivator, the addition of a pulley frame furniiihes 



power for small machine, such as the separator, chum, lawn mower, 



saw or grmder. Price of frame, $10 extra. 



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purchaser in acceptmg same agrees to notify us within 5 days from receipt 

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 purchase money will be refunded. Price $185.00, f. o. b. Cleveland Ohio. 

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I 468W.Pro8pect Ave., Cleveland, O. I Shipping weight 250 pounds. 



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Timely Advice, Etc. 



Continued from page 4. 



distinction. It .sells on all markets for 

 a greater price than any otticr variety. 

 It has often sold for $5.00 per box. 

 However, the Delicious h.is its faults. 

 It is not adapted to all regions, and 

 often does not come into bearing 

 young, although there are many excep- 

 tions, especially on certain soils in the 

 Hood River Valley. 



The .Jonathan has many points to 

 commend it. It is a rapid growing tree 

 which comes into bearing early. It 

 gives a high average yield per acre be- 

 cause it bears a good crop every year. 

 It is a beautiful red apple of high qual- 

 ify. Its greatest fault lies in its tendency 

 to develop fruit spot. These are small 

 black spots which spread over the en- 

 tire surface. Very often Jonathans 

 which show no symptoms of the trouble 

 when packed will very quickly break 

 down or become spotted in the pack- 

 age. In many districts it is imprac- 

 ticable to store the fruit on this ac- 

 count. The remedy often lies in early 

 picking and prompt marketing. 



The Stayman and Winesap are two 

 varieties which have found much favor 

 in the markets. The former is a seed- 

 ling of the latter and is a distinct im- 

 provement. The fault of the Winesap 

 especially on poor soils is that it tends 

 to run small as the tree becomes older. 

 The Stayman is larger and of better 

 quality and is reported as being more 

 vigorous and more or less disease resist- 

 ant. It comes into bearing early but is 

 somewhat given to alternate bearing. 



The Baldwin continues to be a favor- 

 ite in the large markets. It does not 

 compare in quality with the varieties 

 mentioned or others which could be 

 cited, nor does it come into bearing as 

 young, but it has produced a profit to 

 the grower in the districts where 

 adapted. Its natural habitat lies north 

 of the Ohio river and east of the Great 

 Lakes. 



Among the other varieties of note are 

 the Rome Beauty and Grimes. The for- 

 mer is a beautiful fruit, of good size, 

 symetrical, easily packed, a good 

 shipper and keeper. It readily sells 

 well at good prices, principally be- 

 cause of its culinary value. It is not de- 

 sired as a dessert variety, but is relished 

 as a baking apple. The chief handicap 

 of the Grimes is that it is yellow. Its 

 chief market is in the Central States, 

 but in other markets does not compete 

 well with red varieties. It is reported 

 as being short lived, due principally to 

 a form of collar rot. This tendency is 

 now being largely overcome by nursery- 

 men who are double working with some 

 other variety so that the Grimes will 

 not come into, contact with the ground. 

 The Ben Davis at Hood River is 

 grown only in limited quantity from 

 old trees whose owner still hesitates to 

 grub them out or work them over to 

 some more desirable sort. There have 

 been no late plantings in this district. 

 Its six year net average to the grower 

 per box has been less than that of nine- 

 teen other varieties grown there. The 

 day of the Ben Davis is past. As an 



