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BETTER FRUIT 



THE NEWELL GRADER 



To you growers who are contemplating buying a Fruit 

 Grader this year, I want you to know that my machine 

 is at last perfected and will be on the market in 30 days. 

 I have devoted my time and thought for the past 

 two years to this Grader, profiting by the mistakes of 

 others, studying the needs of the growers, and I now 

 believe that the 



Newell Weight Fruit Grader 



is the best that can be built. 

 Sizes Accurately by Weight 



Signed: Timothy Newell. 



Watch these pages for further information as to' prices, etc. 

 or write direct to 



HENNINGER & AYES MFG. CO. 



80 North Fifth Street PORTLAND, OREGON 



To You 



WHO HAVE 

 NEVER SHOT 



A "Friend" 



Let us advise you to do so this season. 

 We handle the best spray gun made, 



THE "FRIEND" 



We also manufacture chemically perfect spray^materials. 

 HOOD RIVER SPRAY COMPANY, Hood River. Oregon 



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 



April, ip20 



The distance for planting pears will 

 vary from twenty-two feet to thirty 

 feet, according to soil and climate. Many 

 varieties of pears are sterile and do not 

 set fruit well with their own pollen. 

 The Cornice comes in this class, and the 

 Anjou sets fruit poorly with its own 

 pollen. In fact even with self-fertile 

 varieties 1 would recommend planting 

 so as to secure cross poUenation. I 

 would suggest two lists, early bloomers 

 and late bloomers. For Oregon, the 

 early bloomers are Bartlett, Clairgeau, 

 Anjou, Howell, Kieffer; late bloomers, 

 Angouleme, Bosc, Comic, Easter, P. 

 Barry, Winter Nelis. Any two early 

 bloomers or any two late bloomers 

 will inter-pollenate satisfactorily. Plant 

 from two to six rows of a variety, as 

 they will produce more economical than 

 mixing them in rows. In an article of 

 this length it is impossible to go into 

 all the details of pollenation, soil treat- 

 ment, pruning etc. The care of the soil 

 is about the same as that given for 

 apples. The open type of tree is the 

 more approved form, as it is believed 

 it is easier to fight blight with such a 

 tree than where the central leader is 

 allowed to remain. Care should be 

 used, however, in starting the trees to 

 get the main branches well spaced. The 

 greater the distance between the 

 branches the better. Should the blight 

 get into the crotch of a tree, where the 

 branches come from one point, the tree 

 will become greatly weakened. After 

 the trees come into bearing, moderate 

 annual pruning should be the rule. It 

 is believed by some growers that the 

 Anjou will stand more pruning than 

 some other varieties. Summer pruning 

 will be beneficial in overcoming the 

 tendency of some varieties to bear on 

 the tips of branches. 



Practically all Pacific Coast pears are 

 being boxed, and by the use of pre- 

 cooling, refrigeration cars and cold 

 storage the season of most of our varie- 

 ties of pears has been greatly length- 

 ened. Howells and Cornice keep until 

 Christmas and Anjous until February. 

 The export trade in pears is of con- 

 siderable importance and our best trade 

 in England will be for Christmas pears. 

 Late winter pears will have to com- 

 pete with South African Bartletts 

 which reach English markets about the 

 last of January. The canning of pears 

 has become a tremendous industry and 

 the planting of Bartletts for canning 

 factory use, when conducted on a com- 

 mercial scale, is proving a very satis- 

 factory business. 



There is a splendid opportunity to in- 

 crease the consumption of pears. A 

 campaign of education is necessary. For 

 example, the Bosc pear is very little 

 known, yet its quality is superb. But 

 because of its unattractive color and 

 form it is not a good show-stand fruit. 

 When once known, however, it becomes 

 very popular. There is no region in the 

 world that can surpass the Pacific Coast 

 in pear production. The quality is un- 

 excelled and the flesh so firm that it 

 stands shipping well. With such an 

 asset we should be able to increase 

 the consumption of pears very materi- 

 ally in the next decade. 



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