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BETTER FRUIT 



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Sam. During tlip month of February, accord- 

 ing to a report from tlic United States consul 

 at Patras, 1,500 tons of this dried fruit valued 

 at over SI ,000,000 were sent to America. The 

 total amount of stock for shipment at that 

 time was reported to be 10,000 tons, a large 

 part of which was being bought by American 

 importers. 



The amount of potash produced in (iermany 

 during 1919 was 946,000 short tons. Two hun- 

 dred and sixty-four thousand tons of this 

 amount was sold abroad, the remainder being 

 retained for home requirements. 



Cannery Notes 



At the recent meeting of the Northwest Can- 

 ners* Association held in Portland, .1. O. Holt 

 of Eugene, was elected president; W. G. Allen 

 of Salem, vice-president and D. I. Matthews 

 of Portland, secretary-treasurer. 



The Oregon Public Service Commission re- 

 cently granted the A. Rupert Company, Inc., 

 permission to construct a spur track at Falls 

 City. Oregon, in order to allow the company 

 to extend its shipi>ing operations. 



The Rogue lUver Valley Canning Company 

 of Medford, is already making contracts for 

 the 1920 season's pack of vegetables and all 

 kinds of fruits. 



The Washington Dehydrating Company, 

 which operates plants at Yakima, Grandview, 

 Wenatchee and Walla Walla, handled 7,000 

 tons of green fruit from July 1, 1919 to March 

 1 of the present year. The amount paid grow- 

 ers for fruit was" over $200,000. 



Fruits and vegetables to the value of .?40,000 

 were put up by the cannery at Ashland, Ore- 

 gon, during the past season. The quantity of 

 product canned was as follows: Tomatoes, 

 200,000 pounds; apples, 143,000 pounds; 

 peaches, 125,000; pears, 87,000; plums, 15,000; 

 beans, 14,418; apricots, 4,418; cherries, 2,150; 

 pumpkin, 2,500. The number of cans of all 

 sizes used was about 120,000, of which over 

 50,000 were gallon containers. 



According to cannerymen the price of canned 

 goods will be higher this year than last. The 

 high prices of fresh fruit and high labor 

 costs are given as the reasons. 



Tlie plan to consolidate the Lewis County 



cannery, located at Chehalis, Washington, with 

 the Puyallup and Sumner Fruitgrowers' Can- 

 ning (Company has been abandoned and the 

 plant will be operated during the coming 

 season as an independent local company. A 

 number of prominent business men in the 

 county have become interested in the concern 

 which has been placed under the management 

 of Dan W. Bush. 



Construction work has been started on a 

 new .$40,000 cannery at Stockton, California. 

 Tlie plant will employ about 350 workers and 

 expects to handle 2,000 tons of green fruit 

 and to pack 2,000 tons of grapes and dried 

 fruit. The new plant will be completed in 

 time to start the season with the cherry crop. 



Although there are now 38 fruit and vege- 

 table canneries in San Jose and other sec- 

 tions of Santa Clara County, California, mak- 

 ing it the fruit canning center of that state, 

 extensive additions are being made to several 

 of the plants in order to take care of an ex- 

 pected large increase in the business this year. 



Sacramento Valley canneries started putting 

 up spinach on March 9. The crop is excep- 

 tionally large. 



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II CONSULTING 11 



II HORTICULTURIST II 



PROFESSOR W. S.THORNBER 



Formerly 



HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE 



AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



Later 

 DIRECTOR OF THE EXTENSION SERVICE 



OF THE 



STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON 



WILL ADVISE with fruit-growers upon all horticultural 

 problems, including selection and preparation of orchard 

 lands; propagation and care of nursery stock; planting and care 

 of young orchards and small fruit plantations; the control of 

 codling moth, San Jose scale, blight and other orchard pests; the 

 preparation of lime-sulphur at home and the mixing of other 

 sprays; economical orchard management; the irrigation and 

 fertilization of orchard lands; the use of cover-crops and grass 

 mulches; the pruning of fruit trees, shade trees, shrubs, bushes 

 and vines; the renovation of old or neglected orchards, top- 

 working or replacing of poor or unprofitable trees, and the 

 examining and the working out of practical management plans 

 for large orchards and orchard companies. 



If your orchard has not been a financial success, and you 

 wish to determine its possibilities or you wish to improve your 

 orchard, reduce your losses and increase your returns I will 

 assist you in working out your problem. 



WRITE FOR TERMS 



W. S.THORNBER 



LEWISTON, IDAHO 



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Many Tractors Sold at Hood River. 



The Hood River Glacier notes that the 

 interest of orchardists in tractors as 

 motive power for their industry is at 

 high pitch here. Since the first of the 

 year a total of 32 tractors has been 

 sold at Hood River. The sales reported 

 are as follows: Cletracs, 15; Fordsons, 

 9; Case, 3; Fageol, 3, and International 

 Harvester Co., 2. Dealers declare that 

 sales would have been heavier to date, 

 had more machines been available. 



Roads to Be Lined With Trees. 



Through the generosity and public 

 spirit of the Washington Nursery Com- 

 pany the principal roads leading into 

 the town of Toppenish, Wash., are to 

 be lined with hardwood shade trees. 

 The trees which were donated by the 

 nursery company consist of several 

 hundred walnuts, elms and maples and 

 will be planned by the local commer- 

 cial club. 



The Strawberry Weevil. 



The New Jersey Experiment Station 

 says the strawberry weevil can be 

 fought ofT by dusting the plants as the 

 buds appear. The dust is composed of 

 one part dry arsenate of lead and five 

 parts powdered sulphur. This does 

 not kill all the weevils, but drives them 

 away. 



Cheesecloth bags, the naked hand aiid 

 other devices were used by growers in 

 New Jersey who did not care to buy 

 the powder gun, but to Tony Rizotte be- 

 longs the honor of evolving the most 

 ingenious hand device for sifting. He 

 covered a common wire horse muzzle 

 with one thickness of copper mosquito 

 netting and drew the edges up to the 

 rim. The inventor then bent a 3-foot 

 hickory sapling, fastening it to oppo- 

 site sides of the rim. This served as a 

 handle by which the improvised basket 

 filled with the powder could be twirled 

 with more or less force, depending on 

 the width of the rows. 



Planting the Peach and Plum. 



As soon as the trees are set out cut 

 back the tops. Peaches and plums 

 should be headed 18 inches from the 

 ground and apples and pears 32 inches. 

 Young trees require the best of care and 

 cultivation. Practice frequent cultiva- 

 tion during the summer and plant a 

 cover crop in the early autumn. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



