June, i()20 



BETTER FRUIT 



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prunes is :tlso expected. The yield of peaches 

 and apricots is expected to be light. .Spring 

 frosts caused very little damage in this region 

 this year and growers are reported to have 

 been unusually busy in taking care of their 

 orchards. 



It is announced that a new addition will be 

 built to the plant of the Buhl Canning Com- 

 pany in time to take care of the largely in- 

 creased business expected this year. 



In honor of the men who were members of 

 the Idaho Technical School, who gave their 

 lives for their country in the world war, trees 

 were recently planted on the school ground 

 at Pocalello. 



By buying lime-sulphur solution in large 

 lots this spring fruit growers in Boundary 

 County estimate that they saved from S3 to 

 ?5 per barrel. 



In order to test out the use of commercial 

 fertilizers orchardists in Washington County 

 will conduct a test on 22-year-old prune trees. 

 One thousand pounds of a combination com- 

 mercial fertilizer will be used on one plot and 

 200 pounds of nitrate of soda on another to 

 test their comparative merits. Tests will also 

 be made with apple trees. 



Payette citizens are endeavoring to have a 

 box factory located at that point. The proposi- 

 tion was started by the offer of A. J. Wilson 

 to the local Commercial Club that if the citi- 

 zens of the county would subscribe for |10,000 

 worth of the stock the building would be 

 erected before the payments on the stock are 

 asked for. 



Director W. H. Wicks of the Idaho State 

 Agricultural Department is conducting a 

 vigorous campaign this spring to have all fruit 

 orchards in the state properly sprayed and to 

 secure a uniform inspection system of pest 

 inspection. Samples of spraying solutions 

 used by growers will also be collected by the 

 department and sent to the state chemist for 

 analysis to determine whether they are up to 

 the standard. The fruit inspectors who will 

 work with the department this year are: North 

 of Payette, A. S. Worth; Fruitland, east of 

 Penn's Avenue, J. D. Baker; Fruitland, west of 

 Penn's Avenue, L. E. Keeler; New Plymouth, 

 H. T. Lewis; Payette, Washoe Bench and all 

 nursery stock; Weiser district, A. R. Albee. 



A two-story warehouse, 45 feet by 200 feet, 

 to cost approximately |25,000, is planned for 

 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, this summer by the 

 Spokane Fruit Growers' Company as head- 

 quarters for the apple tonnage of the district 

 and for the supplies handled by the company 

 through its Coeur d'Alene branch. The growers 

 interested at present represent 1,000 acres of 

 orchard. The company expects to sign up 150 

 cars of apples this season to justify the erec- 

 tion of the new warehouse. 



Examination of cherry trees in the Lewiston- 

 Clarkston Valley shows almost no damage 

 from frost and all signs point to a bumper 

 crop in that section. During the last few years 

 shipments of Bing, Lambert and Royal Ann 

 cherries and sales to local canneries, have in- 

 creased to a point where this fruit is one of 

 the most dependable and profitable raised in 

 Lewiston-Clarkston Valley. Growers are of- 

 fered 10 cents a pound for canning cherries at 

 present, but it is generally believed that com- 

 petition for the local crop will bring the price 

 above this. Consequently growers are not 

 contracting to any extent. 



Examination of fruit buds on apple trees in 

 Lewiston Orchards indicate a light crop, due 

 to the severe winter. Damage from scale has 

 been almost completely done away with by 

 continuous spraying. The freezing weather of 

 last December tended to kill most of the scale 

 and the trees are now in better shape than ever 

 before. Nut crops will be small this year, but 

 cherries and pears are promising in that sec- 

 tion. Peaches have been seriously damaged. 



What They Are Doing in 

 CaUfornia 



The California Prune and Api-icot Growers' 

 .\ssoclation has commenced the cr-ection of a 

 new packing plant at Reedley. This is the 

 first plant of the association in this part of 

 the valley. 



A recent sm-vey in the Linden and Bellola 

 sections of the enslern jiart of San .loatjuin 

 County shows that llicre are !),700 acres 

 planted lo fruits, nuls and grapes in that dis- 

 trict. Some of the finest quality peaches that 

 are grown in Califoinia come from this (lis- 



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