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BETTER FRUIT 



January, ipso 



£ SULPHUR Timely Topics and Advice for the Fruitgrower 



It has been proven and 

 so recommended by the 

 University of California 

 that If you sulphur your 

 grape vines and orchards 

 6 times they will not be 

 affected by MILDEW or 

 RED SPIDERS. 



ANCHOR Brand Vel- 

 vet Flowers of Sulphur, 

 also EAGLE Brand, 

 Fleur de Soufre. packed 

 In double sacks, are the 

 fluffiest and PUREST 

 sulphurs that money can 

 buy: the best for vine- 

 yards; the best for 

 bleaching purposes, 

 LEAVING NO ASH. 



VENTILATED Sublimed Sulphur— Impalpable Powder. 

 tO0% pure. In double sacks, (or Dry Dusting and making 

 Paste — Sulphur. 



For LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION, use our DIAMOND 

 "S" BRAND REFINED FLOUR SULPHUR. 



To create additional available plant food, drill Into the 

 soli 100 to 400 pounds per acre DIAMOND "S" BRAND 

 POWDERED SULPHUR. lOCo pure. This has Increased 

 various crops up to 500%. The sulphur may be applied 

 broadcast by hand or with a duster, but usually an ordi- 

 nary land plaster sower or lime spreader is used. 



Also PREPARED DRY DUSTING MATERIALS. To- 

 bacco Dust. Dry Bordeaux. Dusting Sulphur Mixtures, etc. 



And Standard LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION 33= BE., 

 Funglcid.s and Insecticides. 



Carried in stock and mixed to order. 



San Francisco Sulphur Co. 



624 California SL San Francisco, Cal. 



We are equiupcd to make immediate 3hi[)mGnt8. Send 

 tor "ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET": also booklet "NEW 

 USES FOR SULPHUR." Price-list, and Samples. 



Please state tor what purpose you use the sulphur, 

 quantity needed, and dale of shipment preferred. 



Winds and Rains; 



Aches and Pains 



EXPOSURE to bad weather means r/ieii- 

 ma/!Cinvit!ges and other handicappino 

 after-effects. We can't be too care- 

 ful in relieving/fl/nj and aches, stiff joints, 

 sore muscles, lumhago, sciatica. 

 "We keep a large bottle of Sloan's Lini- 

 ment in the house all the time to use 

 when an attack comes on. You know 

 Sloan's is one of the old timers. Doctor 

 Earl S. Sloan put it on sale 38 years ago. 

 "We get the bigECst bottle because it's more econont!- 

 cal. A little applied to tlie spot penetrattt ivitheut 

 ruUinp and promptly eases up the pain and ache." 



JLixi.ixn.ezi± 



BELL & CO. 



Incorporated 

 WHOLESALE 



Fruits and Produce 



110-112-114 Front Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



Wr ite us what yoa have to offer — Car lots or Icbb 



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Hood cnltuml methods and correct soil 

 manngenient will do ninre lh:in anything else 

 to prevent many of the diseases of fruit trees. 

 This should he remembered by orehardists who 

 are inclined to resort too much to artificial 

 means which take the form of remedies rather 

 tlian preventive melhods. 



Tile drainage has been found to correct 

 many of the areas of grayish-white damp soil 

 (inite coimnon throughout Ohio on which farm 

 crops liavc never been pro (Ua hie. according 

 to soil specialists of the Ohio ICxperiment Sta- 

 tion and Ohio State University. According 

 to specialists there is no important cause 

 for lack of crop production, except that the 

 soil has a low conlent of organic matter. Fer- 

 tilizers do not l)ring ■ response In these soils. 

 When tile-drained thoroughly the increased 

 yield is at once noticed. Under drainage acts 

 as an aerating agent and thus allows the 

 roots to penetrate more easily into the sub- 

 soil, and after systematic crop rotation and 

 fertilization is carried out, these areas be- 

 come darker in color and quite as productive 

 as the alluvial soils. 



Heart rot is l>ound to get in wherever sun- 

 scald cankers are not taken care of or good- 

 sized branches are cut off willjout disinfect- 

 ing the wood, according to Dr. S. M. Zeller, 

 assistant pathologist at tihe Oregon Agricultural 

 College. Once started heart rot is difficult if 

 not impossible to control. The only safe way 

 is to prevent the start of the trouble by dis- 

 infecting every wound made on the body or 

 main branches of the tree, according to Dr. 

 Zeller, who recommends a coating of Bor- 

 deaux paste, and in case of large wounds 

 treating with the Volck method of driving 

 copper nails into the exposed \\ ood. 



A dust spray formula recommended by a 

 successful orchardist is 100 pounds of dehyd- 

 rated lime, 20 poun<ls of Ilowcrs of sulphur, 

 ,'j pounds of powdered blueslone and 5 pounds 

 of Paris green or 4 pounds of powdered arsen- 

 ate of lead. The cost of applying the dust 

 spray is considerably less than that of the 

 liquid although the expense of the dry mate- 

 rial itself is greater. 



Damage to young fruit trees during the 

 winter liy rabbits and mice may be best pre- 

 vented where these pests cannot be gotten rid 

 of entirely by the use of tree protectors. The 

 liest of these protectors are made of galvanized 

 iron wire, which lasts for several years, and 

 can be purchased at a reasonable figure. 



Studies in comparison of spring and fall- 

 plowed land made by soil specialists in Ohio 

 show that early spring-plowed land contains 

 practically as much moisture for crop produc- 

 tion as fall-plowed soil. Fall plowing is re- 

 garded as essential where labor conditions do 

 not permit of spring plowing, or where it is 

 necessary to destroy insects in infested lands. 

 With spring plowing specialists point out it 

 is possible to use a cover crops on land after 

 other crops are harvested. 



The time to remove peach tree borers is in 

 the fall. At this time the borers feed under 

 the gum for a few weeks before entering the 

 bark. If the gum is scraped away the borers 

 are removed. The holes of those who have 

 entered the bark can be easily seen and they 

 can be removed by hand with a sharp knife. 

 Except when there is a freezing temperature 

 the borers remain alive during the winter and 

 once beneath the bark are much more diffi- 

 cult to remove in the spring. 



G. L. Davenport 



Grower and 

 Shipper 



MOSIER, OREGON 



MAIN OFFICE 

 147 Front Street, PORTLAND, OREGON 



APPLES - PEARS 



Whole root stock that 

 will give results 



Send for Price-list No. 10 



Trees - Shrubs - Vines - Plants 



J. B. PILKINGTON 



NURSERYMAN 



Portland 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 



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