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BETTER FRUIT 



An Illuslrnlfd Magazine Devoted to the Interests 



of .Modern Fruit Growing ond Marketing. 



Published Ml .ithly 



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Better Friiit Publishing Company 



407 Lumber Exchange 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



Purchase Early. — In many cases the 

 fruit grower waiLs until he is actually 

 in need of a tool or iiiiplenient before 

 he purchases or even learns if the store 

 in his local town has stock on hand. 

 The grower, who in the past has been 

 accustomed to delay his buying in this 

 manner, will find conditions consider- 

 ably changed, and if he wishes to be 

 equipped with all the necessary ma- 

 chinery when he is in need of same, 

 he must purchase in advance. From 

 now on until late in the spring fruit 

 growers will be purchasing spray ma- 

 chines. Every grower should look 

 over his old machine, if he has one, and 

 make sure at once if he needs a new 

 one, and if so he should make his plans 

 early, decide the kind he wishes and 

 place his order. This will not only in- 

 sure the grower getting his machine 

 and having it when he wishes to use 

 it, but it will help the manufacturers; 

 and we all know that many of the man- 

 ufacturing concerns are meeting with 

 much difTiculty in securing the neces- 

 sary supplies, and it will be a big 

 assistance in aiding transportation by 

 helping to relieve the congested condi- 

 tion of the freight traffic. To produce 

 a clean crop of fruit that will command 

 a good price, a fruit grower must be 

 equipped with a first-class spray outfit, 

 of the make that is best suited to his 

 needs or fancy, and by purchasing early 

 the fruit grower is not only helping 

 himself and the manufacturer but he is 

 performing a patriotic duty. It is fool- 

 ish for a grower to attempt to produce 

 a clean crop with a worn-out spray 

 outfit. There are many first-class 

 makes of machines on the market, but 

 the grower must not expect to get a 

 good machine at a cheap price, and it 

 is poor economy to try to save a few 

 dollars at the expense of a good outfit. 

 We urge every grower who is intend- 

 ing to purchase a spray outfit to give 

 the matter his early consideration. 



Unprofitable Varieties of Fruit. — We 

 publish elsewhere in this edition a list 

 of the varieties of fruit that the Pacific 

 Coast Association of Nurserymen, at 

 their annual convention held in Port- 

 land last July, name as unprofitable. 

 For many years different districts have 

 been producing varieties of fruit that 

 do not pay the cost of production. 

 ^\Tlen the fruit grower ships fruit that 

 does not pay the cost of harvesting and 

 transportation he not only does not 

 make money but he crowds the market 

 with undesirable fruit, which lowers 

 the price on the good varieties and 

 good grades. But what is more im- 

 portant now is the fact that it utilizes 

 the shipping space that is needed for 

 the varieties and grades that pay the 

 grower a fair profit. Every fruit 

 grower should study this list carefully; 



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if his orchard contains any of the vari- 

 eties named in this list he should graft 

 them with good commercial varieties 

 that are suited to his district or dig 

 them up and replant. Big prices have 

 been paid for all varieties of high-grade 

 fruit, and no fruit grower can afford to 

 pay the cost of cultivation, spraying 

 and harvesting varieties that do not 

 bring the top market price. 



The Newtown Pippin. — The original 



Newtown Pippin tree was a seedling, 

 located about two hundred years ago 

 in Newtown, Long Island. It is said 

 to have died about the year 1805 from 

 excessive cutting of scions and ex- 

 haustion. In the first year of Queen 

 Victoria's reign, Andrew Stevenson, 

 whose home was on the mountainside 

 of Albemarle, was minister to the Court 

 of St. James. Some of these apples were 

 sent to him and he presented the Queen 

 with several barrels. She was de- 

 lighted with the flavor and excellence 

 of the apple, and as a graceful acknowl- 

 edgment of the courtesy of Mr. Steven- 

 son, removed from this variety of 

 apples a small tax which then existed 

 for the benefit of the Crown on all im- 

 ported apples. From this time the 

 Albemarle Pippin has grown steadily in 

 favor in the English markets. 



Pruning. — In this edition of Better 

 Fruit appear some valuable articles on 

 pruning. During the next few months 

 we intend to devote considerable space 

 to this subject. The Northwest realizes 

 that, to compete with other apple sec- 

 tions, it is necessary to produce a high- 

 class product and pruning is one of the 

 most important factors in aiding the 

 grower to produce an apple that is of 

 uniform size that will command a high 

 price on Eastern markets. Pruning is 

 also an important factor in assisting 

 the grower to lessen the fungous dis- 

 eases. The continued standing of 

 moisture on fruits or foliage from rain 

 or fog is very favorable to the germina- 

 tion of many fungous spores, but by 

 pruning so as to admit plenty of light 

 and air to all parts of the tree the 

 proper drying takes place — the air and 

 sunshine are allowed to penetrate and 

 the grower will learn that the fungous 

 spores are considerably lessened. 



Steinhardt & Kelly, it is reported, 



have purchased the entire tonnage of 

 the members of the Umpqua Valley 

 Fruit Growers' Union, of Roseburg, 

 Oregon. It consists largely of New- 

 towns, Ortleys and Spitzenburgs. White 

 Salmon, Washington, announces the 

 sale of their entire output to Steinhardt 

 & Kelly, TAJhich will amount to about 

 one hundred carloads, and it is said to 

 be one of the cleanest crops they have 

 ever purchased. 



Anthracnose. — Many fruit growers of 



the Northwest suffer severely from 

 anthracnose. Completion of harvesting 

 should be followed immediately by 

 thorough spraying, and the sooner it is 

 done the better. In this issue we pub- 

 lish an excellent and timely article by 

 Professor Childs, "Apple Tree Anthrac- 

 nose and Its Control," which should be 



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studied carefully by every fruit grower. 

 If a fruit grower should be fortunate 

 enough to have his orchard free of this 

 disease, but if his neighbor has anthrac- 

 nose, then he should spray as a pre- 

 ventive. 



From November 11th to 18th we are 

 asked to give $170,500,000. This is the 

 largest single gift ever asked of any 

 people at one time, but it embraces the 

 work of seven organizations: Young 

 Men's Christian Association, Young 

 Women's Christian Association, National 

 Catholic War Council and Knights of 

 Columbus, War Camp Community Ser- 

 vice, Jewish Welfare Board, American 

 Library Association, and the Salvation 

 Army. There were many who thought 

 these organizations could not be con- 

 solidated, but when President Wilson 

 made the suggestion that they get to- 

 gether, the impossible was achieved in 

 a day. It is not much to ask for to pro- 

 vide comfort for our boys under arms — 

 less than ten cents a day for each boy; 

 and it will be raised — everyone will 

 give to the limit, because everyone has 

 learned how to give, and, after all, how 

 little it is when the boys at the front 

 are giving their lives. 



Box Strapping. — It is not too late to 



again call the attention of fruit growers 

 to box strapping. A few broken pack- 

 ages means a severe loss to a grower, 

 not only this year, but in future years. 

 The dealer who receives packages in 

 first-class condition is anxious to re- 

 ceive more from the same shipper. 

 Fruit growers should give the matter 

 more thought and see that boxes for 

 long distance shipments are strapped 

 with a good box strapping. 



Packing Corporation. — Fruit growers 



of the Yakima Valley are realizing eight 

 dollars per ton for cull apples. The 

 California Packing Corporation has 

 opened its fruit-drying plant and ex- 

 pects to handle about 40,000 tons of 

 apples during the season, which will 

 mean about .$320,000 for the fruit 

 growers of Yakima Valley for cull 

 apples. 



The interest in the nut industry of 

 the Northwest is rapidly increasing. 

 One of the busiest men at the Oregon 

 State Fair was Mr. Ferd Groner, who 

 had a small booth where he showed a 

 fine display of nuts, and also some 

 young trees pulled up by the roots, 

 showing the remarkable growth they 

 had made in one year. The crop this 

 year is one of the finest ever produced 

 and walnut growers will make good 

 money. The Northwest produces very 

 high class nuts, which command big 

 prices. 



WANTED! 



Thoroughly experienced man to operate 

 fruit preserving plant in Fraser Valley, 

 British Columbia. May take shares in 

 company. Good opportunity. 



Box 20, Better Fruit Publishing Co. 



