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BETTER FRUIT 



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apple and pear growers, the dried fruit- 

 men handling prunes, berries, evapo- 

 rated fruits and vegetables of all kinds 

 and the canneries. If all such organi- 

 zations would work together it should 

 be possible to establish foreign connec- 

 tions by steamers operating directly 

 from our own ports. 



California Notes 



Apricot and prune growers in Santa 

 Clara Valley are reported as being 

 offered prices considerably in advance 

 of last year for their 1919 crop. Apricot 

 growers are said to have been offered 

 $80 a ton for this year's fruit, as against 

 $60 for last year, while 9V2 cents a 

 pound is being offered for prunes, as 

 against 6 and 7 cents in 1918. 



Of 45,000 fruit trees planted in Mer- 

 ced County in 1918, 20,070 were tig trees 

 of various varieties. The total number 

 now growing in the county is 99,000, of 

 which 29,000 were in bearing last year. 

 Considerable planting has been done in 

 the neighborhood of Tuttle, and more 

 acreage is to be put out there this year. 

 It is expected that figs will lead all 

 varieties of fruit trees to be planted in 

 Merced County again this season. Since 

 importations of figs were cut off by the 

 war about 10,000 acres of flg trees have 

 been planted. 



The Oakdale district is finding more 

 room for almond trees. One nursery 

 alone reports the sale of over 40,000 

 trees in that section. The extent of the 

 new tracts set out varies from five to 

 forty acres. 



Eighty-five dollars worth of nuts 

 were sold last year from a 14-year-old 

 walnut tree in the Orange Blossom dis- 

 trict in Stanislaus County. The yield 

 was 340 pounds. The same tree, which 

 is owned by George Grundel, last year 

 produced $45 worth of nuts. 



Cull Apple Bill Defeated 



The killing of the Gellatly cull apple 

 bill by the Washington State Senate 

 is meeting with the general approval of 

 the fruit growers and shippers of that 

 state. The bill would have allowed 

 Washington growers to have shipped 

 cull apples into state markets un- 

 wrapped and in specially marked boxes. 

 The apples must now be sent to the 

 by-products plants. The strongest op- 

 position to the bill developed from the 

 fact that no provision was made as to 

 what was to be done with the fruit 

 after it reached the retailers' hands. 

 On this account it was the opinion of its 

 opponents that the passage of the bill 

 would result in the abrogation of the 

 entire inspection system in the state. 



Many of the prominent fruit shipping 

 organizations throughout the slate op- 

 posed the bill and assisted in defeat- 

 ing if. 



Kill Aphis 



Before"j^pff/s<^/ 

 Kills Your Prof ijts 



This tiny, sap-sucking insect, ^ 

 scarcely larger than apin-head,^< 

 is destroying apple profits allSi^ 

 overthecountry. Feeding with^ 

 its sharp, mosquito-like bill, it 

 causes dwarfed, deformed, un- 

 marketable fruit. Curls foliage. 

 Weakens trees. Spray with 



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 many sections for the first time. Regarded by many grow-*" spray/*j 

 ers as the most destructive apple insect. One aphid pro- 

 duces thousands in a few weeks. Spray -with Black 

 ^ Leaf 40 and save your profits. Can be used with hme- 

 sulphur, arsenate of lead, bordeaux and other sprays as 

 recommended, or may be used separately, if desired. 

 Mixes perfectly with water. Costs only about Ic per 

 gallon diluted for the trees. Recommended by agri- 

 cultural colleges and experiment stations. Send for 

 K'ree Sprav CHart and I-<eaflets 



snowing when and Ho\v to spray and hov.- to protect fruit trees, 

 vines and vegetables from these profit-killing insect pests. 



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