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BETTER FRUIT 



April 



falling, off accompanied by a heavy 

 wood growth, occurs. The orchardist 

 must determine for himself the correct 

 balance between wood growth and 

 fruitage and maintain that balance 

 by withholding or increasing the nitro- 

 gen supply as the yearly crop and wood 

 growth indicate. 



Time of Application. — Experimenters 

 are agreed that early spring applica- 

 tions are very much more effective than 

 applications at any other time. It is 

 advised that nitrate of soda be applied 

 when the buds begin to show green tips. 



usually about three or four weeks be- 

 fore the period of full bloom. 



How to Apply. — To prepare the fer- 

 tlizer for distribution, dump it, a sack 

 at a time, into a large, shallow box with 

 a reasonably tight bottom, such as a 

 good wagon box, and crush the large 

 lumps with a cement tamper, a shovel 

 or other handy implement. Load the 

 nitrate into any convenient wagon for 

 conveyance to the trees. Prepare a 

 measure by weighing into a tin can, a 

 bucket, or other receptacle, the required 

 amount and mark the height or cut the 



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can to fit the amount. Spread the nitro- 

 gen by hand over all the soil covered 

 by and somewhat beyond the spread of 

 the branches. It is not necessary, how- 

 ever, to apply it closer to the trunk 

 than two feet. Two men, one working 

 from either side of the wagon, will dis- 

 tribute the fertilizer for a large orchard 

 very rapidly. 



Caution. — Nitrate of soda is inflam- 

 mable and should be protected from 

 fire. It should also be kept out of reach 

 of live stock, as its saline taste is 

 attractive, and taken in considerable 

 quantities its effect is poisonous. 



Strawberry Acreage Reduced 



Advance figures made by the United 

 States Bureau of Crop Estimates show 

 that the strawberry acreage of the 

 country will be reduced approximately 

 30 per cent this year. It is expected 

 that only 58,159 acres will be cultivated, 

 whereas 83,139 acres were grown last 

 year and 107,000 acres in 1917. The 

 reduction is general in all the berry 

 growing sections except California, 

 Michigan, New York and Virginia, and 

 none of these shows any decided in- 

 crease. In the heavy producing states, 

 Louisiana and Tennessee record the 

 greatest cut. Oregon is credited with a 

 slight increase over last year with 445 

 acres, hut it is such a reduction from 

 its 1916 record of 3,184 acres that the 

 industry is nearly abandoned. New 

 Jersey also has fallen from 5,015 acres 

 in 1916 to 3,340 acres last year and to 

 only 24 acres this season . 



BARREL APPLES SELL FOR $10.75 

 Western New York barrel apples 

 soared to unheard-of prices during the 

 past month. Under the heavy export 

 demand, which has boosted all prices 

 to new levels, sales of Baldwins have 

 been made at $10.75 a barrel, f.o.b. load- 

 ing station. This stands as the high 

 record price for apples in the Western 

 New York district. 



It is a clean $3.75 above the high 

 record for previous years, when in the 

 spring of 1917 a block of Baldwins was 

 sold from storage in Brockport at .$7. 

 Some dealers are now asking .$11 for 

 fancy lots. The holdings have virtually 

 all passed from the hands of growers 

 with a half-dozen dealers controlling 

 the market now. 



Want Better Apple Boxes. 



"Better apple boxes" will be the slogan 

 of Wenatchee apple growers this year. 

 Growers not only want the quality of 

 the boxes improved, but will make an 

 effort to have the price standardized. 

 The reason for the movement for better 

 boxes is due to the fact that last year 

 many boxes of apples were reported to 

 have reached their destination affected 

 with blue mold and mildew, due to the 

 damp lumber used in their manufacture. 



Mills in the Sound district are now 

 said to be quoting the price of boxes at 

 15 cents, although a number of con- 

 tracts for large orders are reported on 

 a basis of 14 cents. It is stated that one 

 contract was recently closed for one 

 million boxes at this price. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



