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BETTER FRUIT 



Prospects for Northwest Peach Crop Good 



THE government report on the pros- 

 pects for the peach crop of the 

 Pacific Northwest at this time are very 

 encouraging and most of the states in 

 this section expect to have a mucli 

 larger crop than last year. The report 

 says : 



California 



Reports generally from California in- 

 dicate almost a IdO per cent condition 

 for peaches. Rainfall was sufficient 

 during the winter to leave the soil in 

 splendid condition and to start the trees 

 out with strong, healthy fruit buds. 

 Bloom was very heavy and climatic 

 conditions were very favorable for a 

 heavy set of fruit. The season is about 

 a week late in most sections. Fresno, 

 the leading peach county, is reported 



with very favorable prospects. II is not 

 impossible that the 1919 peach produc- 

 tion of California will equal the 1917 

 crop and exceed last year's crop by 25 

 per cent. 



Colorado 



Prospects on the Western Slope of 

 Colorado are for about the same size 

 peach crop as was harvested last year. 

 Conditions for the state are given at 

 72 per cent of a full crop. While pros- 

 pects are thus far excellent for a good 

 crop at Palisades in Mesa County, re- 

 ports indicate that the 1919 production 

 from this section will fall 10 or 15 per 

 cent below last year's 900-car crop. 

 Delta County shows prospects for a 

 very much better crop than was har- 

 vested last year, possibly sufficient to 



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May. igi^ 



more than make up any deficiency in 

 the Palisades shipments. The critical 

 season has not been passed. 



Washington 

 Washington Stale had a very light 

 crop in 1918, but promises a very good 

 crop this year. The Yakima Valley, 

 which is the principal producing re- 

 gion, may ship over 2,000 cars as com- 

 pared with about one-third this amount 

 in 1918. Wcnatchee Valley, though 

 considerably less important, is reported 

 with splendid prospects. 



Utah 



Attention is centered at Provo in 

 Utah County and at Brighani City in 

 Boxelder County. Both districts, as 

 well as Weber County, have excellent 

 prospects for a peach crop this year. 

 Provo may ship as many peaches as 

 last year, or between 400 and 500 cars. 

 Frost danger in Utah is not over until 

 May 15. 



Idaho 



The Eramett district in Gem County 

 and the Council district in Adams 

 County, which are the leading peach 

 sections in Idaho, have thus far escaped 

 frost injury, and have excellent pros- 

 pects. Idaho may ship 350 cars this 

 year as compared with almost a failure 

 in 1918. 



Oregon 



Oregon, although relatively unimpor- 

 tant commercially, has excellent pros- 

 pects in the Milton-Freewater section, 

 in Marion County, and in the Rogue 

 River Valley. Very few cars will be 

 shipped out of the state. 



STATEMENT OF THE OWNEBSHIP, MANAGEMENT. 



CIKCULATION. ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT 



OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24. 1912. 



of the Better Fruit, published monthly at Portland. Oregon, 



tor April 1st. 1919. 



State of Oregon, County of Multnomah — Before me, a 

 notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, 

 personally appeared D. L. Carpenter, who, hanng been 

 duly sworn according to law. deposes and says that he IB 

 the business manager of Better Fruit, and that the fol- 

 lowing is, to the best of hs knowledge and belief, a true 

 statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily 

 paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication 

 for the date shown in the above caption, required by the 

 act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, postal 

 laws and regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, 

 'o-wit: , ,„ ^ 



1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, 

 editor, managing editor and business managers are: 



Publisher, Better Fruit Publishing Co., Inc., 800 Orego- 

 nian Building. Portland. Oregon. 



Editor. E. E. FaviUe. 800 Oregonian Building, Portland, 

 Oregon. 



Managing editor, none. , 



Business manager. D. L. Carpenter. 800 Oregonian Build- 

 ing. Portland. Oregon. , ^^ _- 



2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of 

 individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and 

 the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 

 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) 



Owner. Better Fruit Publishing Co., Inc., Portland, 



Stockholders. D. L. Carpenter, 800 Oregonian Building, 

 Portland. Oregon. „ , , ,^ 



E E. Faville. 800 Oregonian Building, Portland. Oregon, 

 A. W. Stypes, 800 Oregonian Building. Portland, Oregon. 



3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees and other 

 security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of 

 total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities are; 

 (If there are none, so state.). None. 



4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the 

 names of the owners, stockholders and security holders, if 

 any. contain not only the Ust of stockholders and .security 

 holders as they appear upon the books of the company, but 

 also in cases where the stockholder or security holder 

 appears upon the hooks of the company as trustee or in any 

 other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corpo- 

 ration for whom such trustee is acting is given; also that 

 the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing 

 affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstanceB 

 and conditions under which stockholders and security hold- 

 ers who do not appear upon the books of the company as 

 trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than 

 that of a bona flde owner, and this afBant has no reason 

 to believe that any other pereon, association or corpora- 

 tion has any interest, direct or indirect, in the said stotK, 

 bonds or other securities than as so stated by him. 



5 That the average number of copies of each issue or 

 this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or 

 otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months pre- 

 ceding the date shown above is: (The information is re- 

 quired from dally publications only. ) 



• D. L. CARPENTER. 



Business Manager. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of April. 

 iQiQ H. R. SHAW, 



(Seal.) Notary Public for Oregon, 



(My commission expires September 21, 1921.) 



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