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ities. The shorter the time at the pick- 

 ing and packing end, the longer the life 

 of the apple. 



With the Winesap, which we select 

 as our example from the winter varie- 

 ties, the same method in regard to the 

 picking and handling should be fol- 

 lowed. To properly determine when 

 this apple should be picked depends 

 upon the locality in which it is raised. 

 It is a safe rule, however, to begin pick- 

 ing just as soon as the apple has taken 

 on the light, bright red color character- 

 istic of the variety. A great many of 

 the orchardists in the Northwest are 

 under the impression that this variety 

 of apple should be a dark red or almost 

 a black color. This condition, however, 

 is not desirable from the standpoint of 

 keeping qualities. It shows a condition 

 or ripening on the trees, and usually 

 those apples which have the deep red 

 or black color are beginning to show 

 some water-core. Water-cored apples, 

 while they will hold up a certain length 

 of time, cannot be compared in their 

 keeping qualities with those which are 

 picked earlier and which have the light, 

 bright red color. The same rules which 

 we have suggested for handling these 

 varieties will hold good as to other 

 varieties, with such modifications and 

 additions as the peculiarities of each 

 individual variety may require. It is, 

 of course, also true that every man's 

 orchard is a unit in itself, or even small 

 sections of the same orchard. Each 

 block of an identical variety where con- 

 ditions are entirely similar should be 

 handled as a unit. 



The ideal method of handling apples 

 is through the cold storage room, but 

 of course there are a good many dis- 

 tricts in which this is not possible. 

 Fruit for cold storage purposes should 

 be placed in the cold storage plants the 

 same day that the fruit is picked and 

 packed, or if this is not possible, it 

 should at least be in on the second day. 

 We have learned from experience that, 

 to hold fruit in storage, it is absolutely 

 necessary to place it there while it is 

 in the same condition it was in when 

 taken from the trees. Our experience 

 shows that fruit which has been held in 

 dry storage for any length of time and 

 which has not been properly handled 

 on the ranch will not hold in cold 

 storage. 



I believe it is Mr. Davidson who is 

 responsible for the truism that "The 

 best time to place an apple in cold stor- 

 age is the day it is picked, the next best 

 time, the day after." If this could be 

 followed literally or even approxi- 

 mately in conjunction with the other 

 suggestions we have made, by North- 

 west apple growers, we believe that we 

 would be well on the way to giving our 

 fruit "that something" in the way of 

 keeping qualities which would place it 

 in the lead of all other sections, and 

 maintain, insofar as the producing end 

 of the industry is concerned, that 

 marked superiority with which the 

 Northwest apple has been naturally 

 endowed and upon the continued main- 

 tenance of which the future of the 

 industry largely depends. 



308 X Yes 

 is a Vote 

 for Your 

 Children 



Square Deal for Eastern Oregon 



If you are in favor of a square deal for 

 the country East of the Cascades you will 

 vote for and work for THE PROPOSED 

 RASTERN OREGON STATE NORMAI. 

 SCHOOL AT PENDLETON, OREGON. 



Trained Instructors Wanted 



Everj' resident of Eastern Oregon has a 

 vital interest in the passage of this meas- 

 ure, for Eastern Oregon pays HIGH 

 SALARIES to her teachers and is entitled 

 to the services of TRAINED INSTRUC- 

 TORS. 



Only Costs 4 Cents per $1,000 



The annual cost of maintenance of the 

 proposed State Normal School amounts to 

 BUT ONE 25th OF A MILL OR 4 CENTS 

 ON A THOUSAND DOLLABS of taxable 

 property. Isn't it worth this to you to 

 have your children trained to become 

 USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE citizens? 



Strong Endorsements 



Among those who strongly endorse the establishment 

 of the proposed Eastern Oregon Normal Scliool are 

 Governor Withycombe. J. H. Ackerman. President of 

 the Monmouth Staid Normal: W. J. Kerr. President 

 of the Oregon Agricultural College; P. L. Campbell, 

 President of the State University; Rol)ert C. Franch, 

 former President of the Weston Normal, and practi- 

 cally all of the leading educators of the State. J. A. 

 Churchill, Superintendent of Public Instruction, voices 

 the sentiments of those who are most familiar mth the 

 need of more adequate Normal facilities when he says: 



"Oregon's greatest need for its rural schools is the 

 teacher who has had full preparation to do her work. 

 Such preparation can best come through Normal School 

 training. 



"1 trust that the voters of the State will assist In 

 raising the standard of our schools by establishing a 

 State Normal SchocH at Pendleton. The location is 

 central, the interest of the people of Pendleton in edu- 

 cation most excellent, and the large number of pupils 

 in the public schools will give ample opportunity to 

 students to get the amount of teaching practioe re- 

 quired in a standard normal school." 



Vote Right 



By voting YES for No. 308 you will help 

 to give to the school children of Oregon 

 the same advantages enjoyed by the 

 school children of our neighboring states. 



Vote YES for No. 308. 



Eastern Oregon State Normal 

 School Committee 



By J. H. Gwinn. Secretary. Pendleton. Oregon 



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