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BETTER FRUIT 



October 



Store Your Apples 



in a Warehouse 

 Proven Superior 

 Efficient Service 



Storage-in-transit privilege. 

 Free Switching, Low Storage 

 and Insurance Rates. 



Liberal advances. 



Wire for proposition. 



OMAHA COLD STORAGE CO., Omaha, Nebraska 



Spend a Nickle and Save a Dime 



No. 3 Peerless Duplex Strapping in 

 coils of 6,500 feet each— $14.63 per 

 coil with liberal discount. 



Use Peerless 

 Duplex Strapping 



ON YOUR 



Shipping Boxes 



and 



(1) You will prevent pilfering. 



(2) You will prevent damage in 

 handling. 



No. 3 Duplex Strapping is made of high grade Cold Rolled 

 Steel of considerable tensile strength and pliability. The turned 

 edge protects Ihe packer's hands; the knurled center prevents 

 the nail from slipping while being driven. 



Discounts and Information from 

 Pacific Coast Representatives 



A. C. RULOFSON CO. 



No. 359 Monadnock Building, San Francisco, California 



TWISTED WIRK AND STEEL CO. 

 515-521 Greenwich Street, New York, N. Y. 



Minneapolis Cold Storage Co. 



Latest and Modern Construction with Automatic 

 Sprinkler Protection Throughout. 



Located on Gt. Nor. and C. B. & Q. Tracks 



with Free Switching to and from All Roads 



Storage-in-Transit Privilege with 



Low Storage Rates and Liberal Advances. 



Write or wire us. 



71-89 West Island Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 



L. B. KILBOURNE, President L. A. GOSS, V.-Pres. and Mgr. 



(lied, and by the time they reach their 

 destination, if shipped out immediately, 

 they are overripe, and in some cases 

 even show decay. The dealer at the 

 other end takes a "bumping" on the 

 fruit handled in this manner, and 

 begins to look around for some good 

 Eastern barreled stock. Or if this fruit, 

 instead of being shipped immediately, 

 is held at the growing end for any 

 length of time, it is usually necessary 

 to repack before shipping. Such is the 

 result of this method of handling the 

 fruit from the time it is packed until it 

 reaches the consumer. 



There is another type of grower in 

 the Northwest who, having made a 

 study of the proper method of handling 

 his fruit, begins picking his apples 

 when they have reached the proper 

 degree of ripeness, regardless of the 

 color. He handles the fruit carefully, 

 being careful to pick the fruit with the 

 stems intact, and avoids all bruising 

 from rough handling; hauls it into the 

 packing house as soon as it is picked, 

 packs it up immediately and delivers it 

 to his shipper, usually within a period 

 of thirty-six hours from the time it is 

 picked. This fruit may not look quite 

 as well as that which has the heavier 

 color and which has received the indif- 

 ferent handling, but from the stand- 

 point of quality it is worth a great deal 

 more money; for as a rule a "Fancy" or 

 "Second Grade" will bring considerably 

 more when it is known to possess good 

 keeping qualities than an "Extra Fancy" 

 or "First Grade" which lias had the life 

 taken out of it before it reaches the 

 trade. 



The time for picking the different 

 varieties is rather a hard one to de- 

 scribe. Let us take two varieties as 

 examples — one a fall apple and the 

 other a winter apple. In the case of 

 the Jonathan apple the grower should 

 watch the fruit carefully, and as soon 

 as the trees show a heavy enough per- 

 centage of fruit which has two-thirds 

 good red color they should begin pick- 

 ing. Jonathans, to be in prime condi- 

 tion, should be a dark green color, and 

 not show the yellow tinge which this 

 variety takes on when it starts to ripen. 

 Occasionally we find in the orcahrds in 

 the Yakima Valley Jonathans which 

 will not come up to the two-thirds color 

 requirements, but start to turn a yellow, 

 creamy color without developing the 

 red sufficiently to meet the Extra Fancy 

 grade rules. The fruit, when in this 

 condition, is a little past the proper 

 stage of ripeness for this variety and 



OREGON SEEDS 



Vetch or "Tares," a great forage or seed crop. 

 Red Clover 

 Alsyke 



"Three Grain Oats," wonderful yielder. 

 Gray Winter Oats 



We will be glad to communicate with you on 

 any of your requirements, send samples and 

 quote prices. We have the largest and best 

 cleaning facilities in the Willamette Valley. Let 

 us hear from you on car lots. 



CORVALLIS FLOURING MILLS 

 CORVALLIS. OREGON 



Homeof the famousOregon Agricultural College 



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