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BETTER FRUIT 



"Wenatchee" 



Fruit and Vegetable 



Picking Bags 



(Patented April 27, 1915) 



This bag is emptied by releasing a snap. The bag 

 will hold about a bushel. When snapped at the frame 

 it will hold about a half bushel. The frame is made of 

 steel, the canvas is lOoz and every point is reenforced 

 with leather where from experience it has been found 

 necessary. Price $1.75 post paid to all parts of the 

 United States where we have no agents. 



Wenatchee Hardware Company 



Sole Manufacturers 



Wenatchee, Wash. 



Arcadia Irrigated Orchards 



THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD PROJECT 

 IN THE ENTIRE WEST 



7,000 acres planted to winter apples. Gravity 

 irrigation. Located 22 miles north of Spokane, 

 "Washington, directly on the railroad. We plant 

 and give four years' care to every orchard tract 

 sold. $125, first payment, secures 5 acres ; $250, 

 first payment, secures 10 acres ; balance monthly. 



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Deer Park, Washington 



I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PBUNING SHEAB 



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•■0 5. DIVISION AVB . QRAND RAPID5. HICM. 



•THE odI, 



prunec 

 made mat cula 

 from both sides oi 

 the limb and does no< 

 bniise the bark. Made ■■ 

 all styles and sizes. W« 

 pay Elxpreu charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write fof 

 circular aad 

 prices. 



Paint Large Pruning Cuts 



By J. B. Hundley, Yucaipa, California 



July 



ommends the painting of all large 

 wounds. The main difl'erence among 

 aiitlinritie.s is in the tliiie of application 

 and the material used. There are some 

 very good men who recommend paint- 

 ing as soon as the cut is made. It is 

 because many have followed this and 

 have seen the etfects that we hear so 

 much talk of the evils of painting, and 

 see examples on every hand of trees 

 with large unhealed cuts left unpro- 

 tected. If the owners of these trees 

 would visit some nearby old orchard 

 and notice the number of limbs and 

 trunks with the hearts rotting out, I 

 believe more interest would be shown 

 in protecting our orchards from such 

 conditions. 



If a cut is painted at once after prun- 

 ing the sap will be held on the surface 

 and will sour, often running from the 

 wound and killing the bark for inches 

 down. Of course this is worse than if 

 the wound had not been painted. How- 

 ever, if the cut had been left exposed 

 to the air for a few months the wood 

 would have become hardened by ex- 

 posure and could safely have been 

 painted without danger of the above 

 mentioned undesirable result. This 

 later painting will prevent any dry rot 

 fungi from entering the limb. It seems 

 most desirable to paint all cuts larger 

 than a quarter in May or June, as by 

 this time the wood is hard and as yet 

 has not started to decay. 



In painting pruned cuts it is not best 

 to use a material that will become hard 

 and chip ofl" with the growth of the 

 tree; for this reason never use white 

 lead or paint. They ai-e too temporary. 

 Grafting wax is probably the best 

 material to use. Roofing compcjimd, 

 asphaltum or even paraOine may be 

 used quite successfully. In painting do 

 not apply the wax or other material too 

 thickly. All that is necessary is a thin 

 film to keep the air from the wood. If 

 it is put on too thick very often in the 

 heat of summer it will run, injuring 

 the bark. 



The following is an excellent formula 

 for grafting wax: Resin, (i pounds; 

 beeswax, 1 pound; linseed oil, 1 pint. 

 Melt together and apply at a tempera- 

 ture of 180 degrees. 



IN nearly all of the old orchards we 

 see many large trees which should 

 be in their prime, but unfortunately 

 nearly dead. If the pruning cuts of 

 years ago had been properly cared for 

 many of these trees would now be 

 yielding large crops. A closer exami- 



nation will show the hearts of the large 

 limbs and even the trunks decaying. 

 This is caused by a rot fungi which 

 enters through large cuts left unpro- 

 tected from the weather. 



Kvery book on the culture of the 

 apple, pear or other deciduous tree rec- 



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