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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



BETTER FRUIT 



HOOD RIVER. OREGON 



official Organ of The Northwest Fruit Growers' Association 

 A Monthly Illustrated MaRazine Published In the 

 Interest of Modem Fnilt Growing and Marketing 



All Communications Should Be Addressed and Bemlttancee 

 Made Payable to 



Better Fruit Publishing Company 



E. H. SHEPARD, Editor and Publisher 



STATE ASSOCIATE EDITORS 



OREGON 



C. I. Lewis. Horticulturist Corvallia 



WASHINGTON 



Dr. A. L. Melander. Entomoloelst Pullman 



O. M. Morris. Horticulturist Pullman 



W. S. Tliomber. Horticulturist Pullman 



COLORADO 



C. P. Gillette. Director and Entomologist Fort Collins 



E. B. House. Ciiief of Department of Civil and Irrigation 



Engineering, State Agricultural College Fort Collins 



ARIZONA 



E. P. Taylor. Horticulturist Tucson 



WISCONSIN 



Dr. E. D. Ball, Director and Entomologist Madison 



MONTANA 



O. B. Wiiipple, Horticulturist Bozeman 



CALIFORNIA 



C. W. Woodworth. Entomologist Berkeley 



W. H. Volck. Entomologist Watsonvlllo 



Leon D. Batchelor. Horticulturist Riverside 



INDIANA 



H. S. Jackson. Pathologist Lafayette 



BRITISH COLUMBIA 

 R. M. Winslow. Provincial Horticulturist Victoria 



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Entered as second-class matter December 27, 1906. at the 



Postofflce at Hood 'River. Oregon, under Act 



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Fruit is Food. — A great many fruit- 

 growers became seriously alarmed, — 

 and perhaps there was a reason for 

 being so, — over the possiblity of fruit 

 being classed as a luxury on account 

 of the serious food condition existing 

 due to the world-wide war. However, 

 a great many, although they did not 

 feel perfectly easy, felt quite certain 

 that the government would not declare 

 fruit a luxury. To do so would have 

 created disaster in the fruit sections 

 throughout the Northwest and Pacific 

 Coast, many of which are dependent 

 on the fruit industry alone. Undoubt- 

 edly in many other sections of the 

 United States where fruit is grown ex- 

 tensively, although it may not be 

 exclusive, fruitgrowers and farmers 

 might not be able to continue. How- 

 ever, the government has shown its 

 usual good .judgment in the present 

 crisis and has declared fruit a food, 

 acting wisely in so doing for many rea- 

 sons — because fruit is a necessary part 

 of a balanced ration, a ration that 

 everyone is accustomed to and cannot 

 very well do without. This is especi- 

 ally true with all people who work in 

 offices or whose work is not real phys- 

 ical labor; and it may be said in addi- 

 tion that many thousands of people 

 who are dependent entirely on the fruit 

 industry would have faced ruin if fruit 

 had been declared a luxury and an em- 

 bargo placed on the railways from 

 handling it. 



fluently by evaporating and drying 

 goodly quantities each grower can help 

 out the food situation. Every fruit- 

 grower should dry and evaporate 

 enough fruits for his own use and in 

 addition as much more as it is possible 

 for him to care for, for the prime rea- 

 son it will be needed, and for the fur- 

 ther reason it will command a good sale 

 at fair prices. 



canned foods, enough for your own 

 use, and if you are prepared and 

 equipped to do more, do so by all 

 means, as there is no question but what 

 all you will put up will be needed, and 

 you will find a ready sale at good 

 prices. 



Vegetable Gardens. — While everybody 



is planting potatoes, fruitgrowers and 

 farmers should not forget there are 

 many other vegetables like carrots, 

 onions, cabbages, etc., that keep well 

 during the winter if properly stored, 

 and if you have not already planted a 

 sufficient diversity you should do so 

 before it is too late, planting so they 

 will mature before winter. Parsnips, 

 a most delicious vegetable, can be left 

 in the ground all winter and dug when- 

 ever wanted. Another fact that should 

 be borne in mind in most districts 

 where irrigation water is plentiful, 

 fruitgrowers can continue to make 

 plantings of many kinds of vege- 

 tables every two or three weeks, keep- 

 ing a continuous supply throughout the 

 season. 



Evaporating and Drying Fruits. — So 



many millions of people are engaged 

 in war in Europe that millions of men 

 have been withdrawn from the ordi- 

 nary fields of prothictivity. Europe has 

 always consumed immense quantities 

 of dried and evaporated fruits from 

 America, and the need will be greater 

 this year than ever before. Europe will 

 be drawing heavily on America for 

 many kinds of dried fruits, const- 



Fruit for Food. — The fruit industry 



has certainly been given the recogni- 

 tion due it by the United States gov- 

 ernment, classifying fruit as a food 

 instead of a luxury. Fruitgrowers 

 should show their appreciation by 

 doing everything in their power to 

 produce as large a crop of fruit this 

 year as possible and to produce as 

 clean a crop as possible, packing it in 

 good standard grades, true to name, so 

 the purchaser and consumer can de- 

 pend on what he is getting. If the fruit- 

 growers will do their "bit" in their own 

 industry they contribute a large supply 

 of food to the world. 



Boxes, Baskets, Crates, etc. — The in- 

 creasing cost of containers for all kinds 

 of fruits is becoming serious and the 

 fruitgrowers who postpone purchasing 

 until too in the season may be unable 

 to get a sullicient quantity. On the 

 other hand, prices may advance very 

 materially. One thing is quite sure, 

 prices will probably not decrease below 

 the present figures; therefore it seems 

 good judgment for the fruitgrower to 

 place his orders for what containers 

 he will need during the season, hauling 

 them to his packing house as early as 

 possible. 



Tractors. — Every day the tractor is 



becoming more popular on account of 

 its efiiciency and economy. The in- 

 creasing prices of hay and feed has 

 been a big factor in directing attention 

 to the tractor, and as a result more 

 tractors have been sold, and farmers 

 are rapidly finding out they do the 

 work at a great deal less cost and a 

 great deal quicker. So great is the 

 demand for tractors and the use of 

 tractors at the present time that many 

 have equipped their tractors with ample 

 lights so that cultivating can be done 

 at night time, thus enabling one tractor 

 to do double the amount of work. 



Canning Fruits and Vegetables. — The 



governineiit realizing, because it has 

 information more fully than the public 

 in general, the food condition, not only 

 of the United States but of the world, 

 is doing everything possible in the way 

 of stimulating, preparing and encourag- 

 in.g peojile to increase proiluction and 

 warning them against waste. The gov- 

 ernment realizes that canned fruits and 

 vegetables are a gi-eat source of food 

 (luring the winter months, so the editor 

 of "Better Fruit" earnestly urges every 

 fruitgrower to init up a good supply of 



The Liberty Loan. — By the time the 



June edition will have reached our sub- 

 scribers the date for registration, June 

 .'ith, will have passed and 500,000 will 

 be accepted. However, many will reg- 

 ister who will not be called on at the 

 first call. All these and many others 

 not within the age limit, or those who 

 do not go on account of physical rea- 

 sons, and various other reasons, can 

 do their share and help the government 

 in the present crisis by subscribing to 

 the Liberty Loan, as the bonds are 

 arranged in very small amounts on very 

 easy terms, making a satisfactory in- 

 vestment. Everyone should do his "bit" 

 for his country at the time when it is 

 needed. 



Bees. — The increased price of sugar 



makes the bee an important insect at 

 this particular time. Sugar is a neces- 

 sity for a balanced food ration. The 

 price of sugar is very high and fruit- 

 growers, by maintaining a few hives 

 of bees at no cost, can put up a lot of 

 honey for winter use, which will pro- 

 vide the necessary sugar and save con- 

 siderable money, as sugar is already 

 hi.gh and probably will be higher. In 

 addition to this by maintaining a few 

 hives of bees, supplying sugar for your 

 own family, and possibly some to sell, 

 you won't be drawing from the already 

 limited supply on hand, which others 

 need, who live in the city and cannot 

 keep bees. 



Attention, Fruit and 

 Vegetable Growers 



CAN your Fruits, Vegetables. Meats and 

 Fish in Sanitary Cans, with the H. & A. 

 Steam Pressure Canning Outfits, built in 

 Family, Orchard and Commercial size; 

 seal the cans with the H. & A. Hand or 

 Belt Power Double Seamer; they will 

 save your perishable fruits and vegeta- 

 bles at ripening time when nothing else 

 will. Write for descriptive matter. 



Henninger & Ayes Mfg. Co. 



47 S. First St., Portland, Ore. 



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