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BETTER FRUIT 



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I The Ideal Fruit Grader 



SIMPLICITY, ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCY 

 ABSOLUTELY NO BRUISING 



I Two men, one an experienced machinest, the other an experienced cabinet maker, with many 



I years' practical experience in the fruit industry in Hood River, combined their mechanical skill and 



I practical knowledge of fruit handling in perfecting a grading machine— a model of simplicity, 



I economy and efficiency. 



I There is no machinery — Nothing to get out of order or be fixed connected with the Ideal Fruit 



I Grader. It is practically all wood. 



I The operation is simple, consisting of a belt for a conveyor, operated by electricity or gasoline 



I engine, and short elastic belts, which move each apple in the proper bin from the belt conveyor. 



I The Ideal Fruit Grader divides the crop into Extra Fancy, Fancy and C-grade, all at one time. The 



I Extra Fancy being divided into seven bins on one side, the Fancy into seven bins on the other side 



I and the C-grade going into six bins at the end of the grader. 



I Built for four sorters, the grader is 28 feet long and 10 feet wide ; built for eight sorters, 32 feet long . 



I In 1916 we packed 9,000 boxes with the Ideal Fruit Grader with two packers without the machine ever stopping once 



I for repairs of any kind. Further detailed information, illustrated circulars and prices will be furnished upon request. 



IDEAL FRUIT NURSERY CO. 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



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lings, been richly supplied with compost 

 dirt, to be plowed under. Where a sugar 

 refinery is handy I would reconuiiend 

 the use of lime which when worked 

 into the compost heaps gives excellent 

 results, particularly so on heavy clay 

 soil.s. I consider the direct application 

 of lime dangerous, as one place might 

 easily get too much and injure the 

 roots. Cold, non-porous, or even wet 

 land is unsuitable for cherry culture. 

 By my selection of seedlings I look less 

 to size of trunk than to strength of root 

 system. 



When the cherry trees are young I 

 have had success in healing by tapping 

 or bleeding. To cut out the places of 

 flow, to paint them with grafting wax, 

 or to bandage them tightly, I regard as 

 purposeless. Gummosis will always 

 find new outlets. In bleeding, however, 

 I consider a frecpient softening up and 

 washing off of the protruding sap bene- 

 ficial as it furthers the healing of the 

 wound. Sour cherries that have been 

 grafted on sour-cherry stock arc less 

 subject to an attack of gummosis both 

 as small nursery trees and also later as 

 bearing trees. Older sweet cherry 

 trees arc seldom entirely free from 

 gummosis, but may nevertheless live 

 for many years and bear abimdant 

 fruit. This has been my cxpeiiencc at 

 I'raust. Here I found a fine cherry 

 orchard about thirty years old which, 

 despite a favorable location and good 

 soil conditions, numbered Tiiany trees 

 that were sulVering from gummosis, so 

 nuich so that the gum flow was gathered 

 and used in place of dextrin as paste 



for envelopes, etc. Now after nearly 

 thirty years many, of course, have suc- 

 cumbed, but up to a few years ago 

 when I retired many were still bearing 

 satisfactorily. One row of trees on 

 ridge covered with sod and planted in 

 marly clay soil was practically free 

 from the disease. I may add that in 

 the places where old trees had died no 

 young tree, however healthy when 

 planted and despite a change of soil, 

 would ever thrive. In their place we 

 planted seed-fruit trees." 



Only Tree -Ripened Fruit 

 is Perfect 



There is but one really great chemist. 

 Nature. Man knows a lot about chem- 

 istry, more and more every year, and 

 he is learning that only ripe fruit is of 

 the highest quality. The easy plan of 

 picking apples, bananas and oranges 

 when the fruit is half ripe and allow- 

 ing it to become fit for use while in 

 transit from the tree to the table has 

 been abandoned or should be aban- 

 <loned in every well regulated produc- 

 ing district. Only fruit ripened on the 

 tree can be of highest (luality on the 

 table. 



.\pple growers in the Hood Uiver dis- 

 trict of Oregon have learned the lesson 

 in chemistr\', the lesson which means 

 so much to the consumer of fruit. To 

 get the bright coloring of the Hood 

 F^iver apiile the fruit must rcniain on 

 the tree until it is fully lipc. To gain 

 the delicate flavor and the proper 

 amount of sugar the fruit must remain 



in the sunshine to the last minute, must 

 be allowed to take from the tree the 

 last bit of nourishment and from the air 

 the nectar which the bee takes from 

 the flower. The combination of fresh 

 air, sunshine, iron in the soil, mountain 

 breezes, jjcrfect ]3runing and thinning. 



First National 

 Bank 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



A. D. MCE - - President 

 E.O. BLANCHAR - Cashier 



Capital and Surplus $125,000 

 Assets Over $500,000 



Member Federal Reserve System 



Cherry Trees 



Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Vines, 

 etc. Free Catalog. Agents Wanted. Special 

 Terms. 



MILTON NURSERY COMPANY 



MILTON, OREGON 



