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BETTER FRUIT 



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or wish to have their children take an 

 interest in the garden to hire a laborer 

 to do the heavy preliminary spading or 

 breaking up of the soil. This heavy 

 work frequently disgusts novices and 

 children who would continue to take 

 an interest in the garden if their task 

 was simply to fine and cultivate soil 

 already broken up. 



The following amounts of seed the 

 garden specialists of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture say are 

 needed to plant approximately 100 feet 

 of row, or enough to supply vegetables 

 for a family of four: 



Snap Beans, 1 pint; Pole Lima Beans, 

 % pint; Bush Lima Beans, % to 1 pint; 

 Early Cabbage, Vi ounce; Carrot, 1 

 ounce; Cauliflower, 1 packet; Celery, 1 

 packet; Cucumber, Vi ounce; Eggplant, 

 1 packet; Kale, or Swiss Chard, V-i 

 ounce; Parsley, 1 packet; Parsnips, 

 % ounce; Salsify, 1 ounce; Summer 

 Squash, % ounce; Hubbard Type 

 Squash, Vi ounce. 



The following vegetables, the special- 

 ists say, will undoubtedly be planted 

 in larger amounts than those just men- 

 tioned, and the amounts of seed given 

 will be a guide for ordinary require- 

 ments. Some families may need more 

 of the various vegetables and others 

 would need less: 



Beet, 4 ounces; Late Cabbage, ¥2 

 to 1 ounce; Sweet Corn, 1 pint; Lettuce, 

 1 ounce; Muskmelon, 1 ounce; Onion 

 Sets, 2 quarts; Garden Peas, 2 to 4 

 quarts; Radish, 1 to 2 ounces; Spinach, 

 Vi pound in spring and V-i pound in 

 fall; Late Tomatoes, % ounce; Tur- 

 nips, % pound; Watermelon, 1 ounce. 



The string beans, bush lima beans, 

 sweet corn, lettuce, peas and radishes 

 will not all be planted at one time, but 

 successive plantings two to three weeks 

 apart will be made so as to have a fresh 

 supply throughout the season. 



Of early Irish potatoes one peck to 

 one-half bushel will be required, and 

 of late potatoes one-half bushel to one 

 bushel, or more, depending upon the 

 amount of ground available for this 

 purpose. If possible, enough Irish 

 potatoes should be grown to last 

 throughout the winter. 



In the event that the family wishes 

 to raise vegetables to supply current 

 needs and also to supply a surplus for 

 canning, the amounts indicated above 

 should be considerably increased. 



The home gardener should find use- 

 ful Farmers' Bulletin 25.^, Home Vege- 

 table Garden, and Farmers' Bulletin 

 647, Home Garden in the South. The 

 latter is designed particularly for use 

 in the warmer climates, but contains 

 many suggestions that can readily be 

 adapted by home gardeners in the 

 North. The Department of Agriculture 

 will supply these bulletins free on 

 application as long as its stock for free 

 distribution lasts. 



Ij|f^-^^A^^J Foreman for 175 acre apple 

 W^|1tP|1 and pear orchard in South- 

 ■■**"*^*" em California. Must be 

 single and experienced in all phases of fruit cul- 

 ture, especially pruning and pear blight. In 

 answerstate age, experience and salary expected . 

 Write 



N. K. EVANS, Valyermo, California 



THE MAN WHO KNOWS 



The manufacturer and the success- 

 ful business man seek "The man who 

 knows" for advice when it is needed. 



The Pacific Coast fruit grower 

 should seek "The man who knows" 

 about spray materials, tree diseases, 

 insect problems and their treatment. 



Read what the Thomsen Chemical 

 Company in 1912 said about Mr. S. W. 

 Foster: 



"Mr. Foster, after graduating from 

 the College of Agriculture of North 

 Carolina, took up the special work of 

 entomologj' in the graduate department 

 of the Cornell University, and for the 

 past six years has been associated with 

 the United States Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy-, spending the greater portion of his 

 tiine in California, where he is widely 

 known in connection with his valuable 

 discoveries for the control of pear 

 thrips, codling moth and other Pacific 

 Coast problems, 



"He is on the staff of our Research 

 and Special Service Department, and in 

 his relations with the fruit growers of 

 the Pacific Coast will adopt the same 

 co-operative principle as that employed 

 by us in the East, and put into practice 

 in the West our policy of rendering ser- 

 vice to the fruit growers and co-operat- 

 ing with them in conducting orchard 

 operations. 



"He will also have full charge of the 

 Insecticide Department of the General 

 Cliemical Company of California, His 

 training and experience, as indicated 

 above, eminently fit him for giving the 

 fruit growers of the Pacific Coast defi- 

 nite and reliable directions for the 

 treatment of their orchards. 



"Mr, Foster's long experience in the 

 Western country gives him the most 

 accurate information as to the quality 

 of spray materials required to suit 

 Western conditions, and as to the time 

 and methods of applying them." 



We maintain a bureau of informa- 

 tion concerning orchard operations, 

 especially spraying. Bulletins giving 

 the best available information con- 

 cerning the treatment of insects and 

 diseases will be sent you on request. 

 Mr. Foster will cheerfully serve you 

 if you will write, giving as fully as 

 possible a statement of the condition 

 of your orchard. You may be sure 

 the information he gives you will be 

 reliable and beneficial. TRY IT. 



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MAIEfiIAL5 



ORCHARD BRAND SPRAY 

 MATERIALS are scientifically pre- 

 pared. There is one for each pur- 

 pose required on the Paciflc Coast. 

 Write for bulletin: 



(1) How to control the princi- 

 pal insect enemies and fungus 

 troubles on deciduous fruit trees 

 during the growing period; 



(2) The dormant spraying of 

 deciduous fruit trees west of the 

 Rocky Mountains; 



(3) Orchard Brand spraying 

 materials. 



ORCHARD BRAND SPRAYING 

 MATERIALS are warehoused by 

 the following distributers, who 

 can supply dealers and fruit 

 growers: 



GILBERT & DEWITT, 



Hood River, Oregon. 



BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., 

 Portland, Oregon. 



C. J. SINSEL, 



Boise, Idaho, 

 ROGUE RIVER CO-OPERATIVE 

 FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIATION, 



Medford, Oregon, 



MORGON, McKAIG & CO,, 



North Yakima, Washington, 



WELLS & WADE, 



Wenatchee, Washington, 



SAMUEL LONEY &. CO,. 



Walla Walla, Washington. 



McGOWAN BROTHERS 

 HARDWARE COMPANY, 



Spokane, Washington, 



Insecticide Department, 

 General Chemical Company, 



Dept, F-5, San Francisco, Cal. 

 Please send me free bulletins re- 

 garding the control of orchard pests 

 and diseases. I have 



acres apples acres peaches 



acres pears acres apricots 



..acres prunes acres cherries 



acres grapes acres almonds 



Name 



Address 



Mail this Coupon to Dept. F-5 



General Chemical Company 



San Francisco, California 



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