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BETTER FRUIT 



December, 1921 



Classified 



Advertisements 



RATES. 4 CENTS PER WORD 



NURSERY STOCK 



TREES — All kinds of fruit and ornamental trees, 

 vines, etc. Growers of general nursery stock. 

 Lowest quotations given on application. Send 

 us your want list. Can also use a few good 

 salesmen . Albany Nurseries, Albany, Ore. 



NURSERY STOCK— Italian Prune Trees and 

 trees of all kinds. Berries and small fruits of 

 all varieties. Buy direct and save 50 per cent. 

 Brooks Nursery, Lafayette, Oregon. 



APPLE TREES and a full line of nursery stock 

 at reasonable prices ; save agents' commission by 



ordering direct from nursery. Write for price list. 

 Lawson Nursery, Gates, Oregon. 



OUR EVERBE.'KRING raspberry plants begin to 

 ripen in May the first year planted and continue 

 all summer "and fall. We are still shipping ber- 

 ries to the San Francisco and Chicago markets. 

 Our price list describes these and 30 other 

 varieties of berries and small fruits. The Shady 

 Oaks Berry Farm, Saratoga, California. 



LOGANBERRIES, Raspberries, Strawberries : 

 Inspected, low price, best quality. Red Feather 

 Berry Farm, Clackamas. Oregon. 



CHOICE LOGANBERRY PLANTS— Unusual 

 low price. Shipped direct from one of the best 

 fields in the state. Write for prices. My letter 

 gives valuable information. How to plant and 

 cultivate. Harry Lanum, Rt. 4. Salem, Oregon. 



BEES 



BOOKING ORDERS now for spring delivery. 

 X'irgins, golden and leather-color Italian queens ; 

 bees by the pound and nuclei. Write for prices; 

 circular free. .\. J. Pinard, 440 No. Sixth St., 

 San Jose, Calif. ^ 



BEES AND QUEENS— Keep bees to pollenize 

 your fruit. Get more and better fruit. Make a 

 profit off the fruit and bees too. Write for cir- 

 culars. Nueces County .Apiaries, Calallen. 

 Texas. 



REAL ESTATE 



CUT-OVFR .--nd Developed Lands, 15 to 25 

 miles N. E. Spokane; extra good soil; spring 

 brooks; grows grain, vegetables hay, fruits; 

 several de ?cloped ranches ; few stock ranches ; 

 $10 to '^20 acre: 10 years' time, 6 per cent 

 interest. Free lumber. Write owners for free 

 brok. Edwards & Bradford Lumber Co., Elk, 

 V^ashington. __^_ 



Ff/R SALE — Irrigated Apple Orchard, Idaho : 

 Two 10-acre tracts; water rights; tenth year. 

 Estimate '21, 9000 boxes; standard commercial 

 varieties. Good community with churches, 

 schools, and railroad facilities. Convenient to 

 state highway. A good proposition for relatives 

 or friends. Other interests compel non-resident 

 owner to sell ; $7000 each ; terms. Address 

 W. M. . care Better Fruit. 



WANTED — To hear from owner of good ranch 

 for sale. State cash price, full particulars. D. 

 F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn. 



WANT TO HEAR from owner having farm for 

 sale ; give particulars and lowest price. John J. 

 Black, 197th street, Chippewa Falls, Wisconiin. 



TO LEASE — 35 to 200 acres of first class fruit 

 land on shares. Martin Bros.. Brownsville, Ore. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



DON'T EXPERIMENT — It costs money. For 

 $20 you can get my blue prints. "Dencer Drier 

 best by test." The Dencer Drier will shorten 

 time of drying and save money on fuel. It turns 

 out a superior product. It costs less to dry per 

 ton, and less to build than any other drier of 

 same capacity. I use only one stove for six 

 tunnels. Each tunnel holds 136 half-bushel trays. 

 My driers have been a pronounced success for 

 five years. Edward Dencer, Rt. 3, Box 158, 

 Salem. Oregon. Phone 88 F2. 



TRACTOR BARGAINS— Cletrac "W," only 

 demonstrated, $1250; Cletrac "W" rebuilt, good 

 as new, $1000; Cleveland model "H," never 

 used, $1100; Cleveland "H," slightly used, snap 

 at $750 ; Oldsmar Garden Tractor demonstrator, 

 $390. O. V. Bradley, 425 E. Morrison St., Port- 

 land. Oregon. 



HOMESPUN TOBACCO— 10 lbs., $2.50; 20 lbs., 

 $4, c. o. d. Ford Tobacco Co., Mayfield, Ky. 



HONEY— Pure, First Quality Yakima Valley 

 alfalfa, sweet clover honey ; direct from prod- 

 ucer. Send for circular and prices. Oliver 

 Sires, Wapato, Washington. 



\\".\LL BOARD— Write for samples of Wash 

 tngton plaster wall board; \von't warp, won't 

 burn. Manufactured by Washington Building 

 Products Co., 6851 E. Marginal Way, Seattle, 

 Wash. 



SWEET CLOVER SEED for sale— Buy direct 

 from the producer and save money. Write for 

 samples and prices. Address Geo. Forest, 

 Sta ndish, California. 



FOR S.ALE— Italian Prunes, 50-605, 9c per lb. ; 

 60-70S, 8c; 70-80s, 7c; 80-90s, 6c. Processed and 

 packed in 251b. boxes, or in 100-lb. bags, 'Ac 

 less per lb. Cash must accompany each order. 

 Edward Dencer, proprietor. Red Hill Orchard, 

 Rt. 3. Bx. 158, Salem, Oregon. 



FOR S.\LE — Ford Truck; Cutler two-section 

 grader, with gas engine; box press and ladders; 

 all practically new ; $1000 — a bargain. Address 

 W. M.. care Better Fruit. 



HONEY — Finest table honey : "Western Blos- 

 som" brand, in 6-pound tin can, postpaid for 

 only $1.45 up to fourth zone; absolutely un- 

 adulterated — just as the bees made it. York 

 Honey Co., 30 West Main Ave., Spokane, Wash. 



CLE.AN VEATCH and grey seed oats for sale. 

 W. W. Harris, Oregon City, Oregon. 



PURE E.XTRACTED HONEY— $7.50 per five- 

 gallon can ; two cans, $14.00. Everett Sauter, 

 Touchet, Wash. 



HOMESPUN TOBACCO— Chewing, 10 pounds, 

 $2.50; 20 pounds, $4; smoking, 10 pounds, $2; 

 20 pounds, $3.5 0. Farmers' Union. Mayfield, Ky. 



HONEY — A-1 extracted honey, 10-pound pail, 

 $1.70, postage paid to fourth zone, cash with 

 ordei. W . C. Forcher, Grand View. Idaho. 



HOMESPUN TOBACCO— Chewing, ten pounds, 

 $3; 20 pounds, $5. Smoking, 10 pounds, $2.50; 

 20 pounds, $4. Farmers Union, Mayfield, Ky. 



FOR SALE — Fresh extracted honey: five-gallon 

 can. $7.50; two cans, $14.50; six ten-povmd pails, 

 $8.50; twelve five-pound pails, $9.00. A. L. 

 ■Traner, Touchet, Wash. 



SALESMEN WANTED 



MEN with proven ability capable of selling a hne 

 of high grade nursery stock on a commission 

 contract. Weekly cash advance. Splendid ter- 

 ritory may be had by answering immediately. 



SALEM NURSERY CO. 

 427 Oregon Building Salem, Oregon 



POSITIONS 



U. S. GOVERNMENT wants railway mail clerks. 

 Commence $135 montli. Steady positions. Com- 

 mon education sufficient. Sample examination 

 questions free. Write immediately. Franklin 

 Institute, Dept. W-106, Rochester, N. Y. 



WANTED — Position as orchard foreman or pack- 

 ing house management. Expert horticulturist 

 and fruit man of twenty years' practical experi- 

 ence will be at liberty to accept position about 

 January 1. Conversant with packing house man- 

 agement, the packing and grading of all kinds 

 of fruit. Seven years past with the states of 

 Washington and Idaho as horticultural inspec- 

 tor. Address Chas. G. Andrus, 626 Ninth Ave., 

 Lewiston. Idaho. 



WANTED — Position as orchard manager; college 

 graduate ; married and life experience in or- 

 chard work; now running large orchard in 

 northwest. .Address M. P.. care Better Fruit. 



POULTRY 

 BABY CHICS — By our thousands of satisfied 

 customers we have proven that we supply 

 some of the very best BABY CHICS offered 

 to the people of the Northwest. From O. A. 

 C. Strain 221-300 egg line. Place your order 

 now for spring delivery. First hatch Febru- 

 ary 14th. Portland Seed Co., 180 Front 

 Street, Portland, Oregon. 



PURE BRED Sicilian Buttercup cockerels, $5 

 each. Charles Carland, Route 2, St. Maries, 

 Idaho. 



BLUE ANDALUSIANS— Stock and eggs for 

 sale. D. M. Calbreath, Monmouth. Oregon. 



Send us a letter recounting results of 

 your experiences in fruit or nut growing 

 for the specLi! J.inuary number. 



FRUIT TREES 



We are extensive grovirers of fruit 

 trees adapted to the Northwest. 

 GET OUR PRICES 



COLUMBIA NURSERY 

 COMPANY 



1490 Union Ave., No. 



Portland, Ore. 



Milton Nursery Co. 



MILTON. OREGON 



BING, LAMBERT, ROYAL ANN 

 CHERRY TREES 



New Catalog for a Postal 



THE BEST IN TREES AND 



SHRUBBERY 



BOTH reUITS AND ORNAMENT 



E. A. Bennet Nursery Co. 



I03D Chemeke^a Street 

 SALEM, OREGON 



NICE BRIGHT WESTERN PINE 

 FRUIT BOXES AND CRATES 



Good standard grades. Well made. Quick 

 shipments. Carloads or less. Get our prices. 



Western Pine Box Sales Co. 



SPOKANE, WASH. 

 Catalog mailed on request. 



Gebhardt, Scudder & 

 Hendrickson 



Attorneys at Law 



610 Spalding Building, Portland, Oregon 

 Attorneys for Better Fruit Publishing Co. 



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