March, 1922 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Thirty-one 



the canning of broccoli, as he says there is a big 

 demand in the east for canned broccoli. Thus 

 far the canning of this vegetable has not brought 

 satisfactory results. 



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TJOSEBURG merchants are already busy agi- 

 tating the question of resuming the annual 

 berry festival, omitted last season when the city 

 fovernment refused to grant permits for carnival 

 companies to have concessions at the festival. 

 It is predicted that the merchants' association and 

 fire department will unite this season in staging 

 the festival and carnival. 



An observation experiment with 28 kinds 

 of prunes in one orchard is to be conducted at 

 Napa, with a view to discovering those kinds that 

 may most profitably be grown there. 



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i^ALIFORNIA has discovered from figures of 

 the National Canners' Association that its 

 output of products for 1921 fell far below the 

 usual average. The figures show a cannery output 

 of less than 350,000 cases for the year. In recent 

 years the state's pack had ranged close to 4,000,- 

 000 cases. 



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Asa MEANS of combating ravages of the 

 mealy bug In southern California orchards, 

 J. P. Coy, horticultural inspector of San Bernar- 

 dinn County in urging the raising of millions of 

 crypts, or Australian ladybugs, as they are more 

 commonly known. These ladybugs are mortal 

 enemies of the mealy bug, he states. 



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 ■T'HE Califurnia Cherry Growers' Assoclatonj at 

 its annual meeting In San Francisco, elected 

 these officers for 1922: F. W. Maddocks, presi- 

 dent; A. B. Haslander, vice-president; C. Long, 

 Jr., secretary. 



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CEARS & NICHOLS Cannery Company, of 

 Chil lien the, O., plans to put three new can- 

 neries in California — one In Fresno, one In the 

 Sacramento Valley and a third In the Santa Clara 

 Valley. 



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Tj^RED C. BROSIUS has resigned his position as 

 horticultural commissioner of Sacramento 

 County and has accepted the position of superin- 

 tendent of nursery service. Bureau of Pest Control, 

 State Department of Agriculture. 



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T^HE SEED laboratory of the State Department 

 nf Agriculture and the government branch 

 seed laboratory have been consolidated and es- 

 tablished at Sacramento, where all samples of 

 seeds that farmers or dealers may want tested 

 are now to be sent. 



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T^HE NEW prune packing plant planned by the 

 California Prune and Apricot Growers is to be 

 located at Napa. Colusa is said to be also in 

 line fnr such a plant. 



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A FI. HARRISON, for a time apple Inspector 

 * for the Standardization Bureau at Watson- 

 vllli-, has left that scrv"ce and taken a position 

 with a new spray company at San Jose. 

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T HJBY, McNeil & LIBBY have let the contract 

 for a $ 5 \Onil addition to their Sac ramentri 



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TSTATSONVILLE apple growers report that they 

 will use very little soda nitrate spray this 

 season, having found arsenate of lead superior for 

 control nf codling moth. 



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A NON-PROFIT, co-operative association has 

 been formed as the Lewlston Valley Head 

 Lettuce Association, with headquarters at Lewlston. 

 It is for the purpose of assembling and preparing 

 for market the lettuce produced by its members. 

 Standard methods will be adopted for growing and 

 packing. The directors elected are: F. C. Finney, 

 Walter Eddy, A. V. McConnell, J. P. Michaelson 

 and R. W. Woodward. Returns of more than 

 $1000 an acre have been reported by more success- 

 ful growers, for last season, and the lettuce In- 

 dustry is booming. 



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/^ROWERS of Sandpoint, Hope, Clark's Fork, 

 and Morton met recently and formed ten- 

 tative plans for organization of an association. 

 If the association Is formed It is expected to be 

 of material aid In getting orchards of Bonner 

 county into more profitable production. 



"PRUIT GROWERS of Post Falls have signed 

 up 600 acres and formed an association to be 

 known as the Panhandle Fruit Growers. These 

 men were elected as officers: D. H. Gwinn, 

 president; Lee Brugger, vice-president; Mrs. John 

 Richards, secretary-treasurer. 



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