April 1922 



Skookum Affairs 



THE SKOOKUM PACKERS' Associa- 

 tion li';!d its postponed annual meeting 

 at Wenatchee the middle of March 

 and elected I. H. Logue, president; C. W. 

 White, first vice president; A. E. Munson, 

 second vice president; Miss Grace Lan- 

 phere, secretary-treasurer; J. A. Warman, 

 general manager and C. W. White, A. E. 

 Munson, J. W. Terry, F. H. Phipps, B. 

 W. Johnson and P. M. Martin, executive 

 committee. 



A resolution was passed providing for 

 the disbursement of $10,000 of the assets 

 to the shipping units in proportion as this 

 sum had been paid in. The Seattle adver- 

 tising office was ordered discontinued, thu? 

 centralizing the work of the Skookum 

 Packers' Association at Wenatchee. Dis- 

 bursement of the $10,000 fund, it is be- 

 lieved, indicates a change in the advertisine 

 policv and the intention of the growers to 

 •pend less for this purpose. 



According to a member of the associa- 

 tion, who is also a member of the new 

 United .■\pple Growers, the United Apple 

 Growers' concern will be abandoned and 

 no attempt made by this org.anization 

 to use the Skookum brand. The mem- 

 bers of the Skookum packers hav until 

 May I to complete their cancellation as 

 members and those not completing cancel- 

 lation will ship through the Skookum as- 

 sociation as last year. No unit, so far as 

 known, has completed cancellation. The 

 Northwestern Fruit exchange will handle 

 all fruit of the association as it did last 

 vcar. 



Preventing- Leaf Curl 



TNFECTIONS of the destructive peach 

 ••- leaf curl may be fully prevented by 

 thorough application of Bordeaux spra) 

 between December 1 and the early part of 

 February, according to most excellent 

 authorities. By George L. Zundel, exten- 

 sion disease specialist with the Washington 

 State College, recommendation is made that 

 the sprav be applied soon after the leaves 

 fall. 



"Peach trees arc not bearing fruit at this 

 time of the year," he says, "but to help 

 secure a good crop for the next season, fal! 

 is the time to spray in order to control the 



BETTER FRUIT 



peach leaf curl. This caused considerable 

 damage to peach orchards this past year, 

 the attack being the most severe that has 

 visited in several seasons. 



"In the early spring the leaves begin to 

 curl between the veins, take on a reddish 

 hue and finally all fall off. This neces- 

 sitates the tree putting out another crop of 

 leaves, which weakens it, and, if repeated 

 enough times, causes death to the tree. In 

 most of the cases, no fruit will be pro- 

 duced. Fall spmylng, just after the leaves 

 drop, is best. 



"To get maximum results, use a solution 

 of Bordeaux with the strength of 6-6-50, 

 or even 8-8-50. Spring spraying is suc- 

 cessful, provided the spray is applied 



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before there is any indication of the open- 

 ing of the bud, in other words — spraying 

 must be done while the buds are dormant. 

 This is a very easy disease to control if the 

 spraying is handled properly." 



California horticultural authorities have 

 been warning automobile and truck trans- 

 portation concerns with reference to the 

 state law prohibiting the transfer of nur- 

 sery stock from one county to another with- 

 out notifying the county horticultural com- 

 missioner at destination. 



AAA 



Latest edition of Better Fruit just 

 received. It is full of good things. — Luke 

 Potvell, Yakima, Washington. 



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