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BETTER FRUIT 



April, 1922 



Frost Protection 



E\'F.RY progressive orchardist knows that 

 the critical time, when artificial heat- 

 ing of his tracts for a night or two may 

 save him a valuable crop, is just ahead. 

 The time is actually at hand when plans to 

 provide protection against frosts must be 

 complete. It cannot be anything but a sad 

 experience to awaken some morning this 

 spring to find one's crop sadly ruined while 

 that of the neighbor across the fence has 

 been saved by resort to artificial heating. 



A good illustration is at hand. It is 

 that of W. C. Stone, proprietor of the 

 Squaw Butte orchard of 13-year-old Italian 

 prunes, at Emmett, Idaho. 



"On the morning of April 25, 1921, 

 with the trees in full bloom," reports Mr. 

 Stone, "the temperature dropped to 23 

 degrees at 2 a. m. Through the use of my 

 orchard heaters, set 40 feet apart each way, 

 I was enabled to save a full crop." 



This experience would seem convincing 

 enough to fruit growers of the Northwest 

 that it pays well to be equipped with ade- 

 quate orchard heating equipment. 



Mr. Stone, it should be added, made use 

 of 300 five-gallon cast iron Scheu orchard 

 heaters. Because of the size and efficiency 

 of these he used only 27 to the acre, which 

 is far less than the number of older style 

 heaters considered necessary. 



The Department of Agriculture, through 

 the Weather Bureau, has made detailed 

 studies of orchard heating for frost pro- 

 tection and any readers not possessing a 

 copy should send for Bulletin No. 1096. 



Growing Apples in 

 Willamette Valley 



{Continued from page 11) 



satisfactory production per tree. 



Growers who are content to raise inferior 

 fruit and put out an inferior pack should 

 be prohibited by law. They can grow C 

 grade apples and worse anywhere in the 

 wide world, and they can grow them quite 

 as cheaply as we can, and it does not cost 

 them $1 per box for freight and icing, to 

 reach the market. 



The eastern grower has his market at his 

 door. We can not compete with the East 

 in growing junk. We should, however, 

 take into account the fact that we have no 

 eastern competition when it comes to 

 marketing extra fancy boxed apples. 



Peach blight affects nursery trees as well 

 as older trees. Nursery trees just being set 

 out may well be sprayed with Bordeaux. 

 Spray them where they are heeled in or set 

 them loosely together for the spraying a 

 few hours before planting. This will save 

 spray and time. 



AAA 



In writing advertisers kindly mention 

 Bater Fruit. 





23.000,000 People 

 "Ready to my Yowc Fruit ! 



^l" The great markets of New York supply nearly one- 



quarter of the entire population of the United States 

 with their fruits. Greater New York alone has a population 

 of over 6,000,000, and an average of 432,000 visitors come to 

 New York daily. 



Within a radius of 50 miles from New York there are 

 10,000,000 people, while there are 22,904,873 people within 200 

 miles of the City. New York not only supplies this great army 

 of people with their fruits, but through these markets the 

 people of the entire United States and Canada must get their 

 supplies of certain fruits. Great quantities of fruits are 

 also exported. 



New Yorkers spend an average of $1,200,000 In restaurants 

 for dinner every night. The people of this great city con- 

 sume every day an average of 400 cars of fruits and vegetables. 



In one week in 1920 there were 1125 carloads of California 

 fruits sold at auction. In addition, the auction sold cargoes 

 of bananas, Spanish onions, Porto Rico citrus fruits, Italian 

 lemons, Cuban fruits and Florida citrus fruits. 



Think what a great market this is for your fruit! And 

 think, too, what it would mean in better prices to have an 

 average of 1200 buyers a week bidding for your fruit, as is 

 done when it is sold at auction ! 



Through our auctions we can quickly dispose of your entire 

 crop at the best market prices. And the cost of selling by this 

 method is less than by other methods, leaving a bigger profit 

 for you. Another thing, you can see that we return to you 

 every cent your fruit brings by comparing the check we send 

 you within 24 hours after sale with the prices printed in the 

 New York Daily Fruit Reporter. No other method gives 

 this publicity. 



Our large financial resources and twenty-six years' experi- 

 ence is your guarantee that all shipments sent to us will be 

 handled fairly and expertly. 



Irwestigate our proposition before signing up for your 

 season's output. There is no obligation. Write today. 



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Twenty to 30 minutes of drying is 

 usually sufficient to make Bordeaux stick 

 to the trees for months, even in the rain- 

 iest weather, tests by the Oregon Agricul- 

 tural College Experiment Station have 

 shown. Only actual rain should stop the 

 orchardist from spraying, says this report, 

 as the mere prospect of rain need not in- 

 terfere. The station, incidentally, now 

 has available for distribution new and imr 

 proved instructions for making Bordeaux 

 by adding sugar, to prevent decomposition 

 of the spray. 



To set a tree exactly where the stake 

 was, cut a notch in the center of a board 

 about three feet long, set the notch over 

 the stake, set a stake at each end of the 

 board, remove the board, dig the hole, je- 

 place the board, and set the tree in its 

 notch. 



Here is my dollar for your $1000 u;orth 

 knowledge. — Ed. G. Rose, W eitauhee. 

 Wash. 



