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went into the winter in a very weakened 

 condition due to the prevalence of blight. 



Oliservations made last spring in the 

 Payette \'alley by Professor L. E. Longley 

 also seem to substantiate the above state- 

 ment. 



Professor M. B. Waile, pathologist U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, states that 

 "miscible oils arc very often injurious to 

 the pe.ich, whether spr.ayed in the fall, 

 winter or spring. Miscible oils are much 

 more dangerous on the apple and doubtless 

 on other fruits where applied in the fall 

 or winter than when applied in the spr:ng. 

 We have had several rather striking cases 

 of this, where miscible oils supplied by 

 the same dealer were sprayed at different 

 times. One verv serious case of this sort 

 occured in a moderately young apple 

 orchard at Winchester, Virginia, from 

 December spraying. March spr.iying with 

 the same material in several other orchards 

 was not injurious." 



THEORY OK Oil's Action— While 

 the exact physiological action of mis- 

 cible oils on fruit trees is not generally un- 

 derstood a number of authorities have ven- 

 tured an opinion. Dr. Felt, entomologist 

 of the New York State Museum, is under 

 the impression that oils penertate the inner 

 and outer sap wood destroying the living 

 cells and preventing the normal circula- 

 tion. This, if sufficiently general, may 

 result in death of the tree. 



Professor O. M. Morris, horticulturist 

 of Washington State College, reports that 

 "the oil sprays are very effective in slow- 

 ing down the vital processes going on in 

 the tree tops and if the material is ap- 

 plied while the trees are in their dormant 

 state, the vital processes are slowed down to 

 what would seem to be almost a standstill. 

 In this condition they are able to resist and 

 pass unnoticed any normally unfavorable 

 condition of weather or disturbance of soil, 

 such as transplanting, but are not able to 

 endure the maximum unfavorable weather 

 if prolonged. With a normal atmosphere 

 and a coating of oil spray, the trees ex- 

 perienced what w'ould be practically equal 

 to a temperature of about +0 to 42 degrees 

 below zero. This they could not endure 

 if continued." 



In addition to the above there are no 

 doubt several contributing causes favoring 

 penetration by oils, thus increasing the 

 injury. Low winter temperatures causing 

 vital activities in the trees to be at a min- 

 imum will no doubt drive the oil into the 

 bark. Spraying just before or during a wet, 

 sticky snow storm or during foggy weather 

 will prevent the oil from drying, thus caus- 

 ing penetration. 



BETTER FRUIT 



May, 1922 



/^NE poultryman makes it a regular practice 

 ^"^ to plant a few artichokes in the poultry yards 

 each year. The chickens do not eat the tops but 

 enjoy them as shade during the hot days, he says. 



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Dehydration of 



Fruits and 



Vegetables at 



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RIGHT 

 NOW! 



' ENG\NEERS-MA,HVJFACTURERS 



Address 31 Z Liberty Bank Building, San Francisco 



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'T^HOUGII there has been a slight weakness In 

 apple markets during recent weeks it has 

 not been sufficiently marked to cause any concern 

 over the manner in which the crop will clean up. 

 The latest report from the east is here summarized: 



The tone of the eastern apple market In gen- 

 eral was slightly weaker, although prices of bar- 

 reled stock showed little change at a general range 

 of $7.50@8.50 for best grades of Baldwins. 

 A few markets made slight price concessions. 

 Northwestern extra fancy WInesaps showed a 

 few declines of 25c, but the general range held 

 mostly $3@$4, with a slight weakness in several 

 markets, but steady In New York and Kansas 

 City. 



Shipments, mostly from Washington and New 

 York states, are steadily decreasing. 



Storage stocks April 1 Included 576,940 barrels 

 compared with 996,004 March 1; also 4,062,913 

 boxes April 1, compared with 6,282,043 March 1. 



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A TOTAL of 43,521 cars of apples were 

 ■^'shipped from the four Pacific northwestern 

 states during the period from July 1, 1921, to 

 March 1, 1922, according to figures compiled at 

 the office of the bureau of markets In the Spo- 

 kane Federal building. These figures show an In- 

 crease of 18,246 cars over the previous year, 

 when 25,275 cars were shipped. 



The Wenatchee valley shows the largest ship- 

 ment with a total of 13,988 cars, an increase of 

 more than 5,000 cars over the previous year. The 

 Yakima valley is second with a total of 11,862, 

 an increase of more than 4,000 cars over the year 

 previous. 



The Hood River-White Salmon district Is next 

 with a total of 4046, a gain of nearly 2,000 cars 

 over the year previous. 



The Idaho district shipped a total of 5830 cars, 

 a gain of 3,000 over last year. 



The Spokane district, which includes territory 

 as far west as the Big Bend, north to the Canad- 

 ian boundary, east to the Idaho line, shipped 2887 

 cars, an increase of 659 over last year's crop. 



The district of eastern Oregon shipped 1563 

 cars, an increase of more than 1100. Walla 

 Walla district shipped 1443 cars, as against 318 

 the year previous. 



The Rogue River district of Oregon shipped 

 985 cars, as compared with 368 last year. Mon- 

 tana district shipped 672, as against 437, and the 

 district of western Oregon shipped 524 cars, as 

 compared to "322 in the previous year. 



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TT WAS reported from Yakima, Wash., that for 

 the week ending April 7 apple shipments from 



the Yakima valley aggregated 129 carloads. Latest 



estimates place the number of cars remaining on 



hand at 400, but it was said these would nearly 



all go forward before May 1. 



On April 15 it was reported from Grandview, 



Wash., that there remained only 50 cars of apples 



in cold storage there. 



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A RECORD price for the sale of Stevens county 



Netted Gem seed potatoes has been announced 



by F. A. Savage, manager of the Stevens county 



Washington 



Growers Packing 



Corporation 



Vancouver. Washington 



A N organization of growers that co-oper- 

 atively receives, grades, packs and sells 

 the leading farm products for its members 

 in Clarke and Skamania counties. 



PRUNES 



"W7ELL over one hundred and twcnty- 

 five cars of dried prunes are shipped 

 out every year by us to all parts of the 

 world. Great care is taken in improving 

 the quality of this greatest of dried fruits. 

 A special dryer inspection, never done be- 

 fore, will further guarantee the highest 

 quality. We ship under both Mistland and 

 Bestwcst brands. Our eight-pound gift 

 boxes a specialty. 



POTATOES 



/^LARKE county certified seed potatoes 

 are rapidly becoming known through- 

 out the Northwest. Carloads of this val- 

 uable seed are being shipped out by this as- 

 sociation to various parts of Oregon and 

 Washington. We have been totally unable 

 to flu the orders. These potatoes are grown 

 in the same district that produced the win- 

 ning potatoes in a recent contest at the Ex- 

 periment Station at Pullman. Our potato 

 manager, Mr. J. E. Larson, Is nationally 

 known as a potato expert. We specialize 

 In Burbank and Netted Gem seed potatoes 

 not certified. 



STRAWBERRIES 



"W/E WILL soon be shipping strawberries. 

 A postal card stating your requirements 

 will receive prompt and courteous consid- 

 eration. 



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Rubber Stamps for Fruit 

 Boxes 



Write for Sample and Prices to 



ROGERS COMPANY 



Gerlinger BIdg, PORTLAND, ORE. 



farm bureau. The returns on one car of pooled 

 potatoes that the bureau shipped for Its members 

 averaged over $60 a ton. 



