September, 1920 



BETTER FRU IT 



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may be obtained from the manufacturer of 

 fertilizers lo supply the fruit's demands. 



DIRECTIONS 



Small fruit require from 1000 lbs. to 2000 

 lbs. of "Puyallup Brand" fertilizer applied to 

 each acre yearly, in order to produce heavy 

 yield crops", year after year. 



METHOD OF APPLICATION 



The best method is to make two applica- 

 tions; one-half in the Fall and one-half in the 

 Spring. Good results have been shown by fer- 

 tilizing in a circle around the upper root 

 system, starting 8 inches or 10 inches from 

 the stalk of the vine. Where proper cultiva- 

 tion is earned on, broadcasting between the 

 rows places the plant food where it is ulti- 

 mately available. There is no danger to work- 

 ing "Puyallup Biand" fertilizer around the 

 roots of berry fr.iits. 



SPRING FERTILIZATION 



At this season of the year there is a current 

 of life that pulsates throughout the whole 

 animal and vegetable kingdoms. "Spring's 

 Impulse" it is sometimes called, and who can 

 deny its influence? Do not wait to respond to 

 the call of your fruit vines until the buds ire 

 bursting and the new leaves are evidence that 

 "Spring has come." This period is too late for 

 the best results for fertilizer as the strongest 

 impulse is past. Later efforts of fertilization 

 are never as efficient. 



The soil is nature's factory and must limit 

 its output to the raw material on hand. If the 

 plant food is not ready when needed you've 

 lost part of the growth which your berry vines 

 would have made. A successful farmer should 

 look ahead as the successful manufacturer does 

 and provide for the conditions which are go- 

 ing to exist. A supply of organic plant food 

 should be at the demand of the searching new 

 rootlets which put forth in every direction. 

 "Puyallup Brand" supplies the demand for 

 material to produce growth of foliage and new 

 wood, as well as the much desired heavy 

 bloom. 



SUMMER FERTILIZER 



Summer fertilizing is often resorted to, to 

 provide a sustaining power to develop growth 

 properly and to hold and mature the young 

 fruit. Laying the foundation for the next 

 year's crop depends as surely upon sufficient 

 food as its quality depends upon the source of 

 its food. At this period we supply special 

 mixtures low in nitrogen and high in potash 

 to give firmness and shipping qualities to the 

 berry. This treatment adds materially to 

 weight and solidity. 



FALL FERTILIZING 



Berry trees and vines in the main should be 

 fertilized in the Fall. Our "Puyallup Brand" 

 berry fertilizer is manufactured from slowly 

 available organic materials for this season. 

 The fertility elements contained in this appli- 

 cation are gradually taken up and assimilated 

 by the roots during the late Fall and Winter, 

 thus establishing full vigor. This Fall storage 

 of plant food assists in avoiding loss by frost 

 because of the increased vigor and ability to 

 withstand its inroads. Capacity of strawberry 

 and berry vines means chiefly bearing surface, 

 other conditions being normal. Applications 

 of "Puyallup Brand" fertilizer in the Fall have 

 proven that big capacity bearing surface is the 

 result. 



Warning 



The success of Marine Products Company's 

 "Puyallup Brand" berry fertilizer has caused 

 several companies to duplicate the chemical 

 analysis, two-ten-two, and their salesmen make 

 the statement "as good as Marine Products 

 Company's berry fertilizer and costs you less 

 money." 



Remember there are two points of view in 

 fertilizing: 



1st To start the vine. 



2nd To nourish it to fruition. 



Our fertilizer represents a continuity of 

 plant food energy; the organic materials are 

 combined to break down during the entire 

 growing and fruition period, and the con- 

 stituent elements knit with the soil in a 

 natural way. By substituting chemicals and 

 organic materials not readily available, our 

 superior facilities and greater buying and dis- 

 tributing power, would allow us to make a 

 cut price fertilizer cheaper than any produced 

 in the Northwest. 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS 



We guarantee analysis but a stress should be 

 laid not upon analysis and valuations so much 

 as upon the intrinsic and agricultural values. 

 Bear in mind that a manufacturer looking 

 more to profits than to their reputation, may 

 use materials which produce high chemical 

 valuations at a low expense, yet in so doing 

 he may rob the fertilizer of its agricultural 

 value simply to o*iain a commercial value. 

 When an Agriculturalist says one analysis is 

 as good as another, remember he speaks only 

 from the more or less limited experience 

 which he may have gained in a community 

 where some Agricultural Experiment Stations 

 still recommend playing with the crop, feeding 

 it first one thing and then another. The crop 



Commercial Manures 



Phos. 

 Nit. A. Potash 



Berries 2 10 2 . ."Puyallup" Brand 



Large Fruit 6 10 4 "Clarke's Wenat- 



c h e e" Orchard 



Dressing 



1 8 10 "Harris" Special 



(Hood River) 



Potatoes... 2 10 4 ..."Potato" Special 



Tomatoes.. 3 8 6 . . "Tomato" Special 



Vegetables. 2 10 2 ..."Lebo's" General 



Hops 6 8 4 . . . (Muehler's Hop) 



Law ns Tankage, Fish Meals 



Miscellaneous Marproco Brands 



Sea Products Fish Meal, Whale 



Meal. Kelp Potash, 

 Whale Bone 



Potash, Nitrate, Blood, Bone, 

 Superphosphate 



TANKAGE 



Carlot Shippers Aquatic and Packing House 

 By-products for Feed and Fertilizer 



Marine Products Company 



TACOMA.U.S. A. 



requires a complete balanced ration plant food 

 just as live stock requires such a ration. Our 

 fertilizers are built on the basis of natural 

 crop requirements. 



"PROOF OF THE PUDDING" 

 The "proof of the pudding is in the eating 

 thereof." Our efforts are rewarded by the 

 hundreds of testimonials, some of them con- 

 tained herein. 



Salem, Oregon, July 28, 1920. 

 Marine Products Co. 



I used your fertilizer this Spring on one acre 

 of loganberries and am securing great results; 

 in fact, far better than I anticipated. Am get- 

 ting three times as many berries as my neigh- 

 bor adjoining. Am well pleased with the 

 fertilizer. Jonn D , Campbell. 



Salem. Oregon, July 27, 1920. 



I used Marine Products Co.'s "Puyallup 



Brand" fertilizer on loganberries this year and 



have got an excellent cane growth from its use. 



Also an increased production of berries. 



R. M. Cammack. 



Hubbard, Oregon, July 28, 1920. 

 I used Marine Products Co.'s "Puyallup 

 Brand" fertilizer on six rows of my logan- 

 berries. These rows were on my poorest 

 ground, but I obtained twice the yield on these 

 rows that I did on the unfertilized rows. I am 

 well pleased with the fertilizer. 



H. W. Kunkle. 



Route 1, Box 2, Puyallup, July 10, 1920. 

 This is to say that the past Spring I used 

 the Marine Products Co. berry fertilizer on my 

 raspberry patch. I am exceedingly well pleased 

 with the results. The cane growth is fine, the 

 berries are large and firm, and there is every 

 indication of a fine crop. The patch was in a 

 very run down condition when I applied the 

 fertilizer. chas. Nolin. 



Route 3, Box 172, Puyallup, Wash. 

 I have used the Marine Products Co. berry 

 fertilizer on strawberries, blackberries and 

 raspberries. The strawberries gave a 200 per 

 cent, increase in yield. The blackberries have 

 not yet come into bearing, but I have never 

 seen finer cane growth and the blooms are pro- 

 fuse. They will yield a bumper crop. There 

 is fully a 50 per cent, increase in the cane 

 growth' of the raspberries and while the yield 

 has been cut down by the frost, nevertheless 

 the good effects of the fertilizer can be clearly 

 seen. r, m. Campbell. 



Route 3, Box 180, 21st St. N.W., 



Puyallup, July 19, 1920. 



I think I have the finest berry patch in the 

 Valley. The yield in berries of fine quality 

 has been so heavy that I had to use the double 

 wire system as trellis support. The new cane 

 growth reaches up from ten to twelve feet. I 

 think that to say there has been a sixty per 

 cent, new cane growth above the old vines 

 would be a conservative statement. 



I used the Pu-L-Up berry fertilizer on my 

 raspberries and reinforced the same with a 

 small amount of chicken litter from the 

 chicken house, composed mostly of straw. I 

 also used the fertilzer on my rhubarb, with the 

 result that the canning company paid me one 

 cent more per pound on account of the extra 

 quality. 



I feel that the Marine Products Co. fertilizer, 

 together with good tillage, has accomplished 

 astonishing results. We have named our ranch 

 ••The Lucky Ten." 



Mrs. Genevieve Ferguson. 



Anthracnose on Berries. 



To prevent anthracnose in logan- 

 berries or blackberries remove all the 

 old canes as soon as the harvest is 

 complete and burn them. This is a 

 safer plan than cutting the canes up 

 and plowing them under. Next spring 

 spray the plants just before the blos- 

 soms open and again two weeks after 

 the blossoming period, using Bor- 

 deaux mixture 2-3-50. 



Early Picked Pears. 

 Early picked pears are decidedly 

 inferior in quality to those harvested 

 later, says the O. A. C. Experiment 

 Station. Pears picked from the mid- 

 dle to the end of the season likewise 

 keep slightly longer in cold storage 

 than the early picked fruit. Growers 

 can get the pear harvesting and stor- 

 age bulletin by writing to the college 

 at Corvallis. 



The Value of 

 An Apple 



depends greatly on its appearance. When 

 Nature has done her pari, giving size, color and 

 shape to your fruit, do not lessen your profit 

 l>\ use of imperfect picking devices, which may 

 bruise or mar the fruit's appearance, when you 

 can buy 



A Portland Picking Bag 



Designed to afford safety to your fruit from 

 tree lo box. 



Price, $2.50 Each 



THE HARDIE MFG. CO. 



55 No. Front St., Portland, Ore. 222 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, Cal. 



