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BETTER FRUIT 



August, w-0 



acre and $60 worth on a single tree 

 eleven years old. We have never missed 

 a paying crop in the six or seven years 

 the trees have been in bearing and 

 would not consider -$1,000 per acre any- 

 where near the -value of a first class 

 cherry orchard old enough to bear. 



We make no claims that we do not 

 believe this can be duplicated or sur- 



passed by some of our neighbors as to 

 yield, profits, or faith in cherry or- 

 chards. 



We should take pride in showing any- 

 body some of the top notch young 

 cherry orchards within two or three 

 miles of Grandview, Washington. 



Yes, we are a crank, and frankly ad- 

 mit it. 



Logged-Off Land for Nut Growing 



By N. E. Britt 



MY conclusions as to the possibility 

 of nut-growing on logged-off land 

 are based chiefly on my own experi- 

 ence. In 1910 I planted between four 

 and five acres of seedling Franquette 

 walnuts on land which had been quite 

 heavily timbered with fir. The large trees 

 had been cut several years before the 

 stumps of which I removed, and plant- 

 ed seedling Franquette walnuts, 52 feet 

 apart. In 1917 I put out 600 filbert trees 

 in part of my walnut orchard, planting 

 the filberts between the walnut trees, 

 13 feet apart. The walnut trees are 

 just beginning to bear and I am delight- 

 ed with the prospects. I have noticed 

 some catkins on the filbert trees recent- 

 ly, which give promise of some nuts 

 next season. The trees have made 

 splendid growth and are very vigorous 

 and promising. 



These lands are on Parrett Mountain, 

 about 700 feet above sea level. The soil 

 is what is generally designated as shot 

 land, with about as near perfect drain- 

 age, both air and water, as could be 



desired. I consider the elevation gives 

 them much protection from both spring 

 and fall frosts. Much similar land, in 

 soil, drainage and climate is in western 

 Oregon and Washington, varying in al- 

 titude from 400 to 2500 feet above sea 

 level; the timber of which has been 

 removed by loggers and forest fires. 

 These lands are encumbered with 

 stumps, snags, logs, and brush, fir, hazel 

 and laurel. 



Burned over lands are more easily 

 put in cultivation than the logged-off 

 lands. Much of the land is embraced in 

 the land-grant of the O. & C. Railway 

 Company, which the road claimed for 

 a number of years. Recent decisions of 

 courts place title to these lands with 

 the United States, and a part of them 

 are now offered to homesteaders at 

 $2.50 per acre and residence of three 

 years. There are some other require- 

 ments, as to cultivation and improve- 

 ments, with which I am not familiar. 



I am aware of two nuts indigenous 

 to these lands, the hazel and chinqua- 



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pin, which, I suppose, indicate that the 

 chestnut and the filbert could be grown. 

 The English or Persian walnut, filbert, 

 black walnut, butternut, chestnut and 

 hickory-nut are now grown on similar 

 land. But as the English walnut and 

 filbert are so superior to the others 

 mentioned, walnuts and filberts only 

 will be considered. 



I am aware these lands, encumbered 

 as they are with stumps, snags, logs, fir, 

 hazel, dogwood and laurel brush, do not 

 present a very inviting prospect for 

 nut culture; but explosives and fire get 

 away with these encumbrances, leaving 

 a soil supplied with all of the elements 

 of tree-growth. 



I would pursue different methods in 

 starting a filbert or a walnut orchard. 

 Filberts should have the land thorough- 

 ly cleared and prepared. For walnuts 

 I would saw down the snags and burn 

 them and the old logs; would grub out 

 the hazel, dogwood and laurel; cut 

 small fir and brush and burn them, 

 leaving the large stumps, and plant wal- 

 nut trees wherever there was room, 

 regardless of rows; would enclose my 

 planting with a fence, and protect my 

 trees with wire netting, and pasture 

 with sheep; would spade around the 

 walnut trees in the spring, for four or 

 five years, after which I think the trees 

 would thrive and take care of them- 

 selves. 



In conclusion I will say, considering 

 soil, climate, and drainage, the possibil- 

 ity of these lands for nut-growing is 

 very inviting and big with promise. 



Apples Suitable for Evaporation 



There is an increasing demand for 

 dried apples of the highest quality. The 

 tendency has sometimes been to make 

 quantity at the expense of quality. But 

 prices are governed not only by the 

 supply but also by the grade. The clean- 

 est, whitest fruit, that is well cored, 

 trimmed, bleached, ringed, and dried, is 

 most in demand. Carelessness in any 

 particular injures the product. 



Primarily the economic usefulness of 

 an apple evaporator is through its util- 

 ization of windfalls and the poorer 

 grades of fruit which cannot be mar- 

 keted to advantage in a fresh state, and 

 it is these grades that are most often 

 evaporated. But the magnitude of the 

 crop also influences the grade of the 

 evaporated product in a decided way. 

 In seasons of abundant crops and low 

 prices for fresh fruit large quantities 



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