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wood, which I do not like to do, but 

 never hesitate to do when I find I have 

 too many limbs and my tree is not 

 sufficiently open. When cutting wood 

 more than one year old I will cut a 

 branch considerably shorter or longer 

 than I would like to in order to be 

 able to cut off where it branches, be- 

 cause when old wood is cut otherwise a 

 great number of fine shoots are thrown 

 out all of something the same length, 

 making the end of the branch cut look 

 more like a brush than the proper end 

 of a branch. 



This is not very long and it does not 

 sound very scientific, but so far as I 



BETTER FRUIT 



can think I have told you all I know 

 about pruning. When we once under- 

 stand why we prune, and what makes 

 attractive fruit, then it is not so diffi- 

 cult to properly prune any kind of a 

 tree, if we will just use our own good 

 common sense and reasoning powers. 



I have not told you why it takes the 

 sun to put color and quality into fruit, 

 nor is it necessary to do so since every 

 fruitgrower knows from his own ex- 

 perience that it is a fact. Then the 

 only thing of interest is to find out the 

 best way to get your fruit into the sun, 

 and to build a tree that can support it 

 till the proper time comes to pick it. 



January, IQ2I 



Spreader Reduces Cost. 



Lead arsenate spray of half the usual 

 strength, combined with a spreader, 

 proved much more effective than the 

 usual strength — 4 pounds to 200 gallons 

 water — without spreader, in tests for 

 codling moth at the Oregon Agricultural 

 College experiment station. The spreader 

 used was calcium caseinate, 12 ounces 

 to 200 gallons of spray. The gain was 

 due to the even, uniform coating of 

 poison with the spreader, as against a 

 blotchy spread without. 



Dormant Sprag 



100% Control 



of Leaf Roller and San Jose Scale 

 is possible with Scalecide 



"The Complete 'Dormant Spray" 



J|/f"ANY GROWERS in the Northwest, who 



JYm. have experimented this past year with 



unsatisfactory sprays, have lost enough 



to pay the entire cost of spraying with Scalecide 



for many years. 



Scalecide has seventeen years of known re- 

 sults behind it. Experiment Stations in both the 

 West and the East report 1007o control of leaf 

 roller and scale with Scalecide. Names of Rul- 

 letins will be furnished upon request. 



Only five per cent extra clean fruit will more 

 than pay for Scalecide and the cost of applying 

 it. Spray with Scalecide this year — don't take 

 chances. Experiment with other sprays, if you 

 want to, then you will know what to use in the 

 future. We welcome comparison. 



Six gallons of Scalecide to 100 gallons of 

 water is all that is required. 



One hour after Scalecide is dry on the tree, 

 it has done its work. Rain will not affect its 

 efficiency after that. 



Scalecide mixes instantly in hard, soft or 



alkali water, whether warm or cold, and stays 

 mixed. 



You can use Scalecide up to the time when the 

 blossoms show pink. This controls Aphis, too; 

 also bud moth and case bearer. For blister 

 mite spray before the buds show green. 



Scalecide is not expensive. One barrel of 

 Scalecide will spray as many trees as 3% barrels 

 of 33° lime-sulfur or 4Vs barrels of 28° lime- 

 sulfur and do it more thoroughly and with a 

 big saving in labor of applying. 



Freezing weather does not affect Scalecide, 

 so order now and have it on hand when needed. 



We will deliver Scalecide to your railroad 

 station at .$55.00 per 50-gallon barrel direct from 

 our New Jersey factory. Associations or grow- 

 ers who order in carloads of 68 barrels can 

 save from $5.00 to $10.00 per barrel. 



We ship any amount promptly. Rut, remem- 

 ber that the railroads require from 30 to 60 

 days for delivery to the Northwest. Therefore, 

 order your requirements immediately. 



B. G. PRATT CO., 50 Church Street, NEW YORK CITY 



DISTRIBUTORS 

 Spokane Seed Co., Spokane, Washington] Porter Walton Co., Salt Lake City, Utah 



H. J . Weber &• Son, Mursery P. O., St. Louis, Mo. Benton County Hardware Co., Bentonoille, Jirk. 



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S*IA 



f THE COMPLETE DORMANT SPRAY 



"Makes a Tree Outgrow Its Troubles' 



WHF.N WRITING 



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