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BETTER FRUIT 



January, 1921 



sire, it is stated, to diversify their orchard 

 holdings, especially where, owing to the in- 

 jured condition of trees from the freeze of last 

 winter, it is necessary to remove certain 

 blocks of trees and to reset to fruit or berries. 

 The association is making a survey of acreage 

 that will be available for new plantings this 

 spring and is obtaining data on proposed new 

 fruits. 



Forty thousand acres of prunes are now to 

 be found between Portland and Ashland, as 

 compared with 10,000 acres a few years ago, 

 according to a survey made recently. 



The Oregon Agricultural College Experiment 

 Station notes that it cost a Hood River grower 

 76 cents a tree to spray his orchard seven 

 times in the season, and he got 95 per cent 

 fruit free from leaf roller, codling moth and 



apple scab injury. His neighbor under like 

 conditions paid 55 cents a tree for seven 

 sprayings. He saved 21 cents in spraying, but 

 lost 104 cents per tree in damaged fruit. 



A delegation of Rogue River valley orchard- 

 isls recently visited California for the pur- 

 pose of investigating the long pruning system 

 beta? studied by the California State Agricul- 

 tural College. As a result of the trip it is 

 staled that the new system may be adopted 

 wilh some modifications in the Rogue River 

 sec I ion. 



Raspberries and pears are being urged at 

 Hood River as the fruit crops to plant where 

 orchards were irreparably damaged by the 

 freeze last winter. To inform growers on this 

 question experts will investigate and discuss 

 the matter with the growers. 



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WASHINGTON. 

 W. C. Dumas of Selah announces a remark- 

 able yield last season from two Oano apple 

 trees. From one tree 61 boxes of fruit were 

 picked and from the other 50 boxes. 



Motor trucks are moving a considerable 

 quantity of apples from the White Salmon 

 district to Portland this year. Growers who 

 use the motor truck service say it is quicker 

 than shipping by rail and less expensive as 

 the fruit is delivered direct to the buyer and 

 requires less handling. 



More than 50 per cent of the berry acreage 

 of the Puyallup-Sumner valley has been en- 

 rolled with the Pacific Berry Growers, a new 

 agency being organized in that district accord- 

 ing to one of its officials. To determine the ex- 

 act berry and fruit acreage in the district a 

 census will be taken. The president of the 

 new organization is E. R. Thomas and the 

 treasurer is George Spinning. 



Grays Harbor County orchardists should cut 

 down all their apple trees, except a few for 

 their own use and plant cherries and pears, 

 according to an announcement of County Hor- 

 ticulturist Payne. Mr. Payne takes this stand 

 on the ground that Western Washington can- 

 not compete with Eastern Washington in grow- 

 ing apples commercially, because climate and 

 soil are both against successful apple growing. 



In regard to framing a tariff law that will 

 protect the fruit industry of the Northwest, a 

 matter recently taken up by W. H. Paulhamus, 

 of the Puyallup & Sumner Fruitgrowers' As- 

 sociation, Mr. Paulhamus has received word 

 from Senator W. L. Jones of Washington that 

 he can be counted upon to do all in his power 

 to have such a law enacted. He suggests, 

 however, that Mr. Paulhamus or someone 

 equally familiar with the fruit industry take 

 up the matter with all the senators and rep- 

 resentatives. 



Believing that the beekeeping industry of 

 the state has assumed such proportions that 

 it deserves more recognition from state author- 

 ities the Grays Harbor Bee Keeping Associa- 

 tion will send a petition to the legislature 

 asking for an appropriation to fight diseases 

 which are affecting the bee colonies of the 

 state. 



With the thought in mind of helping home 

 industry as well as observing the Christmas 

 spirit prunes from Clarke County were sent 

 into every state in the United States during 

 December as present by persons living at 

 Vancouver, Wash. The prunes were especially 

 packed in ten pound boxes under the brand 

 name "Mellowwest," recently adopted by the 

 Washington Growers' Association. 



The California Nu-Fruit corporation has been 

 organized at Yakima with W. H. Cloud, food 

 specialist for 25 years, as president; F. M. 

 Raymond of the Yakima Artificial Ice and Cold 

 Storage Company, vice-president, and A. V. 

 Hooper, secretary-treasurer. The company will 

 at once begin manufacture of apple toasties, 

 a new food product. The toasties are made 

 from dehydrated apples which are electrically 

 toasted until the slices become golden brown 

 crumbles. 



The Wenatchee District Cooperative Asso- 

 ciation has been organized. Plans for a mem- 

 bership of 65 per cent of the Wenatchee 

 growers, a fund of ?150,000 to be spent in ad- 

 vertising a standard brand, arrangements to 



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