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BETTER FRUIT 



January, 1921 



Into the homes of the nation go quality 

 cartons and labels of Traung manufac- 

 ture, containing the quality products of 

 the West — names and brands that are 

 familiar national household buy-words. 

 A good product and a Traung carton 

 or Traung label, are the first two im- 

 portant steps in successful production 

 and merchandising. Get in your order 

 now to make sure of satisfactory deliveries. 



LABELSandCARTONS 



SanFrancisco- Stockton- Sacramento- Seattle- Portland- Fresno 



American Grown Apple Seedlings 



STRAIGHT AND BRANCHED 

 ALL GRADES 



Frequently Sprayed. Absolutely Free from Insects or Diseases 



CAR LOTS TO CENTRAL POINTS 

 Will Exchange for Such Stock as We Need 



Now is the Time to Grow High Priced Apple Trees 



ALSO A 



General Assortment of Foreign Fruit Tree Stocks 



(Apple, Pear, Mahaleb, Mazzard, Plum, Quince, Etc. ) All Grades 



We will have a Complete Line of General Nursery 

 Stock in Storage for Spring Trade 



Shenandoah Nurseries 



D. S. LAKE, President 



November 1, 1920 SHENANDOAH, IOWA 



by the Canning Machinery & Supplies Asso- 

 ciation, wiU be more elaborate than ever be- 

 fore. Heretofore this exhibit has not been 

 open to the public, but at Atlantic City the 

 exhibition will be open evenings to the general 

 public. 



Expenditures by the Libby, McNeil and Lib- 

 by Company last year at Yakima, Wash., ac- 

 cording to the annual report by George B. Kile, 

 superintendent, exceeded $60,000. The cannery 

 employed an average of about 400 people dur- 

 ing the canning season, from May until De- 

 cember, and the total pavroll amounted to 

 8225,000. Approximately $325,000 was paid di- 

 rect to farmers for produce, including spinach, 

 cucumber pickles, cherries, pears and apples. 

 While no definite plans for extension of the 

 plant, which now includes cannery, ware- 

 house, apartment house, eight cottages and 

 tent camping grounds, have been made, indi- 

 cations are that some material improvements 

 will be made. The cannery is making efforts 

 to induce farmers to plant more out-season 

 crops, such as early spinach, in hopes of 

 lengthening the season during which the huge 

 plant may be operated. During the season 

 about 120 tons of spinach were canned, 110 tons 

 of pickle cucumbers were made into 1,200 bar- 

 rels of pickles, 742 tons of cherries were canned 

 or made into maraschinos, 2,000 tons of pears 

 were canned and about the same amount of 

 cull apples. The last of a 10,000-case order 

 of canned apples for the United States gov- 

 ernment was recently shipped. 



The Skagit Canning Company, located at 

 Sedro-Woolley, Wash., has just closed a very 

 successful year. Work on this cannery started 

 about the middle of April and the building 

 was completed the first of July. Consequently 

 no strawberries were handled, mit practically 

 all other fruits and berries were canned. In 

 addition a specialty was made of canning both 

 beans and beets. A total of approximately 

 $100,000 was paid out in the purchase of fruits 

 and vegetables. Preparations are now under 

 way for caring for a much larger run next 

 year. Stock in this cannery is owned princi- 

 pally by local business men and farmers. 

 J. W. A. Myers, formerly superintendent of the 

 Pride berry farms of Bellingham, is the gen- 

 eral manager. 



J. W. A. Myers, manager of the Skagit Can- 

 ning Company at Sedro-Woolley, Wash., heads 

 the recently incorporated Skagit Berry Farms 

 Company. This organization has just com- 

 pleted the purchase of a 100-acre farm on the 

 outskirts of Sedro-Woolley, which it is in- 

 tended to immediately develop into a diversi- 

 fied berry farm, but specializing chiefly in 

 raspberries and loganberries. This farm is 

 one of the best in Skagit Valley for this pur- 

 pose, in regard to location, site and soil. 



During the year just closed over 1,000 acres 

 of berries were set out in the fertile Skagit 

 Valley, Washington. These plantings consisted 

 primarily of strawberries, raspberries and 

 loganberries, with small scatterings of other 

 kinds of berries. Considerable interest was 

 also shown in the planting of sour cherries. 

 Indications at the present time point to more 

 than doubling this acreage during the coming 

 spring. The Skagit Valley contains hundreds 

 of acres of sandy loam, the ideal berry soil. 

 During 1920 two canneries were erected in 

 Skagit County, primarily to take care of this 

 berry acreage: the Skagit Canning Company at 

 Sedro-Woolley and the Burlington Canning 

 Company at Burlington, Wash. Both report 

 very successful seasons. Indications point to 

 the erection in the near future of either another 

 cannery or a juice factory receiving station in 

 Mount Vernon, 



The Old Reliable 



BELL & CO. 



Incorporated 



WHOLESALE 



Fruit and Produce 



112-114 Front Street 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



