October, ipzo 



facture of a combination spray, which he 

 claims will kill any and all insect pests that 

 infest an orchard. The plant, it is under- 

 stood, will be located at Wapato. 



The second annual prune harvest festival 

 of the Prunarians, an organization which rep- 

 resents in a civic way the large prune-growing 

 activity in Clarke county, was held during the 

 middle of September at Vancouver, and at- 

 tracted widespread attention on the part of 

 prune men and others interested in fruit in 

 Washington and Oregon. Besides a program 

 of entertainment each day, visits were made 

 to the prune orchards and packing plants and 

 general methods of prune culture informally 

 discussed. 



E. M. Seifert, of the United States bureau of 

 markets, has opened offices at 424 Federal 

 building, Spokane, following the decision of 

 the government to close the Portland office 

 and make Spokane the center for reporting 

 apple and potato crop conditions in the North- 



BETTER FRUIT 



west. "From the Spokane office we shall 

 issue a daily report on the apple and potato 

 crop conditions in the four Northwestern 

 states," said Mr. Seifert. 



Yakima growers who desired to dispose of 

 windfall apples met with the sudden realiza- 

 tion that the cull apple crop, which a year ago 

 brought a revenue of close to .5500,000, will 

 this year be a drug on the market, according 

 to a recent report. No buyers are willing to 

 take windfalls but it is understood that later 

 in the season the cannery will be willing to 

 take some for making apple butter. 



A campaign to combat the codling moth 

 and the leaf roller insect in the Spokane val- 

 ley fruit sections and other parts of Spokane 

 county will be made under the direction of 

 E. . Kelley, deputy state horticulture inspector 

 for northeastern Washington in the near fu- 

 ture. Fruit growers of the sections have met 

 with Mr. Kelley to work out a plan wherebv 

 aid will be asked. Several inspectors for 



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Spokane county alone will be appointed about 

 January 1st if the present plans of the cam- 

 paign go through. 



Yakima shippers, as a result of efforts of 

 the commercial club, have contracted for all 

 refrigerated space aboard the Hamburg-Amer- 

 ican steamer Kinderdyke, providing water 

 transportation to Europe for 34,000 boxes of 

 apples, or approximately ten carloads. The 

 freight will be $47,600 or $1.40 a box from 

 a Puget Sound port through the Panama canal 

 to London, Antwerp or Rotterdam, as con- 

 signed. The trip will take 44 days, approxi- 

 mately, but is considered safer as well as 

 being 10 cents a box cheaper than to take the 

 fruit across the continent with the present 

 congestion in New York harbor. 



Several cars of mixed varieties of apples 

 have been shipped to Alaska from Hanford 

 in the lower Yakima valley. Several more 

 will be forwarded to Seattle for shipment 



Controls 



DormantSprag 



PcarPsvlla 

 Fire Blight 



Scale 



SCALECIDE controls Pear Psylla, when 

 applied in the Fall, by killing the adults 

 before they lay their eggs. (After they 

 lay their eggs in the Spring it is too late.) 

 Scalecide also controls fire blight by penetrat- 

 ing the diseased tissues and killing the hold- 

 over canker from which fire blight is spread. 

 It is not only a contact insecticide for scale, but 

 has fungicidal and germicidal properties too. 



It Invigorates Tree Growth 



The invigorating effect of Scalecide is noted in 

 increased terminal growth; larger, darker foli- 

 age on bearing trees; and the holding of the 

 foliage later in the Fall, thus accumulating 

 starch and sugar which results in a plumper 

 fruit spur and insures a larger crop the follow- 

 ing year. Those who have used Scalecide and 

 lime-sulfur side by side claim that Scalecide 

 gives greater yields of fruit — in one case 58%. 



Reduces The Cost Of Labor 



Though Scalecide costs more per gallon than 

 lime-sulfur, this is much more than offset by 



B. G. PRATT CO. 



50 Church Street 



Manufacturing Chemists 



the saving of material and labor. One barrel 

 of Scalecide, making 800 gallons of spray, 

 will cover, until they drip, as many trees as 

 three and a half barrels of lime-sulfur, which 

 make 1600 gallons of spray. And of course 

 you can apply 800 gallons of Scalecide in much 

 less time than 1600 gallons of lime-sulfur. 



A Pleasure To Use It 



Scalecide is soothing and antiseptic to the skin; 

 it does not injure even the eyes; it is non- 

 poisonous to man or beast; and being an oil, 

 it makes the pump run easier and does not 

 clog the spray nozzle. // is a pleasure to use it'. 



The Demand Is Heavy 



The past year many fruit growers were dis- 

 appointed because they could not get Scale- 

 cide. This year, though we have doubled our 

 factory capacity, we anticipate difficulty inmeet- 

 ing the demand. Order early and avoid disap- 

 pointment. Write today for our free booklet, 

 guarantee and prices, and give us your dealer's 

 name. Use the coupon below. Address Dep't25. 



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