November, 1920 



Sites and Soils for Small Fruits 



Continued from page 6. 

 practically very few soils but what the 

 strawberry will succeed on. Those 

 which are too dry or contain an excess 

 of alkali or an accumulation of some in- 

 jurious salt would not be desirable, but 

 the average loam which has good air 

 and soil drainage will produce some va- 

 riety of strawberry, and one has the 

 privilege of choosing from many hun- 

 dred varieties. In the Inland Empire 

 and in some of the mountainous valleys 

 we find the Clark Seedling to be the 

 leading berry, but in other sections the 



BETTER FRUIT 



Magoon, Sixteen-to-One, Senator Dun- 

 lap, Gold Dollar, Wilson and similar 

 varieties are found to be most profit- 

 able. While it is true that strawberries 

 can be grown in practically every re- 

 gion in the Northwest, certain regions, 

 like Vancouver Island, parts of the 

 Walla Walla, the Umpqua, Hood River, 

 White Salmon and selected portions of 

 the Willamette Valley, have become 

 more noted, commercially, than other 

 sections in the production of this berry. 

 The red raspberry thrives the best in 

 the sandy and silt loams and in West- 

 ern Oregon and Washington. Under the 



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climatic conditions that prevail they 

 will respond to tremendous feedings of 

 manure, especially where liquid ma- 

 nures can be applied the returns will 

 be very gratifying. Our falls and win- 

 ters are such that there is not the dan- 

 ger of winter-killing that one finds in 

 the eastern part of the United States, 

 when excess amounts of nitrogeneous 

 fertilizers are applied. The raspberry 

 does not like cool soils or those which 

 are poorly drained. Wherever it is 

 possible to keep up a good moisture 

 supply one should always choose the 

 sandy or silt loams, not that the plants 



DormantSpraij 



— makes better quality fruit 



TN almost every fruit section there are a few fruit-growers who 

 produce better fruit and get a better price for it than their 

 neighbors, and who also take the prizes at the fairs and fruit 

 shows. Many of these skillful orchardists long ago selected 

 Scalecide for their dormant spray — because Scalecide not only 

 controls orchard pests controlled by other dormant sprays but does 

 many things that no other spray or combination of sprays can do. 

 Scalecide is becoming known even more for its invigorating effect 

 on trees and its effectiveness in controlling other orchard troubles 

 than for killing scale. Its invigorating effect is noted in increased 



Scalecide Requires Less Labor 



One bavrel of Scalecide, which makes 800 

 gallons of spray, will cover, until they drip, 

 as manv 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 with much less labor 

 than 1600 gallons of lime-sulfur 



Scalecide Is Pleasant To Use 



Scalecide is soothing, healing and antiseptic 



kin of man or beast, whereas limc-sul 

 fur is caustic and disagreeable. Scalecide 

 does not injure even the eyes. It does 

 not corrode the spray pump nor clog the 

 nozzles, and being an oil, it makes the pump 

 run easier and last longer. 



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terminal growth; larger, darker foliage on bearing trees; and the 

 holding of the foliage later in the Fall, thus accumulating starch 

 and sugar which results in a plumper and stronger fruit spur. 

 Scalecide kills insects, eggs and larvae of insects, and diseases 

 that winter on the trunk or branches of the tree. It kills the hold- 

 over cankers which cause fire blight, makes the old diseased bark 

 peel off, and allows a new cambium to form. It kills the adults 

 and controls Pear Psylla when applied in the Fall or on warm 

 days in the Winter. (It is too late after their eggs are laid in the 

 Spring). It kills aphis, too, when used as a delayed dormant spray. 

 Every Claim Has Been Proved 

 Every claim we make for Scalecide has 

 been proved in our own large orchards, 

 which now total 26,000 trees, and verified 

 by growers throughout the U. S. We speak 

 to you from 10 years' experience as fruit- 

 growers, and our recommendations are 

 based upon profitable orchard practice. 



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