December, ipso 



Emker, Brownsmead, Ore.; and F. B. 

 Chase, Eugene, Ore. 



A. F. Gillette and the Aggeler and 

 Musser company were winners in the 

 sub-tropical entries. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 for the best exhibits of horticultural 

 products as follows: the A. Rupert com- 

 pany of Portland, a display of canned 

 goods, preserves, jams and jellies; Wad- 

 hams & Kerr of Portland, a display of 

 canned goods and exhibit of Monopole 

 Brand jams and jellies; Starr Products 

 company of Portland; Knight Packing 

 company of Portland; Phez company of 

 Salem; and the Brownsville Canning 

 company of Lebanon, Ore. California 

 was also represented in the display of 

 canned goods, the Taylor Tamale com- 

 pany of Los Angeles, the Curtis Corpor- 

 ation of Long Beach, and the Ocean 

 Shore Canning company of Half Moon 

 Bay sending attractive exhibits of their 

 products. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 7 



Controlling the San Jose Scale 



San Jose scale was discovered in this 

 country in 1874 in San Jose County, 

 California. It was probably introduced 

 from China. Now it is found in nearly 

 every fruit growing country of the 

 world. 



San Jose scale is an insect. The scale 

 proper is a waxy secretion covering 

 the soft yellow sac-like body of the in- 

 sect beneath. Adult insects appear in 

 May and the females mature and begin 

 giving birth to living young during the 

 latter part of June. 



A single female may give birth to 

 about 400 young, and as the life cycle 

 covers but a few weeks, there may be 

 several generations in a year. In this 

 latitude there are usually four. It has 

 been estimated that the progeny from a 

 single female would amount to the 

 enormous total of 1,608,040,240. Knock 

 off 50 per cent for error and we still 

 have a pretty good argument for 

 spraying. 



The principal means of the scale get- 

 ting from your neighbor's orchard to 

 yours are, birds, wind and on the bodies 

 of other insects. It is spread from one 

 district to another on nursery stock. 



Control. — Through annual spraying 

 with lime-sulphur solution testing 4 de- 

 grees in the tank. I might also add that 

 the control is measured largely by the 

 thoroughness. This spray may be ap- 

 plied in the fall after the leaves are 

 down. In the winter, when the tem- 

 perature is above freezing, or in the 

 spring before the foliage appears. It 

 is well to remember that the scale is 

 no larger than the head of a pin; that 

 the insect itself is well protected under 

 the scale. 



It is therefore necessary to hit each 

 scale and not only hit them but thor- 

 oughly cover them. To do this requires 

 powerful pumps, good nozzles and most 

 of all, an experienced and determined 

 man behind the gun, who can shoot 

 straight and thoroughly cover the bark 

 from the tips of the twigs to the sur- 

 face of the ground. 



TOP-DRESSING TALK No.l 



Why you should fertilize your orchard— 



Upper photograph: 

 Average yield frc 

 fertilised tree.BenDavis 

 variety. 



:] Lower pKotograph: — 

 Average yield from fer- 

 tilized tree, Ben Davis 



Variety: Ben Dav 



Orchard Fertilization Experiment — 1918 



Everett Craig, Mt. Healthy, Ohio 



Variety: Rome Beauty. Average Yield per Tree 



These tables give a very clear idea as to the value of fertilization in 

 orchards. Fruit growers should study the results carefully, and draw 

 their own conclusions as to why they should fertilize their orchards. 



Fertilize Your Orchard With 



Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia 



Nitrogen (usually termed ammonia) is the most important fertilizer element in 

 fruit production. It is ammonia that promotes the vigorous wood growth so 

 necessary for the formation of fruit spurs and fruit buds. 



Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia applied about two or three weeks before 

 blossom time (100 to 150 lbs. per acre) will invigorate the fruit buds and increase 

 the amount of fruit set. It will also tend to overcome off-year bearing of the 

 apple. 



The failure of fruit to set and the early falling of fruit is often due entirely 

 to nitrogen starvation. In some sections an early application of quickly available 

 nitrogen has increased the yields of fruit from four to ten times. 



Arcadian Sulphate of Ammonia is for sale by all the larger fertilizer 

 companies or their agents. 



Be sure you get Arcadian. 



For information _. 

 as to application, J fig 

 writ,- Desk 9. 



Company 



Agricultural 

 Department 



510 First National Bank Building, Berkeley, Califo 



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