December, 1920 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page ip 



The Beeman 



Garden Tractor 



Will also do anything that a four-horse- 

 power stationary gasoline engine will do. 

 Ideal for the rapid cultivation of berries. 

 A necessity for any fruit grower. 



Come in and let us tell you of its many 

 uses, or write for catalog and full infor- 

 mation. 



WENTWORTH& IRWIN 



S. E. Corner Second and Taylor 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



UNQUESTIONABLY 



<L Modern methods applied 

 to fruit growing have made 

 the Northwest a great fruit 

 growing center, with possi- 

 bilities of extensive develop- 

 ment. 



<L Modern methods applied 

 to banking have made the 

 FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

 pre-eminently the ally of the 

 horticulturist. Its facilities, 

 service and the personal in- 

 terest of its officers are at 

 your disposal. 



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,,, OF PORTLAND .OREGON ,„ 



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Now, if you go over to his neighbor's 

 place, you will find the reason for his 

 success just as apparent. His tractor is 

 clean, the oil is fresh, bearings are tight 

 and when it isn't at work he keeps it in 

 a weatherproof shed or puts a cover 

 over it to keep out the rain. His horses 

 were profitable and his tractor is even 

 more profitable. 



Why Trees Fail to Grow 



The reason why trees fail to grow is 

 usually blamed on the nurseryman, but 

 more often there is some other cause. 

 Trees are subject to more or less hard- 

 ship between the time they are standing 

 in the nursery rows and the time they 

 are again set in the ground. Tracing 

 the history of the tree through the 

 several steps in its digging and trans- 

 planting, we find that it may have been 

 injured or broken in digging. After 

 removal from the ground it may have 

 received more drying wind and hot sun 

 than was good for it. The tree may 

 have been packed too wet or too dry, 

 or the materials used may have given 

 off heat, to the injury of the tree. In 

 being transported it may have been 

 placed against hot pipes or against 

 some other heated object. It may have • 

 been delayed in transit, or the pur- 

 chaser may have neglected them on 

 their arrival, exposing them to the sun 

 and wind. 



The greatest cause of loss to trees, 

 however, is stated to be in the work of 

 planting. When trees are dug nursery- 

 men frequently leave about three-quar- 

 ters of the roots in the soil. The tops, 

 therefore, must be cut back hard. In 

 planting the young trees they should 

 not be set in soil that is too wet or too 

 dry. If the soil is dry water should be 

 used in planting, a bucketful or more 

 when the hole is three-quarters of the 

 way filled up with soil. Most import- 

 ant of all, the soil should be tightly 

 packed around the roots by hand. Tight 

 packing is one of the essential things to 

 successful tree planting. 



The Honey Bee. 



There is no creature by which man 

 has surrounded himself that seems so 

 much like a product of civilization, so 

 much like the result of development on 

 special lines and in special fields, as the 

 honey bee. Indeed, a colony of bees, 

 with their neatness and love of order, 

 their division of labor, their public 

 spiritedness, their thrift, their complex 

 economies, and their inordinate love of 

 gain, seems as far removed from a con- 

 dition of rude nature as does a walled 

 city or a cathedral town. — John Bur- 

 roughs. 



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FRUIT BOXES 



AND CRATES 



Good standard grades. Well made. Quick shipments. 

 Carloads or less. Get our prices. 



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First and Oak Streets 

 Main 165; Auto 51 1-65 



Portland, Oregon 



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