May, 1921 



BETTER FRUIT 



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Oregon Growers' 

 Association Notes 



PROSPECTS for a splendid crop of apples were 

 never better in Western Oregon, according to 

 reports received by the Oregon Growers' Co-opera- 

 tive Association. And not only are there indica- 

 tions of a fine crop, but sizes will probably be 

 large. This favorable condition is due to the ex- 

 cessive moisture of the past winter, which has 

 added largely to the vitality of the trees, and also 

 to the fact that many trees have recovered from 

 the great freeze of December, 1919. With these 

 favorable conditions and at the same time reports 

 of damage in the middle western states, as well as 

 along the Atlantic seaboard and into New Eng- 

 land, and a complete failure of the Arkansas apple 

 crop, the indications are that the box apple crop 

 of the Northwest will be sold on a high market. 



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BERRY conditions are also favorable in West- 

 ern Oregon. Due to the large amount of mois- 

 ture of the past winter, loganberry vines are look- 

 ing especially vigorous. There has been a heavy 

 planting of loganberries this past season and with 

 the increase of the past year, and a fairly fa- 

 vorable market established, it is thought that in 

 the Willamette valley alone the acreage will ap- 

 proximate 10,000 within a few years. 



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NURSERYMEN report the planting of about 

 150 acres of filberts in the Willamette valley. 

 C. I. Lewis of the Oregon Growers' Co-operative 

 Association, says that Oregon and Washington 

 can produce the finest filberts and walnuts in the 

 world and that in these two states there are 10,- 

 000 acres adapted to filberts and walnut growing. 



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IN SOME parts of the Willamette valley there 

 has been planting of the Montemorency cherry, 

 which produces a crop in about five years. It is 

 said that this cherry is favored by canners. 



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LEAF SPOT or anthracnose has done great 

 damage to gooseberries the past few years and 

 growers to combat this disease, are urged by 

 Harry E. White, field representative of the Ore- 

 gon Growers' Association, to spray carefully. The 

 first indications of leaf spot, Mr. White says, are 

 small black spots on the upperside of the leaf. 

 Later on the leaf begins to turn yellow and will 

 drop off by mid-summer. Spraying for this dis- 

 ease of the- gooseberry leaf should not be delayed. 

 The first should he an application of Bordeaux 

 mixture using 5-5-50 strength. Then immediately 

 after blooming period, the same of a 3-3-50 strength 

 and after picking, again of 3-3-50 strength. After 

 spraying the three times, if there is no indication 

 of the disease, additional spraying is not necessary. 

 But if there are signs of leaf spot, spraying should 

 be continued every three or four weeks until fall. 



CANNERY NOTES 



rpHE business men of Rupert and Paul, Idaho, 



J- have under contemplation the erection of a 



$60,000 canning plant at the latter place. 



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THE California Peach and Fig Growers, who 

 recently purchased a site two blocks long at 

 Merced, will build the first unit of a packing house 

 this season that will be 80 feet wide by 120 feet 

 long. The building will be of partial concrete con- 

 struction with concrete floors and the work of 

 building it will be commenced in time to have the 

 plant finished in time to handle this year's fig 

 crop. 



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A PROCESS adopted by the Hood River Can 

 -£*- ning Company for making strawberries avail- 

 able for use in filling chocolates has resulted in 

 this new confection being placed upon the market. 

 Although many experiments have been made here- 

 tofore by candymakers in attempts to make straw 

 berries firm enough for this purpose they have 

 met with failure. The entire berry is used and 

 the demand for this new candy specialty has be- 

 come so popular that it is expected that much of 

 the high-grade fruit handled by the Hood River 

 company will be processed for this purpose in 

 future. The variety of berry being used is the 

 Clark Seedling. 



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THE incorporation of the Falls City Canning 

 Company with a capital stock of $50,000, to 

 be located at Falls City, Oregon, was recently an- 

 nounced. The incorporators are C. J. Pugh, J. A 

 Griswold and W. H. Weaver. 



Make the "unseen" trees in your orchard produce 



Your apple orchard is able to produce much more than it 

 does now. By using 



NITRATE OF SODA 



aa apple grower increased his crop at the rate of 100 bushels 



of apples. 



Write, now for facts showing how you can use 

 the "invisible" trees that are on your lands. 



DR. WM. S. MYERS Los Angeles, Californie 



Chilean Nitrate Committee 231 Douglas Building 



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Interplanting 



A S AN intcrplanted crop in cherry 

 -^*- orchards, gooseberries and cur- 

 rants may be left several years depend- 

 ing on the growth of the orchard and 

 the size of the bushes. In apple and 

 pear orchards they may usually be left 

 somewhat longer although the ground 

 occupied should be restricted to one or 



two rows of bushes through the center 

 of the space between the rows. Other- 

 wise the bushes will interfere with the 

 proper care and cultivation of the trees. 



As an interplanted crop in young or- 

 chards, currants and gooseberries, if 

 properly handled are a profitable crop 

 and provide an income in a short time 

 until the tree fruits come into bearing. 



