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August 



mm 



REfRIGERATING 



ELMIRA,NEW YORK 



CAPACITY 



35 CARS PER DAY 



300,000 BOXES 



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EVERY FACILITY 



is offered for the successful 



storage and marketing of 



Boxed Apples 



for domestic and 

 export trade. 

 Fireproof Wareliouse 

 Lowest Insurance Rates 

 Four Trunl< Line Railroads 



Special Outgoing Storage 

 in Transit Rates 



Storage rates, etc., quoted 

 on application 



Orchardist Supply House 



Pruning 

 Tools 



Picking 

 Buckets 



Orchard 

 Ladders 



Warehouse 

 Trucks 



Box Presses 



Send for Complete Catalogue 



E. A. FRANZ CO., Hood River, Oregon 



TO DESTROY APHIS, THRIPS, ETC. 



Without Injury to Poliage 

 SPRAY VlTH 



"Black Leaf 40" 



SULPHATE OF NICOTINE 



"Black Leaf 40" is hig-hly recommended by Experiment Stations and spraying 

 experts throughout the entire United States. 



Owing to the large dilution, neither foliage nor fruit is stained. 



Also. "Black Leaf 40" is perfectly soluble in water; no clogging of nozzles. 



PRICES 

 10-pound Can $12.50 



Makes 1.600 to 2,000 gallons for Pear Thrips, with addition of three 

 per cent dlstUate oil emulsion; or about 1,000 gallons tor Green 

 Aphis, Pear Psylla, Hop Louse, etc., or about 800 gallons for 

 Black Aphis and Woolly Aphis— with addition of three or lour 

 pounds of any good laundry soap to each 100 gallons of water. 



2-pound Can $3.00 



J^-pound Can .85 



If you cannot obtain "Black Leaf 40" from a local dealer, send us P. O. Money 

 Order, and we will ship you by express at the above prices (for the United States), 

 prepaying the expressage to your nearest railroad town in the United States. 

 There is a duty charged on all shipments made into Canada. 



The Kentucky Tobacco Product Company 



INCORPORATED 



Louisville, Kentucky 



to exceed one-half inch in length, or a 

 slight defect that shows only a slight 

 discoloration of the skin and not larger 

 than the end of a pencil, will not bar 

 the pear from the Extra Fancy grade, 

 providing the scratch or defect does 

 not come on the cheek of the pear. 

 For size limits and weights see Pear 

 Table. 



Fancy — This grade must be hand I 

 picked, clean and sound, free from in- 

 sect pests, sun damage, broken skin, j 

 scald, scale, worms, worm stings, in- ' 

 fectious diseases and all other defects 

 equally detrimental, excepting that 

 slight limb or leaf rub, scratches or 

 russeting will be permitted, provided 

 no pear shall show total blemish 

 aggregating more than than three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter. Pears 

 must have stem or part of stem intact. 

 Fruit clearly misshapen, bruised or 

 bearing evidences of rough handling 

 will not be permitted in this grade. 

 The amount of russeting allowed at 

 the blossom end under the Extra Fancy 

 rule will have no bearing on the total 

 amount of blemishes or russeting al- 

 lowed in the Fancy — that is, it will not 

 be counted in on the total of the three- 

 quarter-inch square mentioned above 

 in this grade. Winter Nelis, Buerre 

 Bosc and other varieties that have the 

 same characteristic russeting over the 

 entire surface; the russeting will not 

 be counted in the totaling of the amount 

 of blemishes allowed. For size limit 

 and weights see Pear Table. 



"C" Grade — This grade to consist of 

 all merchantable pears not included in 

 the Extra Fancy or Fancy grades, but 

 must be free from worms, scale, stings 

 or other insects pests. Slightly mis- 

 shapen pears, or pears having limb rub 

 or other defects not spoiling the mer- 

 chantable quality of the fruit, will be 

 accepted. Punctures or skins broken 

 at stem must be kept out. Fruit bruised 

 or showin.s,' other evidences of rough 

 handling will not be permitted in this 

 grade. 



Seckel Pears — These should be packed 

 in hair boxes, the top faced and then 

 the box filled gently so as to prevent 

 bruising. .Ml boxes to be lined and to 

 be graded according to Fancy speci- 

 fications. For size limit and weight of 

 different varieties see Pear Table. 



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