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BETTER FRUIT 



August 



Yakima County Horticultural Union 



E. E. SAMSON, Manager 



North Yakima, Washington 



INDEPENDENT SHIPPERS 



OF 



Straight and Mixed Cars Yakima Fruits 



CONSISTING OF 



Peaches, Pears, Apples, 

 Plums and Prunes 



WRITE OR WIRE US TODAY 



Paste for Labeling — "Palo Alto" Paste Powder 



added to cold water, instantly 

 makes a beautiful, smooth, 

 white paste. Ready for imme- 

 diate use at a cost of ten cents 

 a gallon. No labor. No muss. 

 No spoiled paste. 



Paste Specialists 



Robinson Chemical Worka 



349-351 Eighth Street 



San Francisco, California 



GO EAST 

 NOW 



TO 



VIA 



Denver $ 55.00 



Omaha 60.00 



Kansas City 60.O0 



Chicago 72.50 



New York City 108.50 



Equally reduced fares to other East- 

 ern cities. Rates to any'point fur- 

 nished on application. 



Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. 

 O.S.L.— U.P. 



LOW ROUND TRIP FARES 



Tickets on sale every day to September 30. Final return limit. 

 October 81, 1914. Liberal stop-over privileges. 



Superior service, unexcelled dining and sleeping car accom- 

 modations, through trains, direct routes, automatic block 

 signals, every requisite for safety and comfort. 



Visit Yellowstone National Park on your way East. 



Through sleeping car service to and from Southern 



entrance to the park. 



For full information, fares, routes, train schedules, etc., 

 call upon any agent of the 



O-W. R. & N. 



UNION 

 PACIFIC 



SYSTEM 



3-tier deep, stem-end down; pack top 

 tier with crca.scd side up and all the 

 siime way. Huni^arians, Bradshaws, 

 Peach Plums and similar varieties that 

 pack smaller than .5x,) in prune crates 

 should not be packed. 



PEACHES 



Peaches should be picked for pack- 

 ing only when fully developed, but firm 

 or hard ripe. Yellow-meated varieties 

 sliould show some yellow color. The 

 fruit should be picked and laid, not 

 dropi)cd, in the baskets or pails, and 

 should be taken from the vessel only 

 at packing table. All possible care 

 should be used to avoid bruises. Use 

 standard peach boxes, cleats on top 

 only; use 4d special orange-box cement 

 nails for bottoms and sides. Drive 

 nails one inch from corner, four nails 

 to each jjiece. Use three 4d cement 

 box nails for each cleat, one in the cen- 

 ter and one driven two inches from the 

 end of the cleat. The cover should hold 

 the fruit firmly in the box, but should 

 not bulge more than three-eighths of 

 an inch. Use 4V2-inch boxes only for 

 Elbcrta peaches, running .50 to 84, both 

 inclusive, avoiding the use of extra 

 cleats except in extreme cases. Peaches 

 that are too large to be laid five wide 

 in the box should be packed tv^-o and 

 three in 414 -inch boxes. If the peaches 

 are roundish, as in the case of Craw- 

 fords, it will be necessary to use some 

 4-inch boxes with this pack. Peaches 

 tliaf will go five across the box or 

 smaller should be packed three and 

 three in 4-inch boxes. The excellence 

 of the pack depends upon uniform 

 grading. The peaches in a box should 

 not vary more than one-eighth of an 

 inch in diameter. .\11 peaches must be 

 carefully wra])ped in suitable paper. 

 Peaches that run less than 96 to the 

 box must not be packed for shipment. 

 Eighty-four count must be the mini- 

 mum for Elbertas. In packing the box 

 should set on an incline with the lower 

 end of the box to the packer. Both tiers 

 .should be carried forward together. 

 The peaches should be placed in the 

 box stem-end down, those in the top 

 tier resting in the spaces between those 

 in the lower tier so that no peach will 

 rest squarely on top of another. Pack 

 all peaches with the loose end of the 

 wrapper down. No overripe, under- 

 sized, immature, bruised, misshapen. 



Store Your Apples 

 in Spokane 



The Natural Storage Center 



Take advantaiie of storage in 

 transit rate and the better mar- 

 ket later. AVrite us for our dry 

 and cold storage rate and infor- 

 mation. 



Ryan & Newton 

 Company 



Spokane, Washing*ton 



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