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BETTER FRUIT 



July 



TO DESTROY APHIS, THRIPS, ETC. 



Without Injury to Foliage 

 SPRAY WITH 



"Black Leaf 40" 



SULPHATE OF NICOTINE 



"Black Leaf 40" is highly 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 1.500 to 2,000 gallons tor Pear Thrips, with addition of three 

 per cent distllate oil emulsion; or about 1,000 gallons for 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 



^-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 



winter, but it is usually performed in 

 summer and is then spoken of as sum- 

 mer pruning. Heading-in greatly thick- 

 ens the top, thereby excluding light, 

 and must be practiced very judiciously, 

 or more harm than good is done. Sum- 

 mer pruning is rather commonly used 



to influence the formation of fruit buds 

 for the succeeding season. The theory 

 is that by removing a part of the young 

 shoots of the current season, we take 

 from the trees the portions which are 

 making the greatest demands on the 

 plant's nutritive powers and that the 



Yakima County Horticultural Union 



E. E. SAMSON, Manager 



North Yakima, Washington 



INDEPENDENT SHIPPERS 



OF 



Puyallup Red Raspberries and Yakima Apricots 



in straight cars, also 



Mixed Cars Yakima Fruits 



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Apricots, Transparent Apples, Peaches, 

 Tragedys and Early Plums 



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remaining part of the shoots with their 

 buds are enabled to store up greater 

 quantities of reserve food than they 

 otherwise could. This summer head- 

 ing-in should be done before growth 

 ceases. So much, however, depends 

 upon several varying factors that no 

 fixed rule can be given as to time; thus, 

 much depends upon the fruit, the vari- 

 eties, soil, climate, weather and the 

 amount of growth. Summer pruning is 

 a weakening process and may perma- 

 nently injure a tree in our climate. 

 With standard trees it is only of advan- 

 tage in moderation in eastern North 

 America and as usually practiced more 

 often results in evil than in good. Simi- 

 mer pruning is of more value in the 

 early life of the tree than later on. 

 Summer pruning as a means of induc- 

 ing fruitfulness is greatly overestimated 

 under American conditions and belongs 

 more properly to the elaborate systems 

 of pruning and training practiced by 

 Europeans. 



Continued in next issue 



Development of the Apple, Etc. 



Continued from page 16 



the same but the flowers of any one 

 variety must be capable of either being 

 fertilized by their own pollen or by the 

 pollen of some closely-related variety. 

 We thus have those that are termed 

 self-fertile {fertile to their own pollen) 

 and those that are termed self-sterile 

 (sterile to their own pollen). There 

 are also varieties which are only par- 

 tially self-sterile. Due perhaps to en- 

 vironmental conditions, the class to 

 which any one variety of apples be- 

 longs varies in different localities. Not 



To save a half dozen trees from breaking down 

 under the weight of heavy laden branches 

 would pay for the coat of tying an entire orchard. 

 Two-ply Tarred Orchard Tarn will do the busi- 

 ness. The comparative cost of Twine is small. 

 It not only saves the present crop, but the tree 

 is kept sale and in proper shape for future bear- 

 ing. Now is the time to tie. The promise of a 

 record crop was never better. One-ply Yam for 

 small trees and light branches; two-ply for large 

 treps anil heax-y limbs. Put up on 10-lb. spoofs. 

 About 2LK1 feet per pound in one-ply and 100 feet 

 in the two-ply. 



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Originators and Sole Manufacturers 

 PORTLAND, OREGON 



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Don't Spend So Much of Your 

 Hard Earned Cash for Oil 



Reduce vour gasdliiie bills l>y equipping your 

 automobile with a JEWELL SPEEDMAKER. 

 Pses hot air. Owner agents wanted. Demon- 

 strator at wholesale rate. 



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1009 West 48tli Street. Lob Angeles. California 



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