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BETTER FRUIT 



Scplauhci 



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We have tested all waterproofing materials during our thirty- 

 five years' experience in the uoe of natural asphalt, and find that no 

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The one absolute and lasting waterproofer is natural asphalf, 

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It 13 full of lifo; it g-ives lasting resistance to 

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 roofing of remarkable endurance and econo-ny. 



Get Genasco of your dealer — smooth or mineral surface: several 

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I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 PRUNING SHEAR 



RHODES MFG. CO. 

 fl. DIVISION AVE , GRAND RAPID5, HICH. 



'T'HE only 

 pruner 

 made that cuts 

 from bolK sides of 

 the limb and does not 

 bruise the bark. Made in 

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 pay Ejcpress charges 

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Write for 

 circular and 

 prices. 



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It'll scars. Fraiifc also iirow.s sonic 

 viTy line peais and pfathes. Many 

 small orchanlists make a specialty of 

 producing fine (|iiality fruit in a limited 

 way. The fruit trees are frequently 

 trained along the side of a building, 

 perfectly cared for and thinned so that 

 each fruit becomes very large. Some 

 French cantaloupe growers suspend the 

 melons from the ground and in this 

 way produce a perfect melon over the 

 entire surface. These high-class indi- 

 vidual fruits are sold l)\ many fruiter- 

 ers at high figures. 



"Better Fruit" Directory 



The original plan of "Better Fruit" in 

 reference to advertising was to make 

 the advertising columns, as far possible, 

 a directory for the fruitgrower for 

 everything which he uses in his busi- 

 ness, and as man\ things as possible 

 which he consumes. We have stuck to 

 this principle consistently, and in every 

 edition of "Better Fruit," in advance of 

 the season and during the season for 

 which the articles are reipiired for dif- 

 ferent features in the orchard business, 

 we aim to secure, and generally have 

 secured, advertising from manufac- 

 turers advertising the very best articles 

 for the fruitgrowers. We also aim to 

 actpiuint the fruitgrower with the prin- 

 cipal dealers engaged in the fruit in- 

 dustry throughout the United States, 

 and to some extent we have secured 

 advertising from lirst-class fruit deal- 

 ers. It is with considerable pleasure 

 we refer our readers to the advertising 

 columns of "Better Fruit" as being a 

 directory for them in their line of 

 work. While it may seem like brag- 

 ging, we think "Better Fruit" affords 

 one of the best directories for the fruit- 

 grower that has ever been published. 



The seventh edition of Professor E. J. 

 Wickson's book entitled "California 

 l-"ruits" has just been placed on the 

 market. It is one of the best publica- 

 tions in existence in reference to the 

 |)roduction of fruit: a very valuable 

 book and one which every fruit grower 

 should possess. Professor Wickson has 

 for many years been director of the 

 experiment station at the University of 

 ('.alifornia and is a man of national 

 reputation. This book is ])ublished by 

 (lie Pacific Hural Press, San Francisco. 



Mr. iMJisdii (',. Merritt, manager of the 

 Scbastapol Apple Firowers' Union, Se- 

 bastapol, California, called at "Better 

 I-ruit" ollice recently. He stated that 

 his association would ship about oOO 

 cars of apples this year. 



Almost the whole world knows of 

 Hood Biver as a place that produces 

 tlie best fruits, and all of Hood Biver 

 Valley should know, and could know, 

 that there is one place in Hood Biver, 

 under the lirm name of B. B. Bragg & 

 (^o., where the people can depend on 

 getting most reliable dry goods, cloth- 

 ing, shoes and groceries at the most 

 reasonable prices that are possible. 

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