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We have the cream of the finest orchards in the Wenatchee Valley under contract. 

 consisting mainly of Winesaps and Jonathans. 



"We are short on High Grade SpitzenbergS. if you have not disposed of this variety, get in 

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and is produced with such prodigality 

 as in most cases to insure the pollina- 

 tion of late-maturing stigmas. The 

 solution of the problem of self-sterility 

 in the main, then, is to so plant that 

 varieties will be cross-fertilized. It is 

 obvious, if cross-pollenization is to play 

 an important part in fruit growing, in 

 planting to secure it varieties must be 

 chosen which come into blossom at the 

 same time as those that they are ex- 

 pected to fertilize. 



There are several causes of dropping 

 other than lack of fertilization that 

 need the attention of fruit growers. 

 Weather conditions have much to do 

 with the dropping of fruit. Prolonged 

 cold saps the vitality of young fruits 



and causes many of the more tender 

 ones to perish and let go their hold 

 upon the tree. Rain, whether a dash- 

 ing shower or a prolonged drizzle at a 

 low temperature, or even an extremely 

 moist atmosphere without a fall of rain, 

 weakens the chances of full develop- 

 ment of fruits if such conditions prevail 

 soon after fruit formation. Sometimes 

 a lack of light causes fruit to drop, and 

 thus we may explain the greater num- 

 ber of fruits at the tops of trees, on 

 well-pruned trees, in open-centered 

 trees and in orchards not thickly 

 planted. The "June drop," especially 

 of the peach, may be explained in part 

 as follows: ^^Tle^ fruits reach a cer- 

 tain size the food stored in the tree the 



previous year is exhausted. Now if 

 the leaves of such trees are not fully 

 expanded and if they are not able to 

 furnish a new supply of food, the 

 young fruits often drop. The June 

 drop is especially liable to take place 

 if there be one or more of the unfavor- 

 able conditions mentioned in the pre- 

 vious paragraphs. With some fruits 

 there is a tendency to drop in late 

 summer when seeds are making great 

 demands for food. In such cases the 

 trees become exhausted and cast a part 

 of their load. If at this time there be 

 a drouth, or, on the other hand, too 

 much rain, as is often the case, fruit 

 not infrequently drops in considerable 

 quantities. 



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