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BETTER FRUIT 



November 



Cheaper Than Horse Flesh 



Reg. us Pot oa 



HERE'S a tractor that's cheaper than horses, even for your smaller 

 ranch or orchard— the BABY CATEIRPILLAR. It costs less to feed. 

 It works 24 hours a day if you w^ant it to. There are over 1 50 of 

 them making good. It's because they're right mechanically. Materials 

 and workmanship are the same as in the other CATERPILLARS — steel 

 cut gears in dust proof cases, a powerful motor. Our reputation is behind 

 the BABY. It stands up under any amount of hard use. 



58 inches high without canopy — it 

 works close under the trees in the 

 orchard. It turns short so I'ou can 

 cultivate right from one rov/ ^nto the 

 next. There are all sorts of uses 

 you can put it to — hauling, clearing 

 land, road grading or stationary 

 work. The long, wide track can't 

 slip or mire or pack the soil. You 

 can use the BABY for plowing 



even after the rains start. 



You have time still to do a lot or 

 fall plov»ring that will pay in better 

 crops than if you ^vait till springs 

 Now is a good time to order that 

 CATERPILLAR you have been 

 thinking about. Why not get Cata- 

 log BE 136 and our special bulletin 

 about the BABY ? We prove what 

 we say. 



THE HOLT MFG. CO., INC. 





Ridley,Houlcling&Co. 



COVENT GARDEN, LONDON 



Points to remember -wlien consigniug 

 apples to the London Market 



L— We Specialize in Apples 



2.— All Consignments Receive our 

 Personal Attention 



3.-The Fruit is Sold by Private 

 Treaty on its Merits 



CABLE ADDRESS: BOTANIZING, LONDON 



type of nuts. Unfortun;itely we do not 

 have all the good ([aulities in any one 

 variety or we would not be discussing 

 this subject today. We have to choose 

 a heavy producer with a good ciuality 

 of nut. One important point is that 

 young trees often produce larger nuts 

 than they do after the tree becomes 

 older, so one should judge nuts from 

 a tree that has been bearing for a few 

 years. We should also consider the 

 age in which tlie tree conies into bear- 

 ing, as great dilferences exist in differ- 

 ent varieties as to what age they begin 

 bearing. Some varieties begin to pro- 

 duce nuts even in the nursery and give 

 a commercial crop within three years 

 from planting in the orchard, while 

 other varieties are several years later 

 in coming into bearing. 



The next important consideration is 

 that of the size and weight of the nuts. 

 The size of commercial number one 

 grade walnuts are those which will not 

 pass through a one-inch square oi)en- 

 ing, while those above one and three- 

 sixteenths inches, which are generally 

 considered as budded nuts, bring con- 

 siderable more per pound and the de- 

 mand is growing for this (piality of nut. 

 I have alreadx had a number of in- 

 quiries for fancy varieties for next 

 fall's delivery. This shows that the 

 demand is growing foi" the better (pial- 

 ity of nuts. The weight of the nut is 

 etiually important, since this varies 

 widely in nuts of the same size. Some 

 of the largest varieties are consider- 

 ably lighter in weight than others in 

 which the nuts aie smaller. \ desirable 

 nut should be well filled with plump 

 meat without too nuich air space be- 

 tween the shell and the meat. A com- 

 Iiaratively heavy shell is more desirable 

 than a very thin light one, since the nut 

 is better protecteil from being mashed in 

 handling and less susceptible to ])erfor- 

 ation disease, which is one of the most 

 serious troubles of the walnut grower 

 in recent years. It consists of a non- 

 development of the outer hard layer of 

 the shell. The hard shell is not actualh' 

 perforated but rather fails to develoj). 

 This disease has become more prevalent 

 in the last few years and affects prin- 

 cipally the one with thin li.aht shells. 

 Xuts that are prone to crack easily, 

 and have a fine light shell, are more or 

 less injured in handling, thus con- 

 taminating the nut. It is also to be 

 considered that since walnuts are sold 

 by the pound, the heavier the shell the 

 greater the weight and the more the 

 returns for a given number of nuts. 

 The leading walnut on the world's mar- 

 ket is known as the Grenoble. In 

 strictly speaking the Grenoble nut 

 means a Mayette variety. It is not a 

 long nut, somewhat broader at the base 

 Hum at the apex. This is not very im- 

 lioilant, however, since its smoothness, 

 sxnuuetry and uniformity affects its 

 productive appearance more than its 

 shape. .An ideal nut should be quite 

 smooth, free from outside ridges and 

 other irregularities of surface, and all 

 nuts should be of the same general 

 shape and appearance, giving them uni- 

 forniitv and individuality. .\ varielx- in 



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