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BETTER FRUIT 



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FORKNER roTniLLERS 



WORK RIGHT UP TO YOUR TREES 



Cultivate entire surface between rows without disturbing bouglis or fruit. Does 

 lore work— easier and quicker — and leaves better surface mulch tlian any other culti- 

 vator. Used by thousands of fruit grow- 

 ers and pronounced indispensable. 



One grower says: "Tlie Forkner reduces 

 labor 40%." Another says: "We have all kinds 

 of tools, but we can do our work quicker and 

 bett.;r with a Forkner." Still another says: I 

 wouldn't take $150.00 for my Forkner Tiller if 

 ^ ^- 1 couldn't get another." 



^ Write today for catalog and free book — 

 i=-." "Modern Soil Tillage"— invaluable to any 

 farmer or fruit grower. Mailed 

 free. Write today. 



LIGHT DRAFT 

 HARROW CO. 



601 Nevada Street 

 Marshalltown, Iowa 



Fruit Tree Stocks 



Apple, French and Japan Pear, Malialeb and Mazzard Cherry 

 Myrobolan Plum 



Apple and Pear Grafts 



Machine wrapped. Quality guaranteed. Kone better 



Roses 



Immense stock of hardy kinds 



Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,Vines 



Gooseberries, Currants, Raspberries, Blackberries 



Large stock root cutting plants 



MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES 



E. 8. WELCH, Proprietor 



13S Center Street SHENANDOAH, IOWA 



A Complete Line of 

 High Quality Nursery Stock 



Always pleased to quote your WANTS 



"BLUE RIBBON" 



(EXTRA RAIMCY) 



"RED RIBBON" 



(RAIMCY) 



Famous Brands of 

 Yakima Apples 



Packed under our personal supervision 

 Get in touch with us by wire or letter 



Yakima County Horticultural Union 



E. E. SAMSON, Manager 



NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON 



February 



The Bean Spray Pump Company of 

 San Jo.sc, California, i.s puttin.i^ on the 

 market a .spray outfit called the 

 "luueka, the One-Man Power Sprayer" 

 at a very low cost. This outfit is in- 

 tended for the small fruitgrower who 

 does not care to purchase one of the 

 big power outfits, or, on the other 

 hand, for the grower who lias too much 

 of a job on his hands for the ordinary 

 pump. We presume circulars illustrat- 

 ing and giving complete information 

 about the Eureka can be obtained by 

 writing the Bean Spray Pump Com- 

 pany, San Jose, California. 



The Zimmerman Steel Company will 

 move from Lone Tree, Iowa, to Daven- 

 port, Iowa, where they have erected a 

 new building, which will give them in- 

 creased facilities for manufacturing 

 stump pullers, farm scales, steel cast- 

 ings and other things in their line. For 

 this purpose they have purchased ten 

 acres of land on which they are erect- 

 ing a large steel foundry, ollices, assem- 

 bly building, etc., making one of the 

 most complete plants of this kind in 

 the United States. 



The Times-Mirror Company of Los 

 ■\ngeles has issued its annual mid- 

 winter number of the Los Angeles 

 Times, which, by the way, is a splendid 

 annual for portraying the beauty of 

 California in a very attractive manner. 

 Such an edition will be a strong factor 

 in bringing people to the Pacific Coast 

 to visit the San Diego Panama-Califor- 

 nia Exposition at San Diego, and also 

 the Panama-Pacific International Expo- 

 sition at San Francisco. 



The Traung Lithograph Company of 

 San Francisco has just issued one of 

 the most practical calendars that has 

 come to this olTice. This calendar is a 

 large one, and on each sheet is a small 

 calendar for last month and one for the 

 next month in addition to the current 

 month. It is beautiful and artistic, 

 showing the splendid work done by this 

 house in the label line. 



The Hood River Apple Vinegar Com- 

 pany has issued a very attractive leaflet 

 expiaining the purity of their method 

 in making cider and vinegar. This can 

 be obtained by writing the company. 

 Already a large demand has been built 

 up for Hood River cider and vinegar, 

 which is of the most excellent quality, 

 nuide from clean stock and absolutely 

 pure. 



Chas. H. Lilly Company of Seattle 

 and Portland has just issued a very 

 attractive catalog embodying practi- 

 cally their full line of supplies of seeds, 

 plants, ihiwers, nursery stock, fertilizer 

 and sprays, including practically cvery- 

 Ihing that the fruitgrower and farmer 

 use in the way of supplies. 



The ("icneral Chemical Company of 

 San Francisco has issuc<l a pamphlet 

 with directions for using their sprays 

 in Western orchards, which contains 

 some vcrv interesting reading matter. 



WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT 



