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BETTER FRUIT 



December 



MILTON NURSERY CO. 



A. MILLER & SONS, Inc.— MILTON, OREGON 



Pear, Cherry, Apple, Prune, Peach. Full line Shade & Ornamental Stock 



Quality In Nursery Stock is a condition, not a theory, it is something we put into our trees. 



not say about them. Thirty-five years' experience enables us to do this. 

 SALESMEN WANTED A Catalog and Special Prices on Request 



WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF 



Catalogs* Booklets 

 and Circulars 



FOR 



Nurserymen, Fruit Growers, Manufacturers 

 and Selling Agents 



CWrite us for specifications and 

 information. Quality and Service 



F. W. BALTES AND COMPANY 



Fine Printing Portland. Oregon 



I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

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'T'HE only 

 pruner 

 made that cuts 

 from both sides of 

 the limb and does not 

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 all ityles and sizes. We 

 pay Elxpress charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write for 

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 prices. 



5,000 Fruit and Vegetable Growers 



DO YOU WISH TO REACH THEM? 



—IF SO— 



AN ADVERTISEMENT IN 



"The Modern Barrel" 



WILL TURN THE TRICK 



"The Modern Barrel" is a descriptive 

 booklet sent to the growers 



Advertising rates .¥1.5.00 per page; 'a page $10.00. 



Your name in the Commission or Wholesale Fruitmen's Directory once .50c. 



Sample copy free. 



LEON MILLER, Publisher, 

 1952 E. Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Wick & Bro., Philadelphia's Leadinjr Apple House, say: "We are well pleased 

 with your medium and you may reserve the same space for us in the next issue. We 

 find yonr medium one of the best to reach the apple growers, and this method of 

 advertising brings the desired results.— WICK ^: BRO., Philadelphia. Pa." 



prodiKtivL- tilth all the sooner. The 

 sole was caused by repeated plowings 

 for man\- years, durini! which time the 

 horses puddled the stratum with their 

 walking up and down the furrows 

 when the ground was soft, year after 

 year. It requires much work to break 

 up the stratum, but the resulting added 

 crop production will soon repay the 

 cost. 



Books on Horticulture 



Published by the Pacific Horticultural Corre- 

 spondence School, 306 Stock Exchange Build- 

 ing, Portland, Oregon. For sale at following 

 prices, paper binding, postpaid on receipt of 

 price. Mention "Better Fruit" when remitting. 



Practical Control of Apple Diseases and 

 Pests. A. L. Melander, B.S., M.S., Head Dept. 

 Zoology, Washington State College. 44 pages. 

 50 cents. 



Planting Fruit Trees. H. C. Atwell, ex-pres- 

 ident Oregon State Horticultural Society. 22 

 pages. 25 cents. 



Care and Cultivation of the Orchard. (a) 

 W. K. Newell, president Oregon State Board of 

 Horticulture. 14 pages. 20 cents. (b) J. R. 

 Shepard, ex-vice president Oregon State Horti- 

 cultural Society. 7 pages. 10 cents. Both for 

 25 cents. 



Grading and Packing Fruits for the Market. 

 A. P. Bateham, ex-president Oregon State Hor- 

 ticultural Society and vice president Northwest 

 Fruit Exchange; John M. Carroll, for four 

 years in charge of packing school National 

 Apple Show. Includes packing of apples and 

 prunes. Ifi pages, 6 illustrations. 25 cents. 



Handling and Pre-Cooling of Fruits for 

 Transportation. A. V. Stubenrauch, Field In- 

 vestigations in Pomologj>. V. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 27 pages. 50 cents. 



Irrigation Practice. W. L. Powers, M.S., pro- 

 fessor Irrigation and Drainage, 0. A. C. Many 

 valuable tables of water measurement, amount 

 needed, etc. 78 pages, 8 illustrations. 50 cts. 



Water Rights. John H. Lewis, C.E., LL.B., 

 State Engineer, president Board of Control of 

 Water Rights, Salem, Oregon. 16 pages. 20c. 



Apple Growing. W. H. Lawrence, A.B., M.S., 

 Horticulturist and Plant Pathologist formerly 

 with Washington State College, now Horticul- 

 turist Arizona Experiment Station. 31 pages. 

 50 cents. 



Pear Growing. C. E. Whisler, president Ore- 

 gon State Horticultural Society. 13 pages. 25c. 



Pollination. E. J. Kraus. B.S., Research As- 

 sistant in Horticulture, O. A. C. 15 pages. 35c. 



Orchard Heating and Frost Prevention. R. S. 

 Herrick, B.S., Field Horticulturist Colorado 

 Agricultural College. 11 pages. 25 cents. 



Small Fruits. Fred T. Burglehaus, expert 

 small fruit gj-ower. 16 pages. 25 cents. 



Loganberry Culture. Britt Aspinwall. With 

 recipes by Professor C. I. Lewis for loganberry 

 juice. 16 pages, 3 illustrations. 25 cents. 



Prune Growing. H. S. Gile, Secretary Willam- 

 ette Valley Prune Growers' Association. 6 pp. 

 10 cents. 



Cherry Growing. J. R. Shepard, ex-vice 

 president Oregon State Horticultural Society. 

 7 pages. 10 cents. 



Directions for Orchard Sj)raving. H. S. Jack- 

 son, Plant Pathologist, and H." F. Wilson, En- 

 tomologist, O. A. C. Free with any order of 35 

 cents or more. 8 pages. 10 cents. 



Walnut Growing. Ferd Groner, walnut 

 grower. 9 pages. 15 cents. 



Co-operation Among Fruit Growers. E. H. 

 Shepard. Editor "Better Fruit." 8 pages. 10c. 



All of the above booklets, in paper covers, 

 will be sold for ,<!3.00, if ordered at one time; 

 but costing $4.90 is ordered separately. 



The following Ixioklets are also in course of 

 preparation by the authors. The exact price 

 cannot be stated for each until received, but 

 will be approximately 75 cents each and will 

 contain from 50 to 100 pages each. 



Orchard Insect Pests and Methods of Cot* 

 trol. H. F. Wilson, M.S.. Entomologist Oregon 

 Agricultural College. About 180 pages, illus- 

 trated. 75 cents. 



Fungous and Bacterial Diseases of Fruits 

 and Their Treatment. H. S. Jackson, A.B., 

 professor of Botany and Plant Pathology, Ore- 

 gon Agricultural College. 



Choosing an Orchard. C. I. Lewis, M.S. A., 

 head Department of Horticulture, O. A. C. 



Soil Fertility and Fertilizers. Herman V. 

 Tartar, B.S„ Chemist, O. A. C. 



The complete set of above booklets will be 

 sold for $5.00. The new booklets to be mailed 

 as soon as pul>ltshed. 



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