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BETTER FRUIT 



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Orchard Brand Insecticides and Fungicides are the BEST that can be obtained. 

 They are RELIABLE, SAFE to use and give EFFICIENT results. 



Distributing warehouses in principal sections of Northwest for — 

 ARSENATE OF LEAD, Paste and Powder; 

 ATOMIC SULPHUR; BORDEAUX MIXTURE; LIME-SULPHUR SOLUTION; 

 OIL SPRAYS and SOAP 



Bulletins Nos. 3 and 5 are valuable for all fruit growers 

 and will be sent free on application. 



General Chemical Company of California 



Royal Insurance Building SAN FRANCISCO 



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 



HOOD RIVER VALLEY NURSERY COMPANY 



Phone 5634 Route No. 3, Box 227 HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



Plantation four miles southwest of station. Belmont Road 

 We will be pleased to show you trees, apple tre€s thai have a heritage, a quality that should be considered by even'one 

 who plants a tree. Our trees are grown in clean hillside virgin red sliot soil with clay subsoil, producing the most vigorous 

 root system. Our buds are selected from the best bearing healthy Hood River trees that make the Hood River apple 

 famous throughout the world. Our trees will give you satisfaclon' results in vigor, fruit and anality. Ask for catalog. 

 Wo guarantee our products. Apples, pears, peaches. aprii_Mts, almonds and walnuts. A complete line of the best varieties 

 of all kinds of fruits. 



H. S. BUTTERFIELD, President W. J. ENSCHEDE, Manager 



Arcadia Irrigated Orchards 



THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD PROJECT 

 IN THE ENTIRE WEST 



7,000 acres planted to winter apples. Gravity 

 irrigation. Located 22 miles north of Spokane, 

 Washington, directly on the railroad. We plant 

 and give four years' care to every orchard tract 

 sold. $125, first payment, secures 5 acres : $250, 

 first payment, secures 10 acres ; balance monthly. 



SEND FOR BOOKLET 



Arcadia Orchards Company 



Deer Park, Washington 



of the blossoms at this time i)oint up 

 and out, it is necessary to spray down 

 or striii.aht into the calyx cup in order 

 to get the poison in there, and it must 

 be sent with force. To shcjot the spray 

 at tlic side of the i)h)Ssoni may wet tlie 

 stamens, but tliat is not getting ttie 

 poison into llie lower cup of the calyx. 

 If your trees are large, n\ all means 

 use a tower on your outtit so ttiat the 

 opeiator with the spray rod is high 

 enough to shoot down and sti'aight into 

 the blossom. One spraying is enough 

 if > <)u till every calyx cup on the tree. 

 If you don't, spray again — a dozen 

 times if necessary to accomplish tile 

 desired result, but, remember, you will 

 have to do it before the calyx closes. 

 It costs money to do work over, and if 

 this spraying is done thoroughly and 

 right once is enough. Thoroughness is 

 a keynote in spraying. Time spent, 

 material used, money expended do not 

 necessarily mean anything except ex- 

 pense, for it is results alone that count. 

 Do not try to use an outtit that will 

 give you less than 17,) ])ounds ])ressure. 

 It would be better still to use 250 

 pounds. To get the best results, use a 

 Bordeaux nozzle and not too fine a 

 spr;iy. Have body enough to it so that 

 it will drive, and this holds good in all 

 spraying work. There is only one 

 profitable way of doing anything, and 

 that is the right way. Therefore do 

 your spra\ ing in the right way and at 

 the right time, ;ind then >ou may look 

 for good results. I make no claim for 

 an\ thing new herein — it is the same old 

 story retold for the good of the cause. 

 The apple business looks brighter today 

 than ever before for the man who 

 raises flrst-class apples. There is al- 

 ways a good market for apples of the 

 Dest quality, and you can't raise the 

 best quality without thorough sprax- 

 ing, therefore "Let us spray." 



Currant and Gooseberry Maggots 



C-urrants and gooseberries become 

 woiniy by the maggot of a small fly. 

 The lly pierces through the skin of the 

 >'oung fruit and injects an egg. \Yhcn 

 the currants are fullv lipe the maggots 

 drop out and enter the ground, where 

 they pass the winter. From the nature 

 of the attack it is impossible to cope 

 with this |)est by an,\ spra>'. The only 

 vulnerable jjeriod in the life history of 

 the curiant maggot is when the insect 

 has entered the ground. A light culti- 

 vation of the soil during the late fall 

 will tend to mash some of the worms 

 in the ground anti will be a help in pro- 

 tecting next year's crop. However, 

 since these plants have very shallow 

 roots, care must be taken not to injure 

 the root system of the bushes, ('hick- 

 ens do considerable good if allowed to 

 scratch out the maggots at the base of 

 the plants. It might be well to pick 

 the entire crop early before any of the 

 maggots escape. The fruit could be 

 used for' jellies and the presence of the 

 worms does not impair the (luality of 

 the i)reserves. As it is, a good many 

 worms in currants are unconsciously 

 used by every housewife. — ^^'ashinglon 

 Stale l-'.\|)eriment Station Bulletin. 



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