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PRUNING 

 TOOLS 



Good Tools make goo<l pruning: 

 keen sharp edsjes make smooth 

 wounds which heal quickly anil 

 lessen danger from wood-destroy- 

 ing insects and fungi. 



BARTLETT 



JOINTED TREE PRUNER 



ismadf in 4-foot sections and quick- 

 ly joined together into the desired 

 length. Bartlett Two-Hand Pruuer 

 is made so that the hook remains 

 stationary while the blade closes. 

 Makes a draw cut and does not 

 bruise the bark. 



No kit of pruning tools is com- 

 plete without our bracket 



hand pruning saw 



with swivel blade. 



It will get into any 



crotch. 



PRICES E.<.h 



Compound Lever No 4 

 Jointed Pole Pmoer. 



8feet $:i AX"! 



Compound Lever No. -1 -Jointed 



Pole Pruner, V2 feet 3 25 



Compound Lever No. 4 Jointed 



Pole Pruner.16 feet i^.oO 



No. 777— Two-hand Pruner. 2.00 

 No. IS— Hand Pruning Saw. 1.75 

 If your dealer cannot supply you. 

 remit to us for samples prepaid. 



BARTLEH MANUFACTURING COMPANY 



42 lafayettc ».enoe E.. DETROIT. MICH. 



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THE U. E. CO\KEV CO. 

 Ill Conkey Building, I'leveland. Ohio 



H. HARRIS & CO. 



Fruit Auctioneers 



131 State Street 

 Boston, Massachusetts 



EstabUshed 1847 



Frank Moseley 



Frank L. Ripley 



Cutler B. Downer 



ing infectious material to be spread 

 over the fruit and foliage. As the dis- 

 ease appears on the fruit it is usually 

 very distinct in its appearance, and 

 when once recognized can always be 

 distinguished from any other disease or 

 trouble that may appear on the fruit's 

 surface, except in some cases it is im- 

 possible to distinguish on the mature 

 fruit whether the scarred surface is a 

 result of scab or frost injury. The 

 frost injury usually occurs in larger 

 areas, but that does not always make 

 a clear mark of distinction, and it is 

 doubtful whether even a microscope 

 examination could determine clearly 

 whether the damage is done by frost 

 or by scab. This season frost has done 

 considerable damage to fruit in some 

 sections, and there is no doubt that 

 some of the disfigured fruit should be 

 credited to the action of frost and not 

 to the action of scab, although scab be 

 present in the orchard. This disease 

 when once established in an orchard 

 does not occur with regular annual 

 severity. Some years it will be very 

 bad and probably the following year 

 very slight damage results from its 

 action. In some cases it has been so 

 light that it was dilhcult to distinguish 

 from the crop which trees had been 

 sprayed and which had not been 

 sprayed. The frequency of such ex- 

 perience has led some fruitgrowers to 

 the belief that spraying is useless. 

 There is no reason, however, to doubt 

 but that careful regular spraying will 

 keep this disease practically under con 

 trol one year with another, even when 

 the year of great prevalence occurs. 



The spores of the disease become 

 active in the early spring and what are 

 called hold-over spores are distributed 

 on the first new rapidly-growing tis- 

 sue that is exposed as the leaf buds 

 and blossom buds are unfolding. The 

 first infection usually takes place be- 

 fore the blossoms have opened. The 

 first spores that find lodgment on the 

 green tissue grow and develop rapidly. 

 It is only a few days or weeks at most 

 until these new infections are pro- 

 ducing spores, and from this time on 

 as long as moist, cool or favorable 

 weather for the spread of the disease 

 exists, there is a continuous seeding 

 and maturing of scab. There are no 

 distinct seeding and fruiting times to 

 compare with the ditTerent broods of 

 the codling moth, but it is a contin- 

 uous process, checked only by mate- 

 rials that may be sprayed upon the 

 plants or by dry summer weather, 

 which produces the same result. It is 

 not uncommon for the greatest spread 

 of scab to take place in July or Au- 

 gust, or even after the first of Septem- 

 ber under favorable circumstances. 

 It seems to be impossible to entirely 

 eradicate this disease from an orchard 

 when it is once established, and the 

 only method that gives results is con- 

 tinuous, watchful work that aims to 

 hold the disease in check. In the 

 orchards where it is established it is 

 not sutllcient to spray thoroughly 

 once or twice in the spring and then 

 if no scab is evident two or three 



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 consider 



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Albany Nurseries 



ALBANY, OREGON 



The 



First 



National 



Bank 



Hood River, Oregon 



Capital and Surplus 

 $135,000 



49( Interest Paid on Savings 

 and Term Deposits 



F. S. STANLEY, President 

 E. 0. BLANCHAR, Cashier 



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