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BETTER FRUIT 



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Buy ^' Corona Dry " 



One pound of "Corona Dry" will do the work of three pounds 

 of Paste Arsenate and do it better 



Imitated but not duplicated 



But economy is not everything:. Efficiency is more important. What would it 

 Trade Mark mean to you to have a spray mixture of standard strength and be absolutely sure 



that all of one spraying or of many sprayings was absolutely the same strength? Evaporation, difficulty of perfect 

 mixing, make this impossible with a paste arsenate. You can have a standard efficiency if you use Corona Dry. 



Largest and most progressive groiv^ 

 ers have rendered the verdict 



A large practical usage in every section of the 

 country fias proved that "Corona Dry" is un- 

 equalled in efttciency or as "easy mixing." It _ -^ -- — r I j 



does not freeze, dry out or cake: always retains ^>^ ^^^ ArSCflfltC Ol L63Q 



its original strength. A perfect mixture, a perfect ^^^^ Patented June 30, 1913 



standard of unvar ying strength is assured with ^^^ Standard" for Convenience. Economy, Efficiency 



Quickly and easily mixed. No working up — no straining needed — no sediment. No lumps. No waste. Never clogs spray nozzle. 

 Highest per cent, of actual killing power. Absolutely safe, will not burn. Sold in net weight packages: 200 lbs., 100 lbs., 50 lbs., 

 '25 lbs., 5 lbs., 1 lb. No slirinkage, set'page, evaporation. Evei-y package contains actual net weight of "('<iron <i Dry" paid for. 

 Remember, "Corona Dry" means no guesswork, but a standardized spray in which the mixture is always the same strength and efficiency 

 Write for Booklet. Ask for Corona "Tree Insurance" Policy. Address 



CORONA CHEMICAL CO.,Dept.E, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 



MANUFACTURERS OF 

 Insecticides and Fungicides, Arsenate of Lead, Lime and Sulphur, 'Bordeaux Mixture, Paris Green, Etc. 



_...., t Boston, Mass.— Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation 



Distributing Agents , Philadelphia, Pa.-Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. 



Memphis, Tenn. — Hessig-Ellis Drug Co. 

 New Orleans, La,— Finlay-Dicks & Co. 



Spokane, Wash.— Spokane Seed Co. 

 Portland, Ore.— Portland Seed Co. 



TM* or th western 



Sales Agents 



Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon 



Catalogues and 

 prices on request 



ducing district in France in the study 

 of prune production, I feel competent 

 to speak upon this matter. The grower 

 should aim to produce good-sized fruit, 

 first by proper selection of stock and 

 later by proper methods of pruning. 

 Such an orchard, especially if carried 

 in connection with an orchard of Ore- 

 gon prunes, will prove profitable and 

 satisfactory in its results. It is dis- 

 tinctive in quality from any other 

 French prune and decidedly superior. 



In turning now to the future, there is 

 visible no cloud of any serious conse- 

 quence except that caused by the war, 

 both in its present effect and its pos- 

 sible after effect, both of which are 

 worthy of serious thought. While it is 

 true that our own country has enor- 

 mous consuming power, it is also true 

 that we must have the help of the for- 

 eign consumers to absorb the present 

 enormous cured-fruit supply of the 

 Pacific Coast. Without them we shall 

 constantly have the menace of un- 

 steady prices, too low perhaps at times 

 for profit to the producer. We all know 



Western Pine Box Sales Co. 



HIGH GliADE KKI IT BUXKS 



APPLE, PEAR AND PEACH BOXES 



P'rult and Vrgetablp ('rates 



GOOO SERVICE Write us 



SPOKANE, WASH. 



what happened to our markets this sea- 

 son during September and October 

 when the war automatically annulled 

 great numbers of foreign dried-fruit 

 contracts, though England at least is 

 again taking a limited quantity of our 

 fruits. The most serious question is, 

 however, relative to the purchasing 

 power of the masses in England and on 

 the continent after the war is over. 

 This is an unknown condition upon 

 which we can only venture a guess. 

 With cheaper transportation under 

 normal conditions abroad we have 

 every reason to anticipate greatly in- 

 creased demand, and were it not except 

 for this one very serious condition 

 there could be nothing in the market 

 situation which would not easily justify 

 the demand for doubling as speedily as 

 ])ossible the present prune acreage of 

 the Willamette Valley and in other dis- 

 tricts where the best evaporated prod- 

 uct is now being made. 



This writer more than six years ago 

 advised increased prune planting in 

 more than one public address and at 

 the same time advised against the 

 l)lanting of apples in districts where 

 I)runes could be successfully produced. 

 Some may feel that apples, having 

 reached a very low level of value on 

 account of, shall we say, overproduc- 

 tion or under-development of markets, 

 will reduce the demand for prunes and 



consequently additional planting will 

 be a mistake. I hardly think so. Ex- 

 cept for the limited effort of the Wil- 

 lamette Valley Prune Association, a 

 small co-operative organization in 

 Salem, nothing has been done yet to 

 advertise the excellent food value of 

 Oregon prunes to our own people in 

 the United States. A very small per- 

 centage only of the wholesale mer- 

 chants of the United States carry Ore- 

 gon prunes as a regular item of stock, 

 and I seriously doubt if 10 per cent of 

 the retail merchants in the United 

 Slates have ever sold them. One rea- 

 son for this situation is that we have in 

 the Northwest no other considerable 

 amount of any other variety of cured 

 fruit which we can include with our 

 prunes to make up carloads and not 

 many wholesale merchants, — only the 

 very largest of them, — can afford to 

 purchase Oregon prunes exclusively in 

 carloads of 40,000 pounds. When it was 

 possible to ship 20,000 iir 2 1,000 pounds 

 as a minimum it was not so had. Fruit- 

 WAN TED— Tlu- fnllowing Editions of 

 BETTER FRUIT 



(or which I am willing to pay $1.00 oai-h 



for good copies: 



Vol. I, Nos. 1, 2, 4 and O 



Communicate with JOHN C. WISTER 



Wistcr Street and Clarkson Avcnvie 

 GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



