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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



MACABEE x 

 GOPHER ^ ^ 

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At all dealers. If your dealer does not 

 handle It, send 20 cents in stamps and 

 mention your dealer's name and get sam- 

 ple by mall, postage paid. Write forprices 

 in larger quantities delivered free by 

 parcel post. 



Manufaoturkd by 



Z. A. MACABEE, Los Gatos, Cal. 



SEE CALIFORNIA 



AND HER TWO 

 GREAT EXPOSITIONS 



NOW 



California is this year holding two great 

 universal Expositions, one at San Francisco 

 and the other at San Diego, in celebration of 

 the completion of the Panama Canal and the 

 joining of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. 

 These two Expositions represent an expendi- 

 ture exceeding one hundred million dollars. 

 To supply the demand for reliable and 

 authentic information on these Expositions 

 and California, we have published two beau- 

 tiful books: one on San Francisco, the Expo- 

 sition and Northern California; the other on 

 Los Angeles. San Diego, the Exposition and 

 Southern California: also a lithographed view 

 of San Francisco in colors (size 30x45 inches), 

 a picture of the rebuilt city, including the 

 Exposition. Each book is 6x9 inches, con- 

 tains nearly 200 pages and many beautiful 

 illustrations. 



These two books and large bird's-eye view 

 give a comprehensive, honest history and de- 

 scription of the state, her principal cities, 

 resources and her two great Expositions. 

 Sent prepaid for 35 cents each or all three for 

 a one dollar bill, money order, draft or check. 

 Order now, addressing 



North American Press Association, 



Publishers, 

 1420 Hearst Building. San Francisco. 



Orchard Yarn 



Progressive orchardlats, those right down to the minute 

 In methods of protecting heavy laden fruit trees, are agreed 

 that tying branches with Orchard Yarn la the modem way 

 of Bupportlng orchard trees. It is not expensive, U easily 

 done, and the time to tie Is when trimming. The spurs 

 are then tougher. less easily broken off than later, leaves 

 are not In the way and all parta of tlie tree can be seen. 

 Saving but a amall percentage of trees from being broken 

 down will pay for the expense of lying an entire orchard. 

 One-ply Tarred Manila Yam will run about 200 feet per 

 pound. Two-ply will run from 90 to 100 feet per pound. 

 Put up In 5-pound balls or on 10-pound spools. In 5-pound 

 balla the yam pulls from the inside and Is more easily 

 handled 



Sold by all merchants handling orchard supplies. 



Manufactured by 



The Portland Cordage Company 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



trees. It i.s po.ssible to annually pro- 

 duce from four to six tons of hay per 

 acre from this crop seeded in this man- 

 ner and at the same time improve 

 the physical as well as the chemical 

 condition of the soil. Alfalfa is a deep 

 rooter and requires less water than 

 clover, which is comparatively a shal- 

 low-rooted plant. In some districts 

 both red and white clover grown for 

 seed purposes have proven to be profit- 

 able orchard crops. This is not gen- 

 erally the case, however. 



Asi)aragus and Rhubarb. — In a few 

 very favorable districts asparagus and 

 rhubarb have been found to be ex- 

 tremely profitable inter-crops. These 

 crops are not generally profitable in 

 districts where the springs are unusu- 

 ally late, should the orchardist expect 

 good prices in local markets where 

 transportation facilities are poor. They 

 are not heavy feeders, but respond to 

 rich soil and lots of manure and should 

 not be used on poor soils. 



Nursery Stock. — The growing of nur- 

 sery stock as an orchard inter-cro]5 has 

 been a favorite practice among fruit- 

 growers for generations, and while it 

 has not been as profitable during the 

 past five years as formerly there is 

 good money in it for the man who 

 knows how to handle special trees and 

 create a demand for them. It has some 

 serious disadvantages, however, that 

 must be considered. The principal one 

 is the introduction of undesirable pests 

 in the orchard; woolly aphis, San Jose 

 scale, root gall and blight are almost 

 sure to follow in the trail of the nur- 

 sery, all of which must be constantly 

 guarded against. 



Small Fruit. — A general variety of 

 small fruit intelligently planted as an 

 inter-crop has proven to be one of 

 the most successful crops, financially, 

 grown by many of our best orchardisls. 

 While small fruit requires lots of labor, 

 it also gives profitable employment 

 during the greater part of the year. It 

 has been an interesting fact that in 

 some of our large fruit districts where 

 tree fruit has been the lowest in price, 

 bush or small fruit has been the high- 

 est in price. 



Strawberries, dewberries and red 

 raspberries have generally given the 

 best financial returns, while gooseber- 

 ries, red currants and grapes have as a 

 rule given the most unsatisfactory re- 

 turns. Loganberries have not been 

 thoroughly tested out in most districts, 

 but where they are being grown are 

 proving to be winners, not only as 

 fresh fruit but also as a substitute for 

 fruit-juice products. 



The skillful orchardist will have no 

 difficulty in systematically balancing 

 his small-fruit plantings in such a man- 

 ner as to make it possible, with a lim- 

 ited number of lielpers, to care for and 

 hai-vest a comparatively large area of 

 small fruit, and after all this is one of 

 the important factors of inter-cropping. 

 Annual Inter-Crops 



Annual inter-crops have as a rule 

 been more generally used than peren- 

 nial crops, for the reason that 4hey are 

 less apt to injure the trees and the re- 



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