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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



The Label 

 Helps the Sale 

 of Your Fruit 



^Sdimidlf 



We are originators and producers of dis- 

 tinctive and artistic labels. Our Apple and 

 Case labels will make your fruit more attrac- 

 tive and help the sale. 



Let us know your needs and we will sub- 

 mit estimate. Write nearest office. 



Schmidt Lithographing Co. 



SAN FRANCISCO 

 Los Angeles Fresno Portland Seattle Salt Lake 



Portland Tent & Awning Co. 



MANUFACTURERS OF 



Tents, Awnings, Covers 



Canvas Goods of All Descriptions 



Haminocks, Camp Furniture, Etc. 



Telephone: Main 1550 

 16 North Front St., corner Burnside, PORTLAND, OREGON 



Special tents to order for housing fruitgrowers' extra help during strawberry and 

 apple picking seasons. Extra large tents to order for apple growers, suitable for stor- 

 ing apples as they come from the orchard; also, suitable for grading machines and 

 apple packers. Weather-proof canvas wagon covers a specialty. 



Solid Red Varieties: Aiken Red, Arkansas 

 Rlack, Baldwin, Black Ben Davis, Gano, King 

 David, Mcintosh Red, Spitzenberg (Esopiis), 

 Vanderpool, Winesap must have not less than 

 three-fourths good red color, Jonathan must 

 liave not less than two-thirds good i-ed color. 

 Black Twig, Missouri Pippin must have not 

 less than fifty per cent good red color. 



Striped or Partial Red Varieties : Delicious, 

 Staymen must have not less than two-thirds 

 good red color. Ben Davis, Hubbardson None- 

 such, Jeniton, Kaighn Spitzenberg, Northern 

 Spy, Wealthy, Rome Beauty, Rainier, Snow, 

 Wagener, York Imperial must have not less 

 tlian fifty per cent good red color. Graven- 

 stein, Jeffrey, King of Tompkins County must 

 have not less than one-fourth good red' color. 



Red-Cheeked or Blushed Varieties: Hydes 

 King, Maiden Blush, Red Cheek Pipnin, Winter 

 Banana must have a perceptible bUisheil cheek. 



Yellow or Green Varieties: Grimes Golden, 

 Yellow Newto\\n, White Winter Pearmain, 

 Cox's Orange Pippin must have the character- 

 istic color of the variety. Ortley must be 

 white, yellow or waxen. 



"Second Grade," "Grade No. 2," 

 "Fancy" apples are defined as apples 

 complying witli the standard of first- 

 grade apples, except tliat slight leaf 

 rub, scratches or russeting shall be per- 

 mitted up to a total of one inch in 

 diameter in counts running 125 or less 

 to the box, or three-fourths of an inch 

 in diameter in counts running from 138 



to 163 to the box, and one-half inch in 

 diameter in counts running 175 or more 

 to the box; and limb rubs will be per- 

 mitted showing an aggregate area in 

 the various counts of one-half of that 

 allowed for leaf rubs, providing that 

 no apple shall show total blemishes 

 aggregating more than one inch in di- 

 ameter in counts running 125 to the 

 box or less; more than three-fourths 

 inch in diameter in counts running 138 

 to 1(53 to the box, and one-half inch in 

 diameter in counts running 175 to the 

 box or more. No clearly misshapen or 

 bruised apple, or apples bearing evi- 

 dence of rough handling shall be per- 

 mitted in this grade. The following 

 varieties shall be admitted to this 

 grade, sub,ject to the color require- 

 ments specified; 



Solid Red Varieties : .\iken Red. Arkansas 

 Black, Baldwin, Black Ben Davis, (iano. King 

 David, Mcintosh Red, Spitzenberg (Esopus), 

 Vanderpool, Winesap must have not less than 

 forty per cent good red color. Jonathan must 

 not have less than one-third good red color. 

 Black Twig. Missouri Pippin must have not 

 less than tw enty-five per cent good red color. 



Striped or Partial Red Varieties : Delicious, 

 Staymen must have not less than one-third 



good red color. Ben Davis, Hubbardson None- 

 such, Jeniton, Kaign Spitzenberg, Northern 

 Spy, Rainier, Snow, Wagener, Wealthy, York 

 Imperial nuist have not less than ten per cent 

 good red color. Gravenstein, Jeffrey, King of 

 Tompkins County must have not less than ten 

 per cent good i-ed color. Bome Beauty — No 

 specific color requirement is defined for Rome 

 Beauty in this giadc other than that each 

 specimen must show a perceptible blush or 

 overspread of reddish color characteristic of 

 the variety; except that Rome Beauty apples 

 of 96 size and larger shall be admitted with- 

 out color. 



Red-Cheeked or Blushed Varieties: Must 

 have correct physical quality with tinge of 

 color. 



ye//ou' or Green Varieties: Must be of the 

 characteristic color, 



"Third Grade," "Grade No. 3" or 

 "C" grade apples shall consist of ma- 

 ture apples free froiu all insect pests, 

 worms, worm holes, infectious dis- 

 eases, skin punctures, bruises or broken 

 skin, but slightly misshapen apples or 

 those having sunscald, not to exceed 

 two healed-over stings, and the blem- 

 ishes allowed for second-grade apples 

 shall be permitted, and there shall be 

 no requirement as to color. 



"Combination Extra Fancy and 

 Fancy" grade. — When first and second- 

 grade apples are packed together the 

 packages must be marked "Combina- 

 tion Extra Fancy and Fancy." Combi- 

 nation grade may also include all other 



Position Wanted 



By an. experienced orchard and ranch 

 man with executive ability as foreman; 

 12 years in West. Best references fur- 

 nished. Strictly temperate. Can furnish 

 A-1 3300-pound team if necessary. Ad- 

 dress Box S. care "Better Fruit." 



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The "Sprague 



Canning Machinery 

 Company 



are the Largest Builders of 

 and Dealers in Machinery 

 for Canners in the world. 



C,We build over one hundred sep- 

 arate machines in our plant at 

 Hoopeston, III., to serve every 

 canning purpose, such as Prepar- 

 ing, Filling, Syruping, Conveying 

 and Sealing. 



dFor Fruits, Fish and \'egetables. 



CSurely there is some way in 

 which we can serve you. 



CLSend for our great catalogue 

 and ask us to put your name on 

 our mailing list for "Cannery 

 Notes" — It's P'ree. 



Address the 



Sprague Canning 

 Machinery Co. 



222 N. Wabash Ave. 

 Chicago, III. 



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