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BETTER FRUIT 



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Y^'Vr T^Ty f\T\T J i^^Cl Growers, Bankers, Busines M 



r> 1 -X KULI U ty 1 STOP! LOOK!! LISTEN 



"Proerastiiiation is the thief of time."' Duu't send iiKjuiries when 

 your evaporator should be under eonstruction. Take tinu^ by the 



Do It NOW 



foreloek; come early and avoid the i usli. Are YOU going to wait till that sad time— TOO LATE 



It you don't want those pifjs to eat your big- red apples write us TODAY. 



MILLIONS OF ROUNDS 



of evaporated fruits will be needed by war ridden Europe and REMEMBER Kitchener says: "The 

 war may last three years." 



LIBERAL DISCOUNTS ON EARLY ORDERS-Given by 



Western Commercial Fruit Evaporator Co. 



1005 Chamber of Commerce Building, PORTLAND, OREGON 



SEE PICTURE OF PLANT IN MARCH. APRIL AND MAY ISSUES OF "BETTER FRUIT" 

 ISflOur mauaginff engineer wilK'sit u)! nig:hts'"to answer inquiries NOW: but will be"very busy"soon. 



top tier resting in the spaces between 

 those in the lower tier so that no peach 

 will rest squarely on top of another. 



Pack all peaches with the loose end 

 of the wrapper down. No overripe, 

 under-sized, immature, bruised, mis- 

 shapen, diseased, wormy or otherwise 

 defective fruit should be packed. The 

 variety, numerical count and grower's 

 name to be placed on the label-end of 

 the box with rubber stamps. 



PRUNES AND PLUMS 



Pick as large a percentage as pos- 

 sible with stems on. Throw out all 

 stemless fruit when skins are broken 

 or torn. Pickers should be very care- 

 ful in lacking not to brush ofT the 

 bloom, ("doves should never be used in 

 handling prunes and plums. Prunes 

 and plums should be hard ripe for 

 picking. Fruit should contain some 

 sugar and be matured enough so it will 

 continue ripening and have a good 

 flavor. Fruit should be free from all 

 insect pests, scale, scab, blemishes and 

 physical injuries. 



Prunes and plums and all such fruit 

 should be packed in four-basket prune 

 crates unless ordered otherwise. Fruit 

 too small to pack lix6 top should never 

 be packed in prune crates :ind should 

 only be shipped in .3%-inch peach 

 boxes. Whenever possible use a square 

 pack. 



Pack all Tragedies and Italians three- 

 tier deep, top layer stem-end down; 

 bottom layers to be packed and not 

 jumbled; pack top tier with creased 

 side up and all the same way. Hun- 

 garians, Bradshaws, Peach Plums and 

 similar varieties that pack smaller than 

 5x5 in prune crates should not be 

 packed. 



PEARS 



There shall be three grades of pears. 

 Extra Fancy, I'ancy and C grade. 



Extra Fancy. — This grade shall con- 

 sist of pears that are hand-picked, 

 clean, sound and free from insect pests, 

 sunscald, scab, scale or other diseases, 

 worm holes, stings, limb rub, mis- 

 shapen, broken skin or stemless, 

 bruised, or evidence of frost by rus- 

 seting, rough handling or serious de- 

 fects, excepting a small amount of rus- 

 seting, not clearly noticeable or cover- 

 ing a total area to exceed one-half inch 



sc|uare may be admitted, no one spot to 

 exceed one-fourlh-inch area. No pears 

 smaller in size than 175 to the box shall 

 be permitted in this grade. Packed 

 boxes should weigh not less than 5U 

 pounds gross, except Winter Nelis, 

 which shall weigh at least 47 pounds 

 gross. 



Fancy. — This grade shall consist of 

 all fruit which does not meet with the 

 retiuiremenls of the Extra Fancy grade 

 as to blemishes, deformities and sizes, 

 but which in every way is sound and 

 marketable and shows no disease, skin 

 puncture, stemless or defect that would 

 injure the keeping qualities. Slightly 

 misshapen fruit may be admitted in this 

 grade. Pears will be accepted in this 

 grade as small as 20(1 to the box. 



C. (iratle. — This grade shall consist of 

 all fruit which does not meet with the 

 requirements of the Extra Fancy and 

 Fancy grades as to blemishes and de- 

 formities but which in ever\ way is 



sound and markelable antl free from 

 disease. Smaller jiears than 20(1 count 

 to the box will be admitted in this 

 grade. 



In the case of Winter Nelis and Bosc 

 varieties same grading will apply ex- 

 cept that the natural russeting is 

 desirable and recjuired. Winter Nelis 

 to be accepted 200 count to the box in 

 Extra Fancy and 'MM to the box in 

 Fancy grades. Every box of pears 

 shall have clearly stamped upon it the 

 nundjer of fiuit contained in the box. 

 .\11 packed pears to be wrapped. 

 CHERRIES 



lO-lb. Boxes. — All marketable varie- 

 ties must be in perfect condition, of 

 the right degree of ripeness, free from 

 all insect pests and blemishes. Stem- 

 less cherries to be kept out. In pack- 

 ing the ten-pound boxes care must be 

 taken by the packer to have the cher- 

 ries as near uniform in size as possible 

 Continued on p:i;;i' 1!:! 



Cottrtcst/ of Si>iilhi'rn Ptirilic liuiliiuiii 



lii-rkNlliri" HoRs of ViinilliU CDUiitv. Oicgon, show inn ilivcrsificd fiirniiiig in the Northwest 

 ahiMR the line of the Southern Paeinc Railway 



