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BETTER FRUIT 



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Apples and Health 



Elbert Hubbard in the Chicago Examiner 



A DOCTOR'S bill doesn't always have 

 to be paid at once. Apples are 

 generally bought for cash. But in the 

 long run apples are much cheaper than 

 medical service. The old maxim still 

 holds, "An apple a day keeps the doctor 

 away." As a race we have never had 

 enough fruit. We have lived too much 

 on meat and white flour. Any doctor 

 will tell you that there are a hundred 

 diseases that woidd absolutely disap- 

 pear if we would adopt a fruit diet, 

 say for one meal a day. Apples agree 

 with everyone. Apples tend to modify 

 the demands of the Meat Trust, increase 

 the flow of bile, and their plentiful use 

 will add to our happiness and length of 

 days by eliminating the dregs of much 

 pessimistic theology that yet clogs our 

 social system. 



In apple season, when you saunter 

 through an American orchard and see 

 a pile of Nature's Health Nuggets, you 

 think of a painting by Turner. Old Sol 

 has dipped into Mother Earth's palette 

 and colored them with gold, russet and 

 vermilion drawn out of the soil, and 

 then flavored them with an Elysian 

 essence. Eater, man learned to co- 

 operate by spraying the trees, irri- 

 gating, plowing and leveling the soil. 

 And it came to pass that the world 

 learned that art in apple culture paid. 

 The apple growers of California, Ore- 

 gon, Washington and Colorado were 

 the orchard teachers of this country. 

 They made the farmers of the East 

 realize that apples might well be taken 

 seriously — that they were not a sort of 

 garden truck. The Hood River Valley 

 apples have attained an international 

 reputation. This Hood River Valley is 

 one of the most picturesque and beauti- 

 ful spots one can imagine. The cool 

 nights and the warm sunshine of the 

 days seem to contribute exactly the 

 right conditions for apple culture. 

 However, there are many other dis- 

 tricts that can produce just as good 

 fruit as the Hood River Valley, pro- 

 vided the same amount of genius is 

 brought to bear. I admire the Hood 

 River Valley apples, but I admire the 

 Hood River people more. They have 

 brought genius to bear in the business 

 of apple culture and apide salesman- 

 ship. They know how to jircpare their 

 wares for the market in the most at- 

 tractive shape. 



Many American apples command a 

 price in England. I have paid a shilling 

 for an American apple and had it 

 brought in on a silver platter with the 

 original wrapiier upon it, duly served 

 by a flunky in side whiskers, who ex- 

 pected a tip for his genius in selection. 

 And, really, I was a little proud of the 

 fact that people in .\merica occasion- 

 ally do their work so superbly well. 

 And, as the years go by, apple culture 

 will receive a degree of attention that 

 it has never had before. Fruits, vege- 

 tables and poultry are now being re- 

 garded just as important as corn, wheat 

 and oats, and perhaps a little more so. 



D. Crossley & Sons 



ESTABLISHED 1878 



Apples for New York and Export 



CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND 

 FLORIDA FRUITS 



Apples handled in all European markets at private sale. Checks 

 mailed from our New York office same day apples are sold on the 

 other side. We are not agents; WE ARE SELLERS. We make a 

 specialty of handling APPLES, PEARS AND PRUNES on the New 

 York and foreign markets. Correspondence solicited. 



200 to 204 Franklin Street, New York 



NEW YORK 



LIVERPOOL 



LONDON 



GLASGOW 



HOOD RIVER VALLEY NURSERY COMPANY 



Phone 5634 Route No. 3, Box 227 HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



Plantation four miles southwest of station, Belmont Road 

 We will be pleased to show you trees, apple trees that have a heritage, a quality that should tie considered by everyone 

 who plants a tree. Our trees are grown in clean hillside virgin red shot soil with clay sulisoil. pro<iucing the most rigorous 

 root system. Our buds are selected from the best bearing healthy Hood River trees that make the Hood River apple 

 famous throughout the world. Our trees will give you satisfactory results in vigor, fruit and quality. Asb for catalog. 

 We guarantee our products. Apples, pears, peaches, apricots, almonds and walnuts. A complete line of the best varieties 

 of all kinds of fruits. 



H. S. BUTTERFIELD, President W, J, ENSCHEDE, Manager 



I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

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RHODES MFQ. CO. 

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THE only 

 prunei 

 madetnat cuU 

 from both sides o( 

 the limb and does not 

 bmisethe bark. Made in 

 all ttyles and sizes. We 

 pay Ejtpress charges 

 on all orders. 

 Write for 

 circular and 

 prices. 



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