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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



YAKIMA FRUIT SELLERS 



North Yakima, Washington 



A Central Selling Agency for Yakima 



EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR 



Yakima County Horticultural Union 



Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange 



Richey & Gilbert Company 



Our organizations Iiandled 2,500 carloads of Yakima Fruit last season. Hundreds of growers 

 have joined our movement and we already have under contract a much larger proportion 

 of Yakima tonnage than ever before. Additional tonnage is coming to us daily. We have 

 a large proportion of the fruit in the early districts — therefore we can load the early 

 assorted cars— money-makers for the trade and the growers. 



WRITE OR WIRE US IN SEASON 

 H. M. GILBERT, General Manager FRED EBERLE, Asst. Manager 



Phosphorus Makes Fruit 



Ground Phosphate Rock is the most economical and profitable and only 

 natural form of Phosphorus to use in systems of Permanent Horticulture 

 and Agriculture, and when properly applied restores Fertility to worn out 

 soils and Maintains and Increases the Fertility of good soils. 



Write for our literature. 



United States Phosphate Co, 



405 Marsh-Strong Bldg., LOS ANGELES, CAL. 



Our mines are located in Utah. Idaho and Wyoming. 



LOW 



Round Trip 



FARES 



California Expositions 



to the 



and 



To the Principal 

 Cities of the 



EAST 



via the 



Columbia River Route 



UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM 



or you may add an "EXPOSITIONS" visit to your 

 Eastern trip at small additional cost. 



Tickets on sale daily to September 30; 

 going and return limit, October 31, 1915. 



Fares, reservations and full information upon 

 application to any agent of the Union Pacific Sys- 

 tem (0-W. R. c^c N. Co.) or upon request to the 



GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



UNION 

 PACIFIC 



SYSTEM 



liandleil with the best of care from the 

 time of picking until it reaches the 

 consumer. Face each box with berries 

 as unifoi-m in size as possible. See 

 that not moi-e than 15 per cent of the 

 berries under the facing are not 

 smaller than the facing <u- in any way 

 inferior. Berries brought in from the 

 (icld by the picker nuist be emptied out 

 by the i)ncker on a sieve constructed of 

 cloth to allow the sand and dust to fall 

 away frtuu them. 



Haulina. — Haul only on wagons with 

 .L'ood springs and keep the fruit covered 

 with canvas to keei) out the dust. 



Marking of Crates. — The state law 

 recpiires the growei's name and loca- 

 tion where berries are grown on each 

 and every case of fruit placed on the 

 market. In the upper left-hand corner 

 place the grower's name and address, 

 and in the ui)per right-hand corner 

 mark the words "I^xtra Fancy" on all 

 bcri'ies of this grade. 



RASPBERRIES, LOGANBERRIES, 

 BLACKBERRIES 



Pick ras])berries and loganberries 

 when a light pink and lirni. Blackber- 

 ries when dark red or black, but firm. 

 Berries that were overlooked on pre- 

 vious picking which are overripe nuist 

 be put in a separate box and nuist be 

 used for local consumption or canning 

 or di\ing. 



Don't rehandle raspberries, logan- 

 berries or blackberries to sort them, as 

 they are too delicate. The grading nuist 

 be done by the pickers. The berries 

 are sure to settle unless the cups are 

 properly filled. See that the berries 

 are settled, the corners of the cups are 

 rounded up about five-eighths of an 

 inch above the top before putting the 

 cups into the crate. 



Have your crate made five-eighths of 

 an inch higher than the top of the 

 upper layer of cups. If the top of the 

 crate is too low, put a cleat under the 

 cover. Don't mash the berries when 

 putting the cover on. Mashing the tops 

 of berries starts mold and scriouslv in- 

 jures the apijcarancc and ipialitN' of the 

 berries when thc\- reach the market. 



If you do not have enough product 

 to load cars daily, trv and arrange with 

 a neighboring district to join in load- 

 ing cars. 



If on account of bad weather or a 

 shortage of help you are unable to pick 

 your berries at the proper time, make 

 the next picking clean and turn that 

 picking into the cannery or dryer. This 

 will give you a clean start for picking 

 for shipment. A few overripe berries 

 will start mold and ruin a whole box 

 or an entire crate. 



The range of markets extends to 

 Vancouver, B. C, Winnipeg, Duluth, 

 Minheapolis, Chicago. Omaha and Kan- 

 sas C>ity, and the fruit must be packed 

 ;>n<l loaded so it will reach these mar- 

 kets in good condition. By comph- 

 iuii with these instructions a standard 

 will be established wherebx buyers can 

 safeh' order cars of berries from us at 

 an f.o.l). price which will otherwise be 

 impiissible. .\1I kinds of picnics or 

 gatherings of people engaged in har- 

 vesting season should be discouraged. 



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