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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



lure ina\' be used immediately alter cuuls:- 

 ing, or may be barreled, to be drawn on 

 as occasion requires. A ^greater dilution 

 than that recommended may perhaps be 

 employed in spraying for the mite. To 

 avoid the loss of sulphur, the sediment 

 that remains after drawing ofif the con- 

 centrated solution should be boiled over 

 again with fresh lime and water, and the 

 liquid used to start fresh preparations or 

 fcir purposes of dilution. 



During recent years a number of com- 

 mercial lime-sulphur preparations have 

 appeared on the market. Two of the 

 most widely advertised have been quite 

 extensively tested in the various station 

 experiments with the blister mite, and at 

 the strength employed, one part to nine 

 parts of water, have proven very efficient 

 remedies. A number of volunteer exper- 

 imenters have reported equally satisfac- 

 tory results. Fruit growers who have 

 heretofore refrained from using the lime- 

 sulphur wash for the mite because of the 

 trouble of making and the expense of a 

 suitable cooking outfit, may now use one 

 of the commercial brands. Usually some 

 lime paste should be added to these 

 preparations, as without it it is difficult 

 to tell how thoroughly the applications 

 have been made. 



Applications of the lime-sulphur wash 

 may be made in the fall after the major- 

 ity of leaves have fallen, or in the spring 

 until the buds commence to break and to 

 show the tips of the young leaves. The 

 treatment should not be made later than 

 this, as the sulphur sprays are destructive 

 to the tender foliage and the mites may 

 have gained entrance into the leaves, 

 where they would be beyond the reach 

 of the mixtures. If it is desired to treat 

 the trees in the spring, the usual spraying 

 at this time with the bordeaux mixture 

 is unnecessary. By following this plan 

 the work of spraying for the mite is 



greatly simplified, and for this reason it 

 is generally preferred hy orchardists. 

 Liberal quantities of the sulphur wash 



should be applied and ihc trees after 

 treatment should have the appearance of 

 l.)eing completel}' whitewashed. 



BOOKS we have read, own and rec- 

 ommend, which can be ordered of 

 your local stationer, or direct. The 

 initials after the name represent the 

 publishers, whose addresses are found 

 at the end of the list. These books can 

 be ordered of the J. K. Gill Company, 

 Portland, Oregon. 



Fruits and Fruit Trees of America — - 



Downing W $4.50 



California Fruits — Wickson P 2.50 



Success with Small Fruits — Roe DM .75 



American Fruit Culturist — Thomas ....WW 2.50 



Strawberry Culturist — Fuller J .50 



The Principles of Fruit Growing — Bailey . .lA 1.25 



Bush Fruits — Card M 1.50 



Horticulturists' Rule Book — Bailey M .75 



The Nursery Book — Bailey M 1.00 



Pruning Book — Bailey M 1.50 



Cyclopedia of Horticulture — Bailey D 30.00 



Nut Culturist — Fuller J .75 



Insects Injurious to Fruits — Saunders ....L 2.00 



Fungi and Fungicides — Weed J 1.00 



Insects and Insecticides — Weed J 1.50 



Spraying Crops — Weed J .50 



Spraying of Plants — Lodeman M 1.00 



Talks on Manure — Harris J 1.50 



Farming with Green Manures — Harlan ...F 1.00 



Fertilizers — Voorhees M 1.00 



Irrigation Farming — Wilcox J 2.00 



Irrigation for Farm, Garden and Orchard — - 



Stewart .7 1.50 



Irrigation and Drainage — King M 1.50 



Gardening for Profit — Henderson J 1.50 



New Onion Culture — Greiner J .50 



New Rhubarb Culture — Morse J .50 



Asparagus — Hexamer J .50 



Vegetable Gardening — Green WP 1.25 



A B C of totato Culture— reow R .45 



Tomato Culture — Root R .35 



Melons — Burpee B .20 



The Vegetable Garden — Velmorin D 4.50 



The Forcing Book— Bai/e3i M 1.00 



Garden Making — Bailey M 1.00 



Practical Garden Book — Nunn & Bailey ..M 1.00 



Hedges and Windbreaks — Powell J .50 



The Soil— King M .75 



Fertility of the Land — Roberts M 1.25 



The Farmstead — Roberts M ... 



Rural Wealth and Welfare — Fairchild . . . M 



Farm Poultry— Waiion M 1.25 



How the Farm Pays — Crosier & H H 2.00 



The First Book of Farming — Goodrich ...D 1.00 



Cyclopedia of Agriculture J 4.50 



The Principles of Agriculture — Bailey ...M 1.25 

 Roses and How to Grow Them — 



Sibson &■ Holman G .50 



ABBREVIATIONS 



Pacific Press Pub. Co., San Francisco, Cal P 



Orange Judd Co., New York J 



Webb Publishing Co., St. Paul, Minn WP 



A. C. Root Co., Medina, Ohio R 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia B 



J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass G 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York D 



A. T. Ferris, Shea F 



John Wiley & Sons, New York W 



W. W. Wood & Co WW 



J. K. Gill & Co., Portland G 



J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia L 



MacMillan Co., New Yont M 



P. Henderson & Co., New York H 



BETTER TREES MEANS BETTER FRUIT 



Nursery stock grown under careful supervision means 



GREAT ADVANTAGES TO THE PLANTER 



Twenty years of practical experience in the orchard, as well as the nursery business, means 

 that we know how to grow trees that will give results. Henry Holterman, of Creswell, Oregon, 

 says of our stock: "Of the 1,800 apple trees purchased of you last spring, we did not lose one 

 tree. The orchard is the best, for the time being planted, of anything in this vicinity. Sold for 

 $300 per acre in less than six months after being planted." 



Let us figure on your want list. Our prices are right. A special discount on cherry trees for 

 a limited time — 15 to 20 per cent, according to grade and quantity. 



Mention 



LAFAYETTE NURSERY CO. 



'Better Fruit" LAFAYETTE, OREGON 



ODD AX/' COMPLYING WITH THE INSECTICIDE ACT OF 1910 



DrKAY IT WILL PAY YOU TO USE EITHER 



INTERSTATE CHEMICAL CO. 



11 BAVVIEW AVE. .JERSEY CITY, N.J. 



WRITE FOR PRICES.CIRCUUABS ETC. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 



BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO. 

 Distributors for Oregon 



Virginia Fruit Property 



8000 TREES 



303 ACRES OF LAND 



Located S'/z miles from railroad station, in Albe- 

 marle County; telephone, mail delivered daily; 

 5,000 peach trees (mostly Elbertas) and 3,009 apple 

 trees; age of trees, from 2 to 4 years. The owner 

 received $2,500 from the fruit crop last year, and 

 there are only 500 trees in full bearing; additional 

 cleared land enough to plant out 10,000 more trees; 

 fair 7-room house. This is one of the best fruit 

 sections of the state, and the peaches from this 

 orchard brought 25c more per crate on the North- 

 ern markets than any other orchard in the entire 

 community. On terms given below, the fruit crop 

 will in four years more than pay for the property. 

 Price $11,000; terms $2,500 cash, balance on five 

 years' time. Write us at once. 



VENABLE & FORD 



LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 



I RHODES DOUBLE CUT 

 .PRUNING SHEAR 



■yHE only 

 pruner 

 made that cuts 

 (lom both sides of 

 the limb and does not 

 biuise the bark. Made in 

 all (tyles and sizes. We 

 pay Elzpress charge* 

 on all orders. 

 Write for 

 circular and 

 prices. 



Hood River Valley Nursery Company 



Route No. 3, Box 227 



HOOD RIVER. OREGON 



Phone 325X 



Will have for fall delivery a choice lot of one-year-old budded apple trees on three-year-old roots, the 

 very best yearlings possible to grow. Standard varieties from best selected Hood River bearing trees — ' 

 Spitzenbergs, Yellow Newtowns, Ortleys, Arkansas Blacks, Gravensteins, Baldwins and Jonathans. All 

 trees guaranteed first-class and true to name. Start your orchards right with budded trees from our 

 nursery, four miles southwest from Hood River Station. 



WILLIAM ENSCHEDE, Nurseryman H. S. BUTTERFIELD, President 



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