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Profits Without Worry 



Are you one of the many people who know the Hood 

 River apples, their quality, and the profits to be derived 

 from producing them? 



Are you unable to share in the profits of this wonder- 

 ful business because you have not enough capital to own 

 an orchard or cannot leave your present pursuits to 

 engage actively in apple culture? If you are, write at 

 once for the prospectus of the Oregon Apple Company 

 of Hood River. 



This company has been organized for the purpose of 

 producing a profit from the growing of apples. To this 

 end 300 acres of the best apple land in Hood River 

 Valley has been purchased, and the services of the well- 

 known horticulturist, George I. Sargent, as manager, 

 have been secured. Mr. Sargent will have charge of the 

 planting and care of the tract, which insures from the 

 outset a high-class orchard. 



The capital stock of the Oregon Apple Company of 

 Hood River is $300,000, of which $60,000 is preferred. 

 The common stock has been subscribed, with which 300 

 acres of the best land in the upper Hood River Valley 

 has been secured, together with the larger part of the 

 necessary additional operating capital to be supplied by 

 profits derived from the use of the land between the 

 trees. In order to further assist in the development of 

 the tract, this issue of preferred stock is being made. 

 This stock is preferred in dividends to the extent of the 

 first 10 per cent earned, and shares with the common 

 stock on profits from the sale of apples greater than 

 the first 10 per cent. 



This stock is issued in $10.00 shares and is sold at 

 par. Should the investor wish to pay for it in monthly 

 installments through a period of five years, he may do 

 so by paying 20 cents per share per month for fifty 

 months. 



A discount of 8 per cent, simple interest, will be 

 allowed for cash. 



This stock is non-cumulative and non-assessable. 



This proposition lets you have orchard profits with- 

 out the care, worry and work of operating. 



It lets you have orchard profits without the usual 

 large cash purchase price of a high grade orchard. 



It gives you a high rate of interest on your savings. 



The operating expenses of this large tract will be 

 much less per acre than the operating expense on a 

 small tract of ten or twenty acres. 



The equipment needed will be much less than that 

 needed on 300 acres subdivided in the usual ten-acre 

 tracts. 



Consequently the profits will be greater. 



The assurance to the preferred stockholder rests in 

 the fact that the common stockholders are so confident 

 of the profits to be accumulated from these orchards 

 that they are delivering the land, part of the running 

 capital and services for five years, having no share in 

 the profits from the sale of these apples until the pre- 

 ferred stockholders have been paid their 10 per cent 

 dividend, and are then willing to share equally with the 

 preferred stock in all amounts greater than this 10 per 

 cent. This acts as an insurance to the preferred stock 

 that high class care will be given in order to accumulate 

 profits sufficient to pay dividends on the common stock. 



21 Heilbronner Building 



Write for further information today. 



THE OREGON APPLE COMPANY 



OF HOOD RIVER 



HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



delayed as long as a month with fair 

 results. The three week period is 

 strongly urged, however, both to bring 

 about better control of the mildew and 

 develop sulphur immunity in the trees, 

 so that there will be no loss of foliage 

 or fruit as a result of the applications. 

 This second spraying need contain no 

 arsenate of lead, but no harm is done by 

 using the arsenate if it is free from 

 burning properties (ortho), and may do 

 good if there are caterpillars present. 

 In our experience the formula for this 

 spraying should be seven pounds of cop- 

 peras, precipitated with lime-sulphur 

 solution, washed and diluted with 100 

 gallons of water. 



The third spraying should follow the 

 second in about three weeks, and should 

 contain arsenate of lead for the codling 

 moth. Use five pounds of copperas, 

 treated as already described, to 100 gal- 

 lons of water, and arsenate of lead at 

 the rate of four pounds to the 100 gal- 

 lons. Spray very thoroughly. 



The fourth spraying with iron sulphide 

 should be applied about three weeks 

 after the third and be the same strength, 

 but need contain no arsenate of lead 

 unless the orchard has an especially 

 wormy repuation. The spraying should 

 be thoroughly applied. 



For bearing trees these four applica- 

 tions should be enough for the year. 

 In the case of young trees the spraying 

 should be continued through the entire 

 growing season at intervals of three to 

 four weeks, but, of course, need contain 

 no arsenate of lead. 



The iron sulphide sprayings, as indi- 

 cated above, will effect a practical con- 

 trol of the mildew under Pajaro Valley 

 conditions, and in all probability in other 

 localities. The trees will not be entirely 

 free from the disease, but it will be held 

 in check to a sufficient extent to allow 

 the development of healthy foliage. 



Among the results there many appear 

 certain undesirable ones, such as have 

 already been mentioned. The shedding 

 of some of the young fruit may occur, 

 but our experience would indicate not 

 to a serious extent if the sprayings are 

 applied with sufficient regularity. Fall- 

 ing of the foliage will only occur where 

 the applications are delayed too late or 

 are very irregular. 



The woolly aphis may increase to 

 greater extent upon the sprayed trees 

 than on the checks, and may, in some 

 cases require the use of additional meas- 

 ures to subject this insect. 



Among the secondary desirable results 

 may be mentioned the probable control 

 of the apple scab and partial control of 

 San Jose and greedy scale. 



The black color of the iron sulphide 

 spray mixture has already been alluded 

 to. This color does not remain, but 

 soon turns to a reddish brown, which is 

 not so objectionable. The fact that 

 bearing trees do not have to be sprayed 

 later than the first of July prevents the 

 appearance of any of this deposit upon 

 the ripe fruit. 



While we have obtained enough defi- 

 nite information from our experiments 



to publish an authoritative statement on 

 the subject, yet there is not the experi- 

 ence of a number of years, which are 

 necessary to definitely establish the 

 value of spraying with iron sulphide as 

 compared with some other forms of sul- 

 phur, precipitated sulphur being a case 

 in point. The practice may then change 

 before it is already established. In 

 short, spraying with iron sulphide is 

 offered here as the best means now 

 known to the writer of controlling the 

 powdery mildew. 



Do not mix lime-sulphur solution with 

 arsenate of lead. Arsenate of lead may 

 be mixed with iron sulphide provided 

 the precipitate has been properly washed 

 according to directions already given. 



Do not start in to spray with sulphur 

 sprays late in the season because of the 

 danger of sulphur injury. Spray early 

 in the season and continue at regular 

 rather close intervals in order to avoid 

 injury by developing sulphur immunity. 



Do not expect a very badly mildewed 

 orchard to fully recover the first year, 

 but it may be added that it is not known 

 to what extent an orchard will be 

 improved by spraying for several years. 



I also take this opportunity to caution 

 the local growers against the use of any 

 of the several patent remedies and cure- 

 alls that are likely to be offered for sale 

 this season. All of these have been 

 investigated either by us or by the vari- 

 ous experiment stations of the United 

 States, and found to have no special 

 value. 



