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BETTER FRUIT 



March 



Yearling Peach Trees 



Our facilities for growing good trees 

 are, we think, unsurpassed. The reserva- 

 tion soil is of the best, our growing season 

 opens early, and, with the long, warm 

 summers, our trees put on a magnificent 

 growth. 



The root system of our trees is our 

 chief pride, for this is the foundation on 

 which every orchard tree is built. 



It takes more than soil, more than water 

 and more than sunshine to produce roots. 

 It takes persistent toil of horse and 

 man, with modern cultivators, to produce 

 results. We never cease working until 

 our trees are fully matured. 



We never water trees late. That's why 

 the wood fiber is thoroughly hardened. 

 Many growers, in their effort to produce 

 height, keep the tree growing too late. 

 We prefer quality to length, and results 

 prove we are right. In this respect we 

 have a marked advantage over nurserymen whose trees are grown in a rainy 

 climate. We control the moisture absolutely, never watering late, and in that 

 way letting nature ripen and harden the fiber, while in certain sections a dry 

 summer is followed by early fall rains, which start a new wood growth, making 

 it almost impossible to harden the fiber before the tree must be dug. 



Write us your wants. If we can't supply your needs we'll tell you so. We 

 keep a careful record of our stock, and do, not knowingly book an order for trees 

 we cannot supply. 



Toppenish Trees are Unsurpassed 



Washington Nursery Co. 



We still have a supply of most 

 staple varieties in apple, such as 



Winesap 

 Newtown 

 Spitzenberg 

 Jonathan 

 Rome Beauty 



Arkansas Black 



Delicious 



Gano 



Northern Spy 

 Wealthy 



And many other good sorts. 

 In Peach We Have 



Elberta 



Early Crawford 



Late Crawford 



Carman 



Salway 



Triumph 



Charlotte 



Fitzgerald 

 Foster 

 Hale's Early 

 Slappy 



Yellow St. John 

 And many others. 



In Pear 



Bartlett 

 Cornice 



B. de'Anjou 



Besides many of the -other varieties 

 called for in smaller quantities for 

 home orchards. 



In Cherry 



Bing Lambert 

 Centennial And many others. 



Early Richmond 



In Apricots 



Moorpark Blenheim 



Royal And other staples. 



Tilton 



Editor Better Fruit: 



I don't want to miss a single number of "Better 

 Fruit." I consider every number worth the price 

 of the paper per year. The last number was a 

 hummer. Yours truly, T. A. Wright, Attalia, 

 Washington. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



Please do not let me miss a copy of "Better 

 Fruit," and, if necessary, date my subscription 

 back. I would be lost without it. "Better Fruit" 

 deserves a successful year, which I hope will be 

 fully realized. Very truly yours, Frank M. Cox, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



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Editor Better Fniit: 



The unanimous sentiment of the fruit growers of 

 the Xorthwest favors the establishment of a stan- 

 dard box for our apples and pears. This sentiment 

 was voiced at the meeting of the Washington State 

 Horticultural Association recently held at Prosser. 

 and also at the general meeting of the three North- 

 western states held at Portland to discuss various 

 horticultural matters. We feel that Eastern grow- 

 ers are jeopardizing tlie interests of the Northwest 

 fruit growers by constantly bringing up such 

 obnoxious bills as the I.efean bill, and prior to thnt 

 tJie Porter bill, both of which were to create a size 



of box different from ours, the effect of which 

 wovild be to make the fruit packed in our standard 

 boxes sell on the Eastern market under a handicap. 

 I enclose herewith a copy of the law in the State 

 of Washington which recognizes our Northwest 

 standard box, and I would urge that you agitate 

 this matter in your state with a view to securing 

 the enactment of a similar law in Oregon. — E. F. 

 Benson, chairman legislative committee, Washing- 

 ton State Horticultural Association. 



An Act to create and establish a standard size of 

 certain fruit boxes for the State of Washington. 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of 

 Washington : 



Section 1. There is hereby created and estab- 

 lished a standard size for apple boxes and pear 

 boxes for the State of Washington. 



Section 2. The standard size of an apple box 

 shall be eighteen inches long, eleven and one-half 

 inches wide, ten and one-half inches deep, inside 

 measurement. 



The standard size of a pear box shall be eighteen 

 inches long, eleven and one-half inches wide, eight 

 inches deep, inside measurement. 



Passed the Senate February 10, 1903. 



Passed the House March 2, 1903. 



Approved by the Governor March 6, 1903. 



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