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BETTER FRUIT 



May 



C. F. WHALEY 

 Originator 

 Ballygreen System of 

 Certified Pedigree 

 Trees 



H. W. REAUGH 

 Graduate 

 in Horticulture, 

 Field Manager 

 Ballygreen Nurseries 



Important to Planters 

 and Fruit-Growers 



Through the Ballygreen System of selection and certification we make 

 it possible for planters and fruit-growers to secure clean, hardy nursery 

 stock of proven quality and pedigree, propagated from the best trees in the 

 finest orchards of the famous fruit vallej's of the West. 



It has been our good fortune to secure for the season 1911-12 scions from the following prize-winning 

 orchards : 



C. H. Sproat, Hood River, Oregon (winner of Sweepstakes prize, Spokane National Apple Show, 1910, 

 and Chicago Apple Show, 1910, best carload of Spitzenbergs). 



O. G. France, Wenatchee, Washington (winner of prize for Winesaps, Spokane Apple Show, 1908 and 

 1910). 



Dick Hart, Toppenish, Washington (winner of prize for carload of mixed apples, Spokane Apple Show, 

 1910). 



We have also secured selected strains and varieties from the orchards of Tedford Brothers and Green 

 Brothers, Wenatchee, Washington (winners of plate prizes at Vancouver, B. C., Apple Show, 1910, and at 

 National Apple Show, 1910) ; J. B. Holt, Pullman, Washington; W. E. Bowes, North Yakima, Washington; 

 Bear Creek Orchards, Aledford, Oregon, and others. 



Our trees have the well-balanced roots and tops that skilled horticulturists aim to secure. 



We grow exclusively, and are pleased to ofifer to planters for 1911-12 Selected Trees of Certified Pedigree. 



BALLYGREEN NURSERIERS 



Please write for price list and pedigree l)Ook 



HANFORD, WASHINGTON 



Undoubtedii- llie lime for bud formation 

 will be influenced by the strength and 

 vigor of the tree; also the variety. 



Considering the relation of summer 

 pruning to bud formation will state that 

 our work the past two years shows that 

 where severe summer pruning was prac- 

 ticed until the middle of July instead of 

 producing fruitfulness the fruit buds 

 were turned into leaf buds, or at least 

 fruit bud formation was prevented. At the 

 same season of the year, with light and 

 judicious pruning, we were able to turn 

 the buds which naturally formed leaf or 

 shoot into fruit buds, or at least produced 

 conditions in the tree that brought about 

 the formation of the fruit buds. 



Our conclusions on that subject would 

 be that many of the growers are going at 

 summer pruning too blindly and are 

 overdoing the matter in a great many 

 cases. Light summer pruning will have 

 a greater effect on the fruitfulness of 

 your trees. This will mean that we not 

 only have to study the amount of pruning 

 and the exact season of a single variety, 

 but will need to investigate this subject 

 as it concerns each individual variety. 

 Some questions have come up as to just 

 when the rudiments of the floral buds are 

 well advanced. 



Yellow Nevvtowns are well advanced 

 by the first of February; how much 

 earlier cannot be stated, as we have not 

 examined all the material we have col- 

 lected. This will be definitely concluded 

 in the next two weeks. 



Concerning the length of time blos- 

 soms will remain receptive after they 

 open, or after emasculation, we know 



that they are receptive for one week 

 after blooming. This is a valuable point, 

 as it shows when the bees can work on 

 the blossoms. For scientific purposes 

 the blossoms can be pollenated before 

 they are entirely open. 



We have been doing some very inter- 

 esting work with the pear concerning 

 the sterility and fertility of the leading 

 varieties. Conditions here are much dif- 

 ferent than those in the East, the Comice 

 being the only variety that is sterile. 

 Bartlett, Winter Nelis and Bosc all will 

 set with their own pollen. We have 

 observed this, however, that pears are 

 greatly improved by cross pollenation. 

 It has an influence in producing seed 

 and in a strong degree changes the form 

 of the fruit, especially is this true with 

 the Bartlett and the Bosc. Certain varie- 

 ties of pears show practically no differ- 

 ence in size and shape of fruit regardless 

 of the pollen used, but the Howell and 

 Winter Nelis are not of this class. Some 



ORCHARDIST 

 SUPPLY HOUSE 



FRANZ 

 HARDWARE CO. 



Hood River, Oregon 



SURPLUS STOCK 



We have the following stock in good grades 

 at prices that will please you: 



APPLE 



Baldwin, Bismarck, Black Ben, Delicious, 

 Fall Wine, Gano, Grimes Golden, Hyde King, 

 Jonathan, King David, Ingram, Mcintosh 

 Red, Nonesuch, Red June, Rome Beauty, 

 Spitzenberg, Stayman Winesap, Wagener, 

 Whitney, Winesap, Yellow Bellflower, Yellow 

 Newtown and Yellow Transparent. 



PEAR 



Anjou, Bartlett, Comice, Idaho and Winter 

 Nelis. 



PEACH 



Carmen, Champion, Cox Cling, Crawford 

 Early, Crawford Late, Early Charlotte, 

 Elberta, Engalls Mammoth, Fitzgerald, Fore- 

 man, Guin, Muir, November, Orange Cling, 

 Phillips Cling, Salway, Slappy, Smock, Tri- 

 umph and Tuscan Cling. 



CHERRY 



Bing, Black Tartarian, Early Richmond, 

 Eng. Morrilla, Lambert, Late Duke, Oxheart, 

 Royal Ann and Yellow Spanish. 



PLUM 



Bradshaw, Burbank, Damson, Diamond, 

 Grand Duke, Green Gage, Maynard, Wild 

 Goose, Macy and Yellow Egg. 



PRUNE 



Italian, Petite, Silver and Tragedy. 



APRICOT 



Golden, Moorpark, Peach, Tilton and 

 Yakimini. NECTARINE 

 New White and Boston. 



NUT TREES 



English Walnut, Almond, etc. 



ORNAMENTAL 



Catalpa, Black Locust, Mountain Ash, 

 American Elm, Norway and Silver Maple, 

 Mulberry, and Norway Spruce. 



All the above stock clean, hardy and true 

 to name. Write for special spring prices. 



THE SUNNYSIDE NURSERY 

 COMPANY 



SUNNYSIDE, WASHINGTON 



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