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BETTER FRUIT 



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THE NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 



FIGURES COST PER BOX.— G. C. Eikelbernei 

 takes serious exception to the statement of 

 Peter Hovland as to the cost of producing a box of 

 apples. Mr. Hovland's estimate was 86 cents. His 

 figures were $300 per acre for interest on the 

 investment, rent, taxes, harrowing, cultivation, 

 fertilizing, spraying, etc., with .36 cents additional 

 for marketing, expenses. Mr. Eikelberiier in his 

 estimate cuts out the expense of plowing, culti- 

 vating and fertilizing, holding that the growing of 

 clover or some other cover crop in the orchard 

 takes the place of fertilizing and makes the orchard 

 more productive. His total estimate is about 61^ 



cents, divided as follows: 



Eight per cent on $2,000 valuation $160.00 



Water rent 1-50 



Taxes 10.00 



Pruning (average) 5.00 



Brush hauling 1.00 



Spraying 10.00 



Irrigating 5.00 



Total $192.50 



Figuring 600 boxes to the acre, this would make 

 a total expense of about 32 cents. Added to the 

 32 cents are the marketing charges, as follows: 



Packing $0.07 



Hauling . 01 1/2 



Box, nails and making 13 



Paper 02 



Nailing 01 



Orchard hauling 02 



Picking 03 



Total $0,291/2 



This makes a total expense of 6IV2 cents per box. 

 P. W. Lawrence kept very careful track of his 

 expenses this year and they amounted to 61 cents 

 per box. Other growers have been making a care- 

 ful estimate for years past, and it is safe to say 

 that the cost of growing and marketing a box of 

 apples ranges between 50 and 60 cents. — Wenatchee 

 World. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



Enclosed find one dollar to your magazine. It is 

 far too good to do without, and is a great credit 

 to the fruit business of the continent. I should 

 like to feel that it was going into the hands of 

 every fruit grower in Canada and the United States. 

 Wishing you further success. Faithfully, Ralph S. 

 Eaton, Kentville, Nova Scotia. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



You certainly edit a live paper. I am enjoying it 

 every month. Yours truly, H. M. Magie, Waynes- 

 boro, Virginia. 



Oregon — Albany Nurseries, Albany; A. Brown- 

 ell, Portland; Sunnyslope Nursery Company, 

 Baker City; Carlton Nursery, Carlton; A. McGee, 

 Orenco, M. McDonald, Orenco; H. S. Galligan, 

 Hood River; Tune-a-Tune Nursery, Freewater; 

 J. B. Weaver, Union; S. A. Miller, Milton; G. W. 

 Miller, Milton; C. B. Miller, Milton; F. W. Power, 

 Portland; J, B. Pilkington, Portland; C. F. Raw- 

 son, Hood River; F. W. ■ Settlemier, Woodburn; 

 F. H. Stanton, Hood River; E. P. Smith, Gresham; 

 W. S. Sibson, Portland; Sluman & Harris, Port- 

 land; C. D. Thompson, Hood River; H. A. Lewis, 

 Portland; Sunnyslope Nursery Company Baker City. 



Washington — C. J. Atwood, Toppenish; J. J. 

 Bonnell, Seattle; A. C. Brown, R. D. 2, Selah; 

 Ed Dennis, Wenatchee; A. Eckert, Detroit; D. 

 Farquharson, , Bellingham; George Gibbs, Clear- 

 brook; W. A. Berg, North Yakima; Interlaken 

 Nursery, Seattle; Inland Nursery and Floral 

 Company, Spokane; Rolla A. Jones, R. D., Hill- 

 yard; A. Lingham, Puyallup; G. A. Loudenback, 

 Cashmere; A. W. McDonald, Toppenish; C. 

 Malmo, Seattle; C. McCormick, Portage; W. S. 

 McClain, Sunnyside; T. J. Murray, Malott; G. W. 

 R. Peaslee, Clarkston; Richland Nursery Com- 

 pany, Richland; J. A. Stewart, Christopher; C. N. 

 Sandahl, Seattle; F. K. Spalding, Sunnyside; H. 

 Schuett, Seattle; A. G. Tillinghast, La Conner; 

 Wright Nursery Company, Cashmere; F. y\. Wig- 

 gins, Toppenish; C. B. Wood, R. D. 2, Selah; 

 C. N. Young, Tacoma; E. P. Gilbert. Spokane; 

 Stephen J. Hermeling, Vashon; Northwest Nur- 

 sery Company, North Yakima; H. C. Schumaker, 

 Brighton Beach; E. P. Watson, Clarkston; Yakima 

 Valley Nurseries, Toppenish; Yakima-Sunnyside 

 Nurseries, Sunnyside. 



California — John S. Armstrong, Ontario; F. X. 

 Bouillard, Chico; J. W. Bairstow, Hanford; Chico 

 Nursery, Chico; Leonard Coates, Morgan Hill; 

 California Rose Company, Los Angeles; California 

 Nursery Company, Niles; Charles A. Chambers, 



Fresno; L. R. Cody, Saratoga; R. P. Eachus, 

 Lakeport; A. T. Foster, Dixon; E. Gill, West 

 Berkeley; C. W. Howard, Hemet; William C. 

 Hale, Orangehurst; William Kelly, Imperial; 

 James Mills, Riverside; S. W. Marshall & Son, 

 Fresno; John Maxwell, Napa; C. C. Morse & Co., 

 San Francisco; Fred Nelson, Fowler; Park Nurs- 

 ery Company, Pasadena; George C. Reading, 

 Fresno; Ruehl-Wheeler Nursery, San Jose; Silva 

 & Bergtholdt Company, New Castle; G. W. San- 

 ders, Davis; Scheidecker, Sebastopol; W. A. T. 

 Stratton, Petaluma; R. M. Teague, San Dimas; 

 T. J. True, Sebastopol; J. B. Wagner, Pasadena: 

 W. F, Wheeler; Oakesdale; Edwin Fowler, Fowler; 

 Hartley Bros., Vaccaville; Thos. Jacobs & Bros., 

 Visalie. 



Alabama — W. F. Heikes, Huntsville. 



British Columbia — F. R. E. DeHart, Kelowna: 

 M. J. Henry, Vancouver; F. E. Jones, Royal Ave- 

 nue, New Westminster; Richard Layritz, Victoria; 

 Riverside Nurseries, Grand Forks; Royal Nurseries 

 & Floral Company, Vancouver. 



Colorado — J. W. Shadow, Grand Junction. 



Idaho — Anton Diedrichsen, Payette; J. F. Lit- 

 tooy. Mountain Home; O. F. Smith, Blackfoot; 

 Tyler Bros., Kimberly; J. C. Finstad. Sand Point; 

 C. P. Hartley, Emmet; J. A. Waters, Twin Falls. 



Montana — Montana Nursery Company, Billings. 



New Hampshire — Benjamin Chase Company, 

 Derry Village. 



New York — Jackson Perkins Company, Neward; 

 McHutchinson & Co., New York; Vredenberg & 

 Co., Rochester. 



Pennsylvania — J. Horace McFarland Company, 

 Harrisburg. 



Tennessee — Southern Nursery Company, Win- 

 chester. 



Utah — Harness, Dix & Co., Roy; Orchardist 

 Supply Company, Salt Lake; Pioneer Nursery 

 Company, Salt Lake; Utah Nursery Company, 

 Salt Lake; Davis County Nursery, Roy. 



Hood River Valley Nursery Company 



Route No. 3, Box 227 . HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 325X 



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

 very best yearlings possible to grow. Standard varities 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 



NEW POWER SPRAYER 



ESPECIALLY CONSTRUCTED TO MEET THE REQUIRE- 

 MENTS OF THE FRUIT GROWERS OF THE NORTHWEST 



After talking with a number of the fruit 

 growers, we have embodied in this Spray 

 Outfit the suggestions which they gave. 



The first machines on the market were too 

 heavy (weighing not less than 2,000 pounds). 

 This machine weighs only 1,300 pounds, which 

 is a feature to be considered on hillsides and 

 soft ground. 



The machine is built low enough to clear the 

 branches of the trees, being 4 feet 3 inches 

 from the ground. The tank and cover for the 

 engine are so constructed as to serve as a 

 platform for the operator to stand on while 

 spraying down into the calyx. Again it differs 

 from the first machines in that it is very short, 

 being but 4 feet 8 inches wheel base, making 

 it possible to turn short. 



This Spray Outfit, with the Fairbanks-Morse 

 one-horsepower engine, direct connected to a 

 special pump designed to give 200 pounds 

 pressure continuously through two hose con- 

 nections and nozzles from a tank of 150 gal- 

 lons capacity, appeals to the fruit growers 

 because it embodies every feature they regard 

 as important. 



We invite you to investigate this entirely 

 new Spray Outfit. Write for catalog. 



FAIRBANKS, MORSE & COMPANY 



PORTLAND, OREGON 



aEATTLE, WASHINGTON 



SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 



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