Better fruit (20361699602) - Public domain book illustration

Title: Better fruit
Identifier: betterfruit00unse (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
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Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: Hood River, Or. , Better fruit publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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igii BETTER FRUIT Page 8p THE NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN FIGURES COST PER BOX.âG. 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 . 011/2 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.âWenatchee World. <^ 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. Editor Better Fruit: You certainly edit a live paper. I am enjoying it every month. Yours truly, H. M. Magie, Waynes- boro, Virginia. OregonâAlbany 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. â 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. WashingtonâC. 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. CaliforniaâJohn 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. AlabamaâW. F. Heikes, Huntsville. British ColumbiaâF. 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. ColoradoâJ. W. Shadow, Grand Junction. IdahoâAnton 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. MontanaâMontana Nursery Company, Billings. New HampshireâBenjamin Chase Company, Derry Village. New YorkâJackson Perkins Company, Neward; McHutchinson & Co., New York; Vredenberg & Co., Rochester. PennsylvaniaâJ. Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg. TennesseeâSouthern Nursery Company, Win- chester. UtahâHarness, 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 treesâ 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
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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 WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT