. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. September, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page '21 apple trees coming into bearing that the maximum planting of trees reached its peak ten years ago and has declined each year since. According to the census figures the de- crease in the number of bearing apple trees in the United States during the past de- cade has been 36,057,811 or per cent, and the decrease in the number of young trees not yet of bearing age has been 4-5 per cent. The number of bearing peach trees during this same period decreased 28,- 881,736, or per cent. Packing House Needs {Contiiiiteil jrott


. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. September, 1921 BETTER FRUIT Page '21 apple trees coming into bearing that the maximum planting of trees reached its peak ten years ago and has declined each year since. According to the census figures the de- crease in the number of bearing apple trees in the United States during the past de- cade has been 36,057,811 or per cent, and the decrease in the number of young trees not yet of bearing age has been 4-5 per cent. The number of bearing peach trees during this same period decreased 28,- 881,736, or per cent. Packing House Needs {Contiiiiteil jrotti fdge 9) lem. Those who contemplate the construc- tion of new houses or desire to improve their equipment and methods of operation may secure copies of the bulletin and addi- tional information upon application to the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. A CORRECTION 'T'HROUGH a typographical error the price of a pair of the box handles which are being put out by the Box Handle Company of Seattle, Wash., was made to read $ In one place in their adv., in the August issue and $ in another. The correct price in both instances should have $ Lithographers Color Printers Labels Ckrtons Folding Boxes e\it Outs Display Gards SpeeialAdvertsing Stiff Boxes Plain and Fan s^v*-^^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington State Apple Commission. Hood River, Ore. , Better Fruit Pub. Co


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