. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 2i APPLE shipments from Selah will be heavier anticipated, the estimate having been raised from 1,000 to 1,200 cars. In mid-Novem- ber warehouses were jammed with packed and loose fruit, and at one time one of the packing houses was obliged to suspend accepting apples temporarily. ES. \RNES was elected president and D. A. ⢠ChcUieu was chosen secretary of the Jeffer- son County Berry Growers' Association, at the annual meeting held In Port Townscnd. J. M. Kincaide was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of directors. FOR the Wapato district the c
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page 2i APPLE shipments from Selah will be heavier anticipated, the estimate having been raised from 1,000 to 1,200 cars. In mid-Novem- ber warehouses were jammed with packed and loose fruit, and at one time one of the packing houses was obliged to suspend accepting apples temporarily. ES. \RNES was elected president and D. A. ⢠ChcUieu was chosen secretary of the Jeffer- son County Berry Growers' Association, at the annual meeting held In Port Townscnd. J. M. Kincaide was elected to fill a vacancy on the board of directors. FOR the Wapato district the claim of producing more than 1,000 boxes of apples per acre is put forth bv Harry Jones. On acres, carry- ing 800 trees, Mr. Jones harvested 12,000 boxes, principally Winesaps. The trees are 11 and 14 years old. Mr. Jones attributes his record to successful fertilization, which consisted in leaving alfalfa uncut in the orchard, supplemented last year with nitrate placed about the trees. He expects to use five pounds of nitrate per tree fi2r next season. AAA SUCCESS of a "fruit handling" machine in- vented and built by the Spokane Valley Growers' Union, and the only one of its kind in the world, is reported by Edward Peirce, man- ager of the growers' union. The machine has been in operation since the shipping season opened and is reported by Mr. Peirce to have increased the hindling of fruit by about 50 per cent. At the time Mr. Pierce gave the report the union had shipped 110 carloads of fruit as compared with 50 carloads at the corresponding time last year. The increase was attributed chiefly to the new machine. BETTER FRUIT THE acreage of cranberries along Coos Bay is steadily increasing as the crop is proving a profitable one. On a tract on North slough production this year was reported as between 100 and 150 bushels per acre. AAA THE largest trainload of fruit ever shipped from the southern Oregon district was com- posed of 51 cars, dispatched from Ashland o
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