. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. July, 1921 June 1. Mr. Woodruff was connected with the old W'enatchee Valley Fruit Growers' Associa- tion 13 years ago, and went from there to Salem, where he was at the head of a fruit growers' asso- ciation. He then took his position with the Hood River association, and has been in New York five years. Announcement is made by the association that a loan of $1,000,000 has been made through Spokane and New York banking interests, to be used by members of the association in growing and harvesting their crops. Contracts for ,- 000 apple boxes have virtually be
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. July, 1921 June 1. Mr. Woodruff was connected with the old W'enatchee Valley Fruit Growers' Associa- tion 13 years ago, and went from there to Salem, where he was at the head of a fruit growers' asso- ciation. He then took his position with the Hood River association, and has been in New York five years. Announcement is made by the association that a loan of $1,000,000 has been made through Spokane and New York banking interests, to be used by members of the association in growing and harvesting their crops. Contracts for ,- 000 apple boxes have virtually been closed, mostly with local mills. The entire crop of association members, estimated at cirs. will be marketed BETTER FRUIT through the North American Fruit Exchange of New York. AAA T^HE United States Department of Agriculture Is forever on guard to protect our agricultural and horticultural interests. One of the latest pro- tective measures it has instituted is Quarantine No. 37, relative to the importation of nursery stock, which reads: "Where any packing material is needed for the safety of nursery stock * * * such materials as sphagnum, cocoanut fibre, straw, chaff, excelsior, shavings, saw-dust, charcoal and ground peat may be used. Such packing material must not been previously used as packing or otherwise Page 27 in connection with living plants and must be free from sand, soil or earth, and must be so certified by the duly authorized inspector of the country of ; AAA T^HE United States Department of Agriculture reports a big increase in the number of stands of bees in many eastern states. Why are not our Northwestern states on the list? Here where fruit growing occupies such a prominent place, and where we claim to be leaders in the adoption of modern methods, surely every orchard should have at least one to assure pollenlzatlon. SIMONS, SHUTTLEWORTH & CO., Liverpool and Manchester SIMONS, JACOBS & CO., Glasgo'w GARCIA, JACO
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