. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. February, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twenty-nine At PARKER, W. F. Madaris found the winter weather so mild that he planted some orchard trees recently. He is planting 31 acres to soft fruits. There will be 20 acres of peaches, six acres of cherries and five acres of apricots. He plans to grow potatoes and soy beans as fertilizing crops and to pasture the latter with hogs. AAA "pIGURES Indicating the increased yields gained from proper fertilization of orchards have been given out by the American Fruit Growers, Inc., for its Yakima Valley properties. The steadily
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. February, 1922 BETTER FRUIT Page Twenty-nine At PARKER, W. F. Madaris found the winter weather so mild that he planted some orchard trees recently. He is planting 31 acres to soft fruits. There will be 20 acres of peaches, six acres of cherries and five acres of apricots. He plans to grow potatoes and soy beans as fertilizing crops and to pasture the latter with hogs. AAA "pIGURES Indicating the increased yields gained from proper fertilization of orchards have been given out by the American Fruit Growers, Inc., for its Yakima Valley properties. The steadily increasing yields, attributed almost entirely to use of commercial fertilizers, are thus reported: From 365 acres of apples in 1919, 55,000 boxes; in 1920, 66,000 boxes, and last season 84,000 boxes. AAA T3RUNERS put on the winter pruning job re- cently by the Thompson Fruit Company, at Buena, were hired at the rate of 20 cents an hour, it was reported. AAA John morris HOFF has successfully demon- *' strated that English walnuts can be grown In Clarke county. He has been growing them for 18 years on his farm near Sara. He now has a grove of about 100 trees, most of them 18 years old, from which he harvested over three tons last year. AAA t'iGURES compiled at Sumner are said to show the following average crop productions per acre in the Puyallup Valley last season: Black- berries, six tonsj gooseberries, five tons; raspbcr- More Than TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND Customers Bought trees, plants and shrubs of us last season, and the proof of satisfaction lies in the constant increase not only in volunc of business, but in the increased number of old and new customers who buy of us. We want no one's money whom we can- not satisfy. We value more than all else in our business the hosts of satisfied cus- tomers in whose orchards and home grounds our stock is found. The sins of a dishonest or slipshod nurseryman are soon revealed, and often :ft a big loss to the customer. It would be wicked of
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