La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 10, 1924, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextSaturday, May Iff, 1021. THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE NINE i Special Fruit Report Compiled By F. L. Kent, Statistician 111'" most hwIouh frost (lunuiKe lo frith In it .;. ..i rars, ft not ii the history of llio lit'liisiry in t lie 1'iH-iliir Northwest, oixmiMHl (lur tiiK t'(' latter i;ut of the month of Aoril. OwiiiK to a, very mild winter ami ciirly sprint? weather frith u well u oilier crop de- i'luM a carltor I hail usual, 'ami tin' laic April minimum teniperu lures were low it lhan iisiat. Th jirincipJil ilatiiHK Was done by the freezes (not simply irostn) ocrur rinjj around April (41 2f, ul IhoilKlt considerable hlllti'K WilH dour in botnr localities hy earlier low tempera! iiri-H. Homo of tho mini mum lenipcra hires reported , to llm l'ni-lland Weather Itureuu Million thirlm? Urn week or April Ul-Sti art' as follows: Albany, 34; Itakcr, 2-; KiiKfne, 2i; llermts ton, 21; llond lilver, 23 1-2; Marshlicld. JN; Midford, -'.I HoHcbnt-K. :!4: Sulcm. 32 Tim Jiallrs, -':; I'nmlllla. 27. (Kroin Kri'inoiit, I.Hk County, a ntlnt 111 11 111. on April 2.r., of 5 d'Wiui-s is reported.) AIhkI of tho Weather t iliNt'rvat ion ions jusl im-n- liontd, an- located in cities and towns, and do not rvKtalt-r quilt as low miuiintitus as wonld he reacht-d in parts of tho udjueent territory. In the western part of both tuvKtm and Washington Uio dam jtp. doi'H not appear to have been nearly so ho v ens as in tho eastern pari "of the two states. In the Willaiiiello Valley there was con Hidenible damage on tho lower ly HiK lands where I here was poor flir draliiUKf. h" m'1 "'" luls uU the more rolling .lands. In fact. In inunx luslaiieeH, on tho name , ti .1. elded injury on tho lower lands, while at only a lew feeL higher elevation men; was apparently no damage. Informal ion on Hie. Oregon s".l ualion had'been secured from per sonal interviews with Ri-owers in most of the eastern Oregon ami Willamette valley districts, and ,v correspond. nee with wcll-ln-lormed individuals In other parts ,,r the state. Nobs on tho situa tion In Washington and Idaho liave been received from the Ak iNitllural statisticians in the res pective stall's. The situation in each stale may bo briefly aum-jiuu-i.cd as follows: Apples Kxrepl in Jackson, Jo Hephine. ami final ilia, counties the (lamah'e to apples apparently will not nialerially reduce Iho crop from Hie production of lust year. While there was ("ho n lilile freezing in some localities, there whs also a prospect of u larger crop than last year, due to heavy bloom and very favorable pollinaiion weather. (See Jloo-I lilver notes.) "herries- The low lnnds or the Willainell.- valley appear to h;ue liad some damage, bill elsewhere In tin; valley the prospect is for a belter crop llhan last year. Over Hie state Hem-rally there JiaH been a rather heavy cherry loss, runtf inir from 25. lo 5" per cent, in the principal producing- count ies and from no loss al all o a complete Ions in individual orchards. I'ears The Willantelte Valley pear loss does not appear to have been heavy, although more or less ilaiuae is reported. The Med ford and Hood lilver tltslricls, the two principal producing local it Irs, each estintalr- the loss of pears at ;m lo 4a p"r cent, willi the prob ability of considerable misshapen liint'as a. result of freezing. (See comity note..) iTniles - Hii!iiii;;( is spoiled ill western ( if-oii, nccjirriii most ly In low laud air pockets. On t he whole, t he present prospcels are for a dried crop nearly, if not iiuilo. eiiial to the harvested crop of la si year. Ju 1 he fresh prune sliippiuir sections, pa rt iciilariy the Miltou-l'-reewater dislrict. t he da majre was severe, possibly ap proaching: 5ii jMr cent. Si rawln-rriey-- -The early si r:i w- herry bloom appears to have been unite generally Injured, but a fairly ood crop Is expected In western Oregon. The Hood Uivcr crop appears to have been dam aged to the extent of 2U to 30 per cent al least. itl Hut: tm (('., K. ltuy, Agr. Slalislieiaai) Apples In the Wena tehee dis (ricl the freezing occurred hi spotn and while sojue arcaH were severe ly Injured, ot hers escaped wiiSh very little damage. Thu leliclous apples seein to hava suffered more than any oilier variely. The dam age to apples in t'liclan and Doug las county Is probab1 not over 2i" per eenl.No report (I'roni Okan ogan county is available at t his lime. Jn the Yakima valley I he damage was quite widespread, be ing the most serious in the lower part of the 'valley. However, a fair sized crop Is expected; pos sibly Iwo-thirds the size of the 11123 crop. The Walla Walla dis trict suffered very serious injury, and the district horticultural In spector' preliminary estimate Is for I (Hi cars of apples as compared with about I2(ui cars last year. Utile frost damage Is reported in the Spokane apple district. Around While Salmon and ruder wood the Delicious apples show mi inn injury but later varieties In dicate a good set. reaches Kashrn Washington peaehen suffered ullo severely, the Yakima vulley reporting the most serious injury. I'resent In dications are for less than one half as many; peaches as wore shipped in l'.(23. I 'ears Injury to pears Is re ported from both I he Wennlchoo anil Yakima districts, and present outlook Is for a cr.ip about three fourths us large tas last year. rrunes The prune crop in the Walla Walla district will be very small, due to extreme frost, in jury. In Clarke county (dried prune district) thu prospects are lor la fair crop. Miilm (J. II. Jacobson. Agr. Slatisticlau) The Inst cold snap was A pril 25 and 2i when Hie leinperalure went down to IS degrees over in 1 'at ma. Canyon county. Keports from the Inspectors of the Stale Department of Agriculture indi cate t hat t he damage is ry spotted. Twin Kails was hard hit. and the damage varied at Welser, Kmmelt and l.ewlston. Our seas on Is late this year or damage would hi'vo been much more se vere. There s normal danger of frost yet so a report about May 15th will be moru reliable. Iellls.ly IHslrlcls These district reports have been obtained from county agents and others well informed on the sit 11a t Ion in th"lr respective loeiill- DO IT NOW! OWN YOUR HOME Start Today New modern Ti-room bungalow, Adams avenue, $32U0; $5u(j cash. Now modern ft -room st iceo bungalow near high school. Will be finished In about 10 day.i. $3200. New 5 -room bungulow iu (,'"( tierdale. $2700. lies. The county has 1m en made the area for Iho report where practicable. It should be under stood that these are preliminary estimates, and may be materially modified by later development In the Hood Uivcr valley this Is Hie first severs damaging frost hi the history of coinim-rchil fruit growing In this region, and It is held by some that the damage is I herelore likely to "be over-oHlim-aled. Mr. A. K. S. Steele. Cell. Manager of the Hood liiver Apple (rowers' Association, says: "It Is my opinion that the estimates of 1 he t !i24 fruit crops now being made, will be revised upward throughout the Northwest, as the crops develop a little later In lite season." It has been impractica ble to get reports from a In rue number of counl le. but t he dif ferent sections of the .lale are fairly well represented In the fol lowing: , Hood l.'iver (l.eroy Childs, Supt. -'.. Station)- In summariz ing the situation it apiieara o;:k t hlng like t his at the present time, with a possible modification upwards rather lhan decline: Ap proximately 25 per cent damage to apples, n 1 ol serious In Deli cious and. Hose varieties; cherries fin per cent loss; st ru wherries 35 per cent; ah estimates based on early 1 024 prospects rat her I han on P.I23 production. Appb ton nage will undonbl -dlv eo,ual 1 0L".: crop, with soiiio sowers, however, suffering heavy looses. I hold Dial an estimate of the damage should be made on tip crop prospect for the a sison rather lhan using the previous yarK crop as a basis. A'l f'te tors, oilier than the frost damage, have been very favorable for I he biggest crop Hood Itlver lias ever produced, lllooiu was heavy and uniform with all varlclcu of fruits and pollination weather was tiecr belter. Jackson a nd Josephine ( '. Cute, County Agent)ll Is diffi cult to make nn intelligent esti mate of the losses from the re cent freeze, but will say (hat lids fn-ete was geiie.nl, and hit tho floor or the valley pretty h ud m all place) except where smudging was done, I'racl trail) ev v or chard 1st who smudged did a thorough job and made a success of saving his fruit. Thei'u was not so very much damage ,ouili of Phoenix. The damage seemed to grow more severe lo the north ward. I was al (I ranis Pass re cently, and found imlhlng left In t hat section on the lo win lids, ex cept In two or three places where smudging was done. j I feel that wc have a cotunier- 1 ehil lohd of from 30 to 40 per cent hi the two count Ies. Apples as well as pears were hit hard, but the peaches and apricots, which are grown near Ashland were not In- , jured, as nmsi of !hr:;.- ure grown on higher ground. A great many of the growers feet that lot of this dK.uaged null will grow out and si ill make good fruit . but 1 do not believe there is much chance for (he stuff that w..:i frozen through to the core. Atwv (.1. O. Ilhll, Kugene l-'ruit ('.rowers' Assn.) Apples do nol appear to have been damaged. ( 'herries not seriously damage.) eM-ept on the lowlands, where I he loan Ih heavy, In some orchards. Pears: Home killing of fruit, but enough still on tree for a fab' crop. Damage on the low lands probably 25 to 4o per cent. Dam age almost negligible on higher rolling lands. SlrawberrlcH: Karly hloonm largely killed, but later ones apparently ail right. Too early fur damage lo other berries, Marion ( Karl pcarcy, nvgon Growers Assn.) Apples were not far enough advanced lo be mater ially injured. Cherries hIiow 110 apparent damage except in "frost pockets." Heavy set In bight gen erally. Prunes were probably harder hit Hum cherries, but the damage Is mostly confined to the tow lands. In Hie Salem district prospects are for a larger lolal prune crop 1 ban lust year. Peach is do not appear to have been damaged exeepl lu a lew low spots. The early si raw berry bloom was considerable damaged. Malheur (I.. t. Hrelthatlpt, County Agent! It is rather dttii cult lo give deilulle figures on the aiuuuul of damage lo mill in this county as a result of tin- freeze of a few days ago. but I think that I may say that we have lost prac tically all of the peaches and sweet cherries, but these are not particularly Important here com mercially. Our primes and apples are probably damaged 25 lo 50 per cent. 1 I'niatHla ( l-Yed IN-nnlou. Conn. ty Agent) Hormiston and Btan fielU fruit practically all frozen. Mlllou-l'Yeewater. 30 to B0 per cent crop. Sunnysldo, IS per cent, stale Uue in per cent. Probably the average for that part of Walla Walla valley hi I'mutlllu countv will run between 1 6 and 20 per cent. Karly strawberries and early vegetables are frouen. Duioii (Karl Slaeklaud, Cove) Cherry damage probably about one third of the total crop proti peel. ranging from no damage in some orchards to HO per cent hi others. Other fruits In the Cove dislrict undamaged, Klsewhcrc in tho county damage to cherriea Is possible somewhat heavier, and some damage to apples Is reported from the ladder district. Wasco W W. Daigh, County Agent ) It hius beep found t hat practically all nf our frost dam age Is in the low places such as draws ami flats where I here is no air drainage. There is also considerable damage above un elo cution or 2,000 reet. On I Ills basis It is est limited thai fifteen per cenl of (he cherry crop around The Dalles Is killed. 50 per cenl at Ditfur, and ii to 75 per cent al M osier. This means thai for the cunnly as a whole, our berry crop will be about 25. per ent ie-s than the 2.000 tons pro- d ueeil last yea r. About 30 per cent of this year's apricots suf- I frosl damae.e. Peaches and 1 peurs suffered worst of all. 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