Saturday, May Iff, 1021.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE NINE
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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
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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. There tbo pear tonnage U produced near
wilt probably be not inoro than 40 Dufur, and the pear buds thera,
per cent of a peach crop, duo to were practically all killed. Very
the ravages ot frost and green little apple damage is apparent.
aphis. Heventy-fivo per cent of F. U KENT Agr. Statistician
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