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went to California and joined forces
with their local experts to overcome
this pe3t.
After much time, effort and study,
one conclusion was arrived at anions
others, which was to the effect thnt
blight is most deadly and fatel to lrri
gated trees or districts having sum
mer or early fall rams. The reason in
obvious. Where moisture is put
u lder the trees in summoi or enrly
fall, either in the form of natural
raiL. 11 or irrigation, the trees exper
ience a renewed flow of sap from the
roots not only to tho fruit but to the
foliHge, and results in a lato growth
of tender shoots and sprouts. These
shoots and sprouts, being forced out
late in tho seoEon by rains or irriga
tion, are not propetly matured and
developed into hard and seasoned
wood, as is tho cose with the spring
and early summer shoots, which are
fully niutured by a long hot, summer
and dry fall. Tho later orop ot shoots
caused by irrigation or summer aul
early fall rains have un opportunity
to become seasoned and aro obliged to
winter and-pass over to spring as soft
and undeveloped tiher. It is this flbei
.t,o..Mn tha Miiht. ierms attack trees!
and do their most deadly work. Tho
Rogue Eivor Valley has demonstrated
itself to be immune from the peai
blight. We have a long, hot, rainless
summer and lato, dry fall, with the
result that there are no late orops of
shoots or sprouts and those that grew
in the spring aro thoroughly seasoned
and matured,ready for the winter and
the following spring.
The blight is on every side of us.
Idaho pear orchards have been fatally
injured. It is to the noitn ot as, in
northern Oregon and the state of
Washington, and yet we do not suffer
trom it, For years back It has ap
peared In this valley, time and time
again, but has never done any mater
lal damage. That the genuine blight
has been here, there can be no dis
puting and that oonditions here do
not favor its fatal work is a fact that
can be easily established. We have
late spring rains that soak up the
ground thorongnly, the rich "doby"
retains this moisture for months, the
fruit develops and Blzes up early and
we have a dry, clear, rainless sum
mer and fall, so that all of the shoots
and snronts of ths spring growth are
fully matured and hardened by the
time winter sets Id.
EAs to the oare of our orchards, each
step of this work is a subjeot by it
sell, whic h, if treated in detail, would
take up more space than I am allowed
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Medford's Fashion Store for Men
&f)e TOGGERY
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Advertises Medford
Xot only is "The Toggery" beivmii.ig a household word in this community, but is
known throughout Southern Oregon. This is fully demonstrated by the I'aot that traveling
men when in need of Men's Furnishings wait until they get here so that ihey can get it at "The
Toggery," for they know that when they gtt it here it is slricily up-to-date in frtyle, of the best
quality and at a price that cannot be excelled hi the large cities.
Medford's Fashion Store forv Men
The above is just as true as the fact, that the liogue River Valley is "The Cream of Creation."
Our line of Huts, Caps, Neckwear, Hosiery, Shirt-, Cravenettes, Suit Cases and High Class Cloth
ing Specialties and everything that belongs to a first-class Men's Furnishing Store are equal to
the line carried by the stores of the larger cities. We are the leaders of fashion in Southern
Oregon and people know that when they want anything in Furnishings thev can get it heiv and
at right prices- We believe in the maxim "Live and Let Live" and everybody receives the same
courteous treatment in this store.
in this article, iSriet'y, we plow our
orchards overy spring as early as tho
ground will permit, follow it up with
the outlivutor with two operations, us
ing tho wld. shovels in tho second
round to cut out all of the weeds, and
then the harrow is used, working both
ways during tho entire summer at in
tervals of from teveu to ten days.
This Is for the purpose of retaining
all tho moisture possible.
As to spruying, after the leaves aro
on" in tho tall and before the bude
sweU up in the spring we use the
scale spray of lino, sulphur and either
ooppor sulphate or copperas, accord
ing to whether bo ar putting it on
npplo or pear trees. This spray is sp
RESIDENCE OP J. W. PERKINS, PACKING HOUSE IN THE DISTANCE, AT THE RIGHT.
Dlied once every year. We also use
the regular Bordeaux mixture, where
occasion requires. Duiing the Bum
mer months we spray regularly for the
codling moth. Some use Paris green
with lime and otners use Swift's ar
senate of lead. The latter, I under
stand, 1b now being very extensively
used in Colorado, California and
Idaho. It was used in our orohard
this year with most gratifying results.
We estimate that we had less than
one per oent of wormy apples, and in
our pears we had praotically no worms
as a matter of faot, in 1,500 boxes of
pearB we culled less than one box of
wormy fruit All spraying 1b done
with a power machine, maintaining a
pressure from 120 to 160 pounds.
The picking of fruit is determlni d
by many conditions; the ooloring of
the skin, the condition of the meat
and the resistance offered in separat
ing the fruit, stem from the branch or
twig1 all figure In forming an eatlm-
Hatters and Haberdashers
ate as to the proper time for picking.
We have found the California canvas
piokiug bag very satisfactory for this
work.
As to pruning, this depends entire
ly upon the conditions, and what is
to bo accomplished. 1 believe that
the outtiug of tiees is the most ditll
oult question that we have to take
care of, and it is a question tnat ono
never ooiupletoly masters. Personally
i have found the experience with the
saw and shears in tho trees 1b tho
best way to got u practical knowledge
of this work.
As to thinning tho fiuit in (he
spring, this is voiy necessary to pro
duce iarg?, tanoy fruit and to guard
' nimlnnt the trpAR rmllino themselves
out ot shape and the limbs breaking
from being overloaded.
Packing the fruit oomes last, but If
It is properly treated Is a very long
Btory. It is a very important element
in the marketing of pears. Briefly,
wo use what is oalled half boxes, made
from olear lumber and holding twenty
Qve pounds of fruit; we aleo use lace
paper liners and borders and an en
graved paper top mat, placed under
the lace liners Bnd on top of the fruit.
Each pear is carefully wrapped in pa
per and daintily paoked in rows in
the box, the pq&tb being selected by
size to fill out the rows and make tho
package Arm and tight On the out
side end of the box there is pasted
paper label, which Is lithographed and
in colors, designating the brand and
the orohard where the fruit Is grown
and packed.
The main cause of success In the
raising of fancy fruit is care and at-
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teution to cv ry detail of tho orchard ;
of the trees aLd tneir treatment; ot
tho fruit, in it-i diltereut sieges of
maturity, and of the packing of the
fruit after it is taken from tho troos.
With tho many nt t:rjl advantages
that wo enjoy in Rrgue River Valley
any ono of erdicury intelligence, giv
ing personal atteutiou to all these de
tails and giving tho orchard auu fruit
the suino attention and thought that
is required in tho commercial world
in any line of business, can not fail to
make u tiuuucial success of an orchard
investment. If the facts wore pub
lished as txist here today aud it wero
known throughout the country what
returns per acre can bo made, not on-
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ly people but capital would hereflook
to tho extent that every available
foot In this valley would be planted
to poar and apple trees, with tho result
of making Rogue Rivsr Valley tho
fruit center off the United States In
the production of the fanciest grades
of pears und aplpes.
J. W. PERKINS,
Medford, Ore.
AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE, 01
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k'rntn nnn dn An1nu near tree.
fully matured on the O. II.
wiB orohard in l'JUU, tnirteen
boxes of high grade pears wero
hurvcBted. which Bold for 45.50
in New York City per box, or
$71.50 loss freight, from one tree
In b single crop. The great
yields of Individual trees the
fiast seuson passed unnoticed
n the rush of events.
OXWXOWX0S-C(0
The
Toggery
W. F. Isaacs
Medford and Jackson Coun
ty, Oregon
(Coutiuuod from pago 1).
into the silos ot the dairymen and it
is found that one of tho great econo
mies of horticulture is tms same dairy
loattiro, which is doing so much to
advance the interests of tho country
tributary to Medford. When prosper
ity is smiling upon tho countryside is
It any wonder that Modford is fueling
the inlluouco of tho hour and making
a phenomena growth in l'J05 aud )'J0G7
it Is true thut the remarkable show
ing in tho building of residences aud
businoss blocks in Modtord in l'Jt'5
was duo to some oxtout to tho start
ing of work oil tho Modford &. Crater
Ijtiku railroad and tho probability that
j in a short time the groat pine timbor
1 belt will Jlnd a murket through tho
gateway of Modford. With ull this
I groat building development, howovor,
it hns been ohuruotorizod by the ut
i most oousorvutisin und tho aotual in
j centive to tho growth is the gieat
ugrioullurul and horticultural countiy
surrounding Medford, the safest, san
est aud surest foundation for muni
cipal growth. There has novor been
any "boom" in Medford, nor will
thero bo. It is the steady, porsistont
growth iuoidimt to a rich tributary
country surrounding the town, and
the oonseivutive policy of the busl-
ness.olement here, Business is not
"ovordouo",j "lnauy lino hero. It
Is porhapB fortunate that the town Is
Bomewbat orowded for space doslrnblo
, storo rooms being at a premium just
now, for it prevents ill-oonsldored or
wild cat investments in stookB of
goods perhaps to be saorllloed later
on, owing to luoompetonco or luok of
judgment of the investors.
JOf one tiling The Mall is assured ;
the town's needs In the commercial
ay will be met by local oapitol as
they become apparent. The many
Uno buBiness blocks already In con
templation and designed for exeoutlon
I the oomlng spring and summer, to-
gother with the handsome structures
now approaching completion on the
west side, give assuranoo that tho
town's growth will not be retarded
by exorbitant rentals exacted by the
owners of the older Duslnsa blocks,
of whlob at one timo there seemed
some danger.
Conservatism and fairness will oon-
i tlnue to characterize Modford's busi
ness men and b magnlUoont growth ,
will result along legitimate lines with
no olement of "boom" in tho oom
, position
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Opportunities for Settlers
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grub out the mouutalnstdo and burd
en tho hillslopes with tho fancy fruits .
which aro making us famous bb a hor
ticultural district, will Jsit at his ease
and touch u button .and some purling
vr'or course In tho distant hills will,
with n capstan and .cable, wind out
the grubs and clear tho laud. We can
ulready seo tho motor cars wending
their way on a bolt lino of motor road,
double-tracked, crossing tho vnlloy
at Medford, like au immense Uguro
"8", cars passing oaoh way every ton
minutes and connecting tho rich foot
hill ranches bearing their thousands
of curs of export fruit, with the load
ing shipping dopotof tho valley, mak
ing all tho valley piacticully ono vast
hivo of industry, giving tho most
romot orchard all tho advantages of
cioso communication with tho cost
murkots, aud enabling tho dwellers
in town to have rosidouces in tho
best siteH in the foot-hills, where
BOeuio efrectB nro combluod with
niuuntaiu springs of water and tho
richest typo of soil. This is no fan
tastic vision or plpo dieain. It is
practical und whou the fruit industry
is developed, when the orchards nl
rendy sat Into full bearing, It will
take rank among tho necessities of
oommorcr, and it is oven today enter
ing into tho calculations of the rich
companies who are appropriating tho
distant water powers, looking away
ahead of tho avorage man, to tho
wauts of the future.
Where else In all oroatlon can bo
found tho variety of resources, tho
oxcollonco of tho productions, tho
good health, the vitalizing utmosphero,
tbo glorious Bcenory, the grand array
of fruits, gralnB, forage plants and the
timber and mines of whlob wo are not
half as pioud bb wo will be ono day in
the not far distant future, all of
wblcb surround us aud will be devel
oped Into the grandest borne seotion
of America within our own lifotime.
No ono in lustry, resouroo or produc
tion is paramount to the rest hero.
Other seotlons may surpass us in the
quullty pruoduced of wheat or oorn ;
in fruit production and in tho quality
of our pine timber, we are suptome
to the rest of tho world, but In almost
b11 productions whlob characterize
tho temperate zone, we onn hold tho
roet or tneoontinonton equality; and
tho ease with which the boat is grown
here makes this seotion verv attraa-
- tlVo to the tollers who come Into the
valley from the eastern states.