THE MEDFORD DAILY TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREO ON, WEDNESDAY, OOTODKR (5, 100!)
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MEDFORD PEARS StfASll RECORDS.
Again Medford peal's are smashing all records, prov
ing once more that the Rogue River valley is the premier
pear district of the world.
Bartlett peal's have netted growers in the Medford dis
trict as high, as $1500 an acre. D'Anjou and Cornice will
net more, while Aose, Howells and Winter. Nelis profits
are equally as large. ,
The Barlctt Season.
; The Bartlett pear season for Medford opened August
24, when a car of fruit from the Burrell orchard sold for
$3 25 a box in Chicago, and closed September 29, when
the last car from the same orchard sold for $4.25 a box
in New York citj Approximate!)- 125 cars of Bartletts
were shipped and an average price f. o. b. Medford of from
$2.25 to $2.30 a box was received! ' '
, 'Wherever offered in competition with Bartletts from
California, Washington, Idaho, Hood River or otlyr sec
tions, Medford Bartletts topped the market. -'
The reasons why such high prices are secured every
year for Medford Bartletts is because they reach the east
ern markets just as the season ends for California and oth
er fruit and before the Atlantic coast product floods the
market, and because of "fancy quality and perfect pack.
In size, flavor and keeping qualitiy, the Ro'gud River pear
has no equal. As Sgobel & Day, the New York commission
men, say, "Medford Bartletts are perfectly beautiful and
surpass all others."
: , D'Anjou Pears.
; The Medford d'Anjqu pear season opened October 1
in New York city, when, a car from the George Marshall
orchard sold at an average of $5.45 a box or $2700 gross
for the car. This is a net price to the grower of $4.12 a
box. In this car, 46 boxes sold at $6.75 a box, and 254 boxes
i $6.00 a box. sHBtV:) ? 333 tVJtH i.
A second ear of d'Ahjous sold October 5 in New York
for $2900, an average of $545 a box. These were from the
Bear Creek orchard. AH told a dozen cars of d'Anjous
have been shipped. The d'Anjou is a magnificent pear
and, like all other varieties, reaches perf eetionln the Rogue
River valley. It can be grown in but few localities, but
one car being shipped from Colorado this year, which
averaged $4.75 a box.
The Howell Pears.
Approximately ten cars of Howell pears have beenj
shipped from the Rogue River valley this season. The
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xjiv iiun-ifM omiaru snipped iwo ears, wiiirli were
sold m Chicago at $:i. !0 a box. Returns are nut all in on
other shipments, but an average of from $2 to $2.25 has
been netted by growers.
Returns on Aeurre Rose pears have not been reeeivd.
Whiter Xelis Penes,
Picking of Winter Xelis pears is under way now.
Probably oO ears will bo shipped from the valley. Except
for those who have sold their entire 'crop in advance, it is
impossible to quote figures.
Fred II. Hopkins has sold his entire output from lti 1-2
acres from the Snowy Butte orchard at Central Point, es
timated at 7000 boxes, for $3.12 f. o. b. New York, or $2.14
net f. o. b. orchard. This is in round figures $15,000.
There have already been sold from this same tract $2000
worth of Bartletts and fall butter pears. The 161-2 acres
of pears will net Mr. Hopkins $17,00.0, better than $1000
an acre. Hie same block of pears netted him jjs 19,000 in
1907.
: Com ice Pears.
The Doy Du Cornice pear, the rarest, choicest, finest
pear in the world, and incidentally the highest priced,
grows to perfection in the Rtgue River valley. Close to
a dozen cars have been shipped, but returns have not yet
been received. California Cornice have grossed $;i:!0S a
car this season, and as Medford Cornice always bring a
higher figure, fancy prices are expected.
Senator Jonathan Bourne set the ball rolling last week.
when he paid $9 a box for 60 boxes of Cornice from the Bear
Creek orchard to be sent as presents to the diplomatic corps
at ashiugton. Last vear Medford Cornice pears sold a
high as $10.08 a box in London and in 1907 as high as $9.40
a box in New York, while a carload grossed $4622.80 or
$8.10 a box, the green fruit record of the world.
Fruit. buvers all admit that there is an increasing de
mand for fancy fruit at fancy prices,, and the sections pro
ducing it are so limited in area that there is no danger of
over-production. Despite the increased orchard area of
the northwest, there is an annual decrease in the fruit out
put of the United States, and more orchards are yearly
abandoned in the east and central west than are planted
in the northwest. Pear districts are few and the demand
reat. .'. .
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Martin J. Reddy
THE JEWELER
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Old Mali Box.
Among tlu tn-tiniren hold by tbo
Antiquarian society lu l'urtHiiiuutl).
N. II.. there. mi old box tlio history
of which In given, iid a label which It
bears. Tfio box Is or tin. painted
green, nml shown signs of nulrb usage,
which' Is not surprising when cne con
siders Hint It curried the United States
ninll between l'ortsmoutb and llostoa
during the Revolution. It Is about
nine Inches (ong. four and a bnlf
Incbcs wlili- rfirJ a little more tbun
tbat Id bright. It was carried on
horseback by Captain John Noble.
otherwise 'known ns Deaceo Nobis.
wbo wai post rider until 1(13. TbU
box contained all tbe mall anA made
every week one round trip, occupying
three days In tbe Journey from forts,
moutb to Boston tbe Drat of tbe week
and three days at tbe end of tbe week
from Boston to l'ortsmoutb. Tbe dis
tance between tbe two places la a lit
tle more tbao fifty miles.
He Knew No Fear.
Prince Metternlcb was driving In
Vienna ono day during tbe congress of
1815 when tbe bones bolted, tbe car
riage was overturned and Metternlcb
was thrown Into tbe roadway. Flndkbg
be bnd no bones brokon, be picked him
self up and walked quietly away. Tbe
same evening be met tbe king of Na
ples, wbo bad seen tbe accident
"How horribly frightened you must
bare been." snld tbe king.
"Mot at all." answered Metternlcb.
"It Is no merit of mine, but I am con
stitutionally Inaccessible io fear."
"It Is as I thought." replied tbe king.
"You are a supernatural being."
PLANT BAROMETERS.
The Dandelion. Clowor Lsavss and th
Scarltt Pimptrnil.
The damleliiin li a dandy luiroineler.
one of tin i-uiiiMiiiiii'M iiiiiS must rell.i.
bio. It In when I he blooms hnve seed
ed and nre In the Hurry, fentliery con
(1 1 1 Inn that the wenther prophet fneul
ties coijje tu I ho tore. In Due weather
the ball extend to the full, but when
rnlu iipproni'lies It shuts like an um
brella. If I he wenther is Inclined to
be showery It keeps shut all the time,
only opening when the danger from
tbe wet I punt, suys the Chicago Trib
une. Tbe ordinary clover and all Its va
rieties. Including the trefoil and the
shamrock, aro also barometers. When
rain Is coming tbe leaves shut together
like tbe shells of an oyster snd do not
open again until One weather is. as
sured. Kor a day or two before rain
comes tbelr sterna swell to an ap
preciable extent and stiffen so that tbs
leaves are borne more upright than
usual. This stem swelling when rain
Is expected Is a feature of many flow
ering grnsses.
Tbe. Angers of wblcb the leaves of
the horse chestnut are made up keep
tint and fnnllko so long as fine weath
er Is likely to continue. With the com
ing of rnln. however, they droop aa If
to offer less reslNtnnee to the weather.
Tbe scarlet . pimpernel Is nicknamed
tho "pour mnns weather glass" or
wind cope nml opens Its Rowers only
to lino wenther. As soon as rnln Is In
the nlr II shut up nml rniniilns closed
until the shower or storm Is over.
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TIME
SINCE THE FALL RAINS HAVE BEGUN, AS YOU CAN EASILY LOClTE THE LEAKS IN
THE ROOF ,
To Use "Mikado Rubber Roofing"
or Star "A" Star Shingles
IT DEPENDS ALTOGETHER ON THE iTIME YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL AS TO WHICH
YOU SHOULD USE, AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANYTHING BETTER OR EVEN '"JUST
AS GOOD."
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