THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 190V.
THE COOS BAY GRAVENSTEIN APPLE
AND THE EVERGROWING STRAWBERRY
Hon.
j. v. Snovor 01 iarsiuiui(i,
delivered the following exposition on
the Gravensteln apple nnd the possl-
HlltlCB 01 IrUll milium bi.uianj
.,mmd Coos Day, before tlio regular
I meetlng of the Marshfleld Chamber of
! commerce Friday night.
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"The resources of tho country
.mund Marshflold and North Bend
law been somewhat extensively ex
ploited and advertised through tho
columns of tho local press, and tho
literature of tho Chamber of Com
merce: and the people of tho nation.
lave como to understand, In some de
gree, that such resources are various
an(l abunuam. ouuiu ui mo re
sources which are most valuable are
but slightly recognized and vaguely
appreciated. I do not propose to
speak to you of coal, or timber,, or
farming lands, nor to utscuss mo ad
vantages of tho Coos Bay district as
a dairying country. I will simply
call your attention to the fact that
the bay and water facilities make tho
cities of tho Coos Bay district a
natural and unavlodablo center, com
mercially. All things conic to Coos
Bay within a radius of sevonty-llvo
miles without railroads or other
modern facilities of transportation.
n...n..,l lin nnn3 Tinv viPlllitv is :i
. ...i.ii, ,ni -,, ,i chamber, because if an export of such
vast country, which will some day . ' ......
come to Coos Bay also, making it a
center of world commerce. At pres
ent wo should take care of our im
mediate tributaries, make use of aur
transportation; require proper con
sideration at the hanjjs of local rail
roads and corporations, and Insist
that all who come Into this territory
shall help us with profit to them
selves to make tho best of our
natural opportunities and resources.
While in Sun Francisco recently,
some Information came Into my pos
session which had foi some roa:n:i
escaped me while at Coos Bay. Yet
this information was extremely Im
portant to the Coos Bay country. I
am persuaded that the attention of
the Coos Bay people has for some
reason been diverted from one of
their most extraordinary nnd profit
able resources, bossibly because of
the superabundance of wealth in
other forms. While In San Francis
co I learned that fruit commision
men considered that the Coos Bay
orchards which will supply the , and tho San Jose scale are never to
wunu s uemanu tor ono of the most ' be met with. There are no Insects or
worms of any description which affect
Coos Bay apples or fruits. There Is
nover a failure of crops. There has
never benn a klllng rrost and the
ccrctry never Has snow enough to
amuse the Inhabits . or constitute
i
an event. There are no Jack rabbits
in tho Coos Bay country and there
fore the trees are never nibbled or in
jured by nnimal pests. Tho hortl-'
culturlst needs only to put his trees
Into the ground 'scientifically, culti
vate and prune them properly and In
a space of five years they will bear
him a fortune every year. Tho yield
from orchards yielding Gravenstelns
In tho Coos Bay country averages
about fifteen boxes of apples to the
tree and there should be about ninety-six
trees to the acre. This would
make fourteen hundred and forty
boxes to the acre. The commission
merchant pays thin year, fifty-five
cents per box to the producer, which
would be $792.00 per acre. Tho
cost of caring for the orchard is com
paratively small. Now I have been
assured that 500,000 boxes would
not begin to supply the market and
you can understand what an unfail
ing source of wealth the farmer has
in this.
"Please remember what I have also
said about the Alaska demand for
luscious and delightful fruits known
to horticulture. Theso lands awrtar
the most part what wo now call Hill
and bench land, and where they have
been cleared are occupied as dairy
farms. No doubt the dairy farmer
will still find It valuable in every age
to continue the use of a portion of
his land for dairying purposes, but
he wll) find that the protected hill-'
sides which slope to the south are
many times more valuable when de
voted to the development of tho
Gravensteln appje. I may also say
that the fame of Coos Bay will be ex
tended and rendered permanent as
much by this apple, which It can pro
duce In perfection as no other coun
try can, as by any other of Its num
erous and great resources.
Since returning from San Fran
cisco I have taken pains to Investi
gate this subject specially; and while
I do not think that I have done so
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exhaustively, yet I feel that it is a
subject of so much importance that
the information which I have should
bo submitted to the Chamber of Com
merce at an early date. I believe
that further investigation should be
mado under the direction of this
importance can be fostered, it can
not fall to be of great value to
class of people in our immediate vi-. this fruit. You will readily under
clnity upon whom rests tho prosperity . stand that It is a very valuable and
of our city and country in a large t peculiar one, as the territory can
measure. 1 have met and talked produce no apples whatever and the
with some of tho men whom the com-1 people are ready to pay almost any
mission merchants of San Francisco j price to get them. The apples which
have sent here to capture tho Coos I have referred to as being produced
Bay yield of Gravenstelns of this sea
son, and I am indebted to ono of
them specially, who is an expert In
in other districts mature late, and
when they mature the avenues to
Alaska are frozen up and Alaska does
Logan berries attain a large size and
a flno flavor. The strawberry has
never found a more salubrious and
favorable climato and soil. The
world can bo challenged to furnish
tho EV.perIor of tho Coos Bay straw
berry. Why It should ever bo neces
sary to Import a berry Into the Coos
Bay country for consumption Is hard
to tell. But It has to be done at this
time becauso the people are more ab
sorbed In logging and sawing than In
this bonanza line. The Coos Bay
country should export strawberries.
Tho famous berries of the Puyalup
valley in Washington arc in no sense
superior to ours and have only ono
rival, and that Is the Coos Bay pro
duct. In fact the Coos Bay straw
berry excels that of the Puyalup in
this; while It is as large, as luscious,
as well flavored, ias abundant, It
grows and furnished a lorge yield
after the Puyalup yield Is gathered
and the season Is over. The Coos
Bay gardens have abundance of
strawberries from May to December
and the producer is sure to strike a
profitable market In some part of
the year.
"One more word and I am done.
You will naturally ask why tho Coos
Bay farmer has not been more In
terested in the culture of fruit. I
think we may as well waive that
question by saying that he has at
least proven that he has the greatest
of all earthly fields for the production
of the Gravensteln apple, and one of
the greatest, if not the greatest, for
tho culture of the strawberry. 'But
you ask why does he not get more
than fifty-five cents a box for his ap
ples if they are so rare and excellent?
The answer to that is as follows:
Tho orchards devoted to the Graven
steln are comparatively few. The
men sent to buy the yield from San
Francisco find it expensive to hunt up
tho orchards and travel long dis
tances for that purpose. The yield
is small on account of the few orch
ards and they cannot afford to pay
large prices as the profits would then
1 bo insufficient to warant the trip.
I If the area of cultivation can be en-
frult culture, much moro than fruC
lands which must bo irrigated,
thank you for your attention.
ADVERTISING POSTALS
F0RC00S COUNTRY
The "Call of Coos Bay" has been
printed on postals and tho Dakota
answer also. Now, ir the Massachu
setts answer could be printed ns
pjwell, J.he throe would make a great
combination oi "ionow-up" auverus
lng. These arc excellent souvenirs
to send eastern friends. The first
ono can be sent, and the second ono
could follow In a few days. By that
time, Interest would be aroused, and
then tho third card could bo sent
with good effect.
and the competition for the Coos Bay
apple will become great. It is cer-
fruits and understands this subject I not got them. But the Coos Bay ap-' larsed then the prices will Increase
thoroughly, for much of my Informa- plo matures just in time to reach that
tlnn nnnnlrorl slnoo returning to this i market in al lits excellence. Not
city. A personal knowledge how- only this, but the California, Hawaii- talnly the duty of the Chambers of
ever, of the conditions In Hood River, an and Oriental markets will take all
Yakima and Wenatche, has enabled wo can produce .and the Eastern
me to Investigate the subject here market Is no longer deluded with the
comprehensively and I do not hesitate i idea that the apple of Now York and
to sav that my investigations here ' Michigan excels. In fact, the west-
have substantiated fully all of the cm apple is the apple which (
statements which were made to me tho world demands. London '
in San Francisco and that I have been and Paris ,pass right through the i
able from all I have learned to reach fruit countries of the Eastern states
the startling conclusion that the Coos and make their purchases on the Pa-
i nnv nnnntm la nnn nt tho nvnentional ciflr- const. Coos Bay Graven-
apple, known as the Gravensteln, was fnUt cmintrlos ,n thlg wor,(1 The steins are rare and famous In San
a prize to be seized upon by tho man worW knowg nbout the Franclsco and ar0 suggestlng a de
who could get most swiftly into t10'BOonor aH of our lands wnIch are Hclous flavor In European capitals.
new wnero it was prouueeu. un in- adapted to such ,mrposes wJll be cul-1 1 say suggesting for you can not
vestigatlon I learned that a rivalry Uvated and ma(e t0 yleld great and sup,,0se that thirteen thousand five
cAiaieu ill mui null iiiuirnsi. uv..
the various commission men In ob-
Commerce of the Peninsular cities to
do all they possibly can to enlighten
the world in regard to the fruit pos
sibilities of Coos Bay and it will soon
become evident that any cleared land
in this section is worth, if suitable for
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I substantial wealth. There is not an
itninf In tlm roninrlf n liln nnt.work of
tainlng the entire yield, and at the wayg rlyen whlch gQ tQ
hundred boxes the'Coos Bay export,
will more than give a flavor or a
slight fragrance to the great outside
same time they were all disposed to m bagln of CoQg Bay Qr the word Another thlng r want to fm
facts which are worthy- of note In re
gard to the; culture of tho Graven-
stein In the llrst place let. me say
that the climato of Coos Bay is pe
culiarly adapted to that fruit. The
cool evenings do not permit tho de
structive pests which destroy or in
jure apples in other fruit districts to
keep tho matter of the superiority of Coqulne rlver whIch , not capable
urn loos nay prize a wcrui. "w Qf ly,ng great quantitles of fruit,
did not wish the world to know and An other applefj can be prouucea
they did nqt wish tho Coos Bay poo-1 thQ yled ,g q a yery ex
pie to realize that they are so anxious ceUent quatyi but U)e Gravenstein
to capture this particular form of the and shouId be made the
Coos Bay products. The Gravenstein j great speclalty u ghould be adver.
apple of Coos Bay, I learned was1Uged far ag the fame Qf CoM Bay
equal to the Spltzenburg and Yellow, g0ecause ,t wlu bear advertis
New Town pippin for which the Qn account of ,t8 merlt Bef0re
Hood River, Yakima and Wenatche ' x the BubJe(jt Q the Gravensteln
valleys are farmers. But the Hood x want tQ Bpeclfy some ot tne
mver, xamma ,ana wouunuo "
leys were not adapted to tho pro
duction of Gravenstelns of tho slze,
Quality, flavor and soundness of
those of Coos Bay. Moreover, the
Gravensteln of Coos Bay came to ma
turity at a time when It could be in
troduced into markets which were
closed against other apples later In
the season. To be clearer I will say
that the Alaskan market demands an
apple which can bo brought to it dur
ing tho open summer months, and
the Gravenstein answers this descrip
tion while tho Spltzenburg, Yellow
Newtown Pippin and Baldwin come
so late that they can not bo brought
into Alaska in season to supply the
demand. I was further Informed
that the present demand for Graven
stelns In Alaska alone would easily
require twenty-five car loads of these
apples, but that tho total yield of
those orchards which belong to tho
Coos Bay country would not amount
to more than five car loads at
the present time and probably less
than that.
"You can see that the apple orch
ards of this section become therefore
ot great Importance and that their
product in the one respect that I have
mentioned equals in quality anything
in the apple line produced In the
world and can be mado a source of
very great profit to the entire dis
trict. The lands within tho area
tributary to -Coos Bay, which are
specially adapted to tho cultivation.)!
the Gravensteln Include many thous
and acres. A largo portion of such
lands is at present covered -by (a
heavy growth of timber, but this tim
ber is soon to disappear nnd In its
Place something else must be substi
tuted. I do not doubt that the solu
tion of tho problem of substitution
"will come in the form of extensive'
nress upon you. The nnest or irri
gated apples can not compare with
those which are produced without
irrigation but with sufficient natural
moisture. More than this. The
cost of irrigation is such that the
horticulturist who can produce apples
in a district which does not require
irrigation has an Immense advantage
of his neighbor in the arid country.
Therefore, the Coos Bay country
should be and Is the paradise of the
horticulturist Who specializes the
Gravensteln.
, "The fruit expert who visits the
Coos Bay country discovers that
this region is the native home of all
kinds of small fruits. The cherry
thrives everywhere and In places ex
cels. The wild berries grow in great
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