Salem Is Surrounded
by the oest Pear Country on the Green Footstool. -
and the Industry Ought to Be Boosted to the Limit I
PEARS ANDlPROSPERITY
By g. JI.Tan Trump, Marion Count;
' i Fruit Inspector
Toe Willamette valley is the Parar
dle of the Peat. Thereare many
reasons, why It should become the
biggest and best pear ore herd on the
Ajperlean contltnent.
fWe wUlname only a few of theso
1. Ideal pear soil can be bought
here for less than one-half the price
paid ofr equally good sofl in any
other pear section.
. 2. The Pear tree has fewer foes
lad more friends here man in any
at other section. ;j
t. The cost of producing a bushel
of pears i consequently less be?
than in any other pear growing se
- uon. - ,, ... . . .
4. The quality or. our proauci is
Maal to the best.
-. The pear fits In well with other
s fruits, the banrest coming between
that of the loganberry and that , of
the nrune. 3
.. f. We bave a market at onr door,
at good prices, for all the pears we
can produce.
1. Pears will help to make tbe
small farm par. aid support a f am
t. We bare not tbe expense of
Irrigation, .
t. The , greatest Item in the cost
of producing pears is tbe constant
losses due to that everlasting scourge
called pear blight." More than 60
per cent of all the pear trees planted
east of tbe Rocky mountains die of
blirht before they come to bearing
age. Losses due to this dread dis
ease are great, and of growing ser
iousness, even on the Pacific coast
Washlnrton. Idaho, California and
' even Rogue River valley bave aus-
lained. serious annual losses from
' Might Tbe mild and equable sum
mer climate of tbe Willamette val
lev seems to confer Immunity from
hlitbt upon the pear tree. So far
eur losses from pear bligbt in this
c valley bave bad no commercial sag-
. nlflcance whatever. I
Ofarion county has at present
"about 350 acres planted to pears.
Most of this acreage, Is now in bear
ing, but not In full bearing. Many
.of these orchards have proven very
profitable, and the present market
, price for pears would "Justify our
rrowers In Increasing that acreage
. ten fold within the next few years.
While tbe pear thrives, on a great
variety of sotfs. It does best on the
V deep, warm well drained sandy soils
. of the first and second; bottoms, and
cn the deep clay loams of the red
. kills. The, solla that breed disease
for the pear and should consequent
' 1 be avoided are those having fan
Impenetrable bard pan and peren
nially wet subsoil- Such soils give
: til to the die-back t and blossom
tligbt which In recent years have
been tbe "black beast" of so many
pear growers.
Commercial pear" grov. !ng In the
Willamette valley, to be successful
iii the highest degree, must neces
sarily be linJted to a feT standard
varlot lea
The Bartlett is the pear for tbe
millions.
It is tbe greatest of all canning
pears; and nine growers will make
money out of the Bartlett where one
will succeed with any oer, or all
ciner varieties, me wartieu is a
vigorous hardy, prolific tree. While,
when grown as a standard, it nor
mally attains to large size, yet tbe
tree comes into bearing very young.
(at 3 to 4 years) and will yield more
fruit In a series of years than any
other desirable variety we bave. The
one serious defect of tbe Bartlett
ir that It is only slightly, telf fertile,
and requires tbe inter-planting of
last season, from Monroe. Oreron.
brought $4.85 per box delivered in
Philadelphia, netting the grower a
little better than 12,000 for tbe car
of 512 boxes.
Another car from Corvallis did
practically as well. I
Rose and Cornice pears also did
well on the market this season.
The price on the first class late
varieties of pears bave been exceed
ingly good for a number of years
past
One of tbe extreme difficulties of
handling these late pears out of the
Salem district Is the disposition of
tne growers not tordeliver them all
it will be possible to assemble cars
each nay.
Another trouble Is the lack of care
on the part of the grower. It seems
that most or tbe growers have only
a few trees or these varieties and
they do not give them the care and
spraying they should have, which de
velops an unusual amount of fungus,
known as scab. This disease can be
controlled by proper spraying and
the growers who have late varitles
should see that tbe proper sprays are
applied at the proper time so that
the fruit will be clean and make first
class fruit for shipping.
Oregon Cornice, Anjou and Ilosc
pears are favorably known in the
at tne same time, which delays the east in the large distributing centers
shipment. This will be overcome as and are used heavily by the fancy
more acreage comes into bearing, as hotel trade.
relief that of high rents. Work
men's houses are scarce in every sec
tion of the district.
Atkt America to Help .
Save Wounded Polish
Soldiers in Serbia
ether varieties for pollination. Just
what varieties are best for this pur-1 Editor Statesman: Yours of Jan
pose, perhaps has not been fully de- uary 3, addressed to Mr. Paulbamtis,
termlned. We have used Fall But- at hand and regret to say that Mr.
ter. Cornice and Winter Xellis with Paulhamua Is" In the east on a busl
fair success only. If one could se- ncss trip and will not be. back before
cure a perfect pollinator for Bart- January 15.
lett, having the commercial value of i might add, however, that the
that variety land ripening at the Bartlett pear is the only variety in
same time, it wonia De a ncn una. i this western country that we find
There are a number of growers J adaptable for canning purposes.
BARTLETTS ARE THE THING FOR
.CANNING, AND LARGE ONES, TOO
in the Willamette valley who. are
growing other varieties of pears
than 'Bartlett for shipment' to dis
tant eastern markets, while spe-
The Kiefcr Is used to some exteut
in the east, but is cot grown here
to any extent.
, .ucru ,u .. o mi (dapps Favorite. Flemish Beauty
liUUUtuuU O tunas. aueat, eaea-
age grower will make more money
out of the Bartlett. The best of the
and others do not make a desired
canned product, and, what Is even
... InU,. wii, nine uu luaiaci
IKIC J ml IvVICO mc inravi iujl them
Cornice and Winter Nells. No farm
home should be without a few trees
is the most delicious of all table a 2i?ir?-'
pears. If people only knew Its tran
scendent excellence it would be plant
ed on every farm
It is impossible in a short article
like this to treat fully of planting.
Canners must can what they can
sell, and the national demand is foi
There 'is one point In connection
with the raising of pears that Is ov
erlooked by the grower, and that is
the size
Pears, S3 well as any other fruits.
are graded by size and also shape.
prtfnlng. cultivating and fertiliziniS I anjj grower who has small pears.
me pear. - . . less than 2 Inches through the
.. ini?rT".,1." bell, quite often thinks that he
IDC A2 L1VLI lira swu
pruned halt as severely as It should
be to get best results. I know of only
one pear orchard in Marion county
that Is adequately pruned.
- On many farms In Marion county.
as elsewhere, are to be found .grow
ing numerous pioneer pear trees of
nameless and nondescript parentage.
Many of these trees are towerinjg
giants, hale, vigorous and even pro
lific but. Powing to the quality of
their fruit, are of no economic value.
Such trees, besides being worthies'?.
often harbor
fungous diseases. If "roese, trees
were "dehorned." then thoroughly
sprayed, and finally grafted to Bart
lett, they would soon be yielding a
nice income to the farm.
should get a good price for them.l
when, as a matter of fact, thf-y must
be graded into the gollon goods, on I
which there is no oroflt. and. in
addition, tbe. cost of labor per pound
is twice as nign as a z to 3 men
pear.
I note that some of our college
authorities seem to think that can
neries should handle the small pears
at a profitable price to the grower.
and. as a rratter of fact, if less than
?4 Inch they cannot be handled at
a profit.
I want to (congratulate you on the
fine work you are doing with your
special editions, and I trust your
growers realize the alue of them.
S. B. Coon,
1 Field Manager.
Puyallup, Wash., Jan. 5, 1920.
(As many of the readers of The
Statesman know, Mr. Paulhamus is
president of the Puyallup it Sum
ner Fruit Growers' Canning Co., a
concern with an Immense business,
and which is proposing to built a
I Lj Gwh l I. i. .a ii hi 1 1
VHAT UNCLE SAM TEACHES ABOUT
PEAR GROVING
The United States Department or
Agriculture has published Farmers'
Bulletin 4X2. on "Tbe Pear and How
to Grow It."
Full directions are given in this
bulletin.
But as to selection or location, pre
paration oI soil, grafting, etc.. the
same rules that apply to apples ap
ply also to pears, with few variations
This bulletin tells ns that the Bart
lett is or English origin, and that it
Is more grown In the United States
for commercial purposes than any
other variety.
This bulletin also informs ns that
the Bosc originated in Belgium: that
It is a regalar bearer; fruit evenly
distributed over tbe tree and always
of good size.
As Mr. Van Trump. Marion conn
ty fruit Inspector, recommends tbe
Bartlett ror this section, for com
mercial purposes, and urges that all
nondescript pear trees be grafted
over to Bartletts. and as he says. tbe
Bosc Is tbe most delicious of all ta
ble pears. It will no doubt be to the
best interest of onr growers to con
fine their operations very largely to
tbese two varieties.
Tbe CbnrluftloM
1 The language or the concluding
"Summary" or this bulletin is as foi
lows:
( 1 ) A gentle eastern or northeast
ern slope as a rule Is .preferable for
an orchard site, bat this feature may
vary according to conditions.
(2) Soils such as are found In
timbered regions are best salted for
the pear. Stimulating rertlllzers aren -conducive
to par.t01gal: rare sbouUi
be taken to guirtf against tbe dls-i
eae. "v '
(3) One-year-old trees-with welli
developed root systems are jeoatld
ered best, and ht tbe time of "plant-'
in they snould be cut back to the
beightat which tbe main branches
tor tbe ruture top are to be formed.
All broken and bruised roots should
be cut back to sound tisane. For
easr planting, open a dees furrow
with a two-borse plow along tbe 1Ib
where tbe rows are to be made and
cross check at the distance apart at
wnicb the trees are to stand. At
the crosses level off the bottom of
tbe furrow to receive the tree wlUa
Its root In their natural position:
fill In among tbe roots and trample
down 'the soil, leaning the tree
slightly to the southwest.
(4) Prune each yesr while the
tree Is In a dormant state; remove
interfering cross branches. and thla
out where too densely grown; bal
ance the top so as to afford free air
circulation and adtnjt sunlight to all
parts or the tree.
(5) Picking, sorting, and packing
the truit should be done carefully so
as to avoid bruising or puncturing,
the skin.
( Summer and autsmn .varie
ties. If ror market, unless placed la
cold storage where they may be held
tor a while during a glut la the mar
ket, require immediate attention and
disposition.
t
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Arlsona and Idaho. Last year's con
vention Which was to have been held
Countess Krystyn Rawita-Ostrawska hB Boise, was cancelled because of
tr I the influenza epidemic
ska. director of the Polish Red Cross
in Siberia and wife of the Polish high
commissioner to Siberia, has come to
New York in the hope of raising
cannery Id Salem, and Mr. Coon IbI'IIvO.OOO to aid in the repatriation of
MIHIC AM) BOMB-MAKIXa
the field manager
cern. Ed.)
LUTHER J. CHAPIN SAYS OUR FARLfc
ERS SHOULD RAISE MORE PEARS
Music and the making of bombs
do not go, together, and .'the man
for. that con-I 3000 wounded and invalided Polish who is radically against his govern
ment has no musie in his soul. These
facta are both evident, say reports of
Luther J. Chapin, field agent for
the Salem King's Products company,
formerly agriculturist , for Marion
county, and active in many ways in
noxious Insects and J furthering the farming and garden
ing and stock raising interests br
this section, says the farmers in the
territory surrounding Salem should,
by all means raise more pears. ,
There is money in it.
Done r ricwi CAY NOW IS THE TIME TO JUMP countries'! " - "
& lJh n a WUlliw ' l .. j .1,. M4,. ... .Mi4it for shin.
fv ay a-'''-'" " r
ping to the markets wnere' the best
are wanted: for tbe use of tbe grow
ing canneries, which need more and
more pears to supply their customers
and for dehydrating, and making
pear butter, by such concerns as the
Salem King's Products company.
; The dehydration process makes all
sizes and conditions of ripeness avail-
INTO PEAR GROWING
' The Salem Slogan reporter had a
hard time interviewing Prof. C. I.
Lewis, of the Oregon. Growers' I Co
operative Association, concerning
ypears. . f - i
7 "Prof. .'Lewis la busy. He works
daring all his waking hours, and he
most dream about I Oregon fruit
, growing and marketing in his sleep
ing hours. i " . ! .
But ProL Lewis knows about all
there Is to know about pears, prac
tically and theoretically. He is him
self a successful oear grower, and he
has written a book on pears, for Am-
erica's greatest correspondence
school; besides hating bad charge
of this kind of work for more than
a dozen years at the Oregon Agricul-
taral college. '
; ' Prof. Lewis la an enthusiast on
. near. .-' L
He says now is the time for Ore
gon farmers to Jump into pear grow
lnr '
.He says he has been In Oregon 14
. years. and he has never yet seen a
poor market for good Oregon pears,
- and he does not expect to see a poor
market durlnc his life time
The canneries will need immense
: Quantities of Bartletts; more and atill
more of them.
Orecen Bosc Dears topped the mar
' ket last year; they sold for 16.85
a bushel in New York.
1 And the Oregon Clalrgeaus went
to 94 and IS a bushel in large lots.
Fifteen hundred bushels of pears
from the Wallace orchard, across the
river from Salem in Polk county sold
for 11400; and a goodly portion of
, them were Clalrgeaus. j
. The Three Varieties to Grow.
Prof. Lewis recommends for our
growers these three varieties: :
Bartlett, Bosc, dairgeau.
Plant them 25 to. 30 feet apart
Put two rows of Bartletts; two
rows of Bosc. and two rows of Clair
geaa. '; - jV i
l He thinks the Bartletts: are self
fertile, also tbe Bosc and the Clalr-
f?au, in this soli and .climate; but
there is safety In getting all to pol
lenlze by setting as Indicated. ,
All three excel here.
All three bear early.
They begin bearing at a years.
The Clalrgeau is a money maker;
ProL Lewis baa never seen it sell for j aD,e
less than az.&o a ousnei awce ns nw EsDeciallr. the makinc of near but
oeen in urejou. -
If nn nreferm on it tne BOSC. ne
micht nlant some of the Cornice I rKlir, linn, fistir
trees near it. for safety In? pollina-
ttnn' I An anoie a oay
And in planting use Japanese l Keeps the doctor away. ,
roots, grafted to Surprise men me . c
T.Hetv tou want. This is ideal. But I A pear-wlthout a question
" " M. l tti. a a. ji : .
bv all meana use Jap roots, 'iney i neiys tu iuuiSwuuu.
are bligbt proof, cold resistant and
disease proof.
The Surprise worked on the Jap
soldiers now starving and freezing in
railroad cars and ramshackle bar-
racks in Siberia. Tbese soldiers were
recruited from refugees and Russian
prisoners who' volunteered to fight!
the Bolshevik!. The Polish govern
ment and the Polish Red Cross have
no money for the relief of these men,
the cobntess explains, as they are
straining tbeir credit to maintain the
army or l.oov.ooo rousn iigmers.
who are holding back the Bolshevist
those who have Investigated the
homes of "suspects' for the govern
ment. ;
"So musical Instrument, not so
much as a harmonica, hat ever been .
found in a home that waa raided by .
the government authorities In con- -nectlon
with Bolshevism." says .M.
M. Roemer. member of a oniric goods -sales
corporation. (New Tork Mall. '
Read tie Ckijiflcd Adx.
Drive for $42,000,000
ter requires ripe pear ripe beyond
tbe safety stage for shipping.
Tbe ripe kind make the; best oear I hordes on the eastern borders.
fitetw m r A fha s itntiav tmsita sit I
vtatki't'S aau aaao avpeaa v uici ; luavwv ea s agMHiMMaMM
Salem is bound to gain ror thia city I
fu,d to.r,tht? r vWhWPfnAtA Holds Pari e ot Womenx..
this vicinity a greatTVeputatlon. Iff . . . ..
la ot a quality that will bring back . La?lie lYDlcn slat AlQea
A. I . - . If l. . W I ,.
iciicm vrucn to me limn ioa macu
more than to the limit of the avail'
able peara that may be had for a
long, long time. -
There must be more pears -raised.
And,- with these by-products uses
in Salem, tbere Is a sure and abso
lutely certain market, at good prices.
The grower may put out the stand
ard varieties of pears with absolute
confidence. .
Only, he should put out five times
as many trees as he has been figuring
on and then double it.
Our fruit manufacturing concerns
must bave more pears. Their
growth depends partly upon tbe get
ting or more pears. i
Much better than meat.
Are grapes, good and sweet.
root, and then grafted to Bartlett, I Oranges, without doubt.
Prevent rheuma and gout.
I Lemons, though sour.
Gain favor each hour.
Grapefruit, above alt.
Bosc or Clalrgeau is tbe recommend
ation of ProL-Lewis for safety .
The Bosc is growing more and
more popular in the big,' discriminat
ing markets, and Oregon should get
1DIU HUB I,. K-o. Woof K.t .oil
lamette valley part T Oregon, where I
thousands and thousands of acres otTbe people out bere
una are aaapieu w growing m ueBfc I Prefer fruit to beer,
pears mat me wnoie earxn can. pro
duce. I That's whv thev consume
We should send train loads oflso much fruit, we nresuwe.
Bosc pears to the Dig maraets. wnere
they are wanted above all others and
will sell for the highest prices.
The Bartletts sold last year to the
canneries at $50 to $115 a ton. The
cannery at Eugene paid the latter
price, which is about $2.35 a bushel.
Tbe Anion is a good pear and so is
Is the Cornice, but the trees come into
bearing late. They will both do bet
ter if properly and well pruned. They
will respond to good and regular
pruning.
Kansas City Fruit Auction Co.
s
EMPLOYERS AID
IN HCL FIGHT
an effort to meet the advancing price
ot commodities. :
One company buys for its workmen
every two weeks a ear load of hams
and bacon. This is shipped 'direct
trom the packer to the mill, and there
sold to the men at cost, plus the
transportation charge. The president
of the company endorses it as one ot
the best things he has ever done for
his men.
Another concern has been supply
ing many of its mill and office em
ployes with canned goods, wearing
apparel, including overcoats and
shoes, and even children's shoes. The
saying was such as to make tbe wage
earners enthusiastic.
Employes Ban Store.
Employes of another big manufac
turing plant rented a store, stocked
it with groceries, bought through use
of the company's credit, and in a few
weeka,were doing a business of $2000
day. Only employes of. the com
pany can buy In the store.
ProL Lewis says Oregon should be
growing right now; ten times the
pears that whe is producing; and the
markets are bound to expand very
fast. Pear growing will not be over
done here.
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Concerns Provide Workers
With Articles at CostOne
Firm Rons Store
PITTSBURGH, Dee. 27. A nam
ber of Important manufacturing con
cerns in this city are selling food and
clothing at cost to their employes, in
f W j
rat i mm . m mi 1 1' jl . ., 11 - . iJL. j f t 1 . . l TO
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A few of the Native Hawaiian-Artist with the big iruxical Comedy,
"My Honolulu Girl.' Oram! Opera Honse, Monday night, Jarmarr 12.
Mrs. William i. Sturgi
Holding tbe purse of the Church-
woman's League for Patriotic Service
is the job of Mrs. William C. Sturgis
of New York. She is treasurer or a
The Drtce I recently formed organization or -wo-
. m a
to the buyer la first cost plus rent, I men wbo will work tor community
light, clerk . hire and freight. - I welfare through various committees
"We started with groceries," said I on hospitals, prison aid and educa
the manager looking over his well-
kept store with pride, "but lately we
added such clothing as the men wear
while at work. Soon we will have a
tailor shop for men's' 'clothes, and
next we are going to put in a line of
women's wear and suefc things as wo
men must have around the bouse. . I
don't know how many of the com
pany's 20.000 workmen, buy bere,
but I am sure we have among our
customers at least ope representative
of every family."
There is still one Item, however. In
the living cost, -from . which many
workers in the district can find no
tion. The league has been concen
trating its energies on. tbe nation
wide campaign of the Episcopal
church for $42,000,000 and 1,500
workers.
2J
(By Robert C. Paulas, Manager Sa
lem Fruit Union) ;
' The Pear growing industry In the
; Willamette valley Is at present llm
nd. although it could stand consid
abls expansion. ' .
.iTelr period of several ii years
Hfc the exception of last year
' clMhere Was an extremely
snort. the pear business has
beea o oPjrly uniform profits.
. Te kofltsias a rule, on a good
ar Vchard have been
aooui asugh aVany ot the f Other
iruus. ; ; .
i can remember b year ; about
jciB o wnenxoears - were
wonn aoout . third oKwbat thev
' r now Vaf one grower almost
$1,600 ror. his crop from five acres
During the past year the demand
has been extremely heavy and pear
nrices have ruled high.
Tbe Salem Fruit union sold its pooi
of No. 1 pears this year at $85 per
ton delivered to an outside cannery.
netting the growers after all the ex
penses had been deducted . $76 per
ton.
This is the best price paid for can
ning pears to any large body of grow
ers in tbe nortbwest this season.
. Among the later varieties whicb
are usually shipped east, owing to I
their high value are the Beurre
d Anion. Bosc. Cornice. Clalrgeau
Easter. Winter Nellls and Fall But-I
ters ' One car 'of Beurre d'Anjous.
shipped trom the Willamette valley
DATES OF SLOGANS IN DAILY STATESMAN
(In Twice-a-Week Statesman Following-Day)
Loganberries, Oct. 9.
Prunes, Oct. 16.
Dairying October 23.
Flax, October 30.
Filberts. Nov. 6. ".
Walnuts, Nov. 13.
Strawberries, Nov. 20..
Apples. November 27. '
Raspberries, December 4.
Mint, December 11. -Great
Cows, December 18.
Blaekberies, December 25.
Cherries.' January 1. 1920.
Pears. January 8, 1920.
Gooseberries, January 15, 1920.
Land, January 22. 1920.
National Advertising, January 29.
1920.
Sheep, February 5, 1920.
Angora Goats', February 12, 1920
Hops, February 19. 1920.
Currants. February 26, 1920.
Paper Mill. March 4. 192.
Dehydration. March 11. 1920.
Mining. March 18. 1920.
Hogs. March 25, 1920
Ratification of Safhazt
Amendment Ova in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. . Eatl
rication of tbe federal women suf
frage amendment was completed by
the Kentucky legislature late today.
The house voted 75 to 25, and the
senate 30 to 8 to ratify tbe amend
ment. Tbere was little doubt in the
lower house by action in the sen
ate was not taken until an amend
ment. which would bave submitted
the Question of ratification to a
state-wide referendum was rejected
by a vote of 23 to 1.
Retail Lumbermen to Meet
. in Boise February 19-21
. At a county fair a flam
boyant sign advertised: ,'The Strang
est Sight in the World!" Those who
$aid a dime to see the marvel found in
the tent ten farmers pulling to
gether on a rope. . . It is different
today. Now thousands of farmers, or- .
ganized as the American Farm Bu
reau Federation, are pulling together.
And they'll get what they want, says .
GEHTLEMAM
Folks who think the farmer is going to
keep on being the national goat, feed
ing the world and taking its kicks in pay,
have another think coming, to them. ,
Pudog together, the na
tion's farmers can con
trol tbeir markets can
prove that they are not
to blame for the high cost
of Evinc that they are
not profiteers. Stand,
ing shoulder to shoulder
with the farmers of the
whole nation is THE
COUNTRY GtNTLE
UAN. Weekly it teOs of
the struggles and suc
cesses of farmers every
whereand of the prac
tical methodsjof those
who are making money.
If you are interested m
farming and the fanners
movement, you should
subscribe at once. It .
will cost you only SI
year for 52 big, helpful
weekly i
BOISE, Ida.. Jan. 6. Between
500 and (00 retail lumberemn from
10 wetern states are expected In
Boise on February 19. 20. and 21.
when the sixteenth annual confer-
(Back copies ot Salem Slogan I ence of the western retail lumber-
editions ot the Dally- Oregon mens' association will be held here.
Statesman are on hand.' They are Delegates are coming from Washlng-
for sale at 5c ach, mailed; to any ton. Montana, California, Utah. Ore
addreag.) - goa, Nevada, Colorado. Wyoming,
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