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Oregon Apples and Their Future
By Professor P. J. O'Gara
How .the Rogue River vailey came
to be developed Into a great fruit
district la not generally known. The
first fruit, trees planted in the Rogue
River valley a few of which are stilt
living and bearing prolif lcly, are now
fully 58 ,years of age. These apple
and pear' trees xrero planted by the
; early ploaeersand, altbougbUhey dlj
not .receive the intelligent care and
atteatioBglyen the Rogue, River val
ley orcbardsof today, they fruited
well and pointed, the way to the
greatest industry In the valley at the.
. pre6nt time. Not until 34 years af
ter the first.-frult trees were brought
Into the valley were the older com
mercial orchards planted. These
numbered but four or five plantings
of pears and apples, followed two or
three years' later by about as many
more. Ot this time, for several rea
sons, there was a sudden lull In the
orchard "business, and no further
plantings' of any considerable size'
were made until nearly a decade af
terward. Then suddenly, as If by
magic, alfalfa and greet fields were
changed, into .orcnards; wooded areas
were cleared and, in nturn, planted
to profit-producing fruits. Here the
question' may Te asked, Why this sud
den change from ' apathy of a . few
years before .to the marvelous and
wlde-awako interest In the fruit in
dustry? ' The answer is easily given.
A few of tho eastern and foreign
markets had tasted of tho products
from the first commercial orchards,
and naturally inquired whence they
came. Answers to these inquiries
resulted in tho coming westward of
the best citizens in the country, peo
ple who believed in the future of a
ley capable of producing fruit of un-equalcd'quallty.-
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Among the pioneers of commercial
orcharding In tho Rogue River val
ley were men who knew of eastern
varieties and eastern conditions, and
naturally followed tho beaten trail.
They knew littlo of the valley's soil
conditions, and the adaptability of
the various varieties of pears and ap
ples to suit these conditions. How
ever, they made fewer inistak'os than
have been charged to them. They
were working In the dark, mostly
with unknown quantities, but out of
it all came tho happy discoveries
which rewarded them for their ef
forts and left to tho future genera
tions a heritage whose worth has be
come millions, and whose ultimate
value .lies beyond the limits ot thd
most vivid imagination.
If there over were any doubts as
to the possibilities in the fruit grow
ing Industry, they have disappeared.
Seeing is believing. While It ran
never be said that further improve
ment along any line of horticulture
is Impossible, It must ba admitted
that the Rogue River valley has much
less to learn than many horticultural
districts that boast of years of prac
tical experience. It is true that tho
horticulturists of the Ruguu River
valley, as a body, are made up of
men who have mado a succors in var
ious occupations as professional men,
manufacturers, salesmen, bankora,
and even mere pleasuroseekerBJ-but
they have put into their new llfe'u
work the same intelligence and vim
which characterized them in their
former occupations. Science and
scientific methods have stepped in
and taken the placo of haphazard
guessing, so that anyone making a
mistake as to proper soils for certain
varieties, methods of cultivation and
fertilization, Irrigation and treat
ment of diseases, which, by tho way,
are very few, would have- only him
self to blame. Located In Med ford
is a branch, office of the United
States department of agriculturo, fit
ted with a library laboratory, which
is in charge of a pathologist whoso
duty it Is to look after tho horticul
tural Interests ot tho Roguo Rivet
valley. All questions referred to till
office are given the same prompt at
tention which is characteristic of the
main office of the department of ag
riculture at Washington, D. C. At
no other place in the United Stale
is thoro an offlco of this kind. To
tho man who has but one acre itn
equal opportunity is given In the
matter of gottlnit scientific nnd prac
tical ailvlcti as to tho man who owns
hundreds ot acres.
The Newtown and tho Spitzen
berg are the iirlnclpnl varieties of
apples grovn In Rogue River val
ley, yet all the other standard ap
ples, such na the Jonathan., Vy'Inostip,
GrhnlwiikGoldcuOtleHArkahHna
Illack and Rome Reality, grow to
perfection here. Rogtn River N'ow
tewns have led in prlca ngnlnst all
competitors In tho London and other
Buropcan markets for tho past six
years, and Roguo River Xowtonns
took first prlzo at tho Nntloanl Apple
8how held In Denver In January.
1910. and carload of Roguo River
Spitzenbcrg3 carried off tho grand
prize at the National Applo Growers'
Show held at Spokano in N'ovembor.
1900. A car of Nowtowna won firnt
prlzo nt the International Applo
Show at Vancouver In ID 10, and a
car of Xowtona from Ashland won
second prize at Spokane in 1910.
Tho fruit Industry tributary to
Medford is dovoloplns this section
rapidly, and it Is snfe to sny that no
other city of tho same bIzo In Amer
ica has a more glowing future
There Is probably no fruit district
In tho United States where so great
attention Is paid to tho matter of
caring for tho orchards as in tho
Rogue River valley; not only aro tho
orchards well cultivated, hut exory
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treatment or orchard fruit dlnenneH,
which, in so muny lowlltles. through
careles effort, hnvu brdught about
cumplote annihilation of tho Xrult In
dustry. If there over wero any fears
that Infectious or other dlnonsos
would run tho orchards of thu
Roguo River 'valley, "tlienoi fprtrw jio
lunger oxlst, clnco It has been shown
that up-to-dato method for tho
treatment of diseases, properly ap
plied, have proven effective beyond
a doubt.
In order to fight orchard fruit dis
eases successfully there zntiHt bo at
hand a perfect knowlcdgo of tho nlt
uatlon so thnt there will bo no mis
guided efforts, and where certain In
fectious dlscascn are to bo comhat
teil thcer must bo a united effort on
tho part of (ivory grower,
In ordor to carry on a successful
campaign ngalnHt dlxonse, there must
bo organiaztlou nnd Instruction. Iloth
ot theso Important factors have boon
carefully planned. A corps of Inspec
tors, each with his own district, lakes
chargii of tho inspection of every or
chard and every fruit tree, no mat
ter where It tuny be. Tho Inspection
Is very rigid and in tho case of all
pomaceoun fruits thnt nro nubject to
pear blight, ovory trco( Is examined
critically. This Is done, nn,t onco n
year, but several times, if necessary.
Furthermore, tho owners nro In
structed ns to tho nature of the dis
ease In question and nro given (Infi
nite Instructions ns to liov to proceed
In tho eradication and treatment of
tho eatno. In ordor to provont tho
Introduction of now dlnennoa, nil nur
Kory stock Is given a most thorough
and searching examination, and trcoH
condemned by tho Inspectors aro or
dered to bo destroyed at once.
The Ideal Life Is That of the Rogue River Valley Fruitgrower
Oregon Pears and Their Future
By Reginald H. Parsons of Hillcrest x
No life npi'i'iiU more In lln,for leiure, nludy iiinI rr-rrciitl'iii
cilv-worn mail of (lie world, l ll'"'" IriillrulHlnir In lite idcil
Ihc retired liu.iuin man tir in the . --wil r H mmi t cultiiru
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youth it. Ih liuriiiii of lift., ilk. (( (K1U, lvur V(,y ,.
to Hut lover of oiii-ot'-diMtrH tliiin , ditiuim aro ideal. Ileiieu w. liud
linrticiiHiire. In (lod'i puru u'm- the liighe-t nitli) of inti'llieiii'c,
iiiuv...U',' viiu-(iuio .int. yu ine. : me itwiutiuivtt iimtitt uaniuji in
t!i..'i--:. ...I...V! .: u i!MAiSWSi:tSi.H'W.'!iAtr.aB'JSS.i
IIH.i IIHIIlllUIIMirU' IIMMIMIIIM1K1IIII4 lll'l l!t111lllUl IIO
and lend the life worth while.
There in plivrdenl o.xereino a-
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the jaded mind mid venture fnd ley, mid in love witli their u-
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mir niwimi mill iiriiunviii k miilii t iini"Tu.
No ltee In-the World does liliijl
I'riiU t:rw-apple.. pent mid
IH'ut'liL Hint enimtimtd tho high-
ifWf ttmntiiu tti nil tint inn k-lriiliu f
ntti 117 I '" r" ii iiiit twiiioni- i " ' i.r fit ti ii- lit! I I fl - 111
din) world. There in ample lime the world, ntt:rti that net as
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eliiuiL'e and in eiuumeree men
I'niiti nil xeeltoiiN of the gtol.e,
niiioiiu' tlie (iiehnriliHtH ot the vnl-
cietil to exereixe all the liieultie.j
for tho siieeet.hful oreluitd'mt
must mh.mh those (iiiilitien thnt
make lor MiteeeHM In the eoiiimei
' hiiih ai , MIDI) an acre- to Hie
urower, nnd f'tiu,tiiil'' hij;li "
I lliutlett ii':ii lotve Yielded -"J.'0
mi nere nn tlie ,lleui' Cieeli oreh
' iird, Cemiee pirM frniii the Hill
erexl orehiud iid nt HUIK n box
,iu i.tmilMi. MiJur .Nelih jteiii
niavo nutted J.M a tree I'm n-
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lden nvenii thf grower from tji
to f.'l ii hex nlfthe orehiud, utd
nearly the enliip nrup pxw Jo
KiihIiumI, mill !iilxeuheigx yield
oven more and hire Hut fnvoiile
I rid I of New Yirfc Hwelliloiu.
Ilelunis lo lenl rrnilrowei
kIiow Hint Siilrfnprpi linve nee
led $1,100 mi miMV, Nnwliiwiw
irll'JO mi noif, BarihutH $ltl80 nn
nere, d'Aiijnu W'JOO nn uere, T
venrodd IlowelU 7IH per nete,
while eeu the ! j ( .., ( lnM t.
vin Iiiih yielded $.100 mi uere.
I'eiieheM yield $.100 mi uere mid
oilier Units hi inoprntioit.
Ah not over !I000 uere of the
0.1,0110 iii-irs phuiied nntuiid Meii
ford, lire Su beiiriiic, .nudiiH Hdr
fntelioiml heiiriilL'uetenke ih fu
ntttiiy inMiineet imyhiK nil ex
,tiiiot for enrinu' for Hie ontiru
planted iieieni.'e mid in udditioii
uiiLltinu ntouev for the owner. Hie
above fiurei oiler n Mim;elioii
of Uiat Hie tnittitH to Ineitl fruit
urou'erK will he within n few
yearx, for fiuite.rWlit: U hlill ii.
its infmiey in the Uouuu Hiver
r.lley. There lire 120,000 nddi
liniuil ueiex heiiiu pl'.mted, mill;
mx thi the xrt'aU'Mt orchard din
llit I in the wel.
I'Vnit huvei-H all admit I he I
there is an hierfiiMiii; demand for
limey fruit at fnnev priee. and
lint feeiimiR luodneinu' il arc hi
limited , In niifin Hint there ih no
diiruer of oviir-produeiioii. I)c
tile Hut iuereiiM'd diehard urea
of tile northwest, there in an mi
nimi dceretixt' in the fruit output
of the fiiitcdtitos and more o.'
ehnrdN are yearly ahmidoncd in
Hie east and central we I than
are planted in the northwest, lVar
din, lets are few mid Hie demni.d
meat.
LOOKING FOR A HOME?
HERE IS IDEAL SPOT
We have 1t jiml whal you are
Iniiit ititf for. In Hie hiKt iwn or
three .veiirn I here have lieeii him
dredn of people coining I rout Hie
huge citicH of tho ea.d limiting for
a locution in Heine of the valleys ot
the northwest, where the elimnte U
dijninililct where tho vnllev is ultrao.
live, whero Ihuy can liuvo gooi)
ueighhorA Hiieh iih they huvo heeii
iihi'iI to tit lioine, mid wliuio' IheiHu
vcHlmoiilH can lie made profilahlu
niieh, In tho Kogiiu Wivor valley we
have i Hiexe cotidilioiiH comhiiied,
which ift Ihoroiihly lU'iinitihlralitd liv
Hut lnel of I he liiiiidrcdH- of HiitiHtied
and enllniHiiiHlie people who huvo lo
ealud with iih hi the IiihI three yearn,
The majority of (bene people, hel'ore
loeutiiigi have mado a lhoroii(;li in
vpHtitrafion of thu different fruit-
Krowjn valloyH'ot' Iho iiorlliwost,
MomI of Ihoxy people lmvn Iruveled
(he world over iilul, IiiivJiik hud Hie
advanlUK" of eoiupuriHou, will uol
loealo any place whore liviiii; condi
tions are not of the IichI, 'The (lenir-
ahilily of the Uogiio tivr vnlt)viiH
a place to live in one of IIk imdhI ul-
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Iraelivo fealtireH. The prospeel.ivo
inventor is lonlaim tor mi orchard
planted o (ioch of tho hest vailo
lien and on Hoil henl mhtpled to fruit
growing. llo.wantH mi orciiard in
the'henriiiK Htage, or jiihI nhoiil to
hear, not very far from town, wilh
good nrtnlH mid whero he will bo Hiir-
roiindeil hy Iho licwl of lieihhoi'rt.
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vary HiiiigH. Wo can give you Ion,
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localeij wilhiii Iwo ,lo IhiW inileh of
Medford oil hoiiui of the iiioh! ilewlr
iihhi fruit land oil Iho Pacific coiiki,
TIiIh In ml 1h nil HithilTigatcd mid
on 8onie of il are orcliardH over 'JO
yen r old Hint have produced liiiu
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whipped to Hie principal iiutrkolH of
tho world, dciiiehHlriiliuj: 1 hit noil'
perfect mhiplahilily for fruit mixing.
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IrnclH offer are Iho Yellow New
town mid Spit.enlici'K. mid in ndili
linil, nil Iho host vurlollcH of pen in,
Tint nye of Hie trees' t'tuiH from 7 lit
0 years old, and all are hearing. The
IiiicIn are niirrouuded h,v boiiiii of the
hi'Hl I'miillicH in Hii' Kngiin I liver vnl
lev, wliui'ii heii'ililul hojueH hnve
heon (iruetod itt.tl where uluoliiolly i
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WHAT GEO RGERAE SAYS.
Mantigor (leoi'jjo Una, of Hue &
llntfield.of New York Cl.v, the
Iui'kchI linn dealliii; io wehtern fruit,
su.v! "fheTincHt frail in Iho .United
StntcH, vylhoiit e.Nceplioii, Ijjiprodm
ed in the Hogiio I(lvci valley, , .Some
yeni'K nuo I (IioiikIiI Unit vii!i the
einiHlunl, plniitliijr of uw orelmvdi
there would he an overproducliou
ninl Hint Hie fruit could not he niai'r
keled at ti profit. Kxperienee, how
vei', proves Hint there is no nueli
tiling iih nn ovcrprndttcljoii of hili
quulily fruit huci iik a produced
nhoiil Medford, With tho increase
of 'the country in population nod
weallh litis come nlo nn inereiiHu Ir.
the deiiuiud for fancy fruit, and
only a few plitecu giitw it, The d
liiuild e.xcoeiln the Miipply. Tin) eird
cunnot prodneo Hie onnlity of apples
nit dpcnrs crowii'iu the Hokiui lllver
ynlley. Wherever yoiiY fruitH nrc
offered the hiejumt prices are paid,
and il Is ulwn.VH in deinatid nt I'anuv
princH,"
Ior over 50 yearn ItoKiie Hlver val
ley Jinx been prodiiclnr. nenrx which
now. for flavor. Hire nnd heeiilnt;
imility, are known the world over.
In fact, M) favorably hnown Ih HiIh
liiKeloiiH fruit and ho much nought
after Ih It thnt neonlc arc wllllm; toi
any nlnuut any prlcu In order to have
tho. oiHinrtt.hUy of parthkiiiK of ItH
dollcloun flavor. Tho figure
renched In HiIk repiril oXceed tliope
of any" ottic- hind of tho declduoiiH
vailotleH. Thrco times ono of our
orcliardA ban reached tho world's rec
ord prlcori, while otheru in HiIh valley
have had their turn mi well. Tho
maximum prlco beliiK $10. OS per
box for the nvorugo of an entire car
of 50 1 boxes. This year a;aln over
$10,00 n box was reached for the
car average, while soma boxes
brought us high as $l2.00.pur box of
70 pears or 17 cents each.
Wo can therefore well say tiat tho
ItoK.no Ulver Valley grows the finest
pear known to tho present world.
Tho reiiHons for this success nro sev
eral, chief of which, howevor. arn tho
climatic and soil conditions which nro
condiicivo to size, delicacy of flavor
and a wonderful keeping quality.
Home varieties, such ns thu Comlco,
D'AiiJou and Winter N'ellls, not being
finally consumed until In February,
the time of picking being thu month
of September preceding this, making
povslhlo a consuming period of four
months, n wonderful showing consid
ering tho naturally perlshahln qual
ity of this kind of fruit In the softer
vmletles mid when grown under loss
favorable conditions and surrouud
nga. . Whllo tho pear has grown in
this valley for so many years and treo
specimens can be found hero mid
(hero showing considerable age, tho
industry of growing the pear for com
mercial purposes Is comparatively
new. It Is only during tho past 10
years that any showing has been
made on these lines and during tho
last five years that tho marvelous
results have been obtained, Starting
as It did experimentally, as It were,
and In tho face of some opposition
and scorn by tho old tlino settler,
who rldlniilod tho Idea of growing
anything but. grain, ultalfa. until
stock tho Industry has now become
Hut chief factor In tho growth and
upbuilding of this promising mid Re
ductive valley, rich lis it Ih In other
agricultural crops, In mineral de
posits and timber lauds; numbering,
iih IL does now, Its shlnmontH to do
fcBtlo and' foreign ports; In hundred!!
of carload lots. A tow yoara will see
tboKo hundreds change tn thousands
owing to tho rapidity with whfcli tho
bearing trees aro Increasing constant
ly lho auntinl yield, tho coming Into
hearing of troos nioro rocontly plant
ed and tho grout Incrcnso of ncrongo
In pear trees being planted oaeh
year. Tho mnxlpium area suitable
for planting Is fitf from luting reached
as evinced by tho thousands of aeroii
which Ho still uutoucliod,
tl inust not bo supposed, however,
thnt i pear trees will grow, flourish
and product- tint hkhest grade of
fruit in all kinds and depths of soils.
Care must always bo oxurcisud in se
lecting heavy, ecp, rich soil ami
well drained, if tho best results arc
demanded. Other sells will do bet
tor for ono or moreif the many other
kinds of fruit which do so well hero.
Wilt to nature .iloi,-i,anu'icb for tho
fruit grower in the Valley, man must
use intelligence of tho highest order
In properly supplement till that Is giv
en him to rtnrt with. As few real
Ire that tho growing of fruit com
merclnlly lias for iis principles the
samo thing's that a recognized manu
facturing plant has; .namely, the cre
ating of ns groat a quantity and as
good a quality of product as can be,
tho selling of it at tho best possible
advantage, anO the producing of it nt
least possible cost. Llko all manu
facturing, the elimination of waste Is
the Important thing. Waste of la
bor, time, effort and tho great waste
of competition. There is where tho
fruit-grower has been so lamentably
weak In the past and where ho Is now
wakening to the actual nnd crying
need for co-operation, an elimination
of this competition in buying sup
plies, and in harvesting and selling
tho crop. While In growing the fruit
thoro has beon a spirit of camaraderie
and helpfulness, seldom, If over,'
found In any other business, aid
cheerfully and willingly given by tho
owners among each other, tho spirit
of rivalry, to a certain degree vqry
helpful nnd beeiificinl, has been car
ried to an extent whero each fruit
grower la .not only injuring his neigh
bor, but himself ns well. Thu fruit
grower of the country and tho north
west in particular has come to sec,
through, much .btttor and unnecessary
experience, thnt tho only hope of the
Industry Is In combining, as nbov
mentioned, to form an ' association
whore the mutual help aad personal
disinterestedness of each ono will
help tc the end thnt the industry
will be built up nnd established in
such n manner that each member
will obtain tho greatest value for bis
time, effort ami money invested. In
Individual enterprise nlono there is
bound to bo great hardship. Our
Individual, we will say, thinks he
kuqws perhaps more than his neigh
bor and wishes to be independent.
Ho bays his land, plants his treosand
cultlvntoj his orchard, but without
the aid of his neighbors, ho cannot
fight disease properly. If he neglects
tho necessary care, dlscaso will show
and if not eradicated will bo trans
ferred to tho next orchard, often
times sumo distance awny. Vice
versa, if his neighbor falls lu mutual
help, each will suffer by It, It Is the
old adage over again, "United we
stand, divided wo fall." It Is in tho
marketing of the product ot our or
chards that tho greatest waste oc
curs, tho greatest waste duo to un
necessary and foolish competition.
Wo bavo for so long been seeding our
fruit as individuals tot the middle
man, who offers us the apparently
best terms. Such a man either buys
outright for a cash price' or asks for
the consignment to be-shipped Cirect
to him. If he buys outright, ho is
speculating on tho opportunity tho
transaction offers to him of making
considerable profit by the probable
advanco of tho markets. In this tho
grower speculates likewise in the pos
sibility of the market going down.
Hut Is the grower In an equal posi
tion with the buyer In this game of
speculation? No, for tho buyer has.
In tho very nature of his daily con
tact with all tbe sources of supply
and points of consumption, an insight
into probable market conditions the
grower can In uo way equal. There
fore, thu grower Is naturally .the
loser seven or eight times out of ton.
Again if tbe fruit is shipped on con
signment, the grower is without re
course and Js In the hands of tho
commission man. While many such
commission mon aro honest and cap
able, the mnjority have proven far
from being so and tho consequent
waste to the grower is very great In
deed. It is an unnecessary risk ad
ded to all ho has gone through with
In bringing his fruit to maturity.
Tho commission men are,, as a rulo,
located at 'but one or two-points and
any number of. growers consigning
to i.im will. If shipping at about tho
same tlino. experlenco a fall of.
prices at point of arrival or sale.
The supply at any one time may bo
ho great ns tn form a glut on that
particular -market'. wllh consequent
extreme fall of prices nnd a sympa
thetic lowering in a country town ad
jacent to or tributary to tho place at
which the fruit is sold. There Is no
way to prevent this with evoryono
shipping Independently and volun
tarily placing their heads in the
lion's mouth. The only solution Is to
group the shipments Into ono chan
nel, namely an organization having
a-common head to serve a common
purpose, nnd thajt tho assembling of
tho fruit for shipment and sale. This
organlaztlon must control all that
leads up to it, be It buying of supplies,
fighting disease, employment of la
bor far' picking and packing, or any
thing else of like nature, Carrying
tho point still further and to still
more eliminate the waste factor of
competition, communities growing
fruit can combine fqr tho purposo of
getting better freight rates, a uni
form package better labor condi
tions, etc. Thoreforo, wo should by
all means combine for this mutual
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