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OregOn Apples and Their Future
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By 1 Professor P. J. O'Gara
The Ideal Life Is That of the
How tlio lou Ifivi-r vnlli'v fiiim'
lo lit) (luvi'lupi'd into a jjitji! liuit ili--triut
is 110I noiiernlly kntiwn. The
Jlrat I'ruil tiuos iiIiiiiIlmI in tin- tiiiit
Itivur valley, a Tow of which hiu slill
liviuu and hmiritiK pruliticly, nru now
fully f)8 ycni'H i!' atfe. 'I'lmmt aitl
ifial puur IrncK were plnuluil hy lliu
curly piiineui'H, nnd iillhiiiiuli lhy diii
mil rucoivu llui iululliuent emu tiiul
atUiulioii ijivuti llu) KoKue Itiver val
lay oi'fliunU of Imlny, lliuy Jtnitc.d
woll and poiuled the way lo the
fjivatt'ht indiiMi'.v in llm valley nlu t!ic
preheat tune. Nut until HI yearA in
ter the lil-t I mil tieef. were lirnuuiit
into the M'lliv ucre the older com
luercial on InuiK planted. Thec
!niark"li h:ul tasted of I lie pmducK
, I'roiu the iirnl commercial orehanN,
1 cud naturally iuiiiired whence they
caine. Answer to these iinpiirien re
sulted in the coining wuMwurd of the
i he! eitixeiiK in the country, people
1 who Imliuvod in the future, ttl' a valley
eatmblu of pfoiluciajr fmit of uti
eipialeil duality.
1 .Among (lie pioaeem of c(immercil
ercharding: in the K'ojiuo Hiver valley
were men who knew of enMlern varie
ties and eastern condition, and unt
il rally followed the beaten trail. They
km w little of the wlle.'s m condi
tions, and llie adaptability ol the u
rioiis xarielicK of kiiin and apple- t
.suit these coudilioiiM. However, they
tricln that Imast of years of prrcli
cal expcvi'Tice. It i, true that I he
horticulturists of the ftojruo K'iver
valley, in- a body, are made up o''
men who have iiiado a siiccc-h in va
rious occupation ax prolessionil
awn, luitiiufiu'tureis, -iilesihen, httuU
e, tiiid even more pleanureseok):.-,
hut i hey have put into their new life's
work the sumo intelligence and vim
which characterimnl them in then
form"!1 oeciip! lions. Hcicnce and
scientific method have tepped. in
and taken the place of haphaanl
I uui-sMiiir, so ihai anvinie making .1
I mi-lake as in p-oper -oils for certain
;'-ielie ,, method of cnlt-ivatiou aad
I iVrtili.nl ion, irriunlio 1 ..nil licatmeiil'
as to the mutt wh" .uis hnndredx 01
iiertw.
j The Xewtown 1' d the Mpiizcnbe:u
I are the priacipiil .irictiot of apples
grown in KoKiie Ifier valley, yet r.ll
the other s-taiVflard ujiples, sueh .1
the Jomithitn, WMfjflap,1 Cfiimen fiold
jwi, Ortley, Arkaiin:is'Kk and Bmuf
' Ifeniity, ro to jwrteetiou here.
Rotfiie Uiier NiWtfwiH have led i:i
price Qutiist all eolupetiloii in the
Ioiidoii and otl.er Hdropeau markets
for the pa.-i i yearn, and Kogne
Hiver Newtown- tmik Hr- prize a'
the Nulio'ial AJ)le Sljow held i'i
)enver in .l.'im.nv, 1U10. and a car
ried ff the i.ud prize at the Na
tional Apple ( I: divers' Show held .1'
.case., which, in o iiuihv lo.alilie-..! N"o lire appeals more to the
llinniKlii-iii-ele cllort. lniL'lroiiKHtir,t-v-worM m,in jf lhe wor,(l( t0 ,he
about complete nimihil.uion of the 'retired business man or to the youth
1 trait indusirv. If there ever ! " mornlnK or life, and tn the
! niiv fears that infections or (h .,' lover out ouof-doors than hortlcul-
diseases would ruin the orchards ofUre. In -God's puro sunshine he can
ithe Itiimiu Hiver vallev. these foarn't'oUow the simple life, breathe pure
!n6 longer exist, since it has beeijnain air and lead the llfo worth
'shown that up-to-date methods fortwn"e'
the treatment of diseases, properly There Is physical exercise a-plenty
upplied, have proven effective beyond to rebuild tho body, refresh tho
a doubt. jaded mtnd and raatore Hiding health
In order to fijfHt orchard fruit dis- and bra!nv.ork,uffielent to oxerdse
eases MieceMHlullv thre must lie ,t! the fncul tiesfor the 8utcessr.il
baud h perCecl knowledge of the, sit- iorol.urdlt niut possess those quail-
nation so that tliero vvill he no'mi i tte lh.at mako for "Cf,eB8
guided effort, and where certain in-! commercial world. Thero is ample
lections diseases are to be combat-!" f'" lere, study and recreation
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ted there must be a united effort on
the yart of every urower.
hence fruit raising Is tho Ideal oc
cupation for the man of culture
In order to carry 011 a suctessful ) 'i'6 "B,lwi!B'
campnimi airaiust disease, there miist ! lu the Koguc rlvor yalloy condi
lie oruauiKalion and iiU'tniclioii. Moihjttona are Ideal, lleace we find the
of these iiHjMirtnut factors have been j hiRheat Krado of intelllKeuce, men
carefully tilanned. A eorpm of in-j who have made names in' the pro--peritn's,
inch with his own district, j reunions, on the stock exchange and
take cjinrt'c of the inspeetion of ev-;ln rommerce men from all sections
er orchard and cery fruit tree, no1 of the globe, among tho orchurdist
mcttcr where it may be. Tho inspec-jof the valley, and In love with thel:
iiu is verv riid and in lhe cum o occupation.
til oomaccou fruit- thai are subject ' No platv In the world does finer
n near bli-bi. eeiy tiee i- examiued fruit riow apples, pears and peach
art as high as $100(1 an acre to the
grower, and Hometlmes higher. Hart
lett pea 1 a have yielded ?L'250 an acre
on the Bear Creek orchard, Combo
pours from the Illllerest orchard sold
at 1 10. OS u box In London, Winter
Nells peara have netted d$1."i.50 a
tree the ontlre orchard. Nowtown
l'lpi)lu apples average tho grower
from $2 to 5" a box at tho orchard,
and nearly tho entire crop oos to
England, and Spitzenbergs yield
even more and are the favorite fruit
of New York swelldom.
Keturns to local fruitrowors show
that Spttzenhergs have i.ettur $1500
an acre. XewtowiiB $N."0 an acre,
HurethttB I10SO an acre, d'Anjous
$3200 an acre, 7-year-old Ilowells
$7tS per u'-re, while even the de
spised Hen f)ais has yielded $500 an
acre. Peaches yield $500 an acre
and other fruits In proportion.
As not over iiOOO acres of the (!.",
000 acres planted around Mod ford
are In bearlug acreage Is in many In
stances paying nil expenses for enr
Iuk or the ontlre planted acreage
and in addition making money for the
owner, the above figures offer a sug
gostion of what, the profits to local
fruitgrowers will be within a few
b
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(Utlonal t 1
planted, nl'is
ethically. Tlii- i done, not once 11 es that command tho highest prices years, for fruitgrowing Is still In Its
e.ii. but sex tin1 iieeii! iieeear.s ,ln all the markots of the world, that Infancy in the Hogue Hiver valley.
"rc;itest
In the ml
Fruit I
111 It that
fancy fr
prices,
pro'Jucin;
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no (bn;
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creased ci
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Subdivision of the Larger Orchards Is Now the Tejnc
eat
PirkifiH Scone m Younq Ai!)lr Orrh.ml Ntar Merifard.
lllllllboicd bid 1 n 1 . hu1 I'i.tolini.:-- 111; de ..u " inilaki lb in li.ttc in
of iear and apple . 1 nimoil two or . 1
llirou yea i'i. laiei '' .i'"'iil its muit.i u ii
juoro. At this time. !"' ewral ren ' 1 :
on, thure was 11 -luld.ii Itill in tt- l. m
orchard biisme.-. and no furt'i. r ti n. i. h
plimtiufra of y c.iniderable -.
uoro inado until ticuiiy a decade uii
cnvanl. Then aiiUdenh. as 11 lv
Piaic nlf.ilfa and Mr,, ! iclil- U u
('ha.iu'cd i:i'i in cluing,; tvouded area,
tverc cleared ,n d, in return, planted
to pnilil i!iilui iiiy Ii lit'. 'I' lit l'l
1 . txoi in.u be .1 L4, Vll. lllitt
w.iihhiii ehi:im,- Uuiu .pi' '"ll
ye.il befiile to the in.il've! .1
ol : , 1 . . ., . !i. Ii the f .i . a
t lii-nt. Tlie were worki.e.: i lew, would hee milv 'i
mostly with unk-
licaled
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'llolls jihiI let! ! I'lr .1 Ubl'UIV l.llmi.t'i I . will ll I- .1 Shikllllc ii I''.'1
lion- a lieiit'iue Ii e eli.uiieof a iaibolitii t wbo-e dui aj The nun iiiliintiy tributury l
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