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Horticulture in Rogue River Valley
(By P. J. O'QAUA.)
Sixty years ago a fow bardy pio
neers, braving tbo dangers and hard
ships of a transcontinental journey
by slow wagon trains, brought into
tho Rogue river valley seeds and cions
of tho fruits with which they were
familiar In their eastern homes.
They were not horticulturists or fruit
growers as the terra is applied today;
thoy grew apples, pears, peachos and
other fruits more for tho pleasure
of growing them than for any profit
that might have been made from
them. They were too busy getting
tho absoluto necessities of lifo to
think of commercial fruit-growing.
For tho most part tho varieties of
fruits which they grew wcro without
name, that is to say, they wero ucod
llngs; and today many of tho sturdy
old trees that sprang from the seeds
which these men planted In tho fer
tile soils of tho Roguo river valley
are without a horticultural name.
Nevertheless, many of these old fruit
treeB have borne proliticly in all the
years that havo passed since they
came into bearing. Tho ploneors
who settled tho valley not only had
good fruit, but plenty of it,
Tho Pioneer.
Among tho pioneers of commorclal
orcharding In the Roguo river valley
wore men who knew of oastom varie
ties and eastern conditions and natur
ally followed tho beaton trail. Thoy
knew littlo of tho valloy'a soil con
ditions, excepting that thoy were
good, and tho adaptability of the
various var'Ictlos or fruits to suit
theso conditions. Howover, thoy
anado fower mistakes than havo been
charged to them. They wero In a
now country, working in tho dark,
mostly with unknown quantities, but
out of it all camo tho happy results
which rowardod them for tholr ef
forts. Thoy constructed for future
generations tho foundations of an
industry that cannot bo surpassed tho
world over,
Whilo tho real beginning of fruit
growing dates hack to tho early no's,
tho commercial sldo of tho Industry
dates back only 25 years. However,
let us say that whilo commercial
fruit-growing began a quarter of a
century ago. It was only a beginning.
About that time tho Stewart. Goro,
Olwoll, Weeks, and a few othor woll
known orchards wero planted, and
only a short time thereafter did such
men as Stewart, Olwoll and "Wcoks
establish markets for our fruits, not
only In the east but also In the mar
kets of Europe. Those of us who are.
living in tho valley today should have
a profound respect for these men who
staked their all in an onterpriso which
at that time was merely one of
chance, but of wonderful importance
as it has since provon. Even now,
the valley is only beginning to come
to its own. In a, short time it will
be producing tens of thousands of
carloads of tho various orchards'
fruits, especially apples and pears.
It already has planted an acreago
lrge enough to produce an output of
30.000 curs por ynr; alt that Is re
quired will be tho propr attention
necessary to the growing of tho trees
Into bearing. Tho soil ami climate
are perfect, nil that. wo need is time
and well directed labor.
Orchard- Healthy.
There is probably no fruit district
in tho United States whero so great
attention Is paid to tho matter of
the health of the orchards as In the
Rogue rlvor valloy. Not only aro the
orchards well cultivated, but every
attention is given to tlTb treatment of
orchard fruit diseases. This valley
is tho first in the United States to
have a pathologist and entomologist
of its own. The offico'of tho patho
logist has In chargo the inspection
of all orchards, nursery stock and
plants, either growing In the vallev
or to bo sont out of it. Tho office
publishos bulletins and papers on
such matters as wlft ho of direct help
and Interest to farmers and frult-
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Tho nope Hlvcr Fruit ami Produce asuocUt'cn hijnllli
valley, dives (he followlriu as tl:c avtmuo ret prim imIi;
through tlm associatien:
nartlatt pars, (, tier fancy, $1.12: r tier fancy. S.785
Clalrtjcau pears, 4 tier fancy, $1,245; 5 tlr t,nu , $1,
Howoll ncar3, tier fancy, $2.25; 5 tier fancy, $2207:
Anjou pears, 4 tier fancy, S224: 5 tltr (:; $2 :M:
Bote pears, 0 tier fancy, $2W5: 5 ttrr lane y A
Winter Nells pears, 4 tltr Uiicy, $2.12; b tit r fanrj, $2
Jonathan apples, fancy, $1 8; to $1.40; ct ice. $1 3) b :
N Niwtown apple, fancy, $1.99 to $1.53: rholcr. $o.
Returns on Cornice pears lift complete. Have stlil it $i
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growers. It wib tin - first office In
the Pacific norHiwst to tiko up
Mflentlflcally lx ), oiectlon of or
chards from frot lv orchard liout
Jrifj. The work lur. (toon of such
Iniportanco thut otb r dlatrlcls, whore
this work has nevar ) an uiulertalton,
havo sunt representiitivOs for tho pur
pose of ohtalnliiK data, not only along
this lino hut others. It will ho of
lutorest to nolo that during tho past
year representative,! froin Canada, tho
onsteru states, Voi way, Sweden, Don
niHik, Kngland and Knuth Africa luivo
vlsltod the Hokuo rli r valloy for the
pui-pOHO of studying Hip inethodi of
holdltiK hi check plant dlSMisett, as
well as the horticultural prottllcoH of
our frult-grovvors. Aianyof those
men camo direct fromir homo
to lhls valley, and after vjultlng It
wr-ro so thoroughly sudsMed with
cxiiUliiK condltlunH (hat thoy returned
without visiting any oiligr section mi
tho Pacific coast. Not Only did thoy
fomo to learn our nmthodB, but In
sonif" rases tiny initially purchased
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iy HtKliiuld Parsaiis.)
For over 50 years Hokmo river vI-I-y
has been producing pours wbkh
now. for flavor, slso and keplnn
quality, kro known tho world over.
In fact, so fnvornhly known is this
IiiKclous fruit, and so miiuh aoiight
'.ifcr Is It, that people am willing to
im almut miy prlra in onlur to have
i'if opportunity of prlaklK of I to
delicious flavor. The flRiires roachod
in this rexaril exceed tliiwe of nay
other kind of the deciduous varlntle.
1 tin c times one of our orchards Iim
i-Miilieil the- world'- racord prices,
wlillo others in this valley have had
tliclr turu us well. Tho iimximuiu
pi lco being; 10. OS per box rfr the
nveraice of ait entlro our of no I Imges.
This year aHln over $10 a box was
reached for Uih car average, whllu
Honid boxes liroiiuht as high as ?I2
per box of 70 poors, or 17 cents oauli.
(row I'lncwl. I'diirM.
Vocji thoroforo well say that tho
Rogue river valloy grows llio flnosl
pear known to tho present world.
The reanons for thls'succoss aro sev
oral, chief of wliluh; howevor, nru tho
climatic and soil cnudltloim which aro
condueivo to slzo, delicacy of flavor
and a wniidorful liuoplug qnallty.
Home varieties, such as tho Oomlcu,
D'AnJoii and Winter uIIk, pot being
finally consuiiiod until In Fubrunry,
tho tlmo of picklni; holng tho month
of Hoptombor pre:edlng lhls, making
possible a coiiHiunliiK period of fnii
iiiouths, a wonderful hIiowIiik copsld
orliiK tho naturally poiiNhable qiialUy
of this kind of fruit in tho Mortur
varieties and when grown midoi toss
fnvorablo condltlotiH and Hiirroiiiid'
lugs. While the pear has grown In
this valley for so many years and
tree specimen can bo found horo and
Oiero showing nonsldorahlo ago, tho
Industry of growing tho pour for
commorclal purposes '" comparatively
new. It Is only during tho past ton
years that any showing has lm.ni i
made on these linos and durliiK the
last flvo years that l ho marvelous
rcmiliH have bini obtatnctl. Starting j
ss It did experimentally, as It were,
ami hi the fam of so mo npposllloii
am! scorn by the old-tltno settler,
who ridiculed Hie Idee or growing
anything hut grain, alfalfa ami
stock, the Industry has now heeonio
the chlvf factor to the growth and
upbuilding of this promising Mild se
ductive valley, rich as It Is in other
agricultural orops, In mineral do-
I posits slid Umber lands; niiiiiburiug,
jns It does now, 'its shipment to do
j m(stlo nd foreign ports In hundred
I of carload lots. A few years will see
these hundreds cliaugu (o thousands
lowing to (tie rapidity with whloli the
j fearing trees aro Increasing constant
ly the auntial yield, the coming Into
.bearing of tree more recently plant
ed and lint great Increase of nareago
In pear trees being plaututl oaeh your.
The maximum area suitable for plant
ing Is far from being ruaulied,' as
evidenced by the thousands of acres
which Ho still untouched,
Koll Hi'leclloii, ,
It must not be supposed, however,
that pear treos will grow, flouihli
and produce tho highest grade of fruit
In nil kinds and depths of soils. Care
m list always lio exorcised In Holuctlng1
Jioavy, doop, rich soil and well drain
ed, If tho bust rosults aro demanded.
Other polls will do hotter for ono or
inure of tho many oilier kinds of
fruit wliluh do so well horo. While
nature does so .much for tho fnill
growar In tho valloy, man must uho
Intelllgunoe of the highest order to
properly supplement all that is given
him to start with. As fow. realize
that tho growing of fruit commercial
ly has for Its principles tho sumo
things that n rer.ognlxod mnuufiiclur
lug plant has; namely, Ihu urontlug
of us groat u (inutility and as good a
quality of product as can bo, tlm
selling of It nt Ilia host possible ad
vantage, and the 'producing of It nt
lonst possible cost, JAko nil mamr
iiirturliiK, tho elimination of waste Is
the Important thing. Waslo of labor,
Hun. effort and llio great waslo of
ruiiip('tion.
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