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Itoguo Itlvcr SpltxcnberB apples won sweepstakes jirtic and tltto of
"Apple Kliij; or Uu WotM"
at the National Apple Show, Spokane, 1009, ami a car of Newtown -woa
Kln-t Prize in lOin
at Canadian International Apple Show, Vancouver, II. C.
v l'lwt Prl. in 1011
at Spokane National Apple Show won by carload of Nqwtpwus.
Roguo River pears brought highest prices In all markets of the
world during tho past seven years.
Pears and Pear Culture in the Valley
(By Reginald Parsons.)
For over fifty yearn Roguo river
valley has been producing pears
which now, for flavor, size and keep
ing quality, are known tho world
over. In fact, ho favorably kuown Is
this luscious fruit and so much
sought after is it, that people arc
willing to pay almost any price In
order to have tho opportunity of par
taking of its dollclous flavor. Tho
figures reached In this regard ex
ceed those of any other kind of tho
deciduous varieties. Thrco times one
of our orchards has reached the
world's record jirlcex, while others
in this valley liavo had their turn as
well. The maximum price being
$10.08 pur box for tho average of an
cntlro car of 50 1 boxes.
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Wo can therefore well say that the
Roguo. river valley gtows tho finest
pear kuown to tho prescut world.
The re.iKons for this success aro sev
eral, chlof of which, however, aro
tho climatic and soil conditions which
aro conducive to sizo, delicacy of fla
vor and u wonderful keeping quality,
Somo varieties, such ns tho Cornice,
D'AnJou, uml Winter Nells, not bolng
finally consumed until in February,
tho time of picking being tho month
of Soptembor preceding this, making
posiblu u consuming period of four
months, a wonderful showing consid
ering tho naturally perishable qual
ity of this kind of fruit In tho softer
varieties und when grown under less
Xavorablo conditions und surround
ings. While tho pear has grown in
this valley for to many yeuru and
tree specimens can bo found here and
there- showing considerable age, the
Industry of growing tho pear for com
mercial purposes is comparatively
now, It Is only during tho past ten
years that any showing bus been
inado on these lines and during tho
last five years that tho marvelous
rnsults liavo been obtained. Sturtlng
as it did experimentally, us It wore,
and in tho facu of some opposition
and scorn by tho old-tlmo settlor who
ridiculed tho Idea of growing (no
thing but grain, alfalfa and stock,
the Industry has now becomo tho
chief factor In tho growth anil up
building of this promising and so
ductlvo valley, rich us it Is In other
agricultural croyu, in mineral de
posits and timber lands; numbering
as it does now its shipments to do
mestic and foreign ports in hundreds
of carload lots. A few years will see
those hundreds change to thousands,
owing to the rapidity with which tho
bmrlng trees, aro Incrensiog constant-1
ly the annual yield, thu coming Into
bearing of trees moro recently plant
ed and the great increase of acreage
In pear trees blng planted each year
The maximum area suitable for
planting Is far from being reached,
as evidenced by tho thousands of
acres which llu still untouched.
Soil SfUttlnii
It must not bo supposed, howeror.
that pear trees will grow, flourish
aud produce the highest grade of
fruit in all kinds and depths of soil's.
Caro must always bo exercised In se
lecting heavy, deep, rich soil and well
drained. It tho best results aro de
manded. Other soils will do better
for ono or moro of tho many other
kinds of fruit which do so well here.
While nature docs so much for thu
fruitgrower In thu valley, man must
use iutolllgeuce of the highest order
to properly supplement nil thut is
given him to start with. As few real
ize that the growing of fruit commer
cially has for its principle the name
things that a recognized manufactur
ing plant has, namely tho creatlug
of as grrat a quaii'l'v und ns good a J
arm 1 1 1 i f1pMf &
Progress of Horticulture in the Valley
(Continued fmm Page Ono)
PriZ4 Winning Onr of Yellow .Vewlo
quantity of prod in i an ran be. tlU'
selling of It at the best pomIIiIc ad
vantage, and tho producing of it nt
least potnlblo cost. I.Ike all manu
facturing, thu elimination of waste is
tho Important thing. Waste of labor,
tlino, effort and tho grout wasto of
I'outiwtlliou.'
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The Tulure of liortlciilturu In I ho
Rogue river vullev has been practli
i' si tiled u) tho past Tho fact
that our frui have shipping storing
and l",ilng tiiaMM' ; far aboto tl'
miih I'niin the lliiiihtoii ItniH. Ori-liti n
Apple Show, SMl.jine, 11)1 1.
murage. Is a factor whteh rrv few
other illstrlds cuu boast. Our
oxport npploa aud pears liavo tho
reputation of stumllng up without
und mi low frcm stoniKe rnts and
other troubbit lncldnt to fruits of
many other district. Tho pour has
won imlluir by those who only know
It In their jmrtleular dlstrlel. a pi-r-Ulmhtii
fruit, tint wu liavw hIiowii that
, such arleteH a Aiijou. Ilime. Corn
ice, Nells und c'lurs nun be h!d uii
tll th' Hprmg of the followlm; er
Will nt pra'ttt.i'lr all the ' 'old
I nt Tnleiit, Ulmirr nt Nutloiiiil
up us well ir Li tl uppH'K ,u dis
trict In the world commuiidH butter
prltM on thu wholo than does this
district. In making this statement
It Is to lie understood that u single
eftson's conditions aro not tal.tm In
to Heuouut. tint ratuur thu nvurugo of
a twin of i'Hm. , Tlie futuro of np
plu uml pcur arrowInK depenilh entire
ly on I "-"Inn up Hi" Miaudard of ex
cel. iiii for ulncli this district Is
ci'd It di it id i upon keejilng thn
mi Til u iM ofvlh roiiM health
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service There arn also rrcelvcd
bulletins mid periodicals from the
various European Departmuuts of
Agriculture as well as thn largo gov
ernmeutal colleges. A large collec
t.n of up-to-date horticultural and
agricultural works aro kept on the li
brary shelves for tho benefit of the
residents of Jackson county.
The laboratory Is fitted with mod
ern apparatus for tho study of path
ologlral and entomological problems,
connected with liortlciilturo and agri
culture. , Chemical apparatus Is also
it part of tin equipment which Is
ueceimary In tho nunl)sls of Insecti
cides and fungicides which are used
by th fruit Kroner In tho control of
Inserts nml fungi. The recent In
neellclde und fungicide law governing
the manufacture und sslu of lunectl
rides nnd fungicides within tho state
of Oregon was written by Professor
I' J O'Oura, ami It Is to see that the
law Is compllsd with that the chem
ical laboratory Is often called Into
iimi. All fungicides and Insecticides
offered fur sale lire tested for their
purity us well as to see whether or
nut thuy conform with tho law. Ill
several Instances, Insecticide offered
fur sale In Jackson comity nm re
jected ufter analysis ns mil comply
ing with tho law, ami tho growers In
slructcd not to usii thorn.
.Mmli I'lel.l Woik
llcsldos the purely technical labor
atory work, field work of a ery
practical nature Is carried ou. In
struction In pruning, spnolng, sowing
of cover crops, Irrigation, planting,
Intercropping, otc , Is given. When
ever called upon, I llu offlco will sen
to It that personal attention Is given
tiny problem connected with thn work
of crop production. In this con
nection, the Inspectors, who urn nlso
practical orchardlsls, serve as a great
help to tho public. Thoso men are
not looked upon as morn quarantine
officers, but rather us Instructors In
oik'iiaiiii.s i.v Tin: mi:i.
I'Oltl) IIIHTItKT
Figures prepared by tho
Commercial club of Medford
show tho following areas do
voted to fruit trees: Orchards
in bearing, ,1,(110 acres; trees
thrco years old uml ovor, not
u bfarlng, 31,1 10 acres; Im
proved orchard land under
thrco years, 27.7S0 acres;
total, fili.riOO acres. With an
average, planting of 00 trocn
to thu acre, this will show
that tho number of troua sut
out Is .'1,750,000. Of this
ntimbur 218,100 aro In bear
ing. There, is a reason bo
hind thesu largo plantings,
It ha been conclusively dem
onstrated Unit fruit of a
superior quullty can bo grown
lieio, Tho demand for this
uml tho prlco paid Is convinc
ing proof of any claim fur ex
cellence that can bo made,
practical horticulture Much of
their valuable time It given to hlp
Inn tho novice. A timely hint as to
how to do things Is often tho menus
of saving n crop.
One of thn Interesting fealtircn of
the office Ii n collection of specimen
of the various plant diseases and
troubles caused by all sorts of pest.
This collection Is kept for the pur
pom of Instructing those who Mrk
Information on any pent whatever.
Of course, many of the pests sre so
small that they cannot be seen with
the miked rye, nml In such esses the
microscope Is brought Into use.
Although tho office was created
primarily fur the fruit grower, it
nevertheless, renders assistance to
those who are engaged In other lines
of agriculture Fur Instance, the al
falfa grower Is able to get alfalfa
seed lusted for purity, percentage of
germlmitlnu. etc. He Is nlso given
Information In the matter of alfalfa
diseases. In this connection. It mny
bo said that the pathologist's office
first published on the Crown (Jail dis
ease of alfalfa. Potato growers aro
taught how to produce clean tuber
by carefully treating thn. seed. They
aro also told how nml when to spray
potntnu.i, how to Irrigate ns well as
the best varieties to plant in this dis
trict. The same tuny be said of nil
other crops which aro grown for pro
fit lu tho young orchards before thuy
conic Into bearing.
lIsluMMitil In iimo
The offlco of thn pathologist uml
entomologist was established In I 'J 10,
and Is tho outgrowth of tho work
which wan done by Professor P. J.
O'tlara, who, while In tho service
of the It. H. Department of Agricul
ture, was sent hero to fight tho
dreaded disease pear blight. Ho
successfully was this work done that
thu fruit growers of thu Itoguu river
valley prevailed upon him to continue
his work In the valley and taku
charge or tho entire horticultural
work. Tills offlco has been o'nu of
tho great faclors In placing thu val
ley whuro It now Is -a fuclor In tho
fruit growing world. No other lmit.
liillou In Oregon Iiiih so Impressed
Itself on thu fruit growing worli) ns
tho office of the pathologist und on
(umologlst of thu Itoguo river valley,
Tho work It has done has lieeii noted
far uml wide, uml oven now peoplo
form tho fur Kant und far nwuy i:u
ropn nro coming to study Ihq niuthodn
used by this office In tho control of
not only thn orchards but tho fruit
growor, which, after all, Ih tho moat
Important.
Happy New Year
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