Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 04, 1962, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOBD, OREGON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1962 Local Resident Tells of Fruit And English Techniques By DON BERRY County Extension Agent A return visit to his native England by H. S. Chirgwin, a local resident, revealed a number of new and unusual apple and pear growing tech niques. As a boy, he worked in the English produce auctions so had some knowledge at the time he came to this country of fruit growing in England. After settling In the Rogue River valley he was a fruit grower for many years up until his retirement about two years ago. During his visit, Chirgwin found the pear situation quite different from ours. The main commercial variety was "Con ference." It is a very produc tive winter pear similar to Bosc in shape. The quality is comparable to that of their "Williams", another name for Bartlett. Bartlett, however, does not hold the high esteem in Englnd it enjoys in the United States, and D'AnJou ; fected trees are pulled im- is given practically no recog nition because of its low quality. While Cornice were not available during his visit, English grown fruit is of good quality but the tree is a poor cropper. Another winter variety, the "Passe Crassane", is being considered for in creased plantings in England. It is a late winter pear, a heavy cropper with round, russety fruit, and is quite highly prized in France. Fir Blight Chirgwin was interested in the fire blight situation in England. Blight was unknown up until the last five or six years when it was first seen in the county of Kent, known as the "fruit basket of Eng land." These first outbreaks near Maidstone have now spread to the adjoining counties and the English authorities are taking steps to prevent further spread. In- Central Point 4-H Awards Presented Central Point James An horn, Carol Foote, Carolee Kuest and Marsha Wilson were among the 4-H club members receiving numerous special awards at the recent Central Point - W e s t s i d e achievement night. This was the largest in Jack son county, with over 200 4-H members of the area complet ing club work for the year 1961-1962. James received the Farm Bureau trophy for out standing garden project, the county record book medal for senior gardening, and the 1982 dairy calf award from Rogue Valley Veterinary Medical as sociation. Carol as top indi vidual bread demonstrator at State Fair, received a savings bond from Standard Brands, Inc. and county medal in Na tional 4-H awards program in bread making. Carolee receiv ed record book medal for sen ior dinner club, county medal for home economics, and Ore gon Wheat Commission award for senior bread baking con test; and Marsha received rec ord book medal for beginner knitting, national awards med al for dairy foods and Safe way Stores, Inc. award for County and State Fair Junior Dollar Dinner contest. Other Winner! Other winners in the county record book contest were Catherine Anhorn, junior gar dening: Carolyn Barnes, in termediate knitting; John Fleischer, entomology; Judy Frink, senior swine; Janet Lee, intermediate rabbits; Kathy Schroeder, intermedi ate sheep; Darlene Thompson, junior dinner club; Mary Lou ise Truly, groom your room, and Elaine Wilson clothing phase VII. Also receiving county medals in national awards were Carolyn Barnes and Colleen Franek, home eco nomics; Judy Frink, swine; Shirley Roach and Darlene Thompson, dairy foods; Cher yl Marshall, Ilene Mitchel and Elaine Wilson, dress revue. Other award winners were Janet Led, Farm Bureau tro phy for rabbits; llene Mitchel, Oregon Bankers association for State Fair style revue; Sue Cornutt, Oregon Wheat Commission for intermediate bread baking contest and Western Agricultural Chemi cals arsociation for ag chem ical demonstration. Gerald Brog, 4-H agent pre sented 1962 charter seais iu Mrs. C. W. Anhorn tor uauy Dills and C. P. Cudchewers clubs, Mrs. John Anhorn for Willing Workers. Mrs. Leon ard Franek for Bobbin Bob bins. Miss Linda Gibson for Westside Hayburncrs, Morns Frink for C. P. Swine and Mrs. J. R- Wilson for A-l sewing and Lens Lookers. Presiding over the meeting was Miss Gibson, president. Miss Foote was elected secre tary to fill vacancy. Group singing was led by Mrs. James Cornutt. accompanied by Miss Frink. Demonstrations presented were "Table Fa vors" by Wren Winniford and "Miniature First Aid Kit" by Dorothy Franek, both of West side Home improvement club; and "Rabbit Judging by Cathy Carlson of Westside Rabbiteers. Guests were the many parents, leaders and friends and Mr. ana Mrs. Brog and sons. Refreshments were served by the Central Point Grange. Year's Award chard Field. Louis Herzog, Tim His inbotham, Tracy Legler. Flin Llv inpiton, Brenda Long. Mvrna L. nr. Kathy Neal, John Swartzlager. Terry Stevens, Shannyn Talley and John Wilson. 4th vear; Beverly Biehn. Cindy Bartley. Bill Bailcv. Bob Bailey. Teresa Barnard. John Bray. Bob Bray, Janis Cate. Dlann Debrlck Diana Davis. Jerri Dick son. Theresa Edwards. Judy Fra nek. Nancy Frick. Anna Marie Gon zales. Rita Gonzales, Kathy Hol strom. Cheryl Lewis. Sandra Mav field. Alice Minger, Jim Shepherd. Kathy Schroeder, Susan Truly. Julie Thompson. Mary Louise Truly. Mary Terry. Connie Vllarl no. Marsha Wilson. Linda Wilson and Myrna Young. 3rd vcar. Catherine Anhorn. Sue Acheson, Karen Charley, Lana Carpenter. Sam Croskell. Jacouellnc Collev, Lynne Culbertson. Sharon Ekdan'l, Richard Fichlner. John c leischer, Orrln Frederick, John Gllham. Jim Hatfield. Pat Hatfield, Marian Ham lin, Dan Hill, Chils Johns. Tanna Leroy, chuck Meyer, Lynda Mang, Sheryl Marshall, I.'elen Norris. Ron ald Neufleld. Andrea Roberts, Shir ley Roberts. Verna Rempert. Karen Ricks. John Shepherd. Karen Sting er. Christine Stith. Bud Truly. Lin da Talley. Connie Varner Mary Williamson. Ruth Wilson. Elaine Wilson, Richard Walker. Bill Wal ters. Dawn Whipple. Roxanne Whipple and Judy Wilson, 2nd year. Glenda Anderson. Charlotte An derson. Jeanette Bezoff, Terrv Bez off. Darrell Bohnert. Barbara Barnes. Christine Barnes, Charlotte Bransom. Verna Bramoni. -Ward Conner, Clay Charley. Zelda Clark, Rcgina Carpenter. Julie Culbert son. Betty Cimfl, Curt Charley, Em il Corey. Karen Chipman, Mary Colley. Deborah Chavis. Vickl Da vis. Delores DeVore, Jtidv DeBerrv Bill Eicher. Carolyn Field. Corinne Flcrey, Mellnda Fluck. John Frink. Terry Fletcher. Dorothy Franek. Georgena Hatfield. Dona Holstrom. Connie Hull. Mike Johnson. Carol Kagy. Lee Korner. Jack Leroy. Sue Llscnbee. Paula Luplnl. John Larch, Sally McKay, Llna Morehouse, Co.i nle Moore. Merry Miller. Donna Mang. Nancy Nlkodym. FrankOwn. by. Mike Ownbv, Janet Olufsen, Perry Plelaet. Russell Plnkhnm. Steven Pinkham. Gerl Parrish. Pnm Peterson. Kathy Ross. James Stith. Sandra Sutton. Sharon Sutton. C'nrt Traylor. Mark Wright, Wren Win nlford. Janet Warren. Jov Wilcox and David Wilson. 1st year. Jronweed, an exotic plant whose seeds contain a valu able industrial oil, may be come a new American farm crop, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Hay that's conditioned by a crusher will dry to a safe moisture content for baling and storage in one-half to two thirds the time required by uncrushed hay. wasjMwi W jjuiiims j i uiii7iii mediately, as inspectors have authority to destroy blight infected trees. In talking with the inspec tors from the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries, he learned they suspect the blight has been carried in from foreign countries on pears, boxes, or wrappers, since many of the orchardists reporting blight also report that they have had foreign grown fruit on the premises. They asked hi in many ques tions on the method of blight control used in the Rogue River valley. He noted that besides the United States, England imports pears and apples from Australia, South Africa, Italy and France. Most pears in England are on quince roots. Angers quince seems to be the most common for strong growing pear varieties, while the Pro vince quince is used for the weaker. Planting distances vary from 10 to 15 feet in the row and around 15 to 20 feet between rows. Trees remain about half of standard trees and come into bearing early. Plantings are arranged for the best possible manner for light to reach all parts of the tree. Apple Growing Featured Chirgwin fojnd interest in apple growing fairly wide spread. At one time all apples were produced on standard seedling trees but now practically all of the trees are grown on clonal apple stocks, mostly on what the English call "half stand ards". These are the same stocks we are now using in the Paci fic Northwest of the Mailing scries, and include Mailing II Mailing VII and Malling-Mer-ton 106. There are also con siderable apples grown on Mailing IX but practically none of these are being grown as espalier as far as commer cial production. He noted that the quality on English fruits is much lower than that in this country and growers oft-' en do not use more than two sprays per season, the winter cleanup spray and a mite spray. Scab is considered a problem and some grower ap ply scab sprays. Apple varieties most com monly encountered by Mr. Chirgwin were their famous Cox's Orange Pippin for fresh eating and the Bramlcy's Seedling for cooking. Wor cester Pearmain was also pre valent. During his visit there he found the prices were high, with Cox retailing at 35 cents a pound. The English put less em phasis on looks and more em phasis on flavor. Most of their apples have a tart flavor and fine eating quality with little tendency to become mealy. They are not particularly long keepers and they try to sell off the local apples early before the imports begin arriving. Besides fruit growing, Chir gwin found many other changes had taken place dur ing the more than 45 years since he left home to seek adventures in the New World, Anaplasmosis Draws Attention Salcm-Anapiasmosis, a dis ease of cattle found in scatter ed areas of Oregon, is now officially recognized as one colored 1 01 tne Primary livestock dis- Farm Bureau Hears of Florida Montague-M. V. Maxwell, retireed farm advisor, enter tained the Shasta Valley Farm Bureau with to Florida, at their November meeting in the Montague Clubroom, John McMurray, president for a second year, conducted the meeting. The newly elect ed secretary, Mrs. Bob Hogan, took her office. The group was told about the "Food for Youth" pro gram, which has recently been undertaken by the county group. Further an nouncements will be made in the various schools. The membership drive and the new health program were discussed and plans made for committee meetings. Young Farmer's Award The group selected Gary Townley and Brice Martin, Jr., as' candidates for "Out standing Young Farmer's" award, sponsored by the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce of Yreka. Selections are made from men between the ages of 21 and 35, making all or most of their living from the farm. Maxwell compared various phases of Florida agriculture to California's. He pointed out the sandy soil; the average an nual rainfall of 50 inches, and the low altitude, highest point being 100 feet. Except for the profusion of flowers in parks the vegeta tion appeared dry. The rainy season is from May to September. Tourist attractions shown were the Cypress Gardens with its water show; the Annhauser Bush Brewery, with its parklike grounds and trained birds; St. Au gustine, the oldest town in the United States settled by the Spaniards and establish ed as a fort; Cape Canaveral and Key West; the John Wringling Museum with its many art treasures. Prior to the United States Livestock Sanitary association annual meeting recently in Washington, D. C, this dis ease was rated in the "miscel laneous" category. The disease has appeared in many states, according to Dr. Glenn B. Rea, state department of agricul ture veterinary division chief who attended the national session at which the anaplas mosis action was taken. Dr. A. G. Beagle, federal veter inarian in charge, also attend ed from Oregon. Dr. Rea says the new status of this disease brought with it a recommendation for fed eral funds for research on control and eradication meas ures, including the develop ment of vaccines. He found sufficient concern in some of the central and eastern states that they are introducing regulatory measures to pre vent introduction of anaplas mosis. In one or two states, voluntary control plans have become in effect pilot projects. He reports that Maine, New Hampshire, northern Michi gan and the north half of Minnesota have achieved com plete eradication of brucel losis and that California, Ida ho and Washington have start ed work toward that goal. Oregon, he adds, has not taken definite steps toward complete eradication, but is in good pos ition to do so. He will report on the national meeting at a December session of the Ore g o n Brucellosis Advisory committee which at that time may recommend Oregon's future course. Research has shown that the manure from a 50-cow hard can mean as much as $150 a month in increased crop yields. State Board of Agriculture Previews Model of Agriculture Building The State Board of Ag riculture previewed a mod el of a proposed building for the State Department of Agri culture and completed plans to gain legislative and public support for construction in 1963 at its Nov. 27 meeting, held on the OSU campus in Corvallis. "The Department's inade quate and crowded housing situation is critical and unless a new building is authoriz ed, consumer and farm pro grams required by law will suffer", Chairman Frank Rood, North Bend, declared in summarizing the board's discussions. He said the building will cost between $900,000 and a million dollars and will be a one-time investment for the state. The capitol planning commission has allocated Capitol' Mall space, t w o blocks removed from the pre sent large structures, for an agriculture building if the legislature authorizes con struction. "The board's request for building monies will be among many other worthy building needs to come before the legislature, but we con sider it very modest and re latively a drop in the bucket compared with the many mil lions of dollars for buildings expected to come before the next session", R. A. Long, Fort Rock cattleman, said. Need For Relief The board has particularly emphasized the need for relief in the laboratory areas, now handicapped in per forming pesticide residue and similar functions for protection of the public. Board members pointed out approximately 60 per cent of department activities serve the general public. Roughly the same percentage of mon ies to operate the department come from self-sustaining ac tivities, including licenses' and service foes. In another matter, the board heard Assistant Direct or J. W. Southworth explain that the department budget to go before the 1963-65 legisla ture will be S6.6 million dol lars for the two years. This is a reduction of $182,000 from the 1961-63 appropria t i o n upon which the department is now operating. Endorsement for the pro posed agriculture building by the Oregon Farm Bureau Fed eration and the Oregon Cattle men's association at their re cent annual meetings were re ported by Joe Saito, Ontario, and R. A. Long, respectively. Inloresled in Stabiliiation The board expressed its in terest in efforts of the Oregon Dairy Industry committee to continue stabilization of the milk industry after the tem porary producer milk stabili zation law expires Dec. 31, this year. Rood, chairman of the dairymen's committee which represents all major producer groups, reported a sub-committee is still in pro cess of drafting a possible state milk order, at producer level, for consideration of the overall committee. The November meeting was the first session the board has held on the state university campus. At the suggestion of OSU Agriculture Dean F. E. Price, who is ex-officio mem ber of the board, the members spent the afternoon on a tour NUMBER ONE Des Moines - (UPll - Truck driver Marion E. Delmott Monday took home his fourth straight No. 1 Polk county auto license plate. Delmutt camped outside the court house for 119 hours to be first in line for the coveted number. 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