MEDFOHD 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
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Besides Rood, Saito and
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