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About Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1888)
tgy y CAPITAL JOURNAL. JTJNE S-WOODBURN, WOODBURN D k Coiiaw WOODBURN, OR. Find Fruits on Eartli ARE PACKED ME DAILV. Men, Write to Us, HEMLOW & HALL. COLUMBIA Fire and Marine INSURANCE COMPANY, of roirrr,A'D. J. M. POORMAN, Agent. WOODBUBN, OK. LONDON and LANCASHIRE Fire Insurance Co. OP LIVERPOOL. J. M. POORMAN, Agent, "WOODBUBN, OB. Established 1803. J. II. SETTLEMIER, Prop., WOODBUBN, OB. The Largest Stock of Trees in the Northwest. This Nursery contains over ono million jnd a half of trees, consisting of nil tho leading varieties of Fruit, Shade, 4 Ornamental, Anil Nut Trees, VINES AND SHRUBBERY, At Lowest Rates. SPECIAL ATTENTION Given tlio Wliolesnlo Trade, COMIIERCIAL JV OF CALIFORNIA, J- M. POORMAN, Agent, ack HOTEL WoonnuitN, Ohkoox, F. M. CAMMACK, -:- Prop. THE TABLE Is supplied wllh the bost the market affords served by white cooks. This liQtol has recently been refitted nncl Is now ono oftho best houses In the valley. A share of the public patronage respect fully solicited. Everything first-class. (( (Established l&iO.) Of London anri Aberdeen, J. M. POORMAN, AKont, WOODBUBN, OB. CALIFORNIA IE -:- COMPANY ! OP SAN FRANCISCO. J. M. POOIIvlAT, Agent, WOODBUBN, OB. WATERBURY & FASH, Boots and Shoes AT PORTLAND PRICES. Inspect our goods before buying elsewhere. Phoenix and Home! of Hartford. of New York. Invested funds oxceed $12,000,000. J. M. POORMAN, Agent, WOODBUBN, 1 ; OB. I. S. LEONARD, -DKAIjKB IN Groceries, Confectionary-, ' "Anil Tobacco. GIVE MB A CALL. WOODBURN, OREGON. r THE NORTHWEST FIRE AND MARINE Insurance Company OF PORTLAND. Capital stock, 8600,000. J. M. POORMAN, Agent, WOODBUBN, OB. HOME MUTUAL Insurance Company OF CALIFORNIA. J. M. POORMAN, Agnt, WOODIH'KX, OR. WOODBURN OUR FRUIT CULTURE. A Visit to (lie Cclclmitctl Sctllcmier Nursery. ITS LO0AT1O.N AT WhODNUKX, OR. Tlio llest Stocks upon which to draft onr Prunes, Plums, Cherries, etc. Experience with Fruit Pests. On Tuesday last our fruit reporter took a run down tho road to look over tho extensive nursery of J. II. Settlemier, of Woodburn. The' re sult of his visit is partially told elsewhere. Rut our space- and de scriptive powers are too. limited to tell it all. That visit was a pleasure no lover of nature could fail to en joy. Tho nursery was originally started by its present owner in '03, and just enough of tho original grafts have been allowed to remain to beautify the grounds and furnish fruit, cuttings and seed. Thus tho purchaser of either shade, fruit or nut trees, who may be a novice, can have a full grown sample of many of the varieties, to examio and com pare. The advantage of this, par ticularly with shade and ornament al trees, shrubs and vines, is incal culable. To walk once more be neath the shell-bark hickory of our boyhood days, the linden, the elm and the chestnut, made us homesick, and nearly caused us to miss tlie train. Believing our readers would be in terested in learning something of tho views of Mr. Settlemier on grafting and other points, we pneu mm witll questions and re ceived substantially such informa-i tionas follews: The healthfulncss of a fruit tree depends in a great measure upon the nature of the stock upon which it is grafted. The stock, we will explain for the beuellt or those who don't know already, is the root into which is grafted a scion selected from some well known tree. The graft, usually inserted near the sur face of tho ground, sends up a shoot which becomes tho tree. Sprouts from tho stock, below the graft, will bo an injury, and for this reason peach roots are perferred for plum and prune trees, as they do not sprout. Tho plum roots are intoler able nuisances in an orchard be cause of this tendency. But an other reason why the peach root is preferred, is its hardiness. A peach tree may winter-kill above ground; but the years may como and the years may go, the root lives on for ever. The pencil plum Is not a healthy tree in some localities in Oregon, but Mr. S. has demonstrated its health- fulness where grafted on a hardshell almond body, leaving some two feet of stock. The great valuo of tho peach plum makes it a desirable sort to propagate; but its tendency to disease has kept it tho back ground. Is this not a solution of tho evil. Tlio peach stock is adapted to light, dry soil. For wet or adobe land it is not good. Tlio Myrabo lan, a wild plum of bouthern France, is altogether better. It does not "sucker" and is perfectly adapted for heavy soils that are impervious to water. Keep this fact in mind, and if you have soils of this nature upon which to sot out prunes or plums, insist upon your nurseryman supplying you trees grafted upon Myrabolan stocks. If you cannot secure them, put pears in their place. Pears will grow almost nny place whoro willows thrive. Cherries should bo grafted upon black Muzzard stocks. Our bout cherry, tho Royal Ann, is not ho hardy a treoas some, but when thus grafted, does well with Mr. S. lie usos tlio black Mazzard exclus ively. An experiment of Seth Llowellyn's, nuido over tw&nty-five years ugo, Ingrafting cherries upon wild stocks, may bo interesting. He grafted or budded his scion near the ground, letting the stock remain xomotwo feet high. When the graft sunt up its shoot iarnlloI witll the Htook they were united at the' top and only the graft ullowed to coir tiiiueou and form the branches. Tills nnulen tree wit Ji u double body, tho two parts being kept separate ex cept at the top ami bottom where they were united. The point of In tercut Ik that the wild body htw far outetript tho tHine, proving lu better adaptation for the nuriMMe. Mr. Set- tlemier nukes it a rule tu grow moat of his grafts on full roots, Instead of seetiono, as is usually done. Tho ad vantage is obvious. TUB KAVOKITEVABIWriKS hi one section may prove failures In another. For instance, the Spitnon berg and Yellow Newtown Pippin are the favorite in Southern Oregon, yet tho latter does but poorly with most of us In this valley, seldom be ing a nice plump apple, free from blemish. The Spitzenberg is a grand good apple here, but Is not nearly so prolific a some other varieties. The green Baldwin is probably tho bet apple we have got for this local ity. It Is a very prolific bearer, and does not dry rot like the red Bald win. It is better llavored also, and keeps as late as the Spitzenberg. The Italian prune is conceded by Mr. S. to be the best, yet tho Petite has its friends, being more proUlle, and more easily dried on account of its size. Peaches have only ono serious drawback in this part of Oregon, the diease known as tho "curled leaf." This Is all duo to the fact that the peach gets up too early in the morning. In other words it leafs out in the spring too soon for our climate. The moisture nxceud- inct'throughthccapillary;tubesenters the leaf and remains there; whereas it should merely deposit the food it has brought from the eartli to tho leaf, and be absorbed by tho warm rays of the sun. But usually the air is charged with moisture early In the spring and refuses to relievo tho overcharged leaf of its burden. The result La it continues to receive but fails to throw oil the surplus moist ure, becomes two or three times as thick as tho natural leaf, sickens, curls up and dies. The limbs be come bare, mid die for want of leaves. Who can suggest a means whereby tho leaf is retarded until the air is dry enough to cleanse the tree's sys tem? By the way, all this sounds strangely analogous to a description ot liver and skin diseases in a patent lucdlcinc ad. Tin: ciiKBiiy sr.uo gets rough treatment at the hands of Mr. Settlemier. It is a little snail paced green slug, one-third of an inch long, or less, is readily detected by its slimy appearance, and the ap pearance oftho leaf upon which it feeds. It seldom kills a tree, but injures It greatly. It sometimes at faoks'iho pear. Tlio treatment here given, is to put a quart of air-slacked llmo in a small hand gunny sack, and thoroughly dust tho young tree just after a rain, or early lu tho morning. Tho moisture on tho leaf catches the lime, into which Mr. Slug madly dashes to his un timely death, though usually killed instantly by tho thing lime. Ex amine your young cherry trees, and apply tho remedy if they are In fected. INSHTTJNO OUT TIIKUB, Mr. Settlomipr favors putting apples thirty-six foot apart each way with prunes intervening, viz: In the llrnt row place apples and prunes alternately. Second.row, all prunes. Third row same as lirst, and so on. By the time tho apples are grown tho pi lines will bo past their useful ness and can bo cut out. The Town of Woodliuru Is beautifully situated oil an ele vated plane, in full view of tlio snow peaks of tho Cascade range of mountains, alo in full vlow of Mt. Ranlor and Mt. Adams. No better place could have beun chosen as a site for an Inland town. Tho ele vated plane on which tho town is built, Is well adapted for drainage, thus insuring health to the inhabi tants. The soil is of tho rich black loam, and who ovor plants a vino hero will oat of its abundant fruit. Tho buildings are all neatly con structed, now and freah in appear ance, and seem to retlect the charac ter of tlio inhabitants. Woodburn needs up inflated booms to iuvuroits prosperity ; it will bo a town of no small ImporlNuou. UliUiIal .Natlei. After a sharp debute yesterday lu the house of assembly at Pudding River it whs decided to appoint Ilemlow and Hull as general pur veyors for Marion county. Why? Because they are so very uniform in their priow, and because they have, in opening a fruit cannery in Wood burn, storied an Industry which promise to benefit the fanners more than firing two cents per down mow for egg than Portland market Will pay Uw fciglmt market pri in cash for wool. Hqnlw fbnwr & (Vs. oomorOniitttiratel uml Court street Sftlwri. HEMLOW & HALL, DKAI.KKS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HOOTS k SHOES, CROCKERY, Etc., Elc. STOCK COMPLETE Produce a Specialty. WOODBURN, -:- OREGON. W. H. GOULET. -Proprietor of- AND SALE STABLE, WOODBURN, OR. Slnglo ami ilouhlo turnoutH to let. Transient stock carefully provlileil for. Special attention ulvon to ronuncrclal travelers. HAftTFOllD Willi? iVQiTinvni? nmiinvv rum iinjuniuwij vim OF HARTFORD. J. M. POORMAN, AKont, woonmntN, on. DR. ). 0. BYLANJ), Physician, Surgeon ami Obstetrician (Coroner for .Marlon county.) Ollleo ovor drug More. JIourK, I) to Vi . M. 1(11(1 1 to ft 1. M. WQOIHIUUN, OH. CIIAS. JACOBS & CO'S Red . Letter . Cigars ARE THE BEST Cent Cfear in tlio Market. J. Poorman, Agent, Woodburn. VALLEY NURSERY WOODBURN, OR., T. 31. JII0KS, -:- Proprietor. Special Attention Given the Retail Trade. to ORDERS 11V MAIL A SPECIALTY. TODD Si HAYES, W I W unci ii. ii AllbJHift l I . unu 1. -ITT JTTTP Wmlliiiiit (hip.. J, 1L POORMAN. -:THE:- D m WOODBURN, OREGON, -di:at.i:b in- Pure Drugs -AND Medicines I CHOICE PERFUMERIES, AND Fine Toilet Articles. A FINE LINE OF School Hooks, Stationery, Ami School Supplies, Paints, Oils, Brushes, HIV JT TIJf t. v I I AND BVniYTlUNO: IN mi -- ttTlu ' Our motte: PORE AND RELIABLE BEAR IN MIND Our Stock is Complete IN EYKHV DEPARTMENT lo 1'lcasc All! THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM In tho Willamette Valley U tlio Journal ! DAILY AND WEEKLY. M ERC I-I ANTSI In SMleui who wIhIi to niicli out for unci mv uiiru tliu iiiiiKiilllroiil country Initio hlioulil lulvurtlw In tlio Weekly Capital Journal! 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