The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-05-24


into the GAZETTE office OH Saturday
last with two strawberries in his hand
which he presented to the fruit editor.
One of them measured 81 inches
around the "belt" and the other 81,
and the two weighed over two ounces.
This beats Mr.. Crees' and knocks the
Evgene berry silly, but is only a
dwarf beside of those in Albany and
Salem, which are given below.
Just more for the fun of the thing
and also to show the eastern readers
of the GAZETTE what Oregon does do,
a few of the items, from different
papers in this valley, are given as
follows:
This one is from the Salem States
man of May 18th: "'The record
beaten.-Albany's strawberry meu are
invited to come to the front. A
Salem berry measures sevon inches in
circumference. Are we to be beaten
even in the matter of strawberries by
that one-horse burg down the valiey2
Albany Democrat. Well, it would
seem so; yesterday w. M. Field, who
resides at 305 High street, Salem,
brought to the Statesman o1ice a
strawberry that measured nine inches
in circumference, being three and
half in diameter one way, and two and
three-fourth inches the other. 1t is a
perfectly developed strawberry Of ex-
cellent shape, being one Of fifteen
berries that grew on the same plant,
all the others being of good average
size. This beats the record so far, for
the present season, and if Albany's
straw Derry men can beat this speci-
men they're welcome to the honor"
One from the Salem Journal of the
18th says: ga few weeks ago a young
man who recently arrived in Salem
from Pennsylvania wrote back to his
eastern friends that strawberries here
" would some of them be at least six
inches in circumference. He spoke
of the other wonders of this genial
cline. His friends discredited him
and local paper states that amcns
her other products Oregon gives birth
to some magnificent liars. The yohng
man, the paper stated, had heretofore
been truthful lad, but it was to be
deplored the climate Of Oregon had SO
suddenly wrought the sad change in
hir,. This melted the aforesaid y. NJ.
to wrath and in proof of his assertion
he yesterday mailed to his tralucer a
green strawberry that weighed two
ounces and measured 9B inches III
circumference. This mastodon berry
he obtained at the penitentiary. 1t is
of the Pennoyer variety"
And this one is from the Albany
Herald of May 18th: "W. b.
Shannon, the Yankee gardener, Of
Cloverdale, across the river from this
city, in Benton county, left at Wallace,
Thompson & Commlny's yesterday 100
boxes of strawberries, from which an
average box was selected and the num-
ber of berries therein counted, which
was seven. The largest one was by
actual measurement ll18 inches
around the waist, aud big all over i'll
proportion. If Salem has any really
big strawberries let her trot them out
OF, If not, quit Boosting. If there is
any doubt as to the correctness ol
these statements the affiJavits of three
prominent business men who helped
measure them will be forthcoming"
William Peacock this morning
illuminated our sanctum with box o.
large strawberries. 1t was heapins
full, and yet contained only twelve Der
ries, large, plump fellows, not founders
All were six inches or over in circum
ference, the largest being Sss inches
around, honest, not Salem measure
ment. Will some one come to the
front and surpass this.-Albany Demo
crat, May 20.
H. Anderson, who lives across the
river from this city. in Benton county
left at this office Tuesday box of nam
moth strawberries one of which
measured 81 inches. The higges
strawberries in Oregon are raised ii
the fine garden lands adjoining Albany
Herald, May %.