The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-07
Eastern oregon's Horticultural Society.

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Said one who was present, to our re-
porter today: Its a pity every fruit
raiser in Wasco county could not have
been present, Saturday afternoon last
and heard the remalks of Major Ingalls,
on Oregon fruits at the last Portland ex-
position and what the fruit exhibit carf
be from Oregon at the next Portland ex-
Said Major Ingalls, IF it had not been
for two or three of Wasco's public
spirited citizens, with the constant coun-
sci of the newspapers of The Dalles.
there would not have been an exhibit
from Wasco County at Portland, nor in
Oregon on Wheels. If one of the same
citizens had not at his own expen sc
authorized me to pay for an assistant to
look after the Wasco comfy exhibits,
your county would not have deserved
nor secured the first premium, for the
best exhibit of fruits of all kinds BY
keeping your tables frequently replen-
ished with fresh fruits and all wormy
and pestiferous fruits off the tables, there
was such naked contrast with that of
other exhibits you could not help get
ting the first premium
&C in Fruits and FloWers, the able
monthly magazine published in Port
land. in the November issue, the editor
said regarding the exposition at Tacoma
The fruits from all sections were re-
markably clean, high colored and gener-
ally of good flavor. The specimens in
nearly every instance were select, fact
which added very materially to the at
tractiyeness of the exhibit. In this re-
spect alone, the Tacoma exhibit out
ranked by all odds, the Portland exhibit,
SAGE possibly the Wasco county Oregon,
display
again, in speaking of Wasco's fruit
exhibst he says: She brought out an
excellent lot of fruit; ninety plates of
apples, twenty plates of peaches,
five plates of pears, thirty-five plates of
grapes, besides her prunes ard ounces.
Her apples were of good size and larger
than the average, the color was high
and the flavor frst-class. There we1e
high colored Wine Sap, Choice Hub
bardstowns, Sleeps Noses, large fine
Roxbury Russets, Prince Albert, Tulpa-
hocken, Maiden's Blush, Alexandria.
American Russell, Wagner, Daniel,
Peck's Pleasant, Ranbo, Nick-a-Jack,
Holland Pippins, fine R. I. Greetings.
beautiful TwentyOunce, York Imperial,
Northern Spy, Gloria Iundi, Ben Davis
and Blue Pearmain
Z" The peaches included luscious speci-
mems of Heath's Cling, Steady, Pic
quett's Late, Salway and Crawfords.
&C The pears were represented by
White Doyenne, Pound, Vicar, Winter
Nellis and D'Anion. 's
'' 'Of grapes, Muscat of Alexandria,
Chasselas-of Rose, Flame Tokay, Black
Spanish, Rose OF Peru and a new
variety, Hussaco.
g In prunes the Fellenberg, German.
Hungarian, Petit and new variety, the
Honey Dew.
g sOn the whole the display was one
in which the county could take much
pride and one that added much to the
attractiyeness of the horticultural ex-
hibit of the exposition. The most COM
mendable feature of it was the absence
of Scabby and worm eaten specimens
If Wasco's exhibit did nothing else than
teach our horticulturists the Importance
of showing clean fruit, it accomplished
inestimable good for the benefit of horti-
culture, especially pomology.'
Major Ingalls, urged the fruit raisers
To l-nn hni
pack fruit attractiyely for market, keep
poor fruit at home and grade the fruit
all of a size and kind to be put in a box
by themselves. Create fruit-raisers'
union and send agood committee to the
transportation ompanies-Northern and
Union Pacific and the boat line-long
before the fruit season begins, for the
lowest possible rates; do all in their
power for a good cannery at The Dalles
have your dryers and dry your fruit
when you cannot ship to advantage
green. You can raise better apples,
prunes, plums and cherries and as good
peaches, pears and grapes as in Cali
fornia and are nearer the eastern
markets. You all ought to be rich in
few years with nch soil, climate and
advantages of markets and it's your own
fault if you don't. It's your own fault if
at the Worlds Columbian exposition
you fail to get several first premiums on
fruit. Major Ingalls, was urged to adj
dressed the society again at his early
convenience"
Council Meeting.
An adjourned. council meeting was
held at the usual hour ON Saturday
evening with full attendance.