The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-02-09

e provements suggested by himself
e This Mr.. Dosch takes a great dea
/ of pains to show to anyone inter
1 ested, and if they desire to con
7 struct one similar, they have his
4 permission. AS some of you are
, aware, this is where my loss
, occurred last season. With crop
of prunes estimated all the way
from $500 to 5000 bushels, my
Ievaporator failed to do the work
8 expected of it, hence those vain
) regrets. But time rights all things,
and with the experience of the
past, though dearly bought, we
; hope, the coming season, if Prov
idence smiles and sunshines are
propitious, to make better show
ing than last.
: Our faith and trust in ultimate
success never falters. TO him who
is willing to devote the same labor
and attention to this as is given
to other avocations. success will
come.
FRUIT PESTS NOT LIKELY TO INJURE
THE PRUNE.
| There seems to be no plausible
reason why Oregon should not
reach the front rank in fruit grow
ing. We have the whole world
for a market and with the conces-
sions made in freight rates by our
transcontinental railroads we are
now enabled to place our product
in almost every market the world
affords. Then, too, we are espec-
tally well situated with regard to
the growth of the prune, as we
have immunity from the devasta-
ton of the curculio, which is char
acteristic of few sections of the
whole world. DIR. j. r. Cardwell,
president of the state board OF
horticulture, says: ''My cores
pondence with distinguished en-
tomologists elected the statement
that our climate, like that of
France and Germany, was unfa,
orable to the curculio, and that as
her work depo iting the eggs was
done at night, when the thermom-
eter was above Is d2grees, we
had an immunity from this pest in
the fact that our summer nights
were very cool, rarely up to 10
degrees and generally much
coe1es. Prof. T. L. Washburn, en-
tomologist of the Oregon expert
.ment station, writes, ''that ia this
valley we are not likely to ever
have grasshopper plague because
of the rain in winter The gen
uine Colorado potato beetle is
not yet found in Oregon; neither
is the plum curculio nor chintz
bug. The canker worms-great
scourges in the east-'lo not injure
our fruit trees here to any extent"
FRUIT GROWING IN BENTON COUNTY.
On this subject Mr.. George
Coote, horticulturist of the Oregon
experiment station, writes: y
''The people of Benton county
are now taking a lively interest in
fruit growing. Especially is this
true in prune growing. Several
large prune orchards covering from
100 to $50 acres have been
planted, and are commencing to
produce fruit of excellent quality.
The Industry is still rapidly in
creasing each year.
s'The rolling lands Of this part OF
the valley, also the foothills, are
particularly adapted to the growth
of the prune. Not only does the
prune do well in Benton county,
but all kinds of other fruits, such
as pears, apples, grares, cherries,
and small fruits, such as strawber-
ries, currants, gooseberries, rasp-
berries and blackberries.
The varieties OF prunes best
suited for market purposes are the
Italian, French, Petite and Silver.
The industry may be made very
remunerative, provided attention
is given to the orchards in the way
of ju1icious pruning and cultiva-
ton of the soil. Bent county is
well supplied with shipping facil-
tiles. The producer is enabled to
ship his produce by way of the
ocean, west, and by railroad and
river, north. Each are competing
lines. consequently shipping rates
are not so high as in other parts of
the valley. 1t is hoped in the near
future to have communication di-
rect with eastern cities by way of
the Oregon Pacific. This will give
! 10 the fruit grower direct transpor-
tation with all of the great cities of
the east, where ready market
may be found for fresh as we'll as
dried fruit.
0It is not question as to whether