The record-union., 1897-03-23
and was described in the report Of tt
Secretary of Agriculture for 1893.

and was described in the report of the
Secretary of Agriculture for 1893.
FRUIT FOR THE WROLD MARKET.
The yield of some trees is phenomenal.
Robert Glenn of the Portland 'Tri-
bune" has a tree in his garden which
produced over $500 pounds of fruit last
year. Colonel E. F. Babcock was judge
of the Pomaceous Department at the
Columbian Exposition and what he saw
there induced him to move to Oregon
where he is now largely interested in
fruit growing. During the autumn or
1893 f. c. Smith, Horticultural Commits
sioner of South Australia, visited Ore
gon, and in the course of a report which
he made described the Oregon apple as
the best that had ever been subjected
for his inspection. a letter from Syi-
vester Johnson, wrote to the late j. G
Lewis, who was for eleven years PresI-
dent of the Indiana State horticultural
Society, superintendent of the Ore
gon exhibit at the Columbian EXPOSE
ton, saying that this exhibit forever
dispels the opinion that California pos
sesses superior advantages for fruit
growing to that of every other region
Of the Pacific slope. The Oregon eX-
hfbit of pears, apples and plums was not
only unequaled, but it excelled that of
every other State" In this connection
the fact may be noted that the largest
apple, the largest pear and the largest
cherries exhibited at the Columbian
Exposition were grown in Oregon, and
that a special gold medal was awarded
to Max Pracht of Ashland for the lar
gest and best favored peaches. A car
load of cherries shipped from Portland
and grown in Oregon and Washington,
sold at auction in Boston in 1899 for
SO, 900.
Hardly less important than its other
resources is the magnificent timber
growth which the pioneer found IN ore
gon. extending from the summit OF the
Cascades to the sea. This timber con-
sisted of pine fir, cedar, maple, ash, oak
and other varieties in less abundance.
The small farmer who thinks of making
a home in this region will be directly
concerned with the fact that he can find
a wood lot" on every quarter section,
containing material for the finest kind
of poles. an abundance of fuel and
everything necessary to build corrals,
fences and outbuildings. The lumber
manufacturer will not need to be told
of the Oregon pine, the handsome cedar,
the spruce and other varieties SO Vaiu-
able in commerce. The best fencing ana
building material can be bought in Ore
eon and Washington for ST and 81 a
thousand at the mills.
WEALTH IN THE FISHERIES.
There is incalculabIe wealth in the
fisheries of a State like Oregon. Even
without cultivation its waters TEEN
with life and many of its citizens have
made fortunes in furnishing the sal
mon and other varieties to the mar
kets not of it's own cities alone, but to
the entire world The Pacific along this
coast abounds with halibut, cod, perch,
herring. founder, sole and other spe-
cies. while the rivers are full OF trout,
nike sturgeon and many other food
fishes. The shad has been transpianted
to these waters and thrlVes. oysters
transplanted to the bays and 1nlets or
the Oregon coast are as rat ana lus-
cious as their congeners of Cheasa-
peake and the Atlantic shore, while the
native" is of a quality that commends
him to the discriminating epicure.
Eastern clans have also been introduce
ed and it's product is not disappoint-
ment.
But the Give stock of the sea- which
grows more and more important and
will continue to increase in value, is
the salmon. This noble fish winds its
way in countless multitudes across the