Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-02-07
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tion, pruning and science OF pollination.
Here as elsewhere horticulture calls for
painstaking and Intelligent work and
great patience. large profits have been
made in the past, depending OF course to
considerable extent upon the energy,
care and capital expended, as well as
selection OF stock and locality.
Apples, peaches, pears, prunes, grapes,
watermelons and walnuts arc the chief
iruit products. 1t is surprising that
wine grapes have not been grown here
more extensively. The hhlsides OF Lane
county should be covered with vine
yards, and no better quality can be
raised abroac.
In 1895 Oregon shipped 500
APPLES carloads OF apples to Germany.
England, Mexico, Asia, and
the Atlantic seaboard. This output will
comes To bear and old orchards have
better care, Years of experience have
demonstrated that Lane county can
successfully grow apples as a CONNER
Sial product. The fame OF the red apple
OF Western Oregon is we'll established (;
il perfection is due to the moisture in
air and soil at time of maturing. Here
in Lane county the Baldwin, Spitaen-
berg and King are the leading varieties,
with the Ben Davis, Jnhnathan, Wine
sap and Gravenstein.
Oregon ranks good second in
PRuNEs prune production, which is
now practically confined to
the Pacific states. Ever sensitive TO
environment, the successful growth OF
the prune ~ill always be confined 10
favored localities; it cannot be reared
lar and wide like wheat or berries. The
early settlers found that the plum was
peculiarly adapted to growth in Vest
ern Oregon, particularly Lane county,
and that its yearly yield OF luscious fruit
was nearly as sure as the coming OF the
seasons. Gradually the Successful cul-
ture OF the prune and its profitable re-
turn brought the fruit prominently be-
fore the public, and today We find an
acreage of prane orchards in the VIII
lamette Valley exceeded only by our
neighbor, California. But here no irri-
cation is necessary, which insures 3
meaty, sugarY fruit OF large size. Va
rieties are here grown that are not
found elsewhere, and the heated evapo-
ration process OF passing air through
the fruit, gives clean and bright pro-
duct obtainatle by no other means.
The price OF prunes has not yet
touched:. figure so low that profit Is
wanting to the Oregon producer. So
long as transportation facilities are ia
vorable las they exist here), that Sec
ton of country which can grow a prune
of required quality at the least outlay Of
labor and money, will be the longest in
the race. The Willamette Valley has
unquestionabIy the fsoil and the rain
land is not expensive; the trees grow
vigorously and bear heavy crops and
large. SNOWY fruit. Cultivating and
spraying call for little labor or expense
the fruits better cured by the evapora'
tors than in the sun aud quite as cheap
", SINCE plenty OF fuel is AZ hand. In
fine. no other locality enjoys greater
advantages at the start and up to the
point OF bearing. Tie demand for Ore
gon prunes is steadily increasing in the
markets of the world.
The shipments from Oregon in 1898,
the latest statistics we have at hand,
were:
Dried prunes. .............1 Is $50 900 los
ureen prunes ............ 3,'oo,oJJ IDS.
Total 20 .55O, 900 lbs