Junction City bulletin. [volume] (Junction City, Or.) 189?-1901, 1901-02-14
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ton, pruning and science Of pollination.
Here as elsewhere horticulture calls for
pains@king 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 MS
selection OF stock aud locality.
Apples, peaches, pears, prunes, grapes,
watermelons and walnuts are the chief
fruit products. 1t is surprising that
wine grapes have not been grown here
more extensively. The hiilsides of Lane
county should be covered with vine
yards, aud no better quality can be
raised abroac.
In 1898 Oregon shipped 500
APPLES carloads OF apples to Germany,
England. Mexico, Asia, and
the Atlantic seaboard. This output will
show large increase as new acreage
comes to bear and old orchards have
better care. Years OF experience have
demonstrated that Lane county can
successfully grow apples as CONNER.
cial product. The fame OF the red apple
OF Western Oregon is we'll established !;
it perfection is due TO the moisture in
air and soil AT time of maturing. Here
i'll Lane county The Baldwin, Spi,2en-
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 will always be confined to
favored localities; it cannot be reared
lar and wide ike wheat or berries. The
early settlers found that the plum was
peculiarly adapted to growth in West
ern Oregon, particularly Lane county,
and that its yearly yield OF luscious fruit
was nearly as sure Us 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 prune orchards in the vii.
lamette Valley exceeded only by our
neighbor, California. But here no irri-
cation is necessary, which insures q
meaty, sugarY fruit of large size, Va
rieties are here grown that are not
4Nuiu ClcCWuSISs ouu tAC ISttttu SNdpO-
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 tas they exist here). that Sec
tion of country which can grow prune
0f required quality at the least outlay OF
labor and money, will be the longest in
the race. The Willamette Valley has
unquestionably the tsoil 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 fruit is better cured by the evapora
tors than in the sun and quite as cheap
~, since plenty OF fuel is at hand. In
tine no other locality enjoys greater
advantages at the start and up to the
point of bearing. The 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 es,..........,..16 1890. 900 lbs
Green primes ........... $3.50, 900 lbs.