The Minneapolis journal., 1902-09-26
Horticulture
i'm Oregon.
No State in the Union So
Well Adapted to Raising
all the Varieties of Fruit.

profitable fruits for that locality. The |
fruits grown there on account of the high |
elevation and climatic influences, have |
peculiar keeping qualities; the cherries.
owing to the absence of rain, do not crack
open, and by reason of so much sunshine, |
color highly, come into the market late,
and consequently always bring :remunera-
tive prices. .>.t -. y.
Southern Oregon Little Italy.
Southern Oregon, with It's decomposed
granite soils. as found in the Rogue river
and Umpqua valleys, offers the same
advantages for horticulture, and at no
distant day will be a veritable paradise
for the fruit grower. Its soils are natural
ly rich In all the plant foods necessary
| to produce excellent fruits, combined with
q, climate unsurpassed anywhere in this
fair land Of ours. The vast mining dis
trtcts Of this section, which are fast as
sumlng large proportions, will furnish a
very good local market for the small
grower, while most commercial growers
prefer to ship their products to the east
England and ermany, where these fruits
have found a very profitable market. To
| illustrate: A few days ago was shown
O. letter by one Of our commission houses
at Portland, who shipped the fruit for
the grower, from William T. Grinnen
American consul Saatts Manchester, Eng
dated Dec. Z, 1897, stating in lot 'sof
apples received from Oregon and on sale
| in that city, placards were found on which
were printed, Rogue river valley apples,
| from the orchard of c.. Kleinhammer
Phoenix. Oregon" saying that finer fruit
had never been exhibited in that market
and the dealers wanted to secure the
output for another year. Thus showing
what these valleys can produce and open
ing another and unlimited market for the
wtdeawake fruit grower Intelligent en-
| deavor, honest packing, brains, and applt-
cation Of business principles, which here
after must be" adopted in order to be
| successful in horticultural pursuits. has
its own reward: Peaches, apples, pears
| prunes, walnuts, grapes and watermelons
grow in great, abundance. It is surpris-
ing that the growing of wine grapes has
not been followed extensively The Rogue
river valley, which is,' in respect to soil
and climate, like the famous Burgundy
| valley of France, Is the place, par excel
lence, for thes growing of this variety Of
the hillsides Of that productive valley
! should not be covered with Vineyards.
Grapes of as good quality-as those grown
| in California OF. in France can be pro-
duced in that valley. 49,
| Willamette Valley Orchards.
Our own beautiful Willamette valley
does, and always did, grow fine fruits.
True, they have not the keeping qualities,
owing to our humid climate. as those
raised In the more dry localities and high
er attitudes, but for size, color and flavor,
are not excelled anywhere, besides hay
ing the advantage of neafness to- the
large local markets of our cities, as we'll
as cheaper railroad and ocean
transportation to the markets
/ of = the world. Here flourish
the apple, pear, prune, cherry, peach, ap-
ricot-al the smaller fruits in great abun-
| dance, and grapes galore. That grapes do
well in Oregon, is evidenced by the fact
that there are small vineyards in every
part Of the state, but know of only one
commercial vineyard in Oregon, which is
located on the red hills back Of Forest
| Grove, In Washington county-here is a
vineyard of eighty-four acres. Every year
| these vines are weighed down with large
punches Of the choicest grapes-each vine
or stock yielding from fifty to 100 pounds.
These sell for $25 ton. When the own
ers of these vineyards came to Oregon, not
many years ago, they We're in moderate
circumstances. They had to clear the
land and plant it to grapes, and now are
Well-to-do. Il have been in the famous
vineyards Of Germany, France and Cali
fornta, but have never seen such an abun-
dance Of grapes as these Forest Grove
vines bear from year to year, nor have I
ever tasted grapes of finer quality The