The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-08-09
OREGON
PEACH
CROP
Fruit Industry that Has a
Field Here
Growth of Business at Ash
land in ali Lines

II
made very profitable returns from
peaches grown on large scale on the
bottom lands north of the city-T. b.
Jones, Alex LaFollette, and W. H..
Egan. Year after year these gentle
men sell thousands of dollars worth Of
fine peaches, supplying the Salem
market and shipping to distant points.
There is no doubt that there are
scores of locations on the river bot
toms just as favorable as theirs where
peach orchards can be laid OFF to
great advantage. Il is a question of
soil and air-drainage and anyone who
will visit their orchards can see just
what is needed to make a success.
The peach industry could be developed
all along the Willamette river and
made very extensive If people will
hunt up the ground that is situated
just right. The Ashland Tidings has
this
The present peach season gives
every indication of being a most
profitable and plentiful one and Ash
/ land growers are correspondingly
happy The first crop--the growth of
early Alexanders, has been shipped,
and in a few days the early Hales
will come in for the market. The
warehouse of the Ashland Fruit Asso-
citation, alongside the s. p. Co.'S track,
will be a scene of intense activity
from now on until the close of the sea
son in October, and during the latter
part of next month, when the Craw-
fords are coming in plentifully, IL will
be one of the busiest places in South.
elm Oregon. G. W. Crowson. manager
OF the association. reports that the
shipments and market for the early
Alexanders were most satisfactory to
the concern. The warm weather of
last week which Il was feared would
cause some of the peaches TO rlpen
too rapidly for them to be shipped In
proper condition, appears to have done
no damage and the crop is in splendid
growing shape.
The early Alexander crop, unlike
some of the later and more valuable
varieties. does not seem TO be affected
so materially by weather conditions,
as take IL one year with another there
Is always a good output of early Alex.
o,ao,. nh o,I,, dlAforapoa tbfo ,yaav
Is that they seem to be a little smaller
In size. During the past week daily
average of 500 boxes has been shipped
by the association. A good proper
ton of the sales has been local, north
and south, but the bulk OF the ship
ments have been TO Portland. The
going price has been 40c per box fob
Ashland and this price. when II is
considered the Alexanders have been
in competition with California Craw
fords is regarded as fair one.
The blackberries are now at their
best, and are coming in very fast
There are some elements OF the situa
tion, however, which will tend to op
crate against a fancy price. and "a
cut of the demand. The Klamath val
ley and Scott valley countries, where
so many Ashland blackberries were
marketed last year, are In a condition
TO supply their own wants. as the
crop In these localities is reported tC
be excellent this year. The straw
berry raspberry. dewberry and Lo
cranberry crops have experienced q
most satisfactory season. In fact, the
Loganberry has been far short of sup
= plying the demand That delicious
berry commanded a fancy price, anC
orders are still coming, In which viii
be dificult to MI at any price. An in
stance of the productiveness OF thii
berry. and OF the prOfits In it's culti
walton. is furnished by 7. #. Smith
whose home is In the western part o
the city. Last year he set out 10I
plants, from which he harvested thii
season rs crates. He received for ey
cry crate Sl25, which made total o
s9s75 income from his Oneyear-ol'
vines,
The early Hale peaches. which fol
low the Alexanders. are half free-ston'
r and are of a better grade than the LAT
ter.
The fruit association is already II
: receipt OF a number OF inquiries 70
Crawfords in carload lots {. o. b. Ash
land.