Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1902-11-27

character are great object lesson in
horticulture. On the same tract OF
land, Mr.. Lawson has apple trees OF
two years growth, some Of which
have diameter at the ground of three
inches, while some Of the shoots
show growth of six feet during the
past season.
one OF the most profitable and pro.
ductive Of Mr.. Lawson's ventures is
his berry plantation of two acres.
comprising the various varieties
blackberries, raspberries, Logan Der.
ries and gooseberries. The product of
this berry orchard" brought in about
$500 last summer, showing how prof.
table small amount of land may be
made. OF gooseberries alone the crop
was 800 gallons, selling at % cents per
gallon. The berries were astonish-
ingly large and of the most excelle mt
flavor. Some individual bushes
bore a crop of five gallons to the bush.
Mr.. Lawson shipped ii0 gallons of
gooseberrries at one load to Crescent
City. The other berries exhibited a
similar productiveness and excellence
and were uniformly large and Of the
finest quality. There are two twin
bushes of red raspberrics from which
l0-box crate of berries were picked
every alternate morning for two
weeks during last summers berry
season. A single row OF red raspber.
ries, Cuthberts, 20 rods long brought
in si5 These berry vines in full
bearing are surprise to all who see
them in their productivenoss. The
vines themselves are large, strong
and thrifty. On one variety Of black
raspberry which Mr.. Lawson is grow.
ing, some Of the vines at the present
time have a length Of 20 feet or more
This particular variety possesses the
pleasant advantage Of being entirely
thornless.
On this same l0-acre tract Mr..
Lawson has plat of rhubarb 20 feet
wide and 80 feet long, the product Of
which this year amounted to nearly
$50 He has also small piece OF
ground on which, during the past
summer he raised two crops, the first
OF onion sets and the second of cab.
bages and squashes Tho season, Mr..
Lawson finds, is somewhat curtailed
in duration by the extreme dryness
which is often feature Of the later
part Of the summers. Though the
soil holds moisture woll, the seasons
productiyeness would be considerably
increased by the judicious applica.
tion Of water. Only a small amount
of additional moisture Is needed.
The irrigation facilities with which
this valley will doubtless soon be
provided will increase its productive.
ness enormously. To test the posi-
bilities Of the soil when worked 10
somewhat near its fullest capacity,
Mr. Lawson selected a piece Of ground
about rod wide and 60 feet long.
80 situated that it could be watered
from the well, and fertillzed Il
generously. In the spring he planted
lettuce and peas in rows eight inches
apart When these were well grown,
he drilled In beets between the rows,
80 that when the first crop was ex-
hausted, the heets had good growth.
he followed the beet crop by one Of
tomatoes and cucumbers, thus produo.
ing three crops in the seafon from the
same piece Of ground. The first crop
did not require watering. The third
he watered but three times BY care.
fnl estimate, this ..small piece Of
ground yielded in tile season s5t
worth Of produce.
A recent improvement which Mr.
Lawson has instituted on his place IL
fruit drier The possibilities In
the dried fruit industry are very great