The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-08-27
3{ood River Glacier
THURSDAY, AUGUST q, 1903.
GLACIER Editor Sees Mosier Country.

Glacier Editor Sees Mosier Country.
A Glacier man spent two days last
week visiting the orchards Of oul
neighboring valley of Mosier. 1t has
long been known that the Mosier dis
trict is one of the most promising In
Wasco county. No section of the state
has better fruit prospects. The apple
orchards are mostly young, but those
in bearing produce all excellent quality
of fruit. Italian prunes are the main
crop at present, hut in year or two
the apple crop will take the lead. The
orchards are thoroughly cultivated but
receive no irrigation. Cherries are re-
ceiving considerable attention and are
found to be quite profitable. 1t was
Mosier took first premium on cherries
at the worlds fair at Chicago. The
premium cherries were grown on the
Husbands ranch, now owned by r. J.
Middleswart. Peaches are a sure crop
and the quality Is excellent. Melons
do we'll and are Of fine flavor Cereal
crops are produced without irrigation,
and garden truck of all kinds does WE'LL
Tomatoes are good crop but have not
been extensively grown. Corn and
potatoes are extensively grown.
Mosier has the same facilities for
transportation as Hood River-the rail-
road and the river The country is
more broken, but it has good roads.
There are two general merchandise
stores at the station, blacksmith shop
and a large fruit drying establishment
The latter is owned and operated by
p. Henningsen. Lee Evans, on his
place near town, also operates fruit
dryer that has capacity of 5000
pounds of green fruit day. Mosier
prunes have acquired reputation for
good quality and are in demand. Grow
ers this year are filling many orders
for prunes in the green state at good
prices, 40 to 80 cents crate. The bal
ance of the crop will be sold to the
dryer at SIS ton.
The Glacier man could not visit all the
places in Moser district during his
short stay, but hopes TO make another
trip when he may have more time to
visit with the hospitable people of that
community.
j. P. Carroll located at Mosier nine
years ago. He has q well improved
place, with large orchards of different
kinds of fruit but mostly apples. Mr..
Carroll made close study of fruit cul-
ture and has been very successful.
His orchards are well kept and thor
oughly cultivated He believes in
training an apple tree to branch out
low, and when the tree is loaded with
fruit the lower branches rest on the
ground, forming a complete protection
TO the trunks of the tree from the rays
of the sun. When the fruit is gathered
the branches lifs up again, at least
enough to allow of cultivation in the
spring. His Spilzenburg trees are a
handsome sight, with their loaded
branches bearing 10 the ground. BY
this method of training the trees the
fruit is easily gathered. Mr.. Carroll
had l 900 boxes of apples last year, with
not 3 per cent wOrmy. He uses Ken
nedy's mixture for spraying and sprays
his trees first time soon as the blossoms
fall, then every Is days until the end
of the season. Many Of his two-year-
old Missouri Pippin trees are bearing
this year, but of course he has thinned
the fruit and allowed only few apples
to remain on a tree. Mr.. Carroll will
have 200 boxes of apples this year.
He has 200 cherry trees. One cherry
tree seven years old measures 80 inches
in circumference two feet from the
ground, is 25 feet high and 20 feet
across its branches. His cherry trees
receive the same cultivation as the bal-
ance of his orchard.
q. l.. Carroll, son of ]. P has about
eight acres In orchard, mostly apples.
He has made all of his improvements
in the past eight years. This year,
from 20 cherry trees, he sold k97 worth
of cherries. Three of these trees are
seven years old, the balance five-yeaT-
old trees. This was at the rate of $500
an acre.
]. T. Brown has small orchard Of
about 500 trees. From 80 peach trees
he will gather over 200 boxes which
will net him 81 IA box. His place is eel
ebrated for the fine flavorof lis peaches
and melons.
w. A. Davis has fine young or
chard. From Is cherry trees he this
wear sold SIS worth of fruit. He has
500 bearing apple trees, aud years
old. This is the off year for his or
ehard, but he will have 500 boxes Of
apples.
Lee Evans, a leading citizen of Mo-
sieF and prominent In fruit culture,
came here Il years ago and has well
improved place OF his l75 acres %
sre in orchard. Unlike bis neighbor,