The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-11-17
WHERE THEY GROW
THE 3-TIER SPITz

the falr from the Bateham place 8
Mosier excited the curiosity Of tn
Glacier man, and he made the overlan
trip to investigate.
A. II. Bateham was found on tn
Lamb place, now owned by him, wher
he was experimenting the gatherin
Of the apple crop. Although the oil
orchard has been neglected for years
yet with the little attention Mr.. Bate
ham was able to give it this year b.
succeeded in getting crop OF abou
500 bushels this year. 1t was on TIN
jeff Mosier tract on the Columbia, how
ever, that Mosier is pushing improve
ments with gang OF Japs. 1t was ther,
the big Spitzenbergs were grown, anC
trees were still loaded with The big rec
apples, the bulk Of them Alter, while
many were still larger. The old house
has been remodeled, large, comfortable
living rooms fitted up, while from the
honse good view can be had OF the
Columbia, the mountains across in the
state Of Washington, and the surround.
ings make an ideal home. On lhi:
tract there are fully 1850 acres of fine
tillable land. II is about the earliest
strawberry land on the river, and Mr..
Bateham will put in large acreage as
soon as he gets more irrigating water on
the place. A spring now furnishes
water for domestic purposes and also
enough to irrigate seven acres, while q
lake near the river contains enough
water to irrigate the whole farm with a
pumping plant. BY spring nearly the
whole 100 acres will oe in cultivation,
and will be put mostly into strawberries
and apples. Mr.. Bateham has about
300 acres in the two places, and he
expects to have 200 acres in apples as
soon as the land can be prepared and
the trees set out. The improvements
are being pushed with gang Of Japs
and no time is being lost.
The Dollie Mosier place, adjoining,
Is also one OF the choice farms of the
Mosier valley. The crop Of Spitzen.
bergs this year is especially fine, and
as goon as any seen in Hood River.
Miss Mosier is making improvements
and steadily increasing the value of the
property.
On The Dalles road, just east of town,
are several fine farms. On the William
johnson place is fine young orchard
OF eight acres, and while the trees did
not get the attention this year that was
necessasy, on account of sickness in the
family, yet the crop was remarkable
for the size Of the fruit, The writer
picked one Spitzenberg that was larger
than 3-tier, 1t weighing 10 ounces and
measuring 13 inches in circumference.
Mr.. Root has fine place on The
Dalles road. His bearing orchard is
composed of many varieties, and the
crop amounted to about 500 bushels,
but Mr.. Root will set out 200 Spitzen-
bergs and Newtowns in the spring.
u. Selinger, one of the Mosier pio-
neers, has one Of the choice locations
in M0sier. His farm consists of 22S
acres, Of which nearly 100 acres are in
cultivation. His main crop is corn and
grain, but on the place is an orchard 18
years old, consisting of two acres of
apples, mostly Spitzenbergs, and acres
OF prunes.
j. p. Carroll and two sons this year
harvested crop of about $500 boxes
Of apples off Is acres. Their farms are
located on the east bank Of Mosier
creek, about two miles from town, and
the trees are making a vigorous growth
and yielding heavily with fine large
Iruit, without irrigation. Th9 soil is
from 5O to 70 feet deep, having practic-
ally no bottom as far as the roots of
the trees are concerned. J. p Carroll
has just completed large apple house,
said to be one of the best in the state.
J. i Brown adjoins the Carroll farms,
and has an ideal place. Only six acres
N orchard, but the quality of fruit is
d the best, the trees being vigorous and
md healthy, and the returns are ample
10 make more than living for The
owner. Many varieties of fruit have
been planted. Mr.. Brown probably has
.he best place for grapes in the valley.
DIS Catawbas, Sweetwaters and Musca-
els attain a size and flavor that is
to any in this section of the
country,
Across the creek are the farms of S,
D. and 5. Il. Fisher But a small clear
ng has been made, though they are
Iteadlly putting in Spitzenbergs and
Newtowns, and now have about l2
lcres in these varieties of apples.
Mr. Peterson has few apple trees in
'earing on his homestead, but is max
ng slow progress on account of having
o do all his own work, and having but
ne arm. His Northern Spies and Bell
lowers are especially fine, although
laving received but little care.
just over the summit from the Hood
liver valley is the l60-acre farm of 2.
ALTMAN. lie has six acres in trees,
nd is clearing up more ground for
richard. While he has no water for
'rigation, his crops are all doing well.
We saw carrots on his place, one of :
hlch would make meal for board
lg house.
j. 7. Bailey has the next place on the
losier road, and has 20 acres cleared.
e expects to irrigate several acres
ON we'll, Plumbing the water with a
indmill.
A. NJ Roop is steadily improving his
setting out small orchard,
I'd has good patch of alfalfa started L
land which he does not expect to
rigate. BY piping water from spring
has sufficient for dome estic purposes Il
ID garden.