The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-01-11

| tors that the county was producer
of other fruit than big red apples.
Among the delegates the Hood River
delegation was most prominent
Not content with big red apple on
J burnt leather background, they had a
| yell close second to college veil,
to call attention to the fact that they
we're present and were proud of the
place from which they came.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
On resolutions-A. p. Gipson, Cald-
we'll; A. |. Mason, Hood River; G A..
Ienneson, Iacoma Maxwell Smith,
Victoria; Professor Il. d. Ball, Logan,
Utah.
On trausportation-Ben Burginder,
ColfaX; Fremont Wood, Boise; S. A.
Miller, Milton.
The convention came to close at a
late hour Thursday night, ending one
OF the most successful and interesting
meetings it has ever held. The follow
ing officers we're elected: President,
f. l.. Smith, Hood River; vice pIesi-
de ts for the states Oregon, A. l..
Mason, Hood River; Washington, b.
Burgunder, ColfaX; Idaho, Fremont
Wood, Boise; Montana, r. c. Cooley,
Bozeman; Utah, Professor Il. ID. Ball,
Logan; Columbia, j. A. Anderson,
Veto ia; treasurer, W. S. OHner,
Walla Walla, Washington secretary,
c. A. Tenueson, Tacoma.
Seattle was selected as the next
meeting place by an unanimous vote.
f. Hofer of Salem read a paper on
,trawberry culture, Professor Judson
of Moscow ON pruning, Judd Geer of
Cove on fruit culture in general.
Maxwell Smith, dominion fruit in
spector, spoke on conditions in Brit
ish Columbia. Mrs. Hattie Eckley of
La Grande spoke on Horticulture.
At the afternoon session President
/ b. l.. Smith of Hood River read a
| paper on "Overprod uction of Fruit, "
which was discussed vt length. A. Il.
Gipson of Caldwell, Idaho, spoke on
shipping apples and fruits to the Ori-
ent, which take much lower grade Of
fruit. 1t will be one feature Of the
associations work to take up the
matter of Orient fruit shipping. Ex-
Governor Geer attended the meet.
| ing and made several remarks in the
discussions, as he is uch interested
in fruit growing, having formerly
lived in the great fruit section oi
Cove, The governor is visiting rela
tives in eastern Oregon and was in.
vited to visit the fruit growers.
In his talk, Judd Geer said in part
"In selecting varieties of fruit fo
commercial purposes | would nam,
quality as the most important attri
butte. Probably the highest author
ity obtainable is the revised cataloSu
of fruits, prepared by the American
Pomologieal Society and the Unite
States Department of Agriculture
To illustrate; The Spitzenberg is rat
: cd 10, which is the limit as to ecxel
lence in quality; the Jonathan SO
Yellow Newtown 0-l0; Yellow Bell
flower 8; Thompkins King SO; YorI
and Rome Beauty CT each. Under n,
circumstances would | set out an ap
pie tree for commerce whose fruit II
quality rates lower than the last tw'
named. The Ben Davis ranks from AS
"Second in Importance is to selec
we'll known variety-one that need
no advertising. 1t is just as easy ant
cheap to grow what the people wan
as what you think they ought to want
and they will pay you much better TO
dong so.
"Ihird in Importance is the numbe
Of varieties grown. Don't have to-
many kinds | would have more thai
one variety, as seasons vary, and b.
having say three varieties one is fairl
sure of good income every year.
= "Selsct the best location availabl
for the purpose. The drainage an,
so it should be good, if the best re
suits are expected. Fruits will ofte
{ color more highly If sloping piece q
land is chosen, especially If it slope
: to the east or south.
"Good stock should be chosen; nc
/ the largest always; in fact, tn
younger stock is usually best If it
, healthy, clean and vigorous.
"a sod should never be allowed t
J form in growing orchard. kee
/ the cultivator running at interval
} of two weeks until August, when
; should be stopped to allow the tende
wood to ripen and harden to enabl
s it to withstand severe winter weather
Pruning and training are import
T. ant factors. The objects to be al
; tained are we'll balanced tops, an
. the admission of air and sunlight t
all parts of the tree while still leaN
( ing foliage enough to protect the fru
: and branches from the direct rays {
: the sun. This is an important matte
. where spraying is necessary.
G w. X. Newell Of CASTOR, formerl
D Oregon's Superintendent of Horticu
D ture at the Lewis and Clark expos
D tion, was unable to be present at /
g Grande, but sent paper giving him
y to the Oregon grower t be gathere
from the exposition. 1t was in sui
b stance as follows:
j 81 was much impressed by the IL
y terest Eastern people took in OF
cherries. The universal verdict wa
b. we never saw such cherries before
J. and then they wanted to know whel
v they could get them, and why The
couldn't be shipped East, so the
i could buy them. The few who hf
II ever eaten any In Eastern markets sa
~ lHey Ddu W pay " W " OohV9
n pound. California makes large pr
e its from her cherries by shippiI
b them East. Ours are better, and Il
II season will follow theirs. All throul
q the great Inland Empire, between Il
e Cascades and the Rockies, there a
G favored spots where cherries grow
o perfection. Here they should be plan
n ed in abundance and the fruit shipp,
,r to Eastern cities. Last year Rae
d Hatfield of New York bought all tn
could get at IA to IL cents poun
E and sold them in New York at 35
], 80 cents. They asked for carloa
3, where they got pounds, Royal An
D. Lambert and Bing are the shippi
1t cherries, particularly the latter two.
1t "Also the country east of the G;
" cades should supply all the Nor
ID Coast wi b the European or CaliforE
as varieties of grapes. They can gr