Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-04-23
FINE FRUIT PROSPECT
Authorities Declare Oregon Destined to
Become Greatest Apple Growing
Center of the World.

"Oregon is destined to become the
greatest apple growing center in the
world" is the statement which hve
members OF the state board OF hortl-
culture include in their reports filed
with Secretary II. M. Williamson. Mil
lions of apple and pear trees are to be
planted here this spring. 100000 to
be planted in jackson county alone,
which when in few years they begin
to bear fruit, will place the apple and
pear growing industry on a plane
such as it has never before known.
Still better news to the people OF the
state is the fact that with the excep-
ton of a light damage done to the
peach trees and loganberry bushes,
the extreme cold weather of January
did practically no damage to the trees
of the state. In fact, thousands OF
slips are being sent out of the state to
Idaho and Washington points for
propagation.
} REPORTS we're filed from W. K. New
ell, president, r. Fl. Weber, treasurer,
t and M. o. Lownsdale, A. Ell. Carson
, and Judd Geer, commissioners. Each
, and every one of them was filed with
bright prospects, although all OF them
took occasion to condemn the portray
ing of overly big crops.
The crops this year according to the
reports will be average, with the excep
ton Of loganberries and peaches. the
most tender OF all fruits. There will
be light but excellent quality croK
o OF these fruits, while the apples. pears
n and harder fruits will produce
fairly good crop. The tips OF the
Y branches owing to the gradual drol
s which the thermometer took before thu
cold, weather we're but little affected
2 and should bear we'll.
d The planting of new trees this yea
has surpassed anything ever know
n In this section. Millions of plats an
- trees have been set out with the resul
that within the next few years the ou'
mt of the state should be almos
= double that what it is now. Josephine
jackson and Douglas counties wei
all reported as having planted man
e trees. jackson county growers plante
ls nearly 100000 apple and pear tree
o. while in Josephine county nearl
500. 900 grape vines were planted. Thes
As were mostly of the Tokay variety.
OF In Douglas, where large amour
m ne of clearing has only recently bee
+: done, the slopes are being set vii
eu ~ apple and pear trees in lart
'n quantities. Many thousand acres
he being cleared and from the tenden'
the present holders Of the land ma
. shown Commissioner Carson is OF Il
u opinion that many thousand mo
trees will-be set out in the next Il
years.
Comments upon the general moN
ment for the betterment OF I
orchards shown by the fruitgrowe
we're made by the commissioners
their reports. The growers ha
awakened to the fact that W
SPRAYED and we'll pruned orchard "
give much larger crops than will
only poorly cared for and are n
needing the many requests made
the inspectors for the betterment
their orchards.
E As a result of this not ba'
diseased section is to be found in
state of Oregon, as every disc
known to hortIculturists is soon fou
and exterminated. The diligence
one inspector did away with the POI
bility of siege OF the brown tail m
as the bug was found before it co
spread and was destroyed and OF
shipments watched.-Portland 20
nal.