Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-15
THE SHANK a HALL ORCHARD
BELOW TOWN
PRODUCES A $4,000 CROP
Smudging at Small Cost Saved Many
Thousands of Dollars Worth
or Fruit

The Shank & Hall orchard Is
busy place during this the harvest
time OF the fruit year, Long rows of
apple trees which parallel each other
open vistas which reveal the fruit
gatherers, the boxes In which the
fruit is to be placed and other boxes
filled and ready to so to the packing
house on the distant hillside. II the
foreground are teams hauling empty
boxes and taking away those into
which the pickers have deposited the
contents OF picking sacks. The horn
of plenty has showered its contents
at the feet OF these men who had the
foresight to drive the frost king, who
came late, back to his lair by the
use OF smudge pots OF crude oil
burned under each tree whenever
the destroyer approached the or
chard. The result OF this foresight
is crop, In particular on three acres
of Newtowns and Wlnesaps, which,
experts say, will produce $500 boxes,
and these being mostly Newtowns,
they will bring fully $4,000 per acre.
A part of the trees OF this orchard
outside OF the three acres. did not
bloom this year but the whole 35
acres will bring TO its owners not
less than $4,000 worth of market
able fruit.
There is young apple and peach
orchard OF 20 acres adjoining In
which the peach trees excel anything
that the writer has ever seen for q
, year-old trees The apple trees are
vigorous and have made something
more than an average growth this
season Messrs Shank & Hall have
tried an experiment in this young
orchard by planting one-half OF the
land between the rows with potatoes
which makes them occupy Just 10
= acres Of ground. These 10 acres
have produced this year 1000 sacks
OF the finest potatoes to be found
in the best potato markets OF this
country.
, Chris Eismann, who is man OF
experience In fruit growing and
T. farming, and is employed on this
place, made the following statement
b az to the crops on this farm this year
@ His estimates are:
From sale OF apples $4,000
From sale of potatoes. 1900
4 ---
- Total sales .... $l3,5OO
s Cost OF pots and smudg-
G Ing ..,...,,,,,...'S 5oV
$ Pruning, cultlyating and
g spraying ......,... 3,6bO
-
i Total expense ...,....$ 4OoO
Il Leaving a clean profit OF $500
|. Mr.. Shank says with proper cul
i tlvation, pruning, spraying an
smudging he regards the apple as no
l. only sure crop but money make
which has no equal.
e Connected with the Shank a Hal
orchard is a packing house, 6Ox6C
n two-story and basement, where a
tho fruit ls taken for grading en-
!, packing This building has ever
convenience for the purpose. Tn
4, boxes are bought knock-down an
an expert puts them together at I'll
4, rate OF one complete box a minute
After the apples are packed the cul
n 90 in chute and find n place In N
basement from which place they al
II. shipped 20 cider mill where The
are sold by the ton.
n, A visit to the Shank a Hall orchal
Is. az this time ia an object lesson
On the business Of fruit growing and
the management Of an orchard.
n Apple growing has become a pop
d. lar business and many new orchar
Ter are started in this county every yes
and throughout this state and 9th
states in the Northwest, and
IN question naturally comes mp, viii I
ION business be oyerdone and apples
rd- come a drug on the marketl TIT
md is another side to this which tai
care of the apple grower OF the