Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-17

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renokn in the fruit growing world
has been well earned by this beauti-
full city on the Willamette River.
Another name for Albany is the Hub
of the Willamette Valley. Here the
Corvallis e Eastern Railroad, that
extends East and West from the Cas-
cade mountains to Yaquina Bay,
crosses the main line of the Southern
Pacific, which is paralleled north
and south by the East Side and West
Side lines. From Albany there are
short line trains operated to Scio,
Lebanon, Brownsville and Corvallis.
Albany is on the main line of the
Oregon Electric which will be built
this year from Salem to Eugene, and
on the Portland, Eugene & Eastern.
Having all these railroad lines CEN
tering here gives Albany the name
of the Hub City of the Willamette
Valley, but more distinctively Albany
has gained the name of being the
Apple City as Salem is the Cherry
City and Medford the Pear City.
The Annual Apple Fair.
This has become a notable event
for the fruit industry of Western
Oregon. Apples are exhibited here
once a year in November from all
over the Willamette Valley. This
year the Lane county exhibit won
the great silver cup prize for the
second time. At the apple show
there are displays of pears, ounces,
peaches and other fruits grown in
this vicinity-but principally apples.
One of the pictures on this page
gives a glimpse of the Albany Apple
Show.
Millions in Apple Lands.
Albany is the center of the great
apple growing region of the future.
There are many old orchards and
hundreds of young orchards, many
of them already in bearing. In
every direction about Albany the
river bottom lands are very well
adapted to peach growing and small
fruits. The rich, well-drained valley
lands are beinG laid off into great
orchards of hundreds of acres, which
are again cut up in five and ten acre
tracts. There are rolling hill lands
which are especially fine for apples
and pears. All the hill lands produce
hA haa,.f4fttI fpa.ik xutth cFN1n
did color, high flavors, fine textures,
and solidity for shipping purposes.
An example of this was the display
of apples made by John Goetz whose
orchard is on a spur of Knoxs Butte.
He showed apples of wonderful
brilliancy of color.
Gold Mines in Apple Orchards.
One of the largest exhibitors at
the Albany Apple Show was Henry
Struckmeyer, who showed about
twenty boxes of the most brilliant
red and yellow fruit, large in size
and smooth skinned with a wonder
full gloss. He has an orchard of
Baldwin trees, one hundred and five
TO the acre, that produce twenty
five boxes to the tree. He has three
acres of Grimes Golden that produce
fifteen to twenty boxes to the tree.
Such apple crops yield the grower
$500 to $4,000 per acre. Mr..
Struckmeyer is of good substantial
German stock and has made a great
success of orcharding.
One Sample of Exhibits.
1t will be OF public interest to
describe a sample of the exhibits at
the Albany Apple Show. Here are
twenty boxes of perfectly packed
apples. Mrs. Dena Tohl is the artist
who faced up this fruit. In the
collection are Golden Russets, Bell
flower, Yell W Newtown, Baldwin,
Hoover Spitzenburg, Northern Spy,
Jonathan and Ben Davis. all good
commercial producers and ready
sellers at fair prices. When 1t is an
off year with one variety there is
abundance of others, so the apple
crop is a sure money maker for the
intelligent grower.
Equal 10 Hood River.
A visit to the Albany Apple Show
will convince anyone that standard
varieties can be grown here equal to
anything produced in the Rogue
River or Hood River valleys. The
Yellow Newton are as good as can be
grown anywhere. The severest critic
can find no blemish on this fruit.
There are no better Spitzenburgs In
color, size, gloss or truer TO type
than can be found here
Variety or Exhibit.
There was a large display at the
Albany Apple Show of pears Of var
ious kinds and great deal Of land
hereabouts is especially adapted to
pear growing AS a pear district
this section has a great future. On
the river bottom are fine places for