The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-30
HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY'S HISTORY

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H. Hines, of the Oregon Historical
Society. is here reprinted from the
proceedings of the society:
Since the fruit industry Of Oregon is
now beginning to be reckoned as one
of the great factors in the successful
industrial life of the State, it may not
be amiss to give here a few facts
relating to its origin.
To Henderson Luellng is due the
bringing of the first nursery stock to
Oregon.
Many years ago asked Alfred Luell-
ing to give me the names Of the trees
his father brought to Oregon in l847,
and the following Is the list thus
secured, and | believe this is the first
time that it has been made public:
Summer Apples-Sweet June, Red
Astrachan, Golden Sweet, Summer
Pearmain, Summer Bellfower.
Autumn Apples -Grayenstein, Red
Cheek Pippin, k-No-Furhter Rambo,
King of Tompkins County.
Winter Apples Golden Russet, yell
low Bellhower, Tulpahocken, Baldwin,
Lady Apple, White Pearmajn, North
ern Spy, Esopus Spitzenberg, Winesap,
Yellow Newtown Pippin, Jenning.
Summer Pears Bartlett, Early But
ter. Autumn Pears rs-Seckel, Flemish,
Fall Butter, Winter Pears Winter
Nelis.
Cherries Royal Ann, Black Tartar
ian, Black Heart, May Duke, Kentish.
Peaches Crawford S Early, Craw-
ford's Late. Golden Cling.
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Also Siberian Crab Apple and Orange
Ounce.
In this connection it may be stated
that the first peaches in the William
ette Valley, so far as now known, were
grown from pits brought across the
plains to Oregon in 1914 by Rev. Ed
ward Evans Parrish, who came from
Ohio.
In order to throw little light upon
the activities of Luelling & Meek in
connection with their nursery business
| will summarize a few points from an
affidavit made by them before Judge
0. c. Pratt. Judge Of the Supreme
Court of Oregon Territory, on July l9,
| 1852 The occasion of this affidavit
was this: The President Of the United
Staes issued an order dated January 5,
1852, to take 800 acres out of their
donation land claims, titles to which
were acquired under the provisions of
the donation land law of September 27,
1850, for public arsenal and ordinance
depot. This affidavit was, in effect, a
remontsrance against that order, and
evidently resulted in its withdrawal.
The part7of the affidavit setting forth
the cost of the 1880 acres owned by
LueIling & Meek is quoted literally:
'These claims cost deponents in
| l847-I8 the sum of 1850; they eX-
| pended thereon in Improvements in
! lS4S, 81, 200; in 1849 $500; in 1850,
$l3, 600; and since then a large amount
besides, making in all $50, 600 or over.
The clearing off and grubing of their
said land for the use to which they put
! it, nurseries and orchard, has cost
them at the high prices of everything
in Oregon, full $500 an acre, and they
have on said claims 25 acres and over
thus cleared, etc. their saWmill, also
situate thereon, and looking for sup
plies of logs to the fine timber growing
on said claims, has cost more than
Sl2, 900; they further say that they
have growing on said claims an amount
of valuable fruit of all the choice kinds
and varieties obtained in various ways
and different times by these deponents
at an eXpene of many thousand dollars,
| which at a fair present valuation in
connection with said claim would sell
for $50, 600 and upwards; and yet these
deponents say that the actual value of
their said nurseries, mills and other
Improvements is diminished by the
aforesaid d attempted reservation more
than o)o-half which by the rule as
afore5a.d, to indemnify them, will
scarcely elbow an assessment Of the
twentieth part Of their actual dam
ages.
A portion Of the land herein referred
to is Eow owned by the Waverly Golf
Club, and the Electric Railway con-
nectiog Oregon City with Portland,
runs through it.
The habit that Oregon has acquired
Of winning prizes for its fruit. is not
Of recent date. At the California
| State Fair in SpptcmbCr, 1859. at Sacr -