Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-05-26
FORTY ACRES IN HEAVY PRODUC-
ING TREES
SEATTLE MAN PURCHASER
No Finer Fruit Soil i'm the North
west Says the Pur-
chaser

Fred G. Cutler, of Seattle, closed
deal today in Grants Pass whereby
he purchases the noted Fort VanNoy
orchard, composed OF SS acres and
located four miles of Grants Pass.
from Elmer S. Shank. The place Is
also known as the old Eismann
homestead. The consideration was
$4,000, being at the rate of $S52.30
an acre, the record price per acre in
this region for a commercial or
chard of large size.
Mr.. Cutler has been interested in
Rogue River valley for several
years, but has sold all of his hold
ings and will now concentrate his
energies on this premier orchard. He
stated today that the same charac-
ter of land and improvements II pur-
chased in other fruit regions Of Ore
gon and Washington would have
cost double the money and then
some.
There exists no finer fruit soil
in the northwest or elsewhere, for
that matter" sale Mr.. Cutler, "and
l am happily satisfied with my pur-
chase of the noted VanNoy ranch"
Forty acres of the tract are In
Is to 1S-yearold apple trees, Spitzen'
bergs and Newtowns, the remainder
except fine peach orchard, being
In 4 to 5-year-old apples.
Mr.. Cutler informed The Courier
that the ranch will produce good
crop this season, that he waged .
victorious war on the frost of early
spring. He had the deal so arranged
that he could care for the fruit croI
In this manner, though not closint
the deal until today. His family
will arrive here July / and will live
in town, Mr.. Cutler already having
taken q lease on a residence.
The vanNoy orchard has It's owl
irrigation system. The creek forms
small lake just before 1t emptie
into the Rogue and this is used as {
reservoir and affords ample wate
for the irrigation of the entire tract
The lake is about half mile lonl
and has no visible outlet, but tn,
water seeps slowly through tn,
ground to the river This lake is al
s. fed by many springs.
This has long been known as on,
of the model orchards Of the vale.
and has been visited by thousands o
people, II was formerly owned b.
Chris Eismann, one of the best post
ed fruit men In the valley, and wa
brought to It's high state OF cultiva
ton under his ownership.
The orchard is fully equipped will
all the modern conveniences and ap
pliances used In the fruit growinI
business. The packing house is sixt,
by sixty feet in size and is thre'
stories in height. The place has It
own power plant, consisting OF
steam boiler capable OF developing
20 horsepower. Then there is a ful
ly equipped spray factory, where tn,
owners manufacture all their owl
sprays, for this orchard Is scientif
ically managed and every precautiol
I, taken to keep infection from gain
ing a foothold.
There is a modern and commodi
Gus residence on the place, severa
barns and tenant houses, as well n
a boarding house for the help. II
1909 this orchard took six premium
AZ the fair al Ashland, and last yea
Il won the prizes for the best wine
saps against the entire Rogue rive
valley at the fourth annual exhibl
tlon OF the Rogue River Valley In
dustrlal fair, held at Grants Pass
Experts who have seen the packet
fruit OF this orchard say that II !
remarkable for color. size and uni
formiiv
The place has an interesting his
tory. The orchard formerly was th
site OF old Fort vanNoy and was IN