Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-04-07
NAMES BEST VARIETIES
LIST OF FRUITS MOST SUITABLE
10 VALLEY.
Professor Lewis, of Corvallis, Gives
Results of His Experiments
and Study.

Professor c. I. Lewis, head of the
horticultural department of the State
Agricultural College at Corvallis, who
was the principal speaker at the two
days fruit growers meeting held in
Dallas several weeks ago, has just
been giving some advice in regard to
the best varieties of fruit for culture
in this part of the valley. AS his opin-
ion is the result of extended expert
ment and careful study, and as the
local growers were most favorably
impressed by him while he was here,
the following extracts from his ad-
dress will be read with more than usu-
al interest.
The tree fruits he suggests as good
ones for this district are apples, pears
peaches, cherries prunes, plums and
walnuts the vine and bush fruits
grapes, red and black raspberries,
blackberries, gooseberries, strawber-
ries and currants.
Apples Recommended.
The best varieties of apples for the
valley, he says, are Yellow Newtowns,
Jonathans, Crimes Golden, Rome
Beauty Gano, Rhode Island Greening,
Gravenstein, Ortley, Wagner, Spleen
berg and Vanderpool Red.
Pear trees that will bear best here
are the Bartlett, dAnjou, Comice, Pat
rick Rory and Clarigea others sug-
gested as worthy of trial are the Glow
Moneau, Barry Hardy, Redo and How
ell.
Nineteen different varieties of
peaches may profltably be grown in
the Willamette Valley. Professor
Lewis named, in the order of their
frutlng. the following as good ones to
plant in putting in a peach orchard:
Early Alexander, Amsden June, Wa
terloo, Triumph, Early Columbia,
Hale's Early. Mamie Ross, Lowell,
Champion, Early Crawford, Early
Charlotte. Tuscan Cling, Golden Cling,
Muir, Late Crawford, Elberta, Globe,
Fitzgerald, and Salway, The most
promising of these are the Amsden
June, Early Crawford, Early Char
lotte, Mamie Ross, Muir, Elberta,
Globe and Salway.
Walnuts and Plums.
The Italian prune and the Fran
quette Mayette and Maylan walnuts, |
and the Satsuma and peach plums
are the varieties of these fruits which |
which he named as best suited to this
part of Oregon. The Maynard he
added as a good home plum, though /
not so good as the others for shipping,
Three sweet, three sour and two To-
cal varities of cherries were suggested:
the Royal Anne, Bing and Lambert for
sweet. ones; Ollvette. Montmorency
and Ric6nond for sour. and May
Duke and Late Duke for home con-
Il believe that apricots and, almonds
should be grown sparingly M this
said Professor Lewis, al
though It is thought by some that the
Ianguedoc and Gross Tendre viii
thrive here
Best Small Fruits.
The five kinds of grapes best for
this region are: the worden. Concord,
Delaware and Brighton. For
black raspberries the Cumberland and
Gregg. and for red, the Cuthbert.
Superlative and Ant
werp are best The three best black
berry vines are the Evergreen. Snyder
and Mammoth. Four good gooseber-
~ varieties are the oregon. Downing. ,
Industry and Smith. A similar num- ,
ber OF currrant varieties-the Perfec-
lion. Fay. Victoria and White Grape
are recommended. To the four best
strawberry vines for the valley the +,
Gold Dollar. Sixteen TO one. Magoon
and Clark's Seeding. Mr.. Lewis add
"a the Autumn Bell as a good pro-
iucer.