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high a Standard in former years and secured such splendid 

 prices on accoimt of it that even a slight falling off is very 

 noticeable and brings a strong protest. Careful investigation 

 showed US that this complaint was justified to a large extent. 

 I wish to urge as strongly as possible upon our growers that 

 such a policy will not do — that it will be suicidal. Only fruit 

 of high quality and absolutely honest pack can be marketed 

 successfully against the strong competition to be met in the 

 eastern market. 



We were much indebted to M. 0. Lownsdale and to the 

 Hood River and Wenatchee fruit unions for the boxes of splen- 

 did aDples which they so kindly donated for our use in demon- 

 strating to the committee on agriculture. The committee 

 members also appreciated the apples. 



EUROPEAN MARKET CONDITIONS. 



I am in receipt of a splendid report on European market 

 conditions from our consul at Belfast, H. B. Miller, which I 

 submit herewith. This will be given as füll Publicity as pos- 

 sible through the press, and will be published in füll in our 

 next biennial report. There are many points in it of the great- 

 est interest to us. The demand in those markets for pears is 

 surprising and we must find the varieties that will be the best 

 adapted for shipping over there. With the completion of the 

 Panama canal we will be able to load refrigerator steamers 

 at Portland and land our fruits in any European market at 

 very low rates. 



W. K. Newell, 

 Commsisioner at Large. 



FINAL REPORT, 1910. 



To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture: 



The year 1910 has been the most prosperous one in the 

 history of Oregon horticulture. The apple crop has been fully 

 double that of any former year, and owing to better methods 

 of thinning and spraying, a far larger percentage of the crop 

 has been marketable. 



The prune crop was apparently short of normal, but fine 

 w^eather permitted the entire crop to be saved, and the quality 

 was the very finest, with the price higher than has ruled for 

 several years ; so that the aggregate value is above the average. 

 The peach crop was something phenomenal; it seems as 

 though every peach tree in the northwest fairly outdid itself 

 in producing a crop. There were too many small peaches on 

 the market throughout the season, and prices were depressed 



