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covered a good ürofit in a resource which had been abandoned. 

 In fact, the Willamette Valley appears to have been dis- 

 covered by a new lot of explorers. Much land has been 

 planted to all kinds of fruit and the inquiries as to what 

 varieties of fruit to plant have exceeded those made at any 

 previous time in the history of the Willamette Valley. 



The question naturally comes up : If all these people go 

 into fruit growing what will we do with the fruit that is 

 raised? Where will we find a market? For the past ten 

 years, at least, the experience haa been that the price of fruit 

 has been on the up grade and the quantity raised has made 

 it necessary that the quality be on the up grade also. Grow- 

 ers are organizing fruit unions where they can unite in pre- 

 paring their fruits for market. The packing is as essential 

 as the growing. 



Cherries and fresh Drunes have been shipped successfully 

 from the Willamette Valley this year, a thing that has not 

 been attempted in many years. Where sufficient quantities 

 of fruit are raised in this section, it will Warrant the expense 

 of the establishment of pre-cooling stations. I have been 

 informed by the men who were detailed by the agricultural 

 department of our government to experiment in the pre- 

 cooling of fruits for shipment, that our cherries, prunes, 

 peaches, loganberries, raspberries, and strawberries may be 

 cooled before shipping and then shipped to any part of the 

 United States. 



Thus our markets may be enlarged and extended. We 

 can raise the stuff if we have a market to reimburse us for 

 the expense. 



Chas. A. Park. 

 Commissioner for Second District. 



FINAL REPORT, 1910. 



To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture: 



I herewith respectfully submit my reüort as commissioner 

 of the second district for 1910. 



This district consists of the counties of Lane, Linn, Marion, 

 Polk, Benton and Lincoln. Lane County is the most southerly 

 county in this district and extends from the summit of the 

 Cascade Mountains west to the Pacific Ocean. Linn County 

 extends from the summit of the Cascade Mountains west to 

 the Willamette River. Benton County lies immediately west 

 of Linn County and extends into the Coast Range where 



