52 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



There are years that under adverse climatic conditions the 

 fruit grower after the most strenuous work falls to reallze 

 his anticlpations. A sufRclent precipitatlon durlng April, 

 May, and June, followed wlth good cultlvatlon, Insures a large 

 Output If bloom is good. Durlng the year 1909 spring frost 

 on low levels Injured the bloom, excepting In orchards where 

 falth was strong In the oll pots to ralse temperature on frosty 

 nlghts. All growers that heeded the warnings In and about 

 Medford, phoned to every grower by Professor P. J. O'Gara, 

 had good crops. Those who dld not heed the warnlng lost 

 the greater part of thelr crop. The same conditions as to 

 frost prevailed durlng the spring of 1910. The men thls year 

 that heeded the warnings of O'Gara have good crops; those 

 that dld not, have a very llght crop to seil. The experlments 

 had in the Rogue River Valley the past two years in smudglng 

 wlth the oll pots convlnces me that Insofar as frosts are con- 

 cerned the fruit grower can save his crop if he industriously 

 uses the oll pots and keeps them burnlng on frosty nlghts. 

 True, a warm bed on a frosty night is wlth many a hard thing 

 to leave, but the results had by those who had the falth in 

 the vlrtue of the oll pots should stlmulate every grower to 

 be prepared to smudge each year the necessity arlses. 



I am convlnced that smudglng to prevent spring frost from 

 Injury of the fruit bloom will become one of the details of 

 the fruit industry, as now are spraying, pruning, etc. 



The followlng tabulated statement will be found near the 

 amount the several countles of the third dlstrlct marketed 

 in the years 1909 and 1910: 



DOUGLAS. 1909 1910 



Apples, boxes (one bushel) 30,000 60,000 



Peai-s, boxes 15,000 25,000 



Peaches, boxes 60,000 80,000 



Prunes, cured (pounds) 5,225,000 7,500,000 



Peaches, dried (pounds) 10,000 18,000 



Strawberries, 14-cup crates 10,000 15,000 



Blackberries, crates 7,000 9,000 



JOSEPHINE. 



Apples 20,000 40,000 



Pears 2,400 5,000 



Peaches 30,000 35,000 



Peaches, dried 4,000 6,000 



Strawberries, crates, 15-cup 3,000 5,000 



Blackberries, crates 2,500 3,000 



Grapes, 30-lb. crates 5,000 8,000 



JACKSON. 



Apples, boxes 230,000 430,000 



Pears, boxes 100,000 150,000 



