110 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES. 



The climatic conditions are well nigh ideal for these berries in 

 Western Oregon. The main demand for gooseberries is that made by 

 commercial canners, and it is not safe to plant extensively without 

 first making a contract with a cannery for a term of years. The 

 Oregon Champion, a variety which originated in Western Oregon and 

 is now well known in many other portions of the United States, is 

 grown almost to the exclusion of other varieties. Its large size suggests 

 the probability that it is a cross between European and American 

 varieties but it is free from mildew. 



The same varieties of currants are populär here and in the east, 

 and the methods of planting and caring for gooseberries and currants 

 are the same here and in the east. 



cranberries. 



Along the Oregon coast there are tracts of land adapted to cran- 

 berry culture, and in Coos and Tillamook counties the industry of grow- 

 ing cranberries for market has been established. Mr. C. D. McFarlin, 

 who established the industry in Coos County, commenced planting in 

 1885. In 1891 he had nearly five acres in bearing, and he reports 

 that since that time there has never been a year in which his net 

 returns have been less than $200 per acire, and in some years the profit 

 has reached nearly $400 per acre. He states that cranberries grown 

 in Coos County contain more starch and less acid than those grown 

 in the east and make a better flavored sauce. 



The successful cultivation of the cranberry requires a peat soll 

 free from sediment, in a locality where clean sand can be readily 

 obtained, and so situated that the tract can be flooded at will. Mr. 

 McFarlin advises every person who thinks of engaging in cranberry 

 culture to get a copy of "Cranberry Culture," by J. J. White, published 

 by the Orange Judd Co., New York City. 



