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lish higher grades of fruit, better marketing and larger con- 

 sumption. 



The probabilities are that the eastern fruit crop will not be 

 very large this year, owing to the heavy crop in many sections 

 last year, and the excessively long cold winter just passed. 

 The southern Mississippi Valley states report prospects very 

 good at the present time. 



Another matter that our organizations must take up is the 

 raising of funds for systematic advertising of apples as food. 

 Not one-half the apples are being consumed by our people 

 that there should be. Baked apples could supplant the bulk of 

 the so-called "breakfast foods" to the great advantage of the 

 American people, and a continued campaign of advertising 

 could accomplish it. 



W. K. Newell, 

 Commissioner at Large. 



ESTIMATE OF FRUIT CROP. 1912. 



Gaston. Oregon, December 1, 1912. 

 To the Honorable the State Board of Horticulture: 



I submit herewith my report of the quantity and value of 

 the fruit crop for the State for the year 1912, based on the 

 reports sent in by the commissioners and county inspectors, 

 from personal Observation and from all other sources of 

 Information available. The total is very satisfactory in quan- 

 tity, and in view of the comparative low prices at which much 

 of the fruit has been sold, in value also : 



Kind. Quantity. Value. 



Apples, busheis 3,750,000 $2,812,000 



Dried prunes, pounds 18,000,000 1,080,000 



Fresh prunes and plums, pounds 15,000,000 725,000 



Pears, busheis 550,000 450,000 



Peaehes, boxes 1,100,000 410,000 



Cherries, pounds 12,500,000 475,000 



Grapes, pounds 5,715,000 171,450 



Strawberries, pounds 12,000,000 360,000 



Loganberries, pounds 5,500,000 220,000 



Raspberries, pounds 3,500,000 180,000 



Blackberries, pounds 2,500,000 75,000 



Gooseberries, pounds 650,000 24,000 



Currants, pounds 475,000 25,000 



Miscellaneous fruits, busheis 20,000 30,000 



Nuts, pounds 300,000 40,000 



Total value ' $7,107,000 



W. K. Newell, 



Commissioner at Large. 



