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those growers that have the best soils, deep alluvial land 

 along the streams, are the men that are having the greater 

 profits from their apple and pear orchards. 



A. H. Carson, 

 Commissioner for Third Di st riet. 



OCTOBEE, MEETING, 1912. 



Murphy, (Grants Pass), Oregon, October 2, 1912. 



To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture: 



I herewith respectfully submit my final report for the third 

 district, embracing the counties of Coos, Curry, Douglas, 

 Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake for the years 1911-12. 



The year 1911 proved to be an off year for fruit produetion 

 in the third district. The heavy crop of all fruits in 1910, 

 followed by an unusual drouth so weakened the vigor of the 

 trees that in the spring of 1911 there was but little bloom on 

 the apple. Pear trees bloomed much better, hence the bearing 

 pear orchards did much better in produetion than the apple 

 that year. 



The spring of 1912 found all fruit trees, after the short 

 crop of 1911, vigorous, with a heavy bloom, with the result 

 this year this district will market a heavy crop both of apples 

 and pears. This year's crop of apples and pears are of very 

 fine quality, both in size and color. 



The pear crop, such as the Bartlett, Howell and Beurre 

 Bosc, have already been marketed with satisfactory prices to 

 the growers. 



The Comice pear in and about Medford bore heavily this 

 year, and the fruit was very fine in quality. The crop of 

 Comice I saw on the famous Hill-Crest orchard near Medford 

 was as near perfect as any fruit I have ever seen. The 

 System of management of this orchard, with the adaptability 

 of the soil to grow the pear, as well as the apple, makes it 

 possible for this orchard to pack and market the best of fruit. 

 An inspection of the Hill-Crest orchard shows thorough culti- 

 vation, and from the smooth, clean fruit it is evident the 

 management of this orchard saw that every detail of spraying 

 was done. 



In many orchards in Jackson County I noted this year that 

 eultivation has not been the best. In the end I feel sure the 

 owners of these poorly eultivated orchards will lose in growth 

 and produetiveness much more than the cost of good eultiva- 



