Reports of A. H. Carson. 39 



tion. It is mistaken economy to not cultivate young orchards 

 well and thoroughly. When a young orchard arrives at a 

 bearing age, if it has had thorough cultivation its vigor is 

 such that it has the vitality to bear the best of fruit in quality 

 and in quantity, and when it does bear, it will produce much 

 more fruit than a neglected orchard, one that has been poorly 

 cultivated. 



Many new orchards in Jackson, Josephine and Douglas 

 counties were planted last season. If I can impress the fact 

 upon the owners that the value of these new orchards will be 

 in the proportion of labor bestowed in good cultivation, spray- 

 ing, and in intelligent pruning, I shall feel that those who do 

 all this well have an assurance of success. 



During this growing season we have had an abundance of 

 rain with cool nights, which have been favorable for maturing 

 the apple and pear, but it has been an unfavorable year for 

 the grape. The crop is a light one. Too much moisture, fol- 

 lowed by cool nights and cloudy days are not favorable 

 conditions for the grape, hence our short crop. Berries of 

 all kinds clid well, were fine in quality, and sold readily at 

 good prices. 



FIRE BLIGHT. 



This disease has been a perplexing one for the fruit-growers 

 of Jackson and Josephine counties. It has been a costly 

 disease to control. At one time, some four years ago, it 

 seemed the disease would destroy the orchards of these two 

 counties, but, through the energy of Professor O'Gara, with 

 the assistance of the county inspectors of Jackson County, 

 this disease is about a thing of the past. It may exist yet in a 

 few isolated cases, but, in all commercial orchards that were 

 at one time diseased it has been eradicated. It is not a disease 

 that can be reached with the spray pump, and the only 

 possible method of destroying it is to cut out the diseased 

 germs. It has been no easy task to look over the many 

 thousands of apple and pear trees in Jackson County, and 

 find the diseased hold-over cases, and cut out and destroy 

 them. 



SCALE. 



I have noted in nearly all the orchards of the third district 

 this year but very few scaly fruits. The spraying with the 

 lime and sulphur Compound is becoming universal, which 

 accounts for the few scale found. It is evident the continued 

 urging of the use of the spray pump by this board has made 

 an impression on the orchard men. The want of faith a few 

 years ago among the orchardists has, since they have seen 



