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REPORT FROM CLACKAMAS COUNTY. 



By O. E. Freytag, County Fruit Inspcctor for Clackamas County. 



To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture — 



I herewith respectfully submit report from Clackamas County. I find 

 some varieties of fruit crop short, especially so are the Italian prunes, 

 which represent in a large measure the present fruit industry of Clack- 

 amas County. Pears are about a half crop, while other fruits are nearly 

 a füll crop. Grapes are very füll and promise to ripen early. 



Pruning and spi - aying of orchards has been very satisfactory, however, 

 in a few cases the owners of old trees were slow about the work. The 

 results are now in evidence for some have sprayed all the orchards with 

 arsenic of lead and have good clean fruit, while others sprayed only in 

 part, and the result of spraying is seen in every case. It will make the 

 work much easier in the future. In Clackamas County we have many old 

 orchards which are a source of nuisance to all who wish to grow new 

 orchards, and it is with difficulty that the owners of these old trees 

 are persuaded to clean up or cut down these old troublesome spots. It 

 has a tendency to retard the planting out of new orchards, because one 

 gets the idea fruit does not do so well, but that is not the case. Apples, 

 as good as any grown in the State, are grown in Clackamas County, but 

 the same care must be given them, that they receive in a more developed 

 fruit section and where apple-growing is made a study. Promising 

 sections in the county are Garfield, Sandy, Dover and Cherryville in the 

 eastern portion of the county. And then again in the Molalla section and 

 Scotts Mill, in fact all of the hilly country east of the Willamette produces 

 a good quality of fruit and almost a sure crop on account of immunity 

 from killing frosts. In these new fruit sections the spray pump is con- 

 stantly at work and pests and fungous diseases are kept out, and the 

 trees are handsomely clean. Growers take pride in their trees, expecting 

 in another year or two to harvest beautiful crops of apples and other 

 fruit. 



UMATILLA COUNTY AND THE MILTON FRUIT GROWERS' 



UNION. 



By S. J. Campbell, Fruit Inspector for Umatilla County. 



The fruit-growing industry in the Umatilla County portion of the 

 Walla Walla valley has increased rapidly in the past few years. The 

 old orchards have been pruned, sprayed and cultivated so that most of 

 them are now bearing fine fruit. New commercial orchards have been 

 planted which are in up-to-date condition. 



A few years ago growers were much discouraged by market conditions 

 and prices of fruit. Prices were low and most of the fruit was sold at 

 home. There has been great improvement in methods of marketing 

 since that time. The Walla Walla valley has as few drawbacks as any 

 fruit district in the northwest. 



In addition to the Walla Walla valley we have a number of other 

 ideal places for growing fruit in Umatilla County. Weston has the 



