8 Eeport of State Board of Horticulture. 



found on many native trees and shrubs, but the loss will be 

 trifling if trees are thoroughly sprayed '^vhile dormant, with 

 lime and sulphur, boiled for an hour, and the formula 1-1-4, 

 representing the proportionate parts of lim.e, sulphur and 

 water, will be found effective. 



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VISITATION. 



On the evening of May 1, I addressed a well attended 

 meeting of fruit growers at the town of Union, and spoke at 

 length as to the value of co-operative fruit unions, and on the 

 13th of the same month, on invitation of Dr. James Withy- 

 combe,, assisted at an institute at Medford, and subsequently 

 made a flying visit to Jacksonville and Ashland. Jackson 

 County is at present, and bids fair to be for an indefinite 

 period, the leading fruit-growing county of the State. The 

 orchards are large and as a rule well cared for. Pears are 

 given prominence and the Ashland section produces fine 

 peaches in great abundance. The enterprising citizens of 

 Medford are constructing a railroad to the upper Rogue 

 River country, with ultimate destination Fort Klamath, via 

 Crater Lake. This road will not only intersect a most valu- 

 able timber belt, but will also lead to the development of a 

 splendid fruit section — the foothills and benches contiguous 

 to Rogue River. , 



In September, made a visit to Klamath Falls and vicinity. 

 It does not speak well for the enterprise of our people that 

 the best way to reach this portion of Oregon is through 

 Northern California. The stage ride from Pokegama, the 

 terminus of the railroad that connects with the Southern 

 Pacific, thirty-six miles to Klamath Falls, is m.ost uncomfort- 

 able at that season of the year, both rocks and dust being 

 greatly in evidence. There is probably no county in the 

 State on the eve of so great a development as Klamath. Three 

 railroads are striving each to be the first to invade this 

 county, in anticipation of the great commerce that will result 

 from the reclamation of some 200,000 acres of land by the 

 general government. This project is pronounced by the 

 hydrographic engineers the most feasible of any in the United 

 States, and all obstacles in the way of early work have been 



