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to climatic conditions is equally surprising. No one need be 

 deterred from settling in this country because of inability to 

 grow fruit. , 



On the Deschutes, at the new town of Redmond, barely a 

 year old, this year all kinds of vegetables, including melons 

 and tomatoes, and small fruits were produced. The young 

 orchards planted are thriving well. 



SUMMER LAKE. 



Along the western shore of Summer Lake, Lake County, 

 the orchards are already quite extensive and many trees will 

 be planted this year. Nature has poured out her blessing 

 most bountifully on this favored spot. A warm stretch of 

 very fertile soil one-half to two miles in width and twenty-five 

 miles long, protected by the Rim Rock Mountains, 2,000 feet 

 high, and tempered by the waters of the lake, covering some 

 eighty square miles. The conditions for growing fruit are 

 ideal. The soil is all sub-irrigated, and springs, both hot and 

 cold, are abundant. The trees are somewhat slow in coming 

 into bearing, but when once they begin are regular and per- 

 sistent, and the quality is unexcelled by any land. The 

 peaches grown here are said to be remarkably fine. Insect 

 pests are as yet unknown, and it is to be hoped that they 

 can keep them out by care in importing trees. Trees grown 

 under similar conditions, farther north, are the best ones to 

 plant in this region. 



In the Klamath country, also, the new settlers are showing 

 the greatest interest in fruit culture, and are planting fruit 

 gardens extensively, with every promise of success. Given 

 transportation and people, and no one would dare predict the 

 wonderful future of this region. The timber alone will make 

 it wealthy. 



The nursery men report an unprecedented demand for 

 trees, particularly standard apples, and the supply promises 

 to be exhausted before spring. Nursery stock is carefully in- 

 spected by the Commissioners, and it is only just to say that 

 in nearly all cases the inspector is welcomed by the nursery- 

 men, who are anxious to send out only clean stock. 



