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Boston and other Eastern markets, the same. Then, too, they 

 always sell for top prices. 



To illustrate the selling qualities of Rogue River fruit I 

 cite a few sales made last fall by Medford fruit growers in 

 Eastern markets. The following prices tell the story and 

 answer the question — What stimulates the planting of so 

 many large orchards in the Rogue Valley? 



J. W. Perkins, of Medford, Oregon, sold in New York one car 

 Cornice pears, packed in 25-pound boxes, that brought him $2,700 net. 



Clay & Header, of Medford, sold one car Cornice pears in New York 

 for $6.50 per box (50-pound boxes.) 



E. J. DeHart, of Medford, sold one car Bewnea De Anjou pears in 

 New York for $6 per box. 



Gordon Voohies, of Medfoi'd, sold one car of Bartlett pears in Mon- 

 treal for $4.30 per box. 



A. D. Helms, of Ashland, sold 4,200 boxes Yellow Newtown, four-tier 

 apples, f. o. b. Ashland, for $1.50 per box. This yield was from five 

 acres eleven years old, irrigated. 



Spraying for scale the past winter has been greater and 

 more done than for many years. Through the activity of the 

 county fruit inspectors there has been much done to awaken 

 the grower to the necessity of spraying his orchard if he 

 would make his orchard profitable. 



Public sentiment during the past year has greatly aided the 

 Commissioner and county inspectors in having orchards 

 sprayed for scale. Without public sentiment favors the en- 

 forcement of the law it is hard to accomplish what one should 

 along the line of cleaning up scale-infested orchards. I'he 

 system of education practiced by this Board has accomplished 

 much in popularizing the drastic measures of the law. I 

 believe now, in my district, convictions under the law could 

 be had should a grower neglect to spray on order of the Com- 

 missioner or the county inspectors. Several years ago when 

 I threatened to enforce the law, some of the leading growers 

 of the valley insisted that convictions could and should not 

 be had, that now insist that the law be enforced vigorously. 

 This fact shows a healthy sentiment in favor of clean fruit. 

 The majority of the growers have learned that there is a 

 specific in a vigorous use of the spray pump, together with 

 the use of the formulas prescribed for exterminating insect 

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