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liable for any and all kinds of fruit growing their fortunate 

 owners choose to plant. 



The foothills along these streams and valleys are all choice 

 fruit lands. There are thousands of acres of these foothill 

 lands that are adapted to growing the peach, prune, apple, 

 pear, and all kinds of small fruit. These foothill lands are 

 especially adapted to growing the grape, both the American 

 and foreign varieties. The American varieties of grapes 

 ^rown on these foothill lands are in size and flavor equal to 

 the same grown in Western New York. Eastern grape grow- 

 ers ship cars of Concords annually to the Pacific Coast that 

 -could and should be grown here. All choice foreign varieties 

 of grape, wine and table, that are grown in California are 

 grown here to perfection. The Muscat, Flame, Tokay, Mol- 

 voisee, Emperor, Black Prince, etc., all are grown here, and 

 are sure for a crop every year. Grapes of all varieties are 

 grown in Southern Oregon without irrigation, and thoughtful 

 men are now giving the grape attention and large commercial 

 vineyards are being planted. 



APPLES AND PEARS. 



At the present Jackson County, the largest apple and 

 pear county of the State, has 12,000 acres planted to these 

 two fruits. This coming winter Jackson will add 3,000 acres 

 of new planting to this acreage of apples and pears. The 

 productiveness, with superior quality of the apples and pears, 

 together with their shipping qualities and high prices they 

 bring in Eastern and European markets, is stimulating the 

 planting of new orchards each year. 



The leading varieties of apples planted is the Yellow New- 

 town and Spitzenberg, and their quality is superb. Eastern 

 dealers seek the Spitzenberg for their fancy trade, and all 

 first grade of this apple sell high. Last week Mr. Washburn, 

 near Table Rock in Jackson County, sold his first grade 

 Spitzenbergs for $4.50 per box, delivered f. o. b. Tolo station, 

 on Southern Pacific Railroad. This lot of apples goes to New 

 York. What the millionaires there pay for them we can only 

 guess. 



