Report of State Board of Horticulture. 55 



Cove, Oregon, April 8, 1906. 



To the President and Members of the State Board of Horti- 

 culture : 



The main question with the fruit growers of the fifth 

 district is the amount of damage done the crop by the freak 

 weather of March. I believe pears have been damaged more 

 generally over the district than any other fruit, while peaches 

 come next. Cherries in some parts are only slightly injured. 

 The prune crop bids fair to be large, and the same can be said 

 of apples. 



There is a great deal more interest shown this spring than 

 ever before in spraying, and taking care of the orchards, and 

 the pests will be fought this year as they never have before. 



There will be county fruit inspectors in the four leading 

 fruit counties in the district. They are: Howard Evans, of 

 Freewater, Umatilla County; P. H, Dickison, of La Grande, 

 Union County; A. J. Hilton,, of New Bridge, Baker County, 

 and E. B. Conklin, of Ontario, Malheur County. They have 

 instructions to condemn any and all diseased fruit offered 

 for sale, or, in other words, to enforce the law strictly as 

 it reads. 



The high price of apples during the past season has stimu- 

 lated many growers to set out more orchards. A greater 

 interest is being shown in the fruit industry from a commer- 

 cial standpoint than ever before. 



Portland, Oregon, October 5, 1906. 



To the President and Members of the State Board of Horti- 

 culture : 



I respectfully submit to you herewith a brief report of the 

 work done in the fifth district during the biennial term end- 

 ing September 30, 1906. 



My district comprises the counties of Union, Wallowa, 

 Baker, Grant, Malheur, and Harney. The counties named 

 contain so much territory that it is impossible to give my 

 personal attention to such portions as contain only scattered 

 orchards. I have greatly felt the need of county inspectors 



