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Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



REPORT OF COUNTY INSPECTORS. 



UMATILLA COUNTY. 



Milton, Oregon, November 1, 1906. 

 To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture : 



I beg to submit herewith my report as county fruit in- 

 spector for Umatilla County. 



The output of fruit for this county has been considerably 

 TdgIow the average this year, owing to the cold snap in March, 

 when a good many of the fruit trees were in bloom. This 

 cold weather proved very disastrous to many varieties. Apri- 

 cots, cherries, pears, and peaches were the varieties that suf- 

 fered most, many orchards having only about one-tenth of a 

 crop; but in general, the good prices partially compensated 

 for the reduced quantity. 



The following table shows the horticultural conditions of 

 Umatilla County during the year 1906 : 



Apples 



Apricots 



■Cherries 



Peaches 



Pears 



Prunes and plums . 



Totals. 



143,928 



21,092 



165,020 



Grapes, thirty-six acres; strawberries, 234 acres; black- 

 berries, eighty acres; raspberries, fifteen acres; dueberries, 

 five acres. 



Total number of acres in large and small fruits, 1,950 acres. 



I have visited and inspected 800 orchards in the county. 



A large per cent of fruit is hauled by train to Walla Walla, 

 Washington, and enters the markets of the Northwest as 

 Washington fruits. 



The amount of nursery stock handled at this station an- 

 nually ranges from 400,000 to 500,000 plants, both fruit and 



