Report of State Board of Horticulture. 63 



GILLIAM COUNTY. 



Olex, Oregon, September 28, 1906. 



R. H. Weber', Commissioner Fourth District of State Board 

 of Horticulture : 



I have made as careful and thorough examination of the 

 fruit conditions in Gilliam County as time and health would 

 permit. As a rule I find the orchards in rather poor condi- 

 tion for want of spraying. The scale is materially injuring 

 the trees, and the codling moth and scale are found in most 

 all orchards. On the uplands trees are dying and it is my 

 opinion that fruit cannot be successfully raised on the uplands 

 under present conditions. On the lowlands, and especially 

 where trees are irrigated, they make a good growth and with 

 our climate fruit raising could be made a success if men 

 would use the necessary means to destroy the scale and moths 

 which infest the trees and fruit. 



A few persons who have orchards are using more or less 

 means to preserve their trees and fruits and are being well 

 rewarded for their labor and expense, as they have good 

 fruit and fruit is in demand at good prices. My judgment of 

 the percentage of the fruit crop of Gilliam County this year 

 is: Apples and peaches, 50 per cent; pears and prunes, 

 average ; apricots and cherries, failure. I think the acreage in 

 fruit is on the decline and few persons are planting trees in 

 this county. The soil, climate, and conditions are favorable, 

 and as good fruit can be raised on the river and creek bot- 

 toms as can be raised anywhere, but few people care to give 

 the time and attention to it that is necessary to make it a 

 success. T. C. Mobley, 



Fruit Inspector for Gilliam County. 



