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the orchardist is not prevented from spraying his trees at the 

 proper time and can carry on his work throughout the day 

 without being compelled to suspend proceedings at 9 o'clock 

 in the morning. The snows and ice have never been known 

 to break down the limbs of the trees in winter time, and 

 codling moth does not seem to be as bad here as in other 

 parts of the State, and is not found west of the Coast Range. 



Land that will grow pears and apples may be purchased in 

 the Willamette Valley at from $10 to $75 per acre, and there 

 is plenty of it. 



The Wallace orchard, situated in Polk County, near Salem, 

 produced last year from seventy acres of pears, 13,000 boxes 

 of Bartletts and 3,000 boxes of Fall pears; from forty-five 

 acres of apples, produced 18,000 boxes ; a small acreage of 

 loganberries in Mission Bottom produced ninety tons of fruit ; 

 these are specific instances. 



It is estimated that in this district there was produced this 

 year, the following: 



12,000,000 pounds prunes, valued at $400,000.00 



150,000 boxes apples, valued at 100,000.00 



50,000 boxes pears, valued at 35,000.00 



8,000 boxes peaches, valued at 5,000.00 



1,600,000 pounds cherries, valued at 70,000.00 



100,000 pounds strawberries, valued at 4,000.00 



Loganberries and other small fruits, estimated at 20,000.00 



$634,000.00 



In this district there has been much enthusiasm lately con- 

 cerning the planting of English walnuts. The Oregon Nurs- 

 ery Company, of Salem, has secured a fine strain of the 

 Franquette walnut, which promises to be a nut adapted to 

 this climate. There has been planted to walnuts during the 

 past two years about 1,000 acres; we trust that within ten or 

 twelve years we can furnish many carload lots of one kind 

 of nuts. 



I would suggest to those who are contemplating the plant- 

 ing of walnuts to set out the best trees obtainable ; the grafted 

 trees will produce a quality with certainty. 



This district seems to be particularly adapted to the grow- 

 ing of nursery stock, as those engaged in the same found to 



