Appendix. • 139 



In 1856, fifty years ago, there was an apple grown in Benton County, 

 Oregon, purchased by my brother, A. D. Barnard, of Corvallis. He paid 

 $5 for that apple, and had a tin box made for it, and sent to me in 

 Boston by express, the charge being about $3. The variety was "Gloria 

 Mundi," nearly six inches in diameter, weight forty-two ounces. The 

 apple was weighed by Dr. J. R. Cai'dwell, the dentist, then visiting at 

 Corvallis, who remembers the apple and price paid for it. The next 

 October, 1857, I came to Oregon, went to Corvallis and paid $8 a bushel 

 for Oregon red apples and sold them at $1 a dozen. — John L. Barxard. 



To make record of a perhaps original horticultural trick, and the pos- 

 sibilities of the Pound pear, I vouch for the following story, which I 

 know to be true. It was how Mr. J. W. Walling beat the world's record 

 possibly for all time, in the growth of the Pound pear. 



As is evident, Mr. Walling was somewhat original and withal a 

 practical fruit grower. He inarched into one body two of our native 

 thorns {Crataegus brevispina) of thrifty growth, planted in a black. 

 loamy soil near a flowing spring. On the top, thus growing inarched 

 into one body, he grafted the Pound pear. When this tree came into 

 bearing, of good size and vigorous growth, he removed all the young 

 pears but two of the largest and most promising. These he suspended 

 in sacks to support an unusual weight. In the dry season of the late 

 summer and fall, a large tub with spigot filled with water to supply 

 just the right moisture, was placed over the roots. The result of this 

 proceeding was two enormously large pears, one weighing fifty-four 

 ounces, shown in some of our local fruit meetings, probably in 1858. 

 This pear was sent to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, and was rightly regarded as a world's wonder in the pear family. 



Our Royal Ann cherry (Napoleon Bigarreau) , clean, bright, and 

 beautiful, ran in those days, three to three and one-fourth inches in 

 circumference. Peaches, when we had them, strawberries, blackberries, 

 gooseberries, and currants, accordingly large. The size, quality, and 

 beauty of our fruits were always a surprise to newcomers. 



In the summer and fall of 1857 a few ambitious and competitive fruit 

 growers of Multnomah County attempted a social organization in Port- 

 land. The first meeting was in cherry time, held in a vacant room on 

 Front Street. Boxes and heavy bearing limbs of berries and cherries, 

 with flowers and vegetables of the season, tastily arranged on tables, 

 made quite a respectable showing; in fact, a display that would be cred- 

 itable at the present day — 1906. Such cherries, blackberries, straw- 

 berries, gooseberries, and currants had never been seen on exhibition 

 before. There was no sign of fungus or insect pests — clean, bright, 

 ripe fruits. 



George Walling, Albert Walling, Henry Miller, Thomas Frazier, J. H. 

 Lambert, James B. Stevens, Henry Prettyman, J. H. Settlemeir, Seth 

 Lewelling, were leading spirits, all enthusiasts and practical fruit grow- 

 ers, knew about fruit growing, and did most of the talking. Thomas 

 Frazier was elected president, and Albert Walling secretary. 



