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at slightly remunerative figures; the large proportion of this product of 

 smaller sizes at scarcely remunerative prices and over production, the 

 situation is serious. What are we to do about it? 



Conditions seem complicated, the solution problematic. We await the 

 genius who shall utilize the smaller sizes in merchantable form, jellies, 

 jams, marmalades, or other condiments; wines or brandies it may be. 

 Yet it remains that the right man in Oregon in the right place will 

 grow prunes, 30s to 40s, carry out all the details of ripening, drying, 

 IDacking; make first-class, attractive, dried product to jvist meet the 

 market demands. Added, the money instinct and business ability, and 

 that man v/ill achieve financial success as such a man would in any 

 other undertaking. Such men are our rich men in any, every and all 

 lines of business. This talent is not given to all men; a gift only to 

 the feAv. Possibly the day will come, has come, when only this kind 

 of talent will succeed with our green fruits. It may be in apple grow- 

 ing and some other fruits. Does not the greed for money, the struggle 

 and intense rivalry in business methods, possibility of over production, 

 portend disaster to the mediocre; even in the production of the apple, 

 the one fruit in which we scarcely seem to have a rival in excellence 

 and shipping qualities — and our most remunerative product. These 

 silver cups offered as prizes; this elegant competitive display before us; 

 this friendly rivalry; this superior product is of fair promise and means 

 much for the commercial success of this industry; let us hope for a 

 long time to come. 



Hail to the apple, the queen of fruits! 



SOME PROBLEMS. 



Mr. L. T. Reynolds, of Salem, Oregon, read the following paper, en- 

 titled, "Some Problems," at the annual meeting of the Oregon State 

 Horticultural Society, 1906: 



We know by experience that the Bartlett pear is unproductive when 

 planted- in large blocks by itself; that it is self-stei-ile and must be 

 cross-fertilized by the use of pollen from some other variety of pear. 

 Waite, in his report of his valuable experiments on the pollination of 

 the pear flowers, gives a list of a number of varieties which are prac- 

 tically self-sterile, and this includes the majority of our best market 

 pears. His experiments also show that two or more varieties blooming 

 during the same period in one locality may differ considerably in an- 

 other. Our own experience has taught us that the White Doyenne 

 (Fall Butter) is a satisfactory pear for cross-fertilizing the Bartlett in 

 the Willamette Valley, but there are several varieties much more valu- 

 able in the market and one of our problems to be solved is. What vari- 



