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wines have been bottled, having, according to one writer, "been put into 

 kegs and trundled off to market — and this for a price ranging from £0 

 to 75 cents per gallon." The one drawback has been the difference in 

 vintage, and the consequent lack of a uniform grade; but this can be 

 partly overcome by blending the various years. 



The subject of marketing is perhaps one of the most serious problems 

 confronting Oregon vintners. Although there is always a demand for 

 good vintage, the limited scale on which the industry is carried on does 

 not warrant shipment to other sections of the country. The transporta- 

 tion rates are so exorbitant that shipment in small quantities is out of 

 the question. Then, too, the adulteration of the wine at the railway 

 station is a source of great dissatisfaction to the grower. 



That the Oregon products rank high in competition with other wines 

 has been shown by the medals awarded it at the Omaha, Pan-American, 

 and Charleston Exposition. 



WALNUT CULTURE. 



By Henry E. Dosch, Hillsdale, Oregon. 



"Our doubts are traitors, 

 And make us lose the good we oft might win 

 By fearing to attempt." — Shakespeare. 



Walnut culture in Oregon has attained the dignity of a horticultural 

 pursuit, and we have successfully passed the experimental state. 



It is most gratifying, to me, to know that at last English or, more 

 correctly speaking, French, walnut culture is receiving the attention it 

 deserves, though it is nearly twenty years since I first experimented 

 with walnut culture, and introduced into Oregon and the Pacific North- 

 west the French varieties best adapted to our climatic and soil condi- 

 tions. All the walnut trees planted since in Oregon, Washington, and 

 British Columbia, many of which are now in full bearing, were planted 

 at my earnest solicitation, including the now famous walnut grove of 

 Mr. Prince, near Dundee; the nucleus of which was planted by Mr. Zach 

 Davis, for which purpose I visited at his home, and selected the first 

 one hundred trees for him, all grafted trees, which came from ^Ir. 

 Felix Gilet, Nevada City, California. This grove has now grown to one 

 hundred acres — hence I am doubly gratified to know that my advice has 

 proven so satisfactory to the planter. 



PLANTING TREES VERSUS NUTS. 



There has been considerable controversy about the trees grown from 

 seed of first generation bearing smaller nuts than grafted trees. I have 

 not found it so; for I have just as large and fine nuts on my trees. 



