220 Appendix. 



onds from the culls. It is just as easy to place a cull apple where it 

 belongs as it is to throw it in a box where all are mixed together. I 

 'believe I am now ready to put my apples upon the packing table, and if 

 my colleague, Brother Shepard, does not get me the best price ever paid 

 for apples anywhere in the world, I shall be greatly disappointed in his 

 ability as manager of two of the best fruit growers' unions on the 

 Pacific Coast. 



In conclusion, I desire to say there are many other topics, such as 

 cover crops, fertilization, irrigation, drainage, other orchard pests, and 

 diseases, all pertaining to the growing of the apple. But time and 

 your patience forbid me to continue longer. If there is any part of my 

 paper that you desire to have explained more fvilly, I shall be pleased to 

 do so at any time to suit your convenience. 



HISTORY, CULTURE, AND HABITS OF THE STRAWBERRY 



IN HOOD RIVER. 



By C. D. Thompson. 



The history of the strawberry, commercially considered, dates from 

 the introduction of the Clark's Seedling. 



Sometime in the early eighties a few plants of the variety then 

 kno\vn as Clark's Early were cultivated here, but for lack of proper 

 attention nothing of consequence came from them. 



■ This variety was originated near Portland, Oregon, by Mr. Fred E. 

 •Clark, a gardener and fruit grower. 



In the fall of 1883, Hon. T. R. Coon, now of Lyle, Washington, came 

 to Hood River to seek rural pursuits, and he immediately secured and 

 planted several varieties of strawberries for the purpose of experimenta- 

 tion. Clark's Early was among those selected, and it proved to ba the 

 only one of any promise. In 1884, Mr. Coon sent a crate (twenty-four 

 pounds) of this variety to Portland to market, and received in return 

 $9 and an inquiry for more of the same kind. The year following, he 

 began shipping them into Montana; and other farmers, seeing the possi- 

 bilities for the future of the strawberry business, began growing them, 

 and from this small beginning rapidly developed a great industry within 

 a short period of time, amounting recently to as many as 107,000 

 ■creates in a single season, and bringing a return of as much as $175,000. 



This variety later assumed, and now locally bears the name of Clark's 

 Seedling. In other localities, however, it is knovra as the Hood River, 

 and is shipped as such. A peculiar fact in connection with this berry is 

 that it proved of no value whatever in the Willamette Valley, its place 

 of origin. Another more interesting fact is that while it has been tried 

 in almost every section of the United States, it has never proved equal 



