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Like all sections of the country, the Willamette Valley has some 

 land not adapted to fruit culture, but there are thousands upon 

 thousands of acres which are par excellent for fruit growing-. We 

 have the rich, river-bottom land; the bench of clay loam and the 

 hills of clay soil, some of which are impregnated with oxide of 

 iron. Anyone with judgment enough to raise fruit has judgment 

 enough to select in this section the best of fruit-growing soil. 



We now raise in a commercial way apples, pears, peaches, prunes, 

 grapes, cherries, walnuts, filberts, almonds, all kinds of berries and 

 small fruits. 



The western part of Lane County find Lincoln County have some 

 enthusiastic fruit growers who are getting fine results. Little has 

 been done in a commercial way in this section, as all of the older 

 apple orchards have so many varieties it is difficult to collect car- 

 load shipments of any one variety. However, the good-keeping 

 quality of their apples and the total absence of worms creates a 

 good demand for what apples they grow. Hundreds of acres of 

 new orchards are being planted and old ones are better cared for. 

 Land is cheap. It will pay anyone interested to investigate this 

 section. The winters are mild and the summers are cool. 



Chas. a. Park, 

 Commissioner for Second District. 



