38 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



With increased acreage of orchards in Jackson County the ability 

 of a single inspector to cover the ground will be a physical impos- 

 sibility. In Coos County, Inspector M. G. Pohl has been active, 

 and from reports I have had from that county he is accomplishing 

 good work in the interest of Coos County horticultural development. 



XEAV ORCHARDS. 



Inspector Taylor of Jackson County reports great activity in the 

 planting of new orchards. Inspector Taylor reports that in Feb- 

 ruary he had inspected 600,000 trees that were imported from out 

 of tiie State to be planted in new orchards in Jackson County. To 

 this number of trees must be added stock sold by local nurseries 

 which will approximately aggregate near 900,000 trees that will 

 be planted in new orchards in Jackson County this year. The 

 greater part of this new planting will be 'of the apple and pear. 

 Last year was the banner year of fruit-tree planting in Jackson 

 County, but this year will make any former 3'ear look small in 

 comparison. 



GRAPE GROWING: 



The adaptability of Josephine and Jackson Counties to the 

 growth of commercial grapes has attracted attention, and now the 

 foot-hill soils along the valleys are being improved and the grape 

 is being planted on a large scale, the Flame Tokay being the favor- 

 ite variety. In the vicinity of Grants Pass about 600 acres will be 

 planted this spring. About 150 acres will be planted in the vicinity 

 of Jacksonville, in Jackson Countv. Land is being cleared and 

 preparations under way to plant two to three thousand acres to 

 the grape in Josephine County next year. At present the grape 

 crop promises to be good, and with a normal yield this year will 

 stimulate this phase of horticulture to a wonderful degree. 



Altogether the fruit industry is very promising indeed in the 

 Third District. Douglas County is taking on new life in her great 

 wealth of choice alluvial soils that are so well adapted to the 

 growth of the apple and pear, and the planting of these two great 

 staple fruits in that county will from now on lie large. 



The apple and pear crop of last season has been marketed with 

 satisfactory results to the growers, and profits were such that the 

 reason for such large planting of new orchards is accounted for. 



A. H. Carson, 



Commissioner for Third District. 



