REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



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Italian and French prunes lead in acreage with some Silver 

 and Robe de Sargent. The leading peaches are Early Alex- 

 ander, Early and Late Crawfords, Susquehanna, Muir, 

 Smolke, and Salway. All do well and are largely planted. 



As to the relative acreage of fruit planted with the acreage 

 susceptible of being planted, it is hard to make an estimate 

 based on data in my possession accurate enough to be of any 

 value. To get at the actual acreage planted I find an im- 

 possibility, except til rough a careful enumeration of the 

 whole district, which is not possible with the means alloted 

 me. The area unplanted and congenial to the growth of all 

 kinds of fruit is very large, and it would be a conservative 

 estimate to say that not over twenty per cent, of the land in 

 tlie third district is now planted that is adapted to growing 

 fruits. 



In order to give anything of an idea of the fruit industry 

 and its proportions and possibilities I can only give an esti- 

 mate of the output for the three leading counties of this dis- 

 trict — Douglas, Jackson and Josephine. Coos and Currj 

 counties are both fruit sections but I have no data on which 

 to base an estimate, not having had time to visit those counties : 



DOUGLAS COUNTY 



Apples 20,000 boxes, 4o pounds net 



Pears 2,000 boxes, 45 pounds net 



T'eaohes ' 10,000 boxes, 20 pounds 



Prunes , ; 2,000,000 cured pounds 



Apples, dried i 10,0(X) pounds 



Peaches, dried l'),000 pounds 



35,000 boxes, -15 pounds net 

 4,000 boxes, 45 pounds net 

 20,000 boxes, 20 pounds 

 2,800,000 cured pounds 

 15,000 pounds 

 20,000 i)ounds 



JACKSON COUNTY 



