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REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



JOSEPHINE COUNTY. 



Apples 



Pears 



Peaches 



Prunes 



Apples, dried- 

 Peaches, dried 



10,000 boxes, 45 pounds 

 1.000 boxes, 45 pounds 



a),000 boxes, 20 pounds 



75.000 cured pounds 

 6,000 pounds 



10,000 pounds 



:W,000 boxes 

 500 boxes 



4.000 boxes 

 •'i0.(XH) cured poundti 

 10,000 pounds 



4.000 pounds 



Estimated gross output for the countie.s of Douglas 

 SOU, and Josephine for 1899 and 1900 : 



Jack- 



Apples 249,000 boxes, 45 pounds net 



Pears 31,500 boxes, 45 pounds net 



Peaches 177,000 boxes, 20 pounds fach 



Prunes, cured 5,557,000 cured pounds 



Apples, dried 191,000 pounds 



Peaches, dried 109,000 pounds 



The estimated gross value of the various output of fruit.s 

 for Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties, for 1899 and 

 1900, at average prices for the two years named, is $444,950. 

 This estimate is based on fruits shipped and sold out of the 

 counties. To this gross must be added fruits sold in the local 

 markets and used at home, such as apples, pears, peaches, 

 prunes, strawberries, and all other small fruits, which I esti- 

 mate at .$50,000 ill value, making a total of fruits used at 

 home and sold to consumers abroad of $494,950. 



It will be seen that Jackson County's decrease in peaches 

 from 1899 to 1900 is very great. This decrease is due to the 

 fact that her peach crop was comparatively a failure. The 

 constant bearing each year in the vicinity of Ashland — the 

 great peach -producing section of the county — caused nature 

 to assert her rights, and Ashland's vast peach orchards struck 

 for a deserved rest this year. 



All of the fruits embraced in these foregoing estimates is 

 from young orchards, and the output only represents their 

 minimum producing capacities. When these orchards reacli 

 their maximum production, and the young orchards not yer 

 in bearing become productive, I estimate the output then 

 will increase treble what it is now. 



Where does all this fruit go to? This is a pertinent ques- 

 tion and should be answered. 



Nearly all of the fruit is sold to buyers for cash, f. o. b., 

 and is sold by them in carlots in all the markets of the United 



