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the United States the same unseasonable climatic conditions 

 prevailed. The cold wave which rolled from the Atlantic sea- 

 board to the shores of the Pacific in early February, followed 

 by cold rains, destroyed in many states what promised earlier 

 in the season to be a bountiful fruit harvest. Throughout 

 Europe the most of the damage was done in April, continuing 

 into June, and what the cold rains did not destroy was finally 

 annihilated by many hailstorms. 



While these conditions are very much to be regretted, and 

 while we do not wish to rejoice over the misfortunes of others, 

 yet it cannot help but be gratifying to the Oregon fruitgrower 

 to know that we are not the only ones who have suffered. 

 We have enough, yes, more than enough for home consump- 

 tion of all kinds of fruits, and in some districts hundreds of 

 carloads to ship to our less fortunate neighbors. This cer- 

 tainly will relieve the Oregon fruitgrowers from discourage- 

 ment, and ought to be a stimulant for the future care of our 

 orchards, especially so as the damage to trees reported from 

 elsewhere is much more severe than here in Oregon. Permit 

 me to quote a few extracts. Hon. Talbot J. Albert, Consul 

 at Brunswick, Germany, says, among other very pertinent 

 things: "The fruit crop is almost everywhere a failure."' 

 Hon. Frank H. Mason, Consul-General at Berlin, says : "The 

 spring season was late, cold, and wet ; heavy rains continued 

 until after the first of June, and this, with the cold weather 

 and a hailstorm which fell in this region about three weeks 

 ago, has, according to all accounts, so damaged the young 

 apples, pears, and plums that only an inferior crop will be 

 realized." Mr. Cunningham, Consul at Chemnitz, a large man- 

 ufacturing center, writes : 'I wash I had time to detail the de- 

 sires of the people here for our fruits. The fruit crop outlook 

 here is bad ; very, very bad. Weather was wicked all spring, 

 is villainously cold now (May 29) . Germans hunger for our 

 fruits, apples before all others." And so are all other reports 

 of foreign states, many stating that instead of exporting they 

 would have to import more and more each season. 



The demand for apples is very great in England and Ger- 

 many, for our fresh products, and in France principally for 

 what is known as "chops." Allow me to quote only one 

 letter, which voices the contents of nearly all others. Mr. 

 Joseph I. Brittain, Consul at Nantes, France, says : " There 

 is a good opening for evaporated apples known as 'chops.' 

 These apples are sliced thin and dried, including skins, seeds, 



