10 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



ether kinds were being harvested. We particularly admired a block 

 of Spitzenburg apples of 35 acres, every tree laden with large, well- 

 grown fruit. We learn that 10,000 boxes of No. 1 apples were 

 sold from this orchard at $1.25 per box. We trust that the apple- 

 growers of the Willamette Valley will take heart fn;m the splen- 

 did results obtained from this orchard. 



Third District, A. H. Carson, Commissioner. 



Commissioner Carson always writes a full and complete report. 

 He enjoys his work, and has had long experience in practical hor- 

 ticulture. 



Jackson Coiuity, in this district, is the largest apple and peach- 

 growing district in the State. Mr. Carson reports that the apple 

 orchards of the Rogue River A^ alley have paid their owners from 

 $100 to $500 per acre, the smaller amounts going to those who ex- 

 ercised the least care in growing their crops. We note with great 

 pleasure the rapid progress in this district, the value of fruits 

 sold in the previous biennial term being $703,000, Avhile for the 

 current one, 1903 and 1904, this amounted to $1,370,000, an in- 

 crease of over 90 per cent. 



During the past two years 7,200 acres have been planted in the 

 counties of Jackson, Josephine, and Douglas to young orchards, 

 largely apples and pears. 



Anthracnose, or "dead spot," as it is more commonly called, 

 has destroyed niunberless orchards in Western and Southern Ore- 

 gon, and it is only within the past three years that we have learned 

 how to combat this dreaded fungus effectively. Commissioner Car- 

 son's description of the Eisman Brothers' orchard in Josephine 

 County and the accompanying photograph, showing the condition 

 of the trees before and after treatment, afford a striking object les- 

 son. We visited this orchard in company with ^li\ Carson in Sep- 

 tember last, and found the trees making a vigorous growth, foliage 

 and bark in healthy condition, the new growth fast growing over 

 the disfiguring wounds made by the anthracnose. The trees were 

 laden with an abundant crop of large, clean, well-colored Spitzen- 

 burg and Newtowns. Seven thousand boxes were sold from this 

 orchard the present season at $1.50 per box, $10,500. and 3,000 

 boxes remain unsold. The value of Eisman Brothers' apple crop 

 this year, resulting from the treatment given under the superin- 



