Report of Commissioner Second District, 



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REPOtir OF COMMISSIONER SECOND DISTRICT. 



Salem, Oregon, December 1, 1904. 



To flic Honorable President and Members of the State Board of 

 Horticulture — 



Gentlemen : In submitting this report, I wish to touch npon 

 the work of the past two years. As yon know, the Second Horti- 

 cultural District of the State of Oregon com- 

 prises the counties of Marion, Linn, Lane, 

 Polk, Benton, and Lincoln, the most of which is 

 is located in the Willamette Valley. Nearly 

 all of the orchards in this District have been 

 visited, and the same are widely disposed 

 over the whole of the territory. I may safely 

 say that the same varieties of fruits and nuts 

 may be grown in any portion of this district 

 that are gTO\Mi at all. 

 There are many small orchards all over the 

 District, such as a farmer would plant for his own consumption. 

 These consist of many varieties of fruits. This condition makes 

 an abundance of fruit of all kinds for local market, but it dees not 

 make much of a showing as a commercial district, except in locali- 

 ties where new orchards have been planted. 



The fruit grown in this District consists of prunes, apples, pears, 

 cherries, and peaches, all of which grow to perfection. The num- 

 ber of acres planted to the various kinds of fruits, and the amount 

 of fruit grown for 1903-04 in the Second District is as follows : 



