20 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



REPORT. 



To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon — 

 Gentlemen : In conformity with the provisions of section 

 12, horticultural law of the State of Oregon, I beg leave to 

 submit the seventh biennial report of the State Board of 

 Horticulture, embracing the years 1901 and 1902. 



E. L. SMITH, 

 Chairman of Board. 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER AT LARGE. 



To summarize results of the past two years, to briefly^ 

 review tlie work of tlie commissioners during the year 1902, 

 to point out horticultural conditions as they exist in our state 

 at the present time, and discuss needed changes in our horti- 

 cultural laws is the object of this report. For detailed opera- 

 tions of the board, you are respectfully referred to the accom- 

 panying semiyearly reports of the commissioners for the five 

 horticultural districts into which the state is divided. 



The fruit harvest of 1901 was the most valuable ever- 

 gathered in the State of Oregon, amounting in the aggregate, 

 as near as can be possibly ascertained, to $2,375,000. This 

 estimate does not include the small orchards, or the large 

 quantity canned, dried and preserved for domestic family use. 

 Our prune crop for 1901 was very large, but owing to the 

 accumulation of immense quantities of dried prunes in Cali- 

 fornia, the markets were depressed and unsatisfactory prices 

 realized, and this lessened to a considerable extent the aggre- 

 gate value of fruit production for the year. 



The enviable reputation acquired by our fruits abroad 

 during the year is worthy of mention. Horticultural Hall at 

 the Pan-American Exposition contained far more fruit than 

 was exhibited at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago. Near 

 by states brought hundreds of barrels that had been placed 

 in cold storage the previous fall, and, so far as quantity was 

 concerned, our Oregon exhibit seemed dwarfed by the many- 



