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It is yet too early to estimate accurately the prime crop, as 

 many evaporators are not yet through the season's run, but it 

 is approximately 3,000,000 pounds. Quality is most excel- 

 lent as the fruit was well grown and tlie weatlier during the 

 drying season has been perfect. Sizes are large and prices 

 show some tendency to advance. Estimating them at 4 cents 

 the value of the crop would be $10,000. The Sugar prunes 

 made a very good showing and will doubtless supplant the 

 Petite entirely. 



The pear crop is very light, probably $10,000 in value. 

 The apple crop is good, roughly estimated at $65,000. The 

 grape crop, now being marketed, is most excellent and will be 

 worth $25,000. 



The total value of the season's fruit crop for the first dis- 

 tict will thus be about $495,000. 



W. K. NEWELL, 

 Commissioner First District. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



SECOND DISTRICT. 



SEMIANNUAL REPORT, APRIL, 1901. 



Salem, Oregon, April 9, 1901. 

 To the President and Members of the Board of Horticulture — 



Gentlemen : I submit a brief summary of the work done 

 in the second district since our last meeting, referring you to 

 the quarterly reports for a detailed account. 



Our first work was the inspection of nurseries. The nur- 

 series were generally in good condition, we might say excellent, 

 considering the hundreds of tliousands of trees which are 

 grown annually. Each nursery is supplied with the necessary 

 houses for fumigating nursery stock before shipment. The 

 best nurserymen make it a rule to fumigate all nursery stock, 

 and I think it would be well for us to adopt a rule requiring 

 the fumigation of prune, plum, peach, and other fruit trees, 

 as well as the apple and pear trees. 



A number of shipments of apples were inspected, and in a 

 few cases it was necessary to condemn fruit prepared for ship- 

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