Report oj State Board of Horticulture. 57 



walnuts can be grown to perfection. Beautiful specimens of 

 these varieties were exhibited at The Dalles Fruit Fair last 

 year and again this season. Here the crop this year will be 

 about as follows : Apples, 35,000 boxes ; crab apples, 500 

 boxes ; pears, 8,000 boxes ; peaches, 25,000 boxes; cherries, 35 

 tons ; prunes, 400 tons ; plums, 100 tons. Besides this, a 

 great many apricots, quinces, nectarines, grapes, and small 

 fruits are grown here. 



The following figures show amount of fruit produced in 

 the district as near as I have been able to ascertain : — 



Apples 250,000 boxes 



Crab apples" 1,500 boxes 



Pears .1.- 25,000 boxes 



Peaches 65,000 boxes 



Apricots".! 3,000 boxes 



Nectarines 500 boxes 



Cherries <J5 tons 



Prunes "50 tons 



Plums 200 tons 



Strawberries 65,000 crates 



Raspberries 3,500 crates 



Blackberries o.OOO crates 



Grapes 50 tons 



Currants _ 3 tons 



Gooseberries (J tons 



At the ruling prices this would bring something over 

 $450,000 to our fruit growers of the fourth district this year. 



R. H. WEBER, 



Commissioner Fourth District. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



FIFTH DISTRICT. 



QUARTERLY REPORT, OCTOBER, 1902. 



Cove, Oregon, October 9, 1902. 



To the President and Members of the State Board of Horticulture — 



Gentlemen: I submit herewith my quarterly report. In 

 the company of President Smith, in the month of July, I 

 made a tour of inspection into Grant County. The country 

 is an exceedingly difficult one to cover, and ours was the first 

 visit it had ever received from members of the horticultural 



