SUMMER MEETING AT OREGON. 



— Wild Goose Plums, eight to ten feet apart, and peach trees, sixteen 

 feet apart, with an apple tree in every alternate row — of course, we could 

 not reasonably expect a full crop, but our berries have mostly been very 

 fine. We have commenced to gather our raspberries, the Souhegan 

 being the first as usual ; we picked one crate June 2d, and yesterday, 

 June 4th, 140 pints, we use pints at first. We get in our home market 

 $4.80 per crate, and will get that for four or five days. We have one 

 patch of 5 acres, that we estimate about lOO bushels per acre if we get 

 sufficient rains. Our Gregg and Centennial promise a full crop. I ex- 

 pect to realize over $200 per acre net from ten acres of raspberries. 

 Our plum trees are heavily loaded with fruit. Our bearing orchard of 

 apples is small, but has so far indications of a good crop. I do not hesi- 

 tate when I say our small fruits (strawberries and raspberries) will net 

 us near $200 per acre all through. 



I write in this way, thinking it the most practical way to get at the 

 profit of fruit culture; I know it will pay. I send you by express to-day a 

 specimen of our raspberries and a few Wild Goose Plums, Please, do not 

 let Mr. Ambrose or any of your particular friends sample the plums, for 

 they are not ripe; if they were, I would probably not send them; please 

 place our berries on your table if they arrive in good condition. I hope 

 you may have an instructive and interesting meeting, and hope that our 

 members may all be able to attend our winter meeting at our Gem City, 

 Nevada, the finest town in the world. I feel confident that our people 

 will extend to all a warm reception. — Please look over this briefly written 

 article, for we have over fift}- hands to work and some one is coming in 

 every few moments. 



Yours fraternally, 



J. H. LOGAN. 



