October. 1919 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 23 



One of the important features dem- 

 onstrated was that blight, which is the 

 bane of the walnut grower, was pres- 

 ent only to a very limited extent in 

 Oregon and Washington orchards. 

 The filbert acreage visited was uni- 

 formly found to be in fine condition, 

 with good yields where the trees were 

 old enough to bear and comparatively 

 free of pests and diseases of any kind. 



The facts of greatest value learned 

 on the trip are: 



First, that -while walnut blight may attack 

 certain trees more than others, it is aggravated 

 by poor soil or poor care. 



Second, that one should be very careful in 

 choosing the stock. If it is planned to top- 

 work trees, only rapid growing stocks are 

 desirable. 



Third, the center leader tree, which has never 

 been headed, has a great deal of merit. These 

 trees have a good distribution of branches, are 

 exceedingly strong, and undoubtedly more and 

 more of this type will be grown. 



Fourth, that the fundamentals of good wal- 

 nut culture are: (1) Proper selection of site; 

 (2) Very intensive tillage. 



Fifth,' that the Albert is bound to become a 

 great horticultural asset. The Barcelona un- 

 doubtedly will be the leading variety, but that 

 the Du Chilly is needed to poUenize the Barce- 

 lona, and that a third variety is needed to pol- 

 lenize the Du Chilly. In some cases it is 

 thought this may be the Daviana; in other 

 cases, Clackamas or Turk, or possibly other 

 varieties. 



Among the interesting places that 

 were visited on the first and second 

 days were the orchards of Prof. Lewis 

 and others at McMinnville, the Curf- 

 man orchard at Carlton, Withycombe 

 and Malpas orchards at Gaston, the 

 Forbis and Schoolcraft orchards at 

 Dilley, the large establishment and nur- 

 sery with many acres of stock of the 

 Oregon Nursery Company at Orenco 

 where dinner was served and a new 

 cherry that bears several weeks after 

 other cherries are off the market was 

 eaten and discussed, and the Quarn- 

 berg, Shaw, Norelius, Root, Sturgess 

 and Spurgeon orchards at Vancouver, 

 Wash. In the latter district it was 

 found that plant life of all descrip- 

 tions was considerably earlier, and 

 fruits and nuts more mature, than in 

 the Oregon districts visited. On the 

 third day visits were made to the 

 places of the Frandquette Nursery Co. 

 and the Walgamot orchards at Canby, 

 Ore., and the plantings of Dr. Jobse, 

 H. A. Kruse, J. R. De Nui and Mr. 

 Stein near Wilsonville. 



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