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BETTER FRUIT 



Northwest Fruit Notes from Here and There 



OREGON 

 D. F. Fisher, plant pathologist and C. A. 

 Reed, nut expert, both of whom are connected 

 with the United States Agricultural Depart- 

 ment report that damage to orchards and 

 fruits generally in Marion County from cold 

 vcallicr is not as great as first "thought and 

 that in most instances the trees harmed will 

 lecovcr during the next few months. Mr. 

 I'ishcr and Mr. Reed will spend two months 

 in examining orchards in various parts of the 

 slate. 



An unnftlcial report from Marion County is 

 to the efTccI that loganberry growers there have 

 been offered 10 cents a pound on contract for 

 their fruit for the coming season. Few of 

 these contracts it is said are being signed as 

 growers expect an unprecedented demand foi 

 these berries this year. One large grower is 

 leported to have set the price for his loganber- 

 ries at LS cents per pound and states that he 

 will not dispose of them for less. 



Shortage of water to irrigate the rapidly in- 

 creasing fruit crops in the Ashland district is 

 called attention to in the Ashland Tidings, 

 which says that there should be no further 

 planting in that district until growers are as- 

 sured of sufflcient irrigation to mature their 

 crops. A conference of fruit growers in that 

 district has been planned to discuss the situa- 

 tion with a view to taking steps to secure a 

 large/ supply of water for irrigation. 



The capital stock of the Eugene Fruit Grow- 

 ers' Association was recenllv increased from 

 .?100.000 to ?250,n00 at a meeting of the stock- 

 holders. The association, which operates a 

 large fruit packing warehouse, a cannery, vine- 

 gar factory, ice plant, box factory, fruit evapo- 

 rator, and ice cream making plant in Eugene, 

 has liesides canneries at .tunction City and 

 Crosvell. It has 781 stockholders and did a 

 business during the past year of ?949,475.73. 



A further examination of Hood River or- 

 chards by Leroy Childs, chief of the experi- 

 ment station at Hood River, and Gordon C. 

 Brown, horticulturist of this institution, for 

 frost damage is reported to show that with the 

 exception of a few isolated spots in the valley 

 the damage will be slight in that district. Or- 



chards in damp spots are said to have suffered 

 severely and will need heavy pruning. This 

 treatment, however, will not be applied until 

 lale in the spring, when a full opportunity 

 will ])e given to learn exactly how serious the 

 damage is. 



The financial report made at a recent meet- 

 ing of the Fruitgrowers' Union of Freewater, 

 showed the largest profit in the history of the 

 organization. The tonnage handled by the or- 

 ganization during the past year was the largest 

 in five years. The members of the new board 

 of directors are O. K. Goodman, Fred Elfert, 

 L. A. Reihaman, Gleason B. Clark, A. Coflln, 

 Herbert Tanks and Miss Minnie Kicker. Stan- 

 ley Armstrong, who has been very successful 

 in the management of the organization, was 

 again selected for this position. 



The recent shipment of a carload of Spitzen- 

 berg and Newtown apples by the Umpqua Val- 

 ley Fruit Union located at Roseburg, marks the 

 beginning of a considerable output of apples 

 from this section of Oregon. The shipment 

 came from the orchard of F. P. Wilbur, one of 

 the many good sized orchards that are now 

 coming into bearing in this district. 



Blackberry vines in the Albany district are 

 reported to have come through the heavy freeze 

 with little injury and to be putting out buds. 

 Even runners that were supposed to be dead 

 are showing signs of life and a fairly normal 

 crop of this fruit is expected in this district 

 this year. 



Jackson County fruit growers, numbering 

 106, and controlling 4,251 acres of orchards, 

 recently joined the Oregon Growers' Coopera- 

 tive Association at a meeting held at Medford. 

 The enrollment followed talks made by C. I. 

 Lewis and M. O. Evans, representing the asso- 

 ciation. A large part of the acreage signed up 

 is in the Gold Hill and Talent section. A com- 

 mittee of representative orchardists was elected 

 at the meeting to represent the association lo- 

 cally and to carry on the extension work of the 

 organization. 



Observations made in the Rogue River Valley 

 to determine the amount of frost damage sus- 

 tained in that section, by C. C. Gate, county 



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plant pathologist, and Prof. Reimer of the 

 Southern Oregon Experiment Station, lead to 

 the statement that the damage was light and 

 that the situation is very encouraging. Many 

 sections of the valley are reported as not dam- 

 aged at all. In a few orchards Rose pears 

 were found to have received more or less in- 

 jury. Careful attention and a good growing 

 season, however, are expected to restore the 

 damaged trees to their normal condition. 



The large acreage of apple orchards in the 

 Sutherlin district is now coming into bearing 

 and shipments from this section will total a 

 large tonnage in the near future. The largest 

 tract in the Sutherlin country was set out a 

 number of years ago by Mr. Luse. Originally 

 it comprised several thousand acres set to 

 standard varieties but has since been split up 

 into smaller tracts. The site selected for this 

 large planting was carefully chosen and good 

 care has resulted in an excellent development. 

 While most of this acreage is in apples a part 

 of it is set to prunes. 



According to W. E. Schimpff, manager of the 

 Oregon Cranberry Association, Oregon and 

 Washington growers are looking forward to a 

 good output of this fruit this season. Cold 

 weather resulted in no damage to the plants, 

 most of the bogs being covered with snow 

 while those that were not, were flooded to 



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Prospects for the prune crop in the Willam- 

 ette Valley this year are reported good with 

 the exception of defective trees that did not 



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