Page 24 



Notes on Oregon Nut Growing 



Continued from page 12. 



fected the most seriously of any of his 

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Dorris was one time the asparagus 

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 doing away with this product as well 



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as his peaches and other crops and 

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 farm in filberts. Recently his nephew, 

 a veteran of the great war, has be- 

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 between them they are crowding the 

 fdbert end of the business to the limit. 

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 ards of all kinds. The temperature 

 went down to 20 degrees below zero 

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 this valley) early in December before 

 the trees were completely dormant. 

 Trees of all species were injured more 

 or less, but the filbert came out of it 

 with less injury than almost any other 

 type of tree. In some cases in certain 

 low locations the catkins and at times 

 also the pistillate buds, were frozen 

 above the snow line, as were those of 

 our native hazel in similar locations. 

 A few limbs on the southwest sides of 

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 from the freeze injury, but in many 

 other locations no injury at all was 

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 Forbis planting at Dilley, and many 

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 heavy crops this season and show no 

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 Baldwin and Spitzbenburg apples in 

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 although showing less apparent injury, 

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