June, 1921 



Fruit Growing in Coos 

 County, Oregon 



By A. C. Chase 



COOS COUNTY, Oregon, is excep- 

 tionally well adapted to growing 

 berries of all kinds, vegetables and cer- 

 tain varieties of fruit. The first im- 

 pression one gets on coming into Coos 

 county is the luxuriant growth of veg- 

 etation, wild blackberries, evergreens, 

 wild gooseberries, currants and rasp- 

 berriers growing in profusion along the 

 waterways. This leads otie to believe 

 that Coos county must have climatic and 

 soil conditions which are very favorable 

 for berries and fruit, and in this pre- 

 sumption one is not mistaken. Small 

 acreages of berriers of various varieties 

 have shown exceptional production and 

 the quality has been the best. 



Coos county has an average rainfall 

 of fifty-four and a half inches, which is 

 one of its principal assets. The soil is 

 well watered and with good cultivation 

 crops never suffer for the lack of mois- 

 ture. The temperature rarely ever ex- 

 ceeds eighty-five degrees, which is a 

 very favorable temperature for growing 

 berries of all varieties. 



l'he rich sandy soil along the Co- 

 quille river and its tributaries is especi- 

 ally well adapted to the production of 

 raspberriers, loganberries, blackcaps 

 and Evergreens. Strawberries do ex- 

 ceedingly well on the upland and one 

 grower last season netted $1,400 from 

 an acre and a quarter of New Oregons 

 and this spring sold $350.00 worth of 

 plants. 



Over two hundred acres of berries 

 have been planted to date for the Holt- 

 Chase Canning Company, Inc., who op- 

 erate a fruit and vegetable cannery at 

 Myrtle Point. Great interest is being 

 manifested by the fanners of this dis- 

 trict in the small fruit and berry indus- 

 try, as they are aware that this locality 

 is well adapted to this crop, thus mak- 

 ing a more diversified operation in the 

 farming activity of the county. 



The section of the county around 

 Myrtle Point, Bridge and Broadbent 

 produce a fine Gravenstein apple. W. 

 E. Hartley, who lives at Broadbent, a 

 few miles south of Myrtle Point, was 

 awarded the gold medal for his exhibit 

 of Gravensteins at the Panama-Pacific 

 International Exposition in 1915. Many 

 other varieties of apples do well here, 

 having good size, color and keeping 

 qualities. Bartlett pears, walnuts and 

 cherries do well and there is a large 

 amount of hill land that is available 

 for planting. Codling moth and San 

 Jose scale are unknown and trees with 

 practically no care as to spraying show 

 a very small per cent of scab. 



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