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after all, since they knew enough to find gustatory delight 

 in such fruits as kind mother Nature provided for them 

 in their exile. 



Fruit culture is most fascinating and ennobling, as well as 

 the most profitable branch of horticulture, and the advance 

 in the fruit product is evidence of the culture and civiliza- 

 tion of a people. It is hard to overestimate the beneficial 

 influence on health, morals, and manners of a generous 

 fruit supply. The ornamental grounds and orchards of 

 the homestead do much in childhood to strengthen that 

 love of home and pride of family which is the foundation 

 of all patriotism. The cherished memories of home thus 

 enriched are, in after life, the strongest bond of family to 

 bring back the absent and wandering to the roof tree; 

 and the erring one is not wholly lost as long as these 

 sacred memories of home and childhood sometimes come 

 to swell the heart and dim the eye with the tear of repent- 

 ance and contrition. 



The fruit industry as a business, in its variety, extent, 

 and commercial importance, as we find it to-day, is of re- 

 cent origin and within the memory of the present gener- 

 ation, a worthy tribute to the brain and muscle of men 

 of our time. National and international communication 

 over water and land, the use of railroads with cheap freight 

 rates and rapid transit in fruit and refrigerator cars cre- 

 ated the supply ; conversely the supply increased creates 

 the greatest demand an inexorable law of trade. The 

 intelligent foresight and patient labors of those who inau- 

 gurated this industry in the far-off wilds of Oregon, are 

 worthy a place in the archives of the State, and should be 

 kept green in the memory of those to come after us. 



