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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN OREGON. 



By C. I. LEWIS, 

 Professor of Horticulture. 



PRTICULTURALLY speaking, Oregon is a state of great 

 diversity. Apples, pears, prunes, walnuts, Loganberries, small 

 fruits, and garden truck are grown in great abundance. While 

 it is true that the apple has been advertised more than any 

 other fruit in the state, nevertheless according to the latest census, 

 the apple is surpassed in increased production during the last decade 

 by the pear, prune, and cherry. 



From the earliest plantings to the present time, the fruit of this 

 state has attracted world-wide attention and the industry has grown 

 in magnitude and profit until it is now becoming one of considerable 

 importance, and in a few years fruit promises to become one of the 

 leading outputs of the state. The development of the fruit industry 

 in this state is due to a genial combination of climate and soil con- 

 ditions which insure regular heavy crops containing a large percentage 

 of fruit of high color, good size, and free from blemish. Such fruit 

 is commanding the top prices in the world's markets. 



Co-operation is a great factor in Oregon fruit production. Probably 

 no region in the United States has had a more successful demonstra- 

 tion of the possibilities of co-operation in fruit production. The 

 opportunity for co-operation, coupled with the general personnel 

 of those engaged in fruit growing, are very important factors in the 

 development of horticulture in this state. In addition to this the 

 fact that horticulture has become highly specialized has given a com- 

 bination of producing and handling that is hard to excel. 



FRUIT STATE AVERAGE 1910-11. 



The Oregon apple is known the world over. Especially is this 

 true with such varieties as the Yellow Newtown, and Esopus Spitzen- 

 berg. Other varieties, such as Arkansas Black, Winter Banana, 

 Delicious, Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Winesap, and Gravenstein, are 



