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VEGETABLES SOUTHERN OREGON DIVISION 1910-11. 



The tables of production show the average secured in the survey. 

 It is interesting to note a few specimen cases. While above the 

 average, these show what it is possible to attain where the conditions 

 are ideal and the best of care is given to the orchards. 



Orchard No. 19, contained 30 acres of fruit, 25 acres being devoted 

 to apples and 5 acres to pears. The total income in 1910 from this 

 ranch was $23,528, $22,545 being from the orchard and garden. The 

 total net profit, deducting expenses, was $17,813. This ranch was 

 purchased early in 1910 for $30,000. The owner keeps very careful 

 records, and the figures were compiled from his bank books and 

 records. 



Orchard No. 48, a small pear orchard, consisting of 1\ acres, 

 produced $9,300 worth of pears in 1910, which left a net gain of 

 $5,935. 



This section contains very large orchards as well as many small 

 orchards. One of the largest orchards in the valley is Ranch No. 

 46, containing 15 acres of Newtown apples, 10 acres of Ben Davis 

 apples, 9 acres of Jonathan apples, and 119 acres of pears. The 

 total sales from this ranch in 1910 were $81,946, which left a net gain 

 of $44,774. A 40 acre block of pears on this ranch averaged $600 

 per acre net for ten years from 1901 to 1911. 



Willamette Valley Division. 



This is the largest horticultural division in the state, including 

 ten counties. There is found in this valley a wide range of soil, 

 elevation and climate, and as a result we find its horticulture to be 

 diversified. This valley is the center of the dried prune industry of 

 the state, of the culture of the Loganberry, the onion, the English 

 walnut, and the sweet cherry. In addition large areas are devoted to 

 small fruit production, garden truck, apples, pears, and peaches. 

 Nearly all types of fruit are grown on the alluvial river bottoms, 

 apples and pears on the clay loams, prunes and cherries on the red 

 hills, while many of the table lands are adapted to nearly all types of 

 deciduous fruits. 



While there are certain centers of horticultural production in the 

 valley, on the other hand every county produces varieties of all kinds 

 of fruit commercially listed for this region. 



