OREGON FARMER 



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Italian prunes are grown for shipping green to eastern markets. 

 Eagle and Pine valleys in the vicinity of Baker are giving considerable 

 attention to fruit production and in the vicinity of the Snake River 

 a considerable area is to be found upon which almost any type of 

 deciduous fruit can be grown. 



FRUIT BLUE MOUNTAIN DIVISION 1910-11. 



The above table has shown the average conditions of this district, 

 but the showing of a few of the better farms is of interest. 



Farm No. 42, contains 6| acres of apples, 2J acres of cherries, and 

 a few scattering trees of prunes and peaches. It produced in 1910 

 $4,200 worth of fruit. $400 worth of produce was sold from this 

 farm, leaving a total net gain of $2,727. 



Farm No. 18, contains 3 acres of strawberries and a few scattered 

 peach and pear trees. The total income amounted to $1,506. 



Farm No. 8, contains 10 acres of bearing apple trees, 1 acre 

 peaches, 2 acres cherries. Total sales, including poultry, bees, and 

 dairy, amounted to $7,887.50, leaving a total net gain of $5,453. 



Central Oregon Division. 



This division contains a tremendous area of country in which is 

 found a few valleys in which horticultural products are being grown 

 successfully. In those regions which have good soil, ample rainfall 

 or supplementary irrigation, coupled with freedom from frost, 

 horticulture is found to be a very profitable industry. Wherever the 

 canon breezes blow, good locations for fruit can generally be found. 



Owing to the lack of transportation facilities in the earlier days 

 this region produced fruit almost entirely for local consumption. 

 While this region as a whole will never become a great horticultural 

 region there are certain portions which can produce horticultural 

 crops very profitably. The Ontario district has nearly the same 

 conditions as are found in the famous Payette district of Idaho, and 

 apples, prunes, melons, and similar crops should be grown in this 

 region in large amounts successfully. The John Day Valley has been 

 producing fruit for many years. One of the largest districts to be 

 found in Central Oregon is near the Goose and Summer Lakes. 

 There is a considerable area of land here of the very congenial soil, 

 and the climatic conditions are favorable for the type of fruits such 

 as apples, pears, peaches, prunes and vegetables, even such types as 

 tomatoes and peppers. With the better transportation facilities 

 which have recently been inaugurated in Eastern Oregon it is only 

 a question of a short time before the favorable districts will develop 

 a horticultural industry of considerable importance. 



