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deiit aiKl Lake, develop into tlie clioicest of fruits. The 

 Late Duke, Late Kentish, Richmond and Montmorency 

 Ordinary, in fact all cherries, do well, though these latter 

 are of no particular commercial importance. 



The plums, and especially those varieties of Pnmus 

 domesiica which have come into general ci " " 



werp and Marlbon 



less, Clark. ■. Jla^.. 

 ries, Chiui U. 



trawberries, Wilson, Sharp 

 lOvcrbearing; of gooseber 



I 1 hautauqua. The win< 



' J 11 and particular lo 

 1, but the output cai 



"'I' ) 111 significance as yet 

 thoui,'b it is rated as of ex 

 cellent q\iality. During th( 

 past few J ears some 

 plintings of wine grapt 



rge 



the 



Oregon, showins, by the shaded 



in the more favorable sections of the country, thrive 

 throughout the state, though there are particular locali- 

 ties where those varieties cultivated as prunes do much 

 better than in others. As a commercial crop the prune 

 has become of much importance to the state, the output 

 for 1898 on a conservative basis being put at 400 car- 

 loads of 30,000 pounds each and valued at 3% and 3% 

 cents per pound. For green fruit for local market the 

 Yellow Egg, Peach, Columbia and Bradshaw are grown. 

 Several attempts have been made to ship the Peach 

 variety in a fresh state to the East, but thus far all such 

 efforts have ended in failure. It will not keep long 

 enough and stand up under the jar of transportation. 

 For the prune crop two varieties are grown, the Italian 

 and the Agen, locally known as the French or Petite. 

 At present there is a much larger acreage of Italians 

 than of Petites. There is a limited acreage of Golden 

 Drop, locally known as Silver Prune, but as the tree is 

 not robust, and as the fruit needs sulfuring before it is 

 cured, this variety is given much less attention now 

 than formerly, and only a limited quantity is grown. 

 The curing of the prune is all done by means of driers 

 or evaporators, of which there are numerous designs. 

 (See Evaporating of J^^ruiis.) 



Of small fruits it may be said that they grow and fruit 

 most abundantly in all parts of the state. Only about 

 the larger cities are they grown as commercial crops, 

 though at Hood river, which is a favored locality, large 

 quantities of strawberries (the Clarke variety ) are grown. 

 In 1898 about fifty car-loads of these berries were shipped 

 to the Rocky mountain states, returning to the gruwi rs 

 something like $37,000. Blackberries, goosebiri i. ?^. 

 strawberries and raspberries do well in nearly all bicili 

 ties. Usually it is necessary to select favored sites f..r 

 blackberries and strawberries: the former on aeconiit 

 of water, our long, dry summers being uncongenial; the 

 latter, on account of our heavy soils, will not generally 

 do best on other than river botfoms or sandy ravines. 

 Of currants the I'liii-r vari.lirs air rii.wv, Fav, White 

 Grape and Bla.'k X:i|.:.m i.r l.larklHirir. il,,. rliief va- 



Lucretia; of ra-.l.lmr u-. ( ullil.irt, l in-;;;,', lud Allt- 



l> _ui mer valley. 



In tlu Willamette valley 

 il IM ore Diamond, Coii- 

 1 il W Olden, Delaware and 

 Is ibella are the most gener- 

 allj grown Along the Co- 

 lumbia, the Sweetwater, the 

 Bluscats and Tokays are con- 

 sidered best. In southern 

 Oregon both the American 

 and foreign grapes flourish. 

 The Missnm grape of Cali- 

 fornia, Sw(Ctwatcr, Ham- 

 burg and Muscats fully ma- 

 Chestnuts of the American 

 and Japan varieties have 

 been planted in numerous 

 localities, and are jusl be- 

 ginning to bear fine crops. 

 French walnuts and filberts 



much interest is being mani- 

 fested in this fruit and in 

 the near future coninicrcial 

 plantings will undoubtedly 

 be made. From the experi- 

 ence of the past and the 

 character of the nuts pro- 

 duced, it is confidently predicted that the nut crop of 

 the future will be one of much value on the foothill 

 land of the state. The almond, the apricot, the black 

 fig and the loquat grow and fruit quite freely in the 

 southern sections of the state. The cranberry thrives 

 along the coast, and there are a few small bogs under 

 cultivation in favorite spots. ^ ^^ Lake 



horticultural i 



0RE6C0ME. 





0RE0D6XA ((inek, mountain ./''"•'/)■ -f"'"' 

 This genus includes the Koyal Palm, the pride of Florida, 

 and the only tall palm native within the borders of the 

 United States b( fore the annexation of Porto Kico an<l 

 Hawaii; also the Cabbage Palm, which is cut down 

 when three years old for the central leaves, which are 

 tender and edible. Oreodoxa contains .5 species of j. in- 

 nate palms from tropical America. The nearest culti- 

 vated allies are Euterpe and Acanthophoenix, but in 

 these the petals of the pistillate fls, arc fri-c while in 

 Oreodoxa they are gro\vn together :ii iIm 1,;i . ( irco 

 doxas are spineless palms, the s. 'Ii: t . ;. i i.liiist 

 trunk cylindrical or swollen at tin i :. i iiii- 



nal, equally pinnatisect; segments ikhii. i. inMH lan- 

 ceolate, narrowed at the apex, unequali\ i.iii.l, lui.iiicrve 

 ratlic 1- tliick, scaly beneath; margins not thickened, re- 

 4Mir\c<l ai III!' base; racliis convex on the back, sulcate 

 ti'waril Ilir liasc, and acute toward the apex above; 

 liiiH.lr lialf cylindrical, sulcate above: sheath long: 

 sfintiN i-ather large, with long, slender, ]>endenfc 

 l.rnnrliis: spathes 2, entire, the lower semi-cylindri- 

 < III. . .pialing the spadix, the upper ensiform, vmirally 

 lissiircil: bracts and bractlets scaly: fls. small, white, 

 in scattered glomerules: fr. obovoid or oblong-ovoid, 

 small, violet. 



Of the Royal Palm Reasoner writes: "It is one of the 

 grandest of pinnate palms, growing to a height of over 

 100 ft., with immense, plumy, feathery leaves and a 

 straight white trunk. It is a grand tree for extreme S. 

 Fla. for avenue planting, and is valuable in all sizes, 

 but especially when 4 ft. or over in height." 



