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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL, HORTICULTURE 



Grapes: Muscat, Tokay, Thompson 

 Seedless, Worden, Concord, Delaware. 



Peaches: Practically all the commer- 

 cial varieties of peaches thrive in this 

 district. 



Prunes: Few prunes are grown except 

 for local consumption, such varieties 

 being Italian, Petite. 



Apricots: Royal and Tilton are lead- 

 ing varieties. 



Almonds: Soft Shell, I. X. L., Lan- 

 guedoc, Drake's Seedling; while the 

 Texas Prolific is recommended as worthy 

 of trial. 



Yarieties for Coast Counties 



All varieties of small fruits seem to 

 grow to a high degree of perfection in 

 these coast counties. Most of the poma- 

 cious fruits are still in the experimental 

 stage. Locations should be chosen that 

 are not exposed to the strong ocean 

 winds. The Gravenstein is thought to 

 be one of the finest apples for these sec- 

 tions. Only a few of our commercial 

 varieties are growing to a fair degree of 

 perfection. 



Peaches, cherries and grapes as a rule 

 will probably only be grown for home 

 consumption. 



Walnut in Oregon 



The English walnut is found growing 

 very extensively through Western and 

 Southern Oregon; specimen trees and 

 small plantings are found from Portland 



to Ashland. In nearly every city of 

 Western Oregon one will find bearing 

 trees, more especially is this true in the 

 Willamette valley. These plantings vary 

 from a few trees to 20 or 30 acres of 

 young orchards; and even much greater 

 acreage is found. These are also found 

 growing over parts of Eastern Oregon as 

 far as Baker. 



HOW TO HANDLE AN ORCHARD IN 

 THE ROGUE RIVER YALLEY 



James Daily 



There are at least three distinct types 

 of orchard soil in the Rogue River valley, 

 either of which will admit of a slightly 

 different mode of cultivation from the 

 others; but aside from the difference in 

 cultivation the manner of handling the 

 orchards should be essentially the same. 



There is the black, sandy loam of the 

 creek and river bottoms, the highland 

 free soil, known as the desert land, and 

 a heavy, tenacious soil commonly known 

 as "sticky." 



The first two mentioned require prac- 

 tically the same cultivation, with perhaps 

 the one exception, that the highland soil 

 should be cultivated to a greater depth 

 than is necessary with the bottom land. 

 The soil of the desert is of a very grav- 

 elly nature generally and requires irriga- 

 tion to insure sufficient moisture. The 

 **sticky" is considered one of the best 

 orchard soils, and to this I shall confine 



Rogue River Valley. Hillcrest Orchard. 



