A LARGE WALNUT PLANTING IN THE 

 VALLEY.— The Oregon Nursery Co., of 

 Orenco, Oregon, report the sale of sufficient wal- 

 nut trees of the Vrooman Franquette Strain to 

 James Bros., of Falls City, Oregon, to plant 200 

 acres, through their representative, J. D. Waring, 

 of the firm of Stubbs & Waring of Salem, Oregon. 

 This will probably be the largest single walnut 

 planting in the Willamette Valley thus far, but 

 it indicates the trend of people's attention toward 

 walnut planting. There has been so little atten- 

 tion paid to the selection of varieties until the 

 past few years that many people are skeptical 

 concerning the advisability of planting walnut 

 trees, but with the intelligent selection of a 

 variety suitable for this district there is no 

 doubt that such an undertaking will bring big 

 returns. The Vrooman Franquette is the one 

 variety that seems to fill all the requirements — 

 being a late bloomer, hardy and prolific producer 

 of large, well filled, highly flavored nuts. This 

 variety is being planted very extensively in Cali- 

 fornia on account of the splendid record made by 

 the large grove owned by the late Mrs. Emily 

 Vrooman. — Contributed. 



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Editor Better Fruit: 



■ At our annual meeting the president was 

 directed to call a convention of fruit growers 

 and fruit shipping associations to meet in Port- 

 land early this winter to "consider organization 

 of a fruit growers' central agency for the entire 

 Pacific Northwest, and to consider the attitude 

 which should be taken toward national apple box 

 legislation." 



Pursuant to that authority, I hereby call said 

 convention to meet at ten a. m. January 24, 1911, 

 in the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. Building, 

 Portland, Oregon. You are cordially and urgently 

 invited to attend or to send a representative. I 

 am writing every apple shipping association of the 

 Pacific Northwest to send a delegate. 



Having learned, since our meeting, that the 

 State Horticultural Association of Washington 

 is to meet at Prosser, January 17th, I have set 

 date of the Portland convention a week later, so 

 that some of us may attend the Prosser meeting 

 and hear these questions discussed by Washington 

 growers, before the convention here. 



I hope to see you at the Prosser meeting, and 

 trust, after discussion there, these questions may 

 be referred to the Portland convention, and that 

 you will attend the latter. 



I take the liberty of enclosing copy of press 

 clipping touching these question. Yours very 

 truly, H. C. Atwell, President Oregon State Horti- 

 cultural Society, Forest Grove. 



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