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bottoms are better than the bills and the Willamette Valley will produce 
better Gravensteins than either Southern or Eastern Oregon. 
3. Of prunes Italian is excellent, but, where the land is adapted to them,, 
the Agen ( Petite ) if thinned, is more profitable. The Pearl prune, a seedling 
of the Agen, was during the past winter more resistant to cold than the 
Agen, Sergent Robe cle, or Imperial. 
4. Orchards are generally well cultivated. 
8. San Jose scale, oyster shell bark louse, red spider and twig borer, shot- 
hole fungus, scab and brown rot. All can be controlled by spraying. 
11. Prunes, apples, cherries and pears are evaporated. 
12. Prunes are hardy in the order following: Italian, Dosch, Splendor, 
Pearl, Sergent, Agen and Pearl. Cherries and hpples were not hurt by the 
winter. Bartlett pears were much injured. 
SOUTHWEST OREGON. 
BY H. B. MILLER, EUGENE. 
JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, ROGUE RIVER VALLEY. 
Soil— Red clay on hills, black clay in valley and sandy loam on river bot- 
toms and granite hills. Elevation 9,000 to 2,000 feet. 
Peaches, prunes and grapes do well upon the red hills where there is good 
depth of soil, grapes doing the best of the three upon the more shallow soils. 
These lands are worth about $10 per acre in brush, within five or ten miles 
of the railroad, and are well adapted to the growth of peaches and table and 
wine grapes. 
Prunes— Silver, Italian and Agen prunes have been extensively planted, 
but only Agen seems well adapted to the climate, and Silver and Italian are 
gradually being abandoned as unprofitable. The Silver upon the river bot- 
tom is a strong and healthy tree, but does not bear enough to be profitable. 
The Italian does not thrive well in this section because the summers are too 
hot and dry. The Agen or French prune thrives better in this section than 
in any other part of Oregon and can be grown at a profit either on red hills, 
black valley clay, or sandy loam bottoms. All prunes are cured in evapora- 
tors. Prunes can be produced, dried and put aboard cars at a cost ranging 
from one to two cents per pound. 
Peaches— Are grown on all kinds of soil, but do best on red hills or sandy 
loam bottoms. Early and Late Crawford and Salway have proven the most 
profitable. Largest orchards 100 acres. San Jose scale and brown rot are 
very injurious to the peaches. Lime, sulphur and blue vitriol are used for the 
scale and Bordeaux mixture for brown rot. Irrigation is resorted to in some 
places to advantage. No fertilizers have been used so far, but could be used 
with profit. Two cents per pound boxed in twenty pound boxes and loaded 
in cars is considered a profitable price. 
Pears are grown in large quantities. Owing to the Bartletts reaching 
the east during the height of the fruit season there, they have not always 
been profitable, but most of the later varieties have been a continued source 
of profit. 
Almonds are grown also and are considered a good commercial product. 
Apples constitute the main product of this country. They grow well upon 
the heavy black loam bottoms and on the sandy loam bottoms. White Pear- 
