Member, 1900. AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
all the." markets a* living Miperior m rtn voi- 
ro any grown Iri r t'nlted Htuteg. and !n 
Him- and development Tin > an- i.ta-o d ,i- 
strictly fancy. 
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OREGON APPLES 
A ii.rn ^|N)iid.-n( of tin- ib-d nm, > ;iu - 
■ let “«ys*. The «|'|il«- crop of ftlrci 
Is the brat wr have nod to' y* if. The 
spray pump list* l*-eti kept going an*l very 
little damage hn* le-efl done |.y the ' I Jilin 
moth far. Tin nett Thing Is to took - -it’ 
Tor a market for our i-rop. Not *«». luilf 
the growers .ire prepared fc.-ep tie r 
winter apples for a winter .1- spring m.** 
ktd. tail will Is- obliged to M-|l it p: king 
time. Home of them would prefer 0. <01 
tbeir crops on tbe tries Tlie .■ -navi-ts 
will feel the n**e*«rtt* o| mlviitl.lng II d 
River's big apple crop mid will be Itit. 
ested In tbe holding of our biennial fair 
If the fair is bcbl and well advert l~-d >t 
will bring apple buyer* It niny lie too 
early to hold our fair before Me | , ..rrlou-l 
street fair and carnival, Init to should ted 
fail to have an exhibit In 1'ortlaml «• well 
as nt home. 
AN APPLE ORCHARD THAT PAYS 
We would be clad to give line 1 rcdlt le 
tbe following: tirowt r- of fruit a ml ngr 
tables tire stnblmrn. but fans will bring 
tliem. Thai fruit in-e- intlrt !«• • dhirtiiHl 
with as milch r.irc a-, * egetnblr-* i» 
gradually mtli/.ed. There .ire too re rim 
do not realize It Mum there ;ir. win* 1J0 
No effort osould be spared to i-iund th- ih 
sal I put facts into the beads of the owner* 
of fruit trees. is there a farmer or itmtt 
er who would Iblnk or raisins corn i-itn 
toes or cotton without plowing? It is >u*.r 
as essential to plow nttd cultivate the fruit 
trees as corn, cotton or potatoes. 
Perhaps one of the inert rtrlkiiir Illus- 
trations of the money to be plud*- by ntc 
of the apple orchard is the case of William 
Page, of Bollmny f>nler, tlenm-ee— 
county. N. Y Mr. Pago bad it farm of 
200 acres; of this 11)0 acre* wen- In apple 
and pear trees l or i-ur* hr gn><- m. o- 
leution to the fruit. It grew a- it h»f^ 
penod and it was seldom that to- re.Mlnd 
any money from the apple- They were 
small, worm-eaten, and mart of them fell 
off before maturity. The or hard 
never cultivated. Wosb and gr.i -- crew 
at liberty. 
Such conditions tlUgnrt.-d Page and 
went to Pen Van. S. V . t" n roil v«tafc 
as**nt and wanted Id* two hundred mt*- 
saltl. lie told about th*' fruit tr.*-* and tb. 
agent felt there would lie tilth- tronbb- to 
sell ft. There wa • a hlfr-b ott tie cs-tvdl 
lion* of the sale and Png.- returned home 
determined to do something wttli Mo- --r 
chard, lie told Itl* wife hi was going 
rip the old orchard out and either ruin u or 
make si-metliing out of it 
Cpnn Imjnlry Pm> nn-t -on e good t» 1 
marltnn who told hint . nltlrMi- *nd 
spray hi* tree- That was lit lM'.'l Kagi 
ImKan to cut out the old tr*> -. pi in- up th* 
good ones and ruJllTijili*l!>.»nnii:hlr. lie tun 
norm! the land and in on*- >.»;■ *ei a ht« 
difference lb-re Is (be rwautl for tbe f.irtn 
since tSUrt. showing what it Is p-MW* to 
do 
In I .MX! Charlca Foster mild Page 
cash for the apples ns tb.T Stood on the 
tree* For this ispf crop Pat Ghaaoti of 
I.eRoy N Y-. paid II.'.ku msli, T--r 
Mm 1 crop brought vs i» si and In It - rd 
produce.! $ti,<jOO t his Wr»* C1tU«C-l 
hy lUrtimtim 
them with ) 
n of aid trttm »t»d 
replacing 
• *t Jf | TtlAll 
(nild Mr p.tg 
re -line irt*n Its. tt 
4 000 oihI 
In 1 *<•:'. lo n- 
t f r . frve. t ft 
•f (jlilv ttffpfrf] t J»o ' 
! with 
in»re fi,.|, 
■••ml if tie run 
ij Pnt- e on Imrd . 
hi* atipb-i w 
1- lo- w ill IU 
4*' W'TtL Jj^i '« 
;r|> if**t {nr 
1)0 \ , y 
Thi* would 
fruikr 4 9 ?* 4 .lf 0 t pONlc 
PHI Bervw uf 
baa l-v.-in. 
*-v«-r* tliii.g 
firrhaH lo flvi* 
» n Viitiftf »T*raj»*r 
l£h« in«l hi* ,Htn|re 
Ft Png*. 
H* ,v -. 
II- 1 , 
York for gro 
Hart 1 *2 *- 
Ik-*-ii m grent 
1* .'.•1*11118 ' 
lit n • - ■!.* * iamI 
l*h|f ilf' 1 'U l#l iilt WIN 
U * »• aia€ltf » 
HtJ.I Gi« fnrni hr- w 
lr»«#F-r loot^.l 
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nub! bar* 
will Ilk, 
me and 
u--rv Tb's l« 
1 I Ml | 
UNPARALLELED APPLE CROP 
The follow mg lett- r fro 11 1 the -p. 
• oU.IUTtt... of t|„. \j(|i -iol Vpjib Hh'H 
Aws- iat|..u r„i,. B . 3 *,., 
pros poef |-r* ipple crop 
Tn th.- Henitw-r* ,,f i|,e Nathoml K 
Shipper* A,.. ,, l)B ri 
««• -f *l« Vat (..»■« Vppb 
1 inti-.n t.eg to m. Mo«t. ■ 
of l*oil nc r**-«-»tnl ■•rep 
Pr*"» CjmtZtt 
SU»rtk i<fs t.u... 
tiibnlat*-*l r*-t»*rt at tl*T» u 
Front a car»-ful and i-t 
view of till tl. '1, format , 
sum. It 1* .v„r m t|,« 
I le • rop Ilf Mw 1 tut- .1 <1, 
r 
•Jrpmw'r'ajif r * 1 
■' '** " y r 
M.-. i'Bwvdn uM 
V-*a - -'a w It b. 1. . , 
within tin* blrtnrr .f tl-.*- 
i-ertaltt apple '-.-srinc t 
I'd state. ri*i-**n Mevlv: , t 
yt* ld*. the pror**'rtion of > 
iiwun|-*.rtaut Tfc.- epat* 
.New Turk V .1 J.r-i i » 
uf jfir fPnii 
e.moiry vVfcflc 
ion* -*f the I nti 
•• ami *-»t^i light 
or New EmrUnd 
i.tf PiJiDitiY.tniii 
1* Vi-ry heavy *» a « |»< 
Western Southern. at "1 
tier Of while not n 
.illy full <*t**i.. all anti, 
yield, while eon,.- ha 1 e 
■It The t’cn'ral 
' -lift We*---rtl 
a rj 
Mir pmmiar of 
b«vr r . 1 . 1 - iq .-ertaio -e 
of the tar Wot will '»• 
1 IG*ii» 1 lit- tTvfl 
1 -iiiada and N>-»n S*a*tla 
rvpaH f In* kMt- 
k«t rroiw 011 rvH-ord. To sum it all op. It 
CRAPING OF APPLES 
A* A4*pt*d If the Natiaaal Skippers Asm 
notion. 
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Two spplM 
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GEORGE & CO. 
Commission Merchants 
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. ETC. 
SPECIALTIES: Si f«w berries. Caoialoupo. 
Peaches and Tomatoes in 
Carload Consignment 
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