THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Oregon is celebrated for its splendid climate, which 
is temperate the year around, free from all sorts of 
disturbances, such as hurricanes, cyclones, earthquakes, 
floods, etc. There is hardly a section of it, excepting 
the mountains, where a man cannot sleep out of doors during 
the entire year, nor on the other hand is the climate ever so 
warm as to become oppressive. Such a thing as death from 
heat is almost unknown. 
The salmon canneries are extensive and this industry is, 
one of the most prominent. 
Oregon produces fine fruit, that of the home orchards 
of the early settlers, more than half a century ago, was con¬ 
sumed locally and supplied the coast trade as far south as 
California. During the last ten years this industry has 
rapidly grown, the present output totalling several thousand 
cars annually; fruit is now shipped all over the world. 
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Oregon’s industries and resources are almost unlimited. 
It is celebrated for its wonderful output of lumber, 
the standing timber probably being unequaled by any state 
in the union at the present time. Wheat and grain are grown 
in large areas very successfully. The climate is such that 
grass grows nearly the year around in most parts of the state, 
and for this reason, it is becoming celebrated for stock, 
immense areas being devoted to raising cattle, horses, 
sheep, hogs, etc. Dairying is becoming another of the 
prominent industries of the state, and Oregon cheese is 
celebrated in eveiy' part of the world by connoisseurs. 
While apples are grown extensively, the state is justly 
celebrated also for pears, peaches, grapes, plums, and all 
small fruits, such as strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, 
etc. Very few sections in the United States are success¬ 
ful in growing the English Walnut, but certain parts of 
Oregon are especially adapted to it, and the munber of 
acres planted to this nut is rapidly increasing. 
To Oregon belongs the -fame of originating the two best 
cherries grown anywhere in the world—the Lambert, which 
was named after Mr. Lambert, a pioneer who was the 
originator, and the Bing, named after a Chinaman who was 
