. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 1510 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 varietie
. The encyclopedia of practical horticulture; a reference system of commercial horticulture, covering the practical and scientific phases of horticulture, with special reference to fruits and vegetables;. Gardening; Fruit-culture; Vegetable gardening. 1510 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 differen
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