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... valley , two million acres may be called fruit lands , every way adapted to grow- ing the finest fruits of the temperate zone . Southern Oregon is a great fruit country , now filling up with a prosperous fruit - growing population . Its ...
... valley , two million acres may be called fruit lands , every way adapted to grow- ing the finest fruits of the temperate zone . Southern Oregon is a great fruit country , now filling up with a prosperous fruit - growing population . Its ...
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... valley - grown apples , and the judges reported that we were entitled to the premium for the best sweepstake apple , but for the mis- take of naming the plate Winesap instead of Roman Beauty , which it was ; this mistake threw it out ...
... valley - grown apples , and the judges reported that we were entitled to the premium for the best sweepstake apple , but for the mis- take of naming the plate Winesap instead of Roman Beauty , which it was ; this mistake threw it out ...
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... valley that nothing more thoroughly and painfully accent- uated their isolated condition than the absence of fruit trees on their newly - made farms . Half the beauty and pleasure that brightens the life of youth and childhood , it is ...
... valley that nothing more thoroughly and painfully accent- uated their isolated condition than the absence of fruit trees on their newly - made farms . Half the beauty and pleasure that brightens the life of youth and childhood , it is ...
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... valley - yearlings selling at fifty cents to one dollar each . The first considerable orchards were set on French prairie , and in the Waldo hills and about Salem . Of apples the following varieties were common : Red Astracan , Red June ...
... valley - yearlings selling at fifty cents to one dollar each . The first considerable orchards were set on French prairie , and in the Waldo hills and about Salem . Of apples the following varieties were common : Red Astracan , Red June ...
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... valley of the Mississippi , the limited fruit area for the few inferior , hardy varieties , present condi- tions to which we must now adjust ourselves . The department of the interior , recognizing the fact that the vast " waste places ...
... valley of the Mississippi , the limited fruit area for the few inferior , hardy varieties , present condi- tions to which we must now adjust ourselves . The department of the interior , recognizing the fact that the vast " waste places ...
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Page 227 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 10 - Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction...
Page 11 - State shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of said Board for said sums or any part thereof when they have become available, upon proper demand being made for the same.
Page 8 - Board, and to preserve records of its proceedings and correspondence; to collect books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relating to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other information showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture...
Page 9 - ... they shall notify the owner or owners, or person or persons in charge or in possession of the said places, or orchards, or nurseries, or trees, or plants, vegetables, vines, or...
Page 82 - These by-laws may be amended or repealed at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided notice of the proposed change shall have been given in the call for the meeting.
Page 9 - The comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the county in which such town is situated, for an amount equal to fifty per centum of the amount so levied in each town.
Page 9 - Commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
Page 16 - Assembly a statement of its doings, with a copy of the Treasurer's accounts for the two years preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of the reports of the Inspector of Fruit Pests and of the Secretary.
Page 6 - ... will best promote the horticultural industries of the State. It may, but without expense to the State, select and appoint competent and qualified persons to lecture in each of the districts named in section...