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Portland apples 1910
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davem
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February 21, 2021 - 3:46 pm

Apples for sale, 6th street, Portland, 1910.  I wonder what varieties were popular here back then. FB_IMG_1613950712237.jpg

 

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DanielW
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February 21, 2021 - 6:35 pm

@davem, thank you for the great photo!

Here is a link with a partial answer on page 7. link

If I can figure out how, other than transcribing the list, I will try to post it.  It's kind of funny, a book written in 1904 bemoans the loss of  good old days when apples were so much better before that.

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John S
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February 23, 2021 - 3:51 pm

I bet that many of the apples were from the wagon that Henderson Luelling brought over on the Oregon Trail.

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February 24, 2021 - 1:46 pm

DanielW said
@davem, thank you for the great photo!

Here is a link with a partial answer on page 7. link

If I can figure out how, other than transcribing the list, I will try to post it.  It's kind of funny, a book written in 1904 bemoans the loss of  good old days when apples were so much better before that.  

Thanks Daniel, that is a very interesting document!  Imagine what it must have been like to grow apples before the pests and diseases showed up.  And the demand/price for apples was sky high.  I converted the $2.50 to today's dollars, that would be $69 - for one apple.

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