Perhaps I'm a little slow off the mark here, but I thought the following worth posting for other likeminded, slow-wits. I have the strong impression that U.P. Hedrick, esteemed author of the essential "Apples of New York", "Pears of New York" etc. got his start where? As a botanist/horticulturist with the Oregon Experimental Station. Here's the full text online, of "Prunes, apples, and pears in Oregon" by U.P. Hedrick, published in February of 1896.

http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui ... 1957/14068

Well, of course, he had to cut his teeth where it counts!

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