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Apples: Freedom, Liberty, Jonafree, Priscilla, Wynooche Early, etc.
<br /> Cherries: Lapins, Rainier, Angela, Sam, Northstar, etc.
<br /> Crabapples: Dolgo, Whitney, etc.
<br /> Peaches: Frost, Harken, etc.
<br /> Apricots: Harcot, Puget Gem, etc.
<br /> Pears: Bennett, Orcas, Shipova, Marness, Rescue, Warren, Ubileen, etc.
<br /> Plums: Seneca, Shiro, etc.
<br /> Persimmons: all
<br /> Quinces: all
<br /> Figs: all
<br /> Paw paws: all
<br /> etc.
<br /> > attractive nuisance
<br /> Surely fruit trees are less of an attractive nuisance than the city's
<br /> currently
<br /> deployed climbing structures /circular slides that offer pre - kindegarten age
<br /> children the opportunity to take a header from 15- 20'...
<br /> >and waste,
<br /> Waste fruit can be organically composted, sold and fed as animal feed, etc.
<br /> >the use of fruit trees as street trees is considered an undesirable option.
<br /> Vague.
<br /> >These recognized problems have resulted in code language, (City
<br /> >Code 7.640), that prohibits fruit trees on right of ways including streets,
<br /> > highways, avenues, alleys and pedestrian easements.
<br /> Obviously it is within the Council's portfolio to review and amend these
<br /> regulations in light of changing circumstances or to provide leeway for
<br /> innovative experimental programs.
<br /> >There has been historical attempts at the introduction of fruit trees on
<br /> >public property with varying degrees of success. Mr. Ross Penallegon of the
<br /> > Oregon State University Extension Service, 687 -4243, relates his experiences
<br /> > with growing fruit on public property as not completely successful. In his
<br /> >experience, with the cost of maintenance he calculated the cost of each
<br /> >apple produced at $ 10.00.
<br /> Use of no -spray varieties, volunteer and job- training labor, and recognition
<br /> of full- spectrum benefits change fruit trees from a Toss center to a profit
<br /> center (put otherwise: why is the City unable to make fruit trees planted on
<br /> public land pay when there are numerous examples throughout the valley of
<br /> private orchards that are financially solvent, even in the face of taxes,
<br /> land costs, and other factors that do not attach to a city fruit tree
<br /> project ?)
<br /> > Unless we are able to have more volunteers and everything provided without
<br /> >charge, from water to chemicals and organic materials, there would be a
<br /> >similar cost involved in producing fruit.
<br /> Use of no -spray varieties would eliminate the cost of chemicals, and most
<br /> fruit trees do best WITHOUT introduction of fertilizers (nitrogen rich
<br /> fertilizers, in particular, promote lush foliage growth at the expense of
<br /> fruit).
<br /> Given suitable site selection, irrigation need not be a requirement (fruit
<br /> trees have grown for centuries in climates far more arid than those of the
<br /> Willamette Valley), etc.
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