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CITY OF THREE PINES ORCHARDS
94 Year Old Parent Apple Tree, Location 1: Three Pines, Oregon City of Three Pines The town of Three Pines was created as a base for the Three Pines Lumber Company. Its name comes from the three varieties of pine common in the area: Sugar Pine, Ponderosa Pine, and Oregon Pine. The town was surveyed in 1909 and at its core twenty acres were divided into twenty-five and fifty-foot lots. The lumber company constructed a 11.5 mile flume to transport rough lumber from Mountain at the headwaters of Jump-Off-Joe Creek to its planing mill at the Town of Three Pines which was next to the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Three Pines School opened in 1911. The town’s post office opened November 1910. In 1910 the town had 100 inhabitants, two stores, and a hotel. A great many houses were expected to be built there that winter as nearly everyone was living in a tent. The town had three trains a day stopping there and a new depot had been built. An apple orchard was planted. The Three Pines Lumber Company closed within a decade, the victim of alternative transportation in the form of the gasoline engine and the truck versus the expensive of maintaining an expensive flume. The post office closed November 1921. The Three Pines School stayed open until 1943 when World War II brought about an exodus of many citizens in the area. Fruit Trees One thousand fruit trees were received Wednesday for planting on these lands. Seven hundred will be set by Mr. Rolf. These are principally Mulr peaches. All are from the Hoover nurseries. Many more trees have recently been received from Albany nurseries (Rogue River Courier. "Three Pines." December 15, 1911). Near 100-Year Old Apple Orchard: ca.,1910 - 2010 Fruit Trees More than 30 acres of fruit have been delivered here for the spring planting (Rogue River Courier. "Three Pines." January 19, 1912).
Five apple trees in three locations remain from the original Three Pines Orchard.1 They are located on the property of Sherry Talley and Lee Joy Walker. Sherry Talley Property. One parent apple tree with many seedlings on north side of Three Pines Road near its junction with Russell Road. Sherry is proud of the fact she saved this tree during the summer of 2003 when Public Works was widening the road. Lee Joy Walker Property. One parent apple tree nearly dead. Lee Joy stated, "The apples from these trees taste great, but they do not carry."
94 Year Old Apple Trees, Location 3: Three Pines, Oregon More Information Lee Joy Walker Property. Three apple trees, one of which is still producing. Lee Joy said, "Dad (Jesse E. Walker) grafted another apple tree to the big remaining tree."
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