On Oct.1, 1907, two front-page stories in the Medford Daily Tribune heralded great things for the Southern Oregon pear industry. A railcar of Comice pears from Bear Creek Orchard sold at a world record price. The headline screamed that Medford pears went for $8 a box in New York City — the highest price ever seen.The newspaper declared that these prices proved that “no section on earth equals the Rogue river valley for pears.”The second newsworthy [...]
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