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The '''McCoin Lower''' orchard contains 31 documented heritage fruit trees.
The '''McCoin Lower''' orchard contains 31 documented heritage fruit trees.
== History ==
The McCoin Lower orchard is the lower portion of the original McCoin homestead orchard, established by '''Julius and Sarah Osborn McCoin''' who homesteaded on the southeast flank of Gray Butte in '''1886'''. Julius McCoin was a freighter who would return from his trips to The Dalles with fruit-tree starts to plant in the protected gully below his house.
The original McCoin orchard numbered over '''100 trees''' (apples, pears, plums, etc.). The lower orchard site, situated further down the gully, benefits from additional water availability and protection from harsh weather.
The property was sold in the early 1930s to the National Grasslands program, and the buildings were torn down. The orchard was rescued in the '''1970s''' by USFS range specialists '''Duane Ecker''' and '''Harry Ketrenos''' through systematic pruning and brush clearing.
According to Duane Ecker's 2001 field notes, the McCoin orchards contained 65 apple trees and 8 pear trees, with 6 pear trees on the upper portion and 2 in the very low part of the orchard. All trees were pruned in FY 2000 and again in 2001.
''Sources: Jefferson County Historical Society "The Agate" Spring 2015; Duane Ecker field notes 2001''


== Orchard Map ==
== Orchard Map ==

Revision as of 22:46, 31 January 2026

McCoin Lower
Location CRNG, OCHOCO NF
Tree Count 31
Species 31 apple
Varieties 27 identified

The McCoin Lower orchard contains 31 documented heritage fruit trees.

History

The McCoin Lower orchard is the lower portion of the original McCoin homestead orchard, established by Julius and Sarah Osborn McCoin who homesteaded on the southeast flank of Gray Butte in 1886. Julius McCoin was a freighter who would return from his trips to The Dalles with fruit-tree starts to plant in the protected gully below his house.

The original McCoin orchard numbered over 100 trees (apples, pears, plums, etc.). The lower orchard site, situated further down the gully, benefits from additional water availability and protection from harsh weather.

The property was sold in the early 1930s to the National Grasslands program, and the buildings were torn down. The orchard was rescued in the 1970s by USFS range specialists Duane Ecker and Harry Ketrenos through systematic pruning and brush clearing.

According to Duane Ecker's 2001 field notes, the McCoin orchards contained 65 apple trees and 8 pear trees, with 6 pear trees on the upper portion and 2 in the very low part of the orchard. All trees were pruned in FY 2000 and again in 2001.

Sources: Jefferson County Historical Society "The Agate" Spring 2015; Duane Ecker field notes 2001


Orchard Map

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Condition Count
Good 13
Fair 13
Poor 5
Dead 0
Total 31

Trees

Good Condition


Fair Condition


Poor Condition


Varieties

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