Cyrus Barn

Cyrus Barn
Location	CRNG, OCHOCO NF
Tree Count	5
Species	5 pear
Varieties	5 identified

Condition	Count
Good	1
Fair	2
Poor	2
Dead	0
Total	5

The Cyrus Barn orchard contains 5 documented heritage fruit trees.

Red pear from one of the 5 surviving pear trees at Cyrus Barn, 2024.

History

The Cyrus Barn orchard (also known as the Omer Cyrus "Barn Orchard") is located below and about one-third of a mile northwest of the main Omer Cyrus orchard.

This cluster of old trees was recently "re-discovered" during the preparation of a National Grasslands application to list the McCoin and Cyrus homesteads and orchards as National Historic Sites.

Site Description

Apparently, Omer Cyrus's barn must have overlooked this orchard, which covered roughly eight acres. A Jefferson County Historical Society article incorrectly described this orchard as having over 30 apples and crabapples surviving; the article confused it and the main Cyrus orchard. The Cyrus Barn has only a handful (~5) of pear trees surviving as of 2025.

Unlike the McCoin and main Cyrus orchards, this one is heavily overgrown with brush and junipers, making access and identification more difficult.

Sources: Jefferson County Historical Society "The Agate" Spring 2015; Forest Service survey records

Primary Sources

The following historical documents are available:

• Jefferson County Historical Society article (2015)

Orchard Map

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Trees

• Tree #114- Pear probably(fair)
• Tree #115- Pear probably(good)
• Tree #116- Pear probably(fair)
• Tree #117- Pear probably(poor)
• Tree #118- Pear probably(poor)

Varieties

• pear probably

Historical Documents

• Duane Ecker Field Notes (2001)
• "The Agate" Article (2015)

See also: Document Archive

Maps

File:CyrusBarn Map GoogEarth.pdf