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Article: Fruit Loop: It's harvest time in Oregon's Hood River Valley.(The Seattle Times)
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- October 9, 2000
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HOOD RIVER, Ore. _ It's harvest time in Hood River, and if the idea of loading the trunk with boxes of apples and pears doesn't tempt you, how about a bottle of cherry port, a jar of huckleberry jam or afresh rainbow trout?
I found all of these on a recent drive around the Hood River County Fruit Loop, a 45-mile meander through the backroads around Mount Hood, just south of the town of Hood River and the Columbia River Gorge.
Long before windsurfing came to dominate the local economy, agriculture flourished. The valley is Oregon's largest fruit-growing district. Farm families harvest 30 percent of the nation's winter pears, produce wines made from ...