The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08

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There y no reason Why Western Wash
ington should not raise al the fruits
needed for home consumption. - well ~
large product for exportation. Most Of
our timbered lands are adapted TO fruit
culture better than to anything else
Prunes. pears. apples. cherries and small
fruits generally could be prodaced here
to perfection. The Oregon prime. apple.
pear and cherry have finer flavor and grow
finer than In California and the same Is
tsue o Washington Fruit trees should
do even better Ia Western Washington
than in the Willamette valley. for the rea-
son that here ne hare . sandy soil with
gravel subsoil. having natural drainage,
while in the Willamette valley the soil is
generally heavy clay. with sticky clay
subsoil, requiring tile drainage In Wash
ington and Oregon the Italian. Petite and
Golden Drop prunes excel the California
prunes of the same varieties. both in size
ard favor. Ii is = fact but little under
stood tina. the larger the prunes are when
dried the better prices they bring in the
market The Golden Drop prune tcalied
Goes Golden Drop. or by some the Silver
prune1 sometimes grows 70 the weight OF
twelve 10 sixteen to the pound
The italian Is now the most valuable
prime in the Eastern markets. where it
enters into competition with the best
French prunes. IL is dark, and has fine
grain and very rich acid flavor. The Pc
tite IL . small, reddish-blue. sweet prune.
of . very rich, sweet flavor. 1t is the
sweetest prune raised. The Golden Drop
is . yellow sweet prune. and very rich
when dried. All OF these are heavy dry
ers. making one pound of dried TO three
pounds of green fruit. The Petite Is the
heaviest cropper. but grows very small IN
less 1t is severely thinned or pruned. The
Italian and Golden Drop prunes drop a
part of their fruit when too full. so that
their product. with proper cultivation
and moisture. is ALWAYS frst-class.
Both the Petite and Italian trees bear up
under greater crops without breaking than
any other varieties. the former excelling in
this respect. and II is also the healthiest,
hardest prune tree known in this country.
Still, If We were going TO plant prune or
chard we should plant most of it in ltal-
ians and the rest in Golden Drops.
Mr.. Goodseli, who is an extensive East
California has fairly and squareiy captured
the Eastern markets. both for fresh fruit
and dried and canned fruit. A New York
paper saws that California fresh fruits are
obtainable in the Eastern markets the year
round. Also, that California prunes are
sin way out of sight. There are none TO
sell At any figure" This is very encourag-
ing for Pacific coast fruit raise-s, in con-
sideration of the fact that two years ago
the California fruits made giut in Eastern
markets, and were sold by the carload Tor
less than cost OF transportation, whereas,
with another year. and with even larger
crop, the California dried fruit crop is all
sold and out OF the market. Ii is now GER
tain that the Pacific coast win never be able
10 overstock the market And with an
additional cent tariff Of l cent per pound,
under the Mckinley bill, there will be less
competition with foreign lmportations.
Let our Washington farmers clear up
land this summer for orchards. and plant
fruits of all kinds. for We shall have q
market right at home for all our fruits for
years TO come. with the rapid growth of
our urban pouulafiou