Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-24

rr.Nu h,t' lhuud. oi pcncl
l.,,- in wh,h ,.untl,t the crop o
r,',h'. - ls1i h,., bacon ordered a
ego HHvlius l., t,,iuuc. af the stat,
''uI'. rrltns -w,ll fruit aud aI
t''. r'at. tt. hero tud conrcun
'.u,i' ,uI .nll fut th,Ir growth.
tie Nrr'n Yakima ,ll-,. a.a fruit
rral'uug r'rinu i- attracting rrca
ui'ut"u llu land require, rrrga
u.u 80 ..m' ,,trnt tp make il pro
iu th' ls.t llut ior this purros,
il,u B.. ,huudan,c ui water convent
'ni lluudfrd- If thousands Of dol
lat. are t'lnr expended each year II
The 'uu.lru. tiou of irrigation ditchc-
MWt corporations arr formed tu en-
gag 'sicnsi,rly 80 truit rai.ing an,
gardening iho nrrl", cherry. pear
p,h,h ani plum do well here. an,
hundfrd. oi 'nt lond. ui melons ar,
shipped To- th" market. ~ the western
part ~ ia, state aud oregon annually
Hfar" growing - also an importnn
industry and fine grapes for the tabl,
nud i"r Wiur atr produced. Tohacc,
- grown somewhat extensively and a
great profit Sweet potatoes an,
p"auut- are also produced, and al
Kinds ni small fruits Corn il goo,
crop
The section ui country known ~
the fal"u-" valley. which has beer
conceded ne hciug the banner wheat
producing country of the northwest
MAS thought at fret to hs too far nortl
a. ever hccoiur a good fruit country
aud "rchatdists living in the Wall
Malln and other valleys consolcd them
selves With the thought that they woul,
always have market IN that ricl
country lur their surplus fruits. Bu
eNpeIienc" has proved that the palous'
country can produce an abundance o
nearly all kinds of fruits, and hay,
plenty tu spare As "A country fo
gardens II eNccls others in the pro
duction of many of the staple vegeta
hles tahhagcs. onions, bccts, pOta
tpes, etc. grow to an almost incredi
blo Size Hut II may properly bc sal,
that thr whole oi the eastern part q
iho state l. generally good land 70
rsisiug the usual garden vegetables.
It's to be- regretted that the variou
railroads that traverse the eastern
part II the state. generally speaking
do not pass through the best produc
ing land. and anyone passing through
On the ears would, from what he wit
nosscs. form al erroneous impression
~ Ia the agricultural aud horticulture
producing wealth of this portion o
the state
WEsIEHS wAsnINGToN
l. covered with mighty forest ex
tending from the Cascade mountain
o. the Pacific ocean, with here an,
there u small grassy prairie. which ap
pear. like an oasis IN great desert o
trees Tho timbcrs chiefly are fir
cedar. spruce. pine and hemlock, tn
great majority being fir and cedar
/ Along the streams and bottom land
thc principal timber il alder, maple
hahn. cottonwood. wild cherry ant
T willow The land that this timber
grows upon is exceedingly rich. Thi
land l. less expensive to clear thar
land that that has iir aud cedar, and il
80 productive that il IL principally tb,
{ land now cleared and in cultivation il
the sestcrn part ot the state, with tn,
exception of the small open prairie'
and dike,i tide lands. There are hun
dfeds ~ thousands Of acres Of choic,
fruit land with the primeval foresI
occupying Il awaiting the hand of til,
hushandman To clear and put in cult
yation. Owing to the millncss OF Tho
climate. added to the abundance o
rainfall this land has become noted
for the great production Of fruits ant
vegetables. aud IL IL u veritable para
di.e Tor flowers of all kinds, both cult
waited and Wild
The first planting Of fruit in West
ern Washington was about forty-fyt
years ago, when orchards were set out
on whdhy Island and around Olym
pia, aud aomc about Vancouver on the
Columbia river. II was expected tha,
this section would prove suitable fol
growing fruits, ~ IL possessed Il some
what similar climate TO that of III,
western part Of the State OF Oregon
where fruit was known TO do well
hut when the trees began to produce
claims were made that this was a SUI
pcrior country to that Of Oregon fol
ifuit-growing. that the trees grew
more vigorously. and the fruit was o
a superior size and quality.
The influence of the inland sea o
salt water, known NJ Puget Sound
with hundreds Of miles of shore line
no doubt renders this section of Ian,
known a. the Puget Sound Basin,
comprising some 200 square miles
more suitable for raising than an,
other portions of the western part O
the state. ior the reason that no lat
frosts prevail 10 injure the fruits ant
iruit j. a certain crop every year
ArrLTs.
The apple Is the great staple fruit o
the United States. and nowhere doe
u reach that degree of perfection tina
u d~s in this state. both cast an,
vest OF the mountains All choic
aud popular varieties of apples of tn
United states are found growing here
The largest and finest of Newtowl
fippns, Baldwins. Rhode Islam
"feening-, Belltlowcrs, Gravenstien,
etc are Ia be seen in the markets il