The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15

one sea1ou received from the sale OF
strazTf,erries. s,r0srri@or three ard oYae-haif
acren, g. 80 and large portion 81 tfem
were grown in fts young orchard. TIE
cultivation OF this fruit does not require
near the amount d care and labor that :
required tn the Eastern states.
The raspberry. especially the ree variety.
is perfectly Il home here. even On our up
land They produce wonderful crops. but
IN our valleys they are simply imnlenss-
This fruit Is patiently waiting for some
enterprislng person. Or. Arm 10 establish an
institution that All prepare il for snip
naent abroad. / received letter asst year
from firm, not in#tae United States. that
had received an order for nine tons 81 TINS
fruit made into pulp, 70 be shipped Ii large
casks 70 England The firm could not get
the fruit in their owsn country, and va
could not ship because there vas cents
per pound duty. Hadw had nrTn ooiiig
that Kind Of a business IN some one Of our
cities we could nave filled the order with
ease and realized a neaf profit speak
only Of one case. The raspberry cannot he
shipped East fresh. Blackberries are
much the same as raspberries. are more
At home or our low lands, where tney
hear iuxuriant crops every year. the
Evergreen blackberry does equally well on
our upland; no fear Of frost hurting the
vines here. All varieties Of c1rrants DO re-
markably well, bearing large crops every
wear This fruit as well as the raspberry.
blackberry and goossberryts ask Tor a pre-
serving institution on Puget Sound Cher
rIes are being planted more extensively
having proved themselves worthy. espe-
cially the late varieties. not because the
esrIv varieties do not do well. but because
the demand IN greater for the late ones,
they being superior for canning purposes.
There Il no reason Why an orrharaist
should not have fresh cherry pie from
June TO November every year runs.
al kfnaa that I have seen. and this IN
cludss the leading varieties. Do vel. The
trees are remarkably healthy and carry
heavy crons ~seh year THIS fruit IS now
receiving more attention and viii % more
extensively planted, since 8t has been
proved a good shipper 20 the East where
bat little ~ such fruit Is grown. Probably
no other kind or fruit has been so exfen-
sively planted on Puget Sound the last few
years as the prtns. II also has proved IT
self worthy and has such reputation and
is 50 widely known the world over that
there are but few families who DO not use
more or less Of them every year. The
prune does not have 20 be marketed when
fresh but when dried can BE- shipped any
where az any time.
Reaches-Thia fruit IS not claimed 10 he
a perfect success on Puget Sound The
writer, however. has not been without
peaches. grown on his trees since 1850
ard which were claimed hy'a REPUTABLE
commission merchant in this city TO be- the
finest peaches that came 70 This market
tie past Two years.
Pears-There II one difficulty with this
fruit. As with some other fruits. IL gem
orally bears too sheaviiy, and is apt 70
break down the branches ~ ffre tree. I'M
lees It's owner relieves IL Of some Of its bur
den while the fruit is small. Size and flavor
are equal 10 those grown anywhere. This
brings me to the last Of 80 s~uits that 7
shall name In this paper, viz, the king
Of all fruitS--the apple. / have carefully
watched this noble fruit on Puget Sound
for eleven years. being very much inter-
ested in its development, and now | am
perfectly satisfied that the apple Is all
right. True. the red varieties do not attain
the brilliancy Of color that they 10 where
the climate is2warmer. but size ana flavor
are good. and during my residence on
Puget Sound. without single exception.
choice winter apples have always COM
handed good price.