The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-17
NoYy Northwest AnnIe..

The report Of u. S. Pomologist Heiges,
for 1894, which has Just been issued. de-
scrfbes a number OF promising new fruits
which have originated in the Pacific North
west.
The greater part of these are apples which
originated in Eastern Washington.
The Almota, which originated with c. r.
Mays, OF Pullman, Wash. is a very large
apple, pale yellowish green in color; flavor
mild and subacid; quality very good sea-
son autumn.
The Blackwood, originated by NJ L.
Smith, OF Pennington. Wash, is a medium
sized apple; color light green with brown
ish blush In the sun: fine grained. tender
and juicy; flavor mild subacid and pleas
ant; quality very good: season winter.
The Colfax originated with Nelson Davis,
Of Colfax, Wash. about 1856. The fruit was
awarded first prize as the best seeding ap-
pie at the Spokane fruit fair IN October,
1894. 1t is propagated by George Ruedy
Colfax. Wash. The Colfax e very large.
roundish oblong: color bright yellow. strip
ed and splashed with crimson: firm, crisp
and juicy; flavor subacid; good for cook
ing but rather sharp for desert; quality
good: season winter.
The Klickitat apple which has been
known for some time in Oregon and Wash
ington, originated about 1876. and is propa-
gated by II. c. Cook. OF White Salmon.
Wash. 1t is an apple of large size roundish
washed
with carmine and striped with crimson:
surface very smooth and glossy: coarse
grained, tender and moderately iuicv,
flavor very mild subacid; quality good TO
very good: season winter.
The Steptoe apple was grown from seed
by John Thompson. OF Whitman county,
Wash, about 1872. II is large apple
roundish and slightly ribbed: favor sub
acid. quality very good; season early win
ter.
The Yakima IS an apple which has be-
coma quite well known in Washington and
Oregon. but has not before been described
BIZ the L. S. Pornologist. It is Seeding
Of the Baldwin and II IS a very handsome
apple with form and color resembling
Tompkins King, and texture and flavor
quite like Baldwin. II IS large: roundish
conical: color yellow, washed with car
mine. splashed and striped with crimson:
flavor subacid; quality good: season win
ter.
We give the description Of the Lambert
cherry in fun as follows: "A chance seed
ing, originated with J. H. Lambert near
Milwaukee, or, IN 1857, and donated to
the State Horticultural Society for intro
duction. A very vigorous grower and very
productive Fruit large 10 very large: ob-
fuse heart shape, compressed on sutured
side; suture mere line: stem short. stout:
seed small: color dark amber, becoming
covered AT maturity with dark, rich ma
genta, the ground color showing mottiesl:
Aesh dark. rich. firm. juicy with sprlghtly
flavor. Season July Is to p In Multnomah
county. Oregon.
The Waterhouse cherry is also described.
This cherry which has been propagatef
quite extensively b. J. II Og.e n well
known. II originated with Dr. Warren
Waterhouse. Of Monmouth Oregon. II is
very similar in every respect 20 the ROYAL
Ann (Napoleon Bigarreau) and at a meet
ing OF fruit growers in Oregon. no one
present was able 70 distinguish the Water
house from the Royal Ann ether by ap-
pearanee OF favor. Mr. Ogie. however.
claims that Il has a number 90 features n
which x Is superior 10 the Royal Ann.
The Fscquet IS a seeding plum which
originated al Oregon City with Peter Pac-
quet. and has been highly praised by the
papers of that place. but ASIDE from that
the Rural Northwest knows nothing con-
corning IL. IL e said in The report 10 be a
plum % the Prunus dopesticata, or for
eign type. size very large oval trlncate
cavity large. deep. regular. marked with
fine leather cracking and bloom. surface
smooth. washed with red and oyerspread
with blue bloom; flavor MID almost sweet,
quality very good; season August 20