The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-01-24
New Northwest Apples.

ing new fruits which have originated
in the Pacific Northwest.
The greater part of these are apples
which originated in Eastern Washing
| ton.
The Almota, which originated with
G. r. Mays, of Pullman, Wash, is
very large apple, pale yellowish green
in color; flavor mild and subacid
quality very good; season autumn.
The Blackwood, originated by M. L.
Smith, of Pennington, Wash, is
medium sized apple color light green
with brownish blush in the sun; fine
grained, tender and juicy; flavor mild
subacid and pleasant; quality very
| good; season winter.
The Colfax originated with Nelson
Davis, Of Colfax, Wash, about 1886.
The fruit was awarded first prize as
the best Seeding apple at the Spokane
fruit fair in October, 1894. 1t is
propagated by George Ruedy, Colfax,
Wash. The Colfax is very large,
roundish oblong; color bright yellow,
striped and splashed with crimson;
firm, crisp and juicy; flavor subcaid
good for cooking but rather sharp for
dessert; quality good; season winter.
The Klickitat apple has been known
for some time in Oregon and Washing
ton, originated aoout 1876, and is
propagated by H. G. Cook, of White
Salmon, Wash. It is an apple Of
large size rOundish, and regular in
form color yellow, washed with car
mine and striped with crimson; sur
face very smooth and glossy; coarse
grained, tender and moderately juicy;
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 1862. Tt is a
large apple, roundish and slightly rib
bed flavor subacid; quality very good
season early winter
The Yakima is an apple which has
become quite we'll known in Washing
ton and Oregon, but has not before
been described by the U. S. Pomologist
It is a Seeding of the Baldwin and it
is very handsome apple with form
and color resembling Tompkins King,
and texture and flavor quite like
Baldwin 1t is large; roundish conf
cal; color yellow, washed with car
mine, splashed and striped with Grim
son; flavor subacid; quality good
season winter.
We give the description of the Lam
bert cherry in full as follows: "a
chance Seeding, originated with j. I'll.
Lambert, near Milwaukee, Or, in 1887,
and donated to the State Horticulture
al Society for introduction. A very
vigorous grower and very productive.
Fruit large to very large: obtuse heart
shape, compressed on sutured side;
suture a mere line; stem short, stout;
seed small color da:k amber, becom-
ing covered at maturity with dark,
rich magenta, the ground color show
ing mottled; flesh dark, rich, firm,
Juicy with sprightly flavor. Season
July 15 to 25 in Multnomah county,
Oregon.
The Waterhouse cherry is also des-
cribed. This cherry which has been
propagated quite extensively by j. nj.
Ogle, is we'll known. 1t originated
with DR.. Warren Waterhouse, of Mon
mouth, Oregon. 1t is very similar IN
every respect to the Royal Ann (Na-
poleon Bigarreau) and at a meeting OF
fruit growers in Oregon, no one pres
ent was able to distinguish the Water
house from the Royal Ann either by
of flavor Mr.. Ogle, how
ever. claims that it has a number OF
features in which it is superior to the
Royal Ann.
The Pacquet is Seeding plum
which originated at Oregon City with
Peter Pacquet, and has been highly
praised by the papers of that place,
but aside from that the Rural North
west knows nothing concerning it. 1t
is said in the report to be plum OF
the Prunus domesticata, or foreign
type; size very large; oval, truncated;
cavity large, deep, regular, marked
with fine leather cracking and bloom;
surface smooth, washed with red and
overspread with blue bloom; flavor
mild, almost sweet, quality very good;
season August 70.
The earliest apple for this locality is
the Yellow Transparent. Plant few
trees of it. For summer and fall ap-
ples the Duchess of Gutenberg, the
Waxen and Johnathan are hard to
beat for this part of the state. The
King and Baldwin apples for early and
late winter use, probably have no su-
perior for this locality. Apples will
not ba scahhy If YOU spray your trees