The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

rarnes are given above have 81 made re-
f7orss foT ne past sEo years 80 tna zex[z-
38tSre. 9s.altsrg tire scope cf snesr oue-a-
tens dur.ag tnaf period. aat ansartugsa.sy
only saa 81 them gives the rualber %
tres parted ard on.T ere gives sn6iea-
TITS q sEe amount q produce shipped
those figures are useful nsweTe~ 81 shey
naaT De taken az fair average q tsae fs.sr
ether districts. 1sornrnlsss0aer r W. May
- anoss atstg5ct comprises Yakima kft-
tttass Dong as ard Dkznozan counties re-
ports that tae fruit shipped hy raj a1o1e
from Neusfetee via the Great Northern
railroad was as fdIsows. Peaches. s. 80
b3xess grapes. Ire apples. z.ss3. pr1Bes.
fss. 2pflsots. 80. pears -. plgms. -
be2ess ssraz berries. - crates. cur~znts.
p, gc9ssterTies. -: and crahzppies. -
crates. tqtai number - packages. EsGE
tbs dos ret s89E the se1sou's crop q
~l1ter apples ard pears. aa these we're
shipped later. ~ TIE Northern Pacific
from Rari5ug psaces the 70. ON ~ number
% packages we're SHIPPED. Efiensbgrg.
- North Yakima. 2.s15s YAKIMA City.
..gf2. Klena 70
Commissioner SpasssnR. whose district
embraces Whitman. Adams. Lincoln. spo-
kane ard Stevens couatses, gives useful es-
flrates % The NUMBER OF sruft trees IN
each Of these counties but unfortunately
says nothing Of The yield. Stevens county
has number % fiae bearing orchards. ard
large number ~ Young orchards rot yet
n bearing. The display this county made
az the great Spokane fr1it fair last season
vas a surprise. and the county ID now
looked upon as promising 70 become one
OF The leading fruit producing sections az
the state
Spokane county has over ssao acres
planted In frnif. probably twc-thlrds az
which are In apples About 90 people are
engaged IN frat growing as a business.
Some ~ he fsraest orchards IN the state
are 70 be found n Spokane county. Lin
coin county has 200 acres I'm fruit. watch
Include a number o. lne peach orchards
and VINEYARDS. especially along The Cclam-
bin river bars
Whitman county has about 500 acres In
orchards. and arrangements have been
made by the BurreH estate to pant cut
several hundred acres 10 apples alone the
coming season. Large prune orchards
which are tnst coming into bearing. ane
peach orchards and Vineyards. are charac-
terlstics Of the county.
A Ready Eastern Market.
Wherever Washington fruit has come
into competition with The product OF other
states The decision has been IN It's favor
Not only Is IL handsome IN appearance
and Of large size. but Il IL Invariably Of
the highest excellence IN point OF flavor
much surpasslag THAI OF California for
shippers and keepers 20 be found any
where. and owing % the mi,dness Of our
climate they can be picked very late
Pears can De shipped 10 advantage IN jan
uary and February. when there are none
ia the market
The same also az 10 cherries. which on
NashGn Island have been picked az late as
November. Large quantities % cherries
are also grown on WILDLY island. They
are very large ard fall tn flavor. and COM
iEg into N enarket 40 long after the reg
uiar supply has been exhausted. fetch high
prices Shipments were made OF Puget
sound cherries 70 Boston and other East
ern points and quickly created Il special
demand.
The culture OF prunes was taken up SO
/ enthusiastically few years ago that the
market was oyerst0cked and the price fell
II II stlll a profitable crop. however.
Clarke county alone shipped out IN 1875
sixty 70 seventy car loads or dried Italian
pranes. that being the greatest prune dis
/ trict In the state Two or three large
cranberry bogs have made immense profits
for several seasons past, and there f. pIen-
ty OF available land for such enterprises
japanese plnms and hybrids. grenadines
and other fancy fruits. have ali been test
ed and found 20 flourish well and. indeed,
all along the line there Is nothing but ex-
cellent progress 70 report In the realm OF
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