Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-11-16
WASHINGTON FRUIT.

WADnlNGlON FRUIT.
There are said to be approximately
100, 900 acres of land in this state in
bearing orchards, and it is estimated
that by 1910, 60, 600 acres more will
have been added to the fruit bearing
area The apple crop of the state
this year is estimated by growers and
inspectors to be worth from 5000, 900
to $40, 900, 600 of which over SIS, 900. 600
will be paid for fruit packed for ex-
port, says an exchange.
The bulk of the crop is made UP of
Spttzenburg, Newton pippins, Wine
saps, Jonathan and other winter vari-
cites, which can be shipped anywhere.
the chief districts being the Yakima,
Wenatchee, Spokane and Prosser val
leys, in the order named, according to
Mr.. August Wolf, of Spokane. who
also says that "much of this fruit will
be sent to Atlantic Coast markets and
England, France, Germany, Australia
and the Orient. New York. Boston,
ana Chicago are the chief distributing
points east of the Rocky mountains.
and from these the jobbers and deal
ers in various parts of the West, East
and South are supplied. The big red
apple is the favorite of he Americans
and Australians, while the Englishmen
are fond of the various varieties of
pippins, which also have regulations
in Denmark and Sweden and other
parts of Europe. Bostonians will
readily pay the top price for big red
apples, the New York market is the
best for Winesaps and Spitzenburgs.
and Chicago wants flavor rather than
color and size.
Stated commercially, the crop in
Washington for shipment this year is
a matter of 5000 900 boxes, each con-
tanning fifty pounds of apples. The
fruit was grown in 81 counties. those
having more than 75, 900 trees being
Yakima, 1,248. 600; Chelan, 400, 900:
Whitman, 2O3. 900; Cowlitz, 165, 900
Kitsap. 154, 900; Whatcom, 1000
Columbia, 80, 900, and Thurston, 49,
900. In SanJuan county the number
of bearing trees is said to be about
$4,000. The crop would fill 8, 333 cars
ofss30, 900 pounds each, or make $50
trains of 33 cars each. LAID end to end |
the boxes, IS inches in length and II |
inches high, would stretch / APO miles,
and if piled up they would make a
shaft 497 miles high.
cit is not in apples alone that
Washington has come to the front as
a fruit producing state. Reports com
piled by State Fruit Commissioner
Huntley show that in addition to al
most four full townships of apple
trees, the state had at the beginning
of last year $40, 299 plum and prune
trees, 764, $50 peach trees, 500. 633 pear
trees. 243, 459 cherry trees, 80, $50 ap-
ricot trees. %, 862 English walnut
trees. Is, 1876 almond trees and 1888
ounce trees, and that thousands of
trees had been planted since the sta
tistics were gathered. -
The Legislature at its last session
enacted laws to insure better fruit,
among the provisions being the fol-
lowing:
"All boxes. crates, baskets or
packages containing fruit offered or
transported for sale within this state
shall be marked with the name of the
variety. or if the variety be unknown,
the said box, crate. basket or package
shall be marked variety unknown,
and with the name of the actual To-
cality or district where grown, and no
such box, crate, basket or package
shall bear the name of any locality,
place or district other than that in
which said fruit was actually grown"