The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-10-28
PAPER
PRAISES YAKIMA
ALL FRUIT GROWS IN VALLEY
Fruit Grower of st. Joseph, Mo-,
Has Long Write-up of
This Section.

III vi OWCl vi DI. III,
Mo-, one of the largest and best hor-
ticultural papers of the United States.
has an extended article in it's October
issue regarding the Yakima valley, in
which this section is much praised.
The issue includes write-ups of the
various sections Of the northwest as
seen by Editor Irvine on his recent
trip. The following is what he says
about North Yakima and it's adjoin-
ing districts:
One of the oldest fruit sections in
all the irrigated country is the Yaki-
ma valley, with North Yakima as its
largest city. This city is splendidly
built, with paved streets, and only
this summer trolley line has been
put in operation, reaching out into
the fruit districts adjacent to the
city.
The Mob Hill country near North
is perhaps the best known
fruit section in Washington, and
lands are very high in price. At the
time of our visit to this place three
years ago one of the members Of the
family took the writer
in charge and in the course of a
drive through the country showed us
two tracts of land he had bought that
season for $500 per acre. Corn had
been planted on both these tracts,
and we asked Mr.. Clark why he had
paid $500 per acre for land on which
to grown corn, and he said that the
corn was for only that season; that
he would plant trees the following
spring. and would have no difficulty
whatever in selling the tract then for
$500 per acre.
On this last visit we hunted up Mr..
Clark, partly to renew our acquaint-
ance and partly to ask II he had been
able to sell the land for $500 per
acre. This was the first question we
asked when we met him.
mo, did not sell the land for
$500 an acre." he replied; "in fact,
I have not sold it at all, but I re-
fused two offers of $500 an acre
for these tracts this season."
This will give one an idea of the
value of lands in this section. OF
course, farther from town, in To-
cality not so highly developed, prices
are lower. But at the same time
bearing orchards are worth consid-
erably more. We met one gentle
man who was considering an offer
Of $4,000 per acre for his home in the
Mob Hill country, every acre being
planted to peaches and pears. He
was undecided whether to retain his
home or sell and develop another
one on less expensive land.
All fruits do we'll in the vicinity Of
North Yakima, and all kinds are
grown, too, the report of the ship
ping association showing sales of al
most every fruit which can be
grown in the temperate zone. How
ever, apples. peaches and pears make
up the bulk of the planting. varie-
ties Of apples consist Of Jonathan,
Winesap, Ben Davis, Gano. Black
Ben. Rome Beauty, Wagner. New
town Pippin and Spitzenburg. Other
have been tried, but the list
OF varieties is becoming more re-
stricted every year. Peaches are
largely Crawford Early and Late and
Elberta. Bartlett pear is the most
popular variety of this fruit.
North Yakima has a splendid ship
ping association. and in addition sew
eral wholesale fruit buyers operate
the entire season. Mar
kets are the cities on Puget Sound
and Spokane. Helena and Butte,
Mont, and the various cities Of the
east.
The city OF North Yakima is one
OF the most progressive in all the
At the time Of our visit
a new 100000 Y. NJ. c. A. building
was opened, and the churches Of this
city will compare favorably with
those In any city in the country. The
people are prosperous and enterpris-
ing, and the city is growing rapidly.
Mention of the Yakima valley
would be incomplete unless 1t in
cluded also the entire valley and the
new irrigation enterprises which are
being developed. Several large prof.
ects are now under way. and the
United States government will fur
nish water for several thousand acres
OF land not now watered and will
give more water to large acreages
which are now insufficiently sup
piled.
One ia the Tieton project. which