The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-09-01


can do in fruit raising.
Some time since l mentioned the
fact that cherry raising in Puget Sound
countries could be very profitably eX-
tended. What the country needs is a
succession of the cherry crop through
the summer. After the fine cherries
raised at Asotin and other sections of
eastern Washington and Oregon, have
disappeared from the markets, west
ern Washington, the Willamette val
ley in Oregon and the western part of
British Columbia ought to supply the
market with this valuable fruit for
month or two longer. This statement
is now verified by what is now on ex-
hibition at the Fair. G. E. Fitzgerald,
Frendall, Whatcom Co., Wash, has on
exhibition, now at the middle of Aug
ust, some of the finest cherries l have
ever seen. The varieties shown by
Mr. Fitzgerald are the Lambert, Royal
Ann and Black Republican. One box
of Lamberts packed eight by eight.
They are so large that sign is placed
over them which reads "These are
cherries, not plums." These cherries
shown by Mr.. Fitzgerald are on exhibit
ton in the Whatcom county booth and
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the management of A. L. Smith.
One of the surprises at the Fair is
an exhibition of Hale's Early peaches
from Skagit County. They are beau
ties. | am pretty familiar with Hale's
Early but I do not call to mind that
| ever saw any before so highly col
ored. [ remember that my friend J.
Wayland Clarke of Bellingham, What
com county, showed some very fine
peaches of this variety at the Port
land Fair; I called the attention of
the readers of The Ranch at that time
to this exhibition. Where such peaches
can be raised some one could make
money by growing them, for they
could be sent into the markets of our
Sound cities and would sell very we'll
1t does not pay the fruit growers east
of the Cascade Range to raise early
peaches, but these very fine Hale's
Early peaches, raised right near our
great cities, would pay.
The finest sample of the Stayman
Winesap I have ever seen is shown in
the State department from Chelan
county. They were grown by Wright
Bros near Lake Chelan, so I am in
formed. One plate scored 100 and five
other plates scored 495. The most re-
markable thing about this exhibition
of Staymans is their very high color.
Anyone who has had much to dc in
raising this apple knows that it's Off
color is it's weakest point. [ have
raised Staymans, but am not enlarg-
ing my plant of this variety, because
there are too many "pales" among
them. When we send our "Saps,"
whether the old standard Winesap or
the Stayman, we must throw out all
apples that are not three-fourths solid
red. Those thrown out are marked
"pales," and do not bring more than
half as much as the solid reds. Wheth-
err all the Staymans raised in Chelan
county are as uniformly red AS those
shown at the Fair I do not know but
I do know that those are the finest
specimens I ever saw.
A new apple is shown from Douglas
county called the "Orondo." It is
fine red apple and shows up we'll, but
is not large.
When looking for fine apple dis
play we want to go into the Canadian
building. There is display that will
make the eyes of an apple grower
blink. The display is large and it
strikes the observer as something
magnificent For blending the real
and the pictorial I have not seen any
thing to equal what is there exhibited.
Apples are shown in boxes, on plates
and poured out on the ground, or
what represents the ground, and then
a great painting begins showing ap-
pies on the ground, in baskets, in bar
relS and on the trees. 1t is difficult