The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-07
EXPERIENCES Of
PRIZE WINNERS
EXHIBITORS AT THE NATIONAL
APPLE SHOW GIVE SOME IN
VIEWS ON FRUIT GROWING.

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The leading exhibitors at the Ma
Iional Apple show were given a lead
ing article in the Spokesman-Review
and each one was asked to give his
in fruit growing. Among
those quoted were d number of north
central Washington growers, short
of whom are given below:
Has 10 Acres i'm Chelan County.
r. P. Wright of Chelan, Wash,
who won numerous prizes, including
a carload special, with his exhibits,
totaling 1877 boxes, told an interest
ing story of his experience in the Or
chard business. Like many other
farmers in Nebraska he was striving
to make decent living at general
farming on 100 acres of land. He
gave it up and with his wife and II
children migrated to the Chelan
country ten years ago. He purchased
Is acres. planted it to orchard AMI
has since refused $4,000 for the
tract. He sold his crop for 81 box
on the trees last year. Rome Beauty
and Yellow NewtOwn are his special
ties, and he has several acres of the
finest peach trees in the state. The
land is irrigated by a private gravity
s. stem.
Joseph Nessel of Wenatchee. win
ner of the second prize in the car
load class for Winesaps, said:
Il came from Montana four years
ago and picked out little piece of
orchard land, for which l paid $500
an acre. My land lies just one mile
west of the city of Wenatchee and
is getting more valuable each year,
rot only because my orchard brings
me in a good revenue. but because
land is increasing in value I have re-
fused several offers of $500 an acre
for 10 acres
H. S. Simmons, pioneer grove"
of the Wenatchee district, homestead
ed on so acres a mile south of We
natchee in 1886 and has experiment.
ed on almost every variety of apple
known. His individual display al the
show was one of the features of the
exhibition. He said:
Il value my land at $500 an acre
and would not sell at that price
There were only three orchards in
the Wenatchee valley when l settled
there. | would advise young men TO
go into the upper Columbia coun,ry
and grow up with the new territory.
1t is going to be a second Wenatchee
in five years.
His Apple the Largest.
Richard Ball, an orchardist n the
Methow valley in Okanogan county.
won six firsts and two seconds. He.
exhibited the largest apple in the
show. 1t weighed Al ounces and
was II Is inches in circumference.
He came from Colorado three years
ago, where he thought the finest ap-
pless grew. He says:
II paid 800 an acre and today
would not sell for three times that
amount. I raise the finest pears and
peaches you ever saw and they bring
the top price on the open market.
The Okanogan country is the coming
district in my opinion, and I would
advise Colorado orchardists to visit
our district if they want to get into
the real business of raising fruit
Michael Koran of Wenatchee, who
won the sweepstakes with a car of
mixed apples in 1908 and was award
ed prize of five acres of land for his
ten boxes of Spitzenbergs this year.
fornia, whence he went from Massa-
chusetts. When he went into Chelan
county he engaged in stock raising
He had no practical knowledge of
fruit growing until a few years ago.
His trees were set out in 1900, when
land was worth 500 an acre. He
refused offers of $4,000 an acre, OF
100000 for his 50-acre orchard, tast
year and says he would not lake
$250,000 for it today.
Pioneer Homesteader.
DR.. J. G.. Pogue of Omak, Wash
homesteaded his land % years ago.
and while experimenting with numer-
Gus varieties of apples, he has watch
ed the country grow. He is enthus-
iastic over the future of Omak AMI
the adjacent country and predicts
that, with the coming of the Great
Northern road next year. values will
more than treble in the river coun-
try. On receiving third prize in the