The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-15
'W[NATcH[['s AP-
PIES N ny.
NEW YORK CITY PUBLICATION
TELLS OF CARLOAD OF APPLES
SHIPPED TO THE METROPOLIS
FROM THIS VALLEY.

as standard American product and
still its Importance and value are net
fully appreciated, says the Mercan-
tile Times of New York City. From
retail standpoint it is but a trifle,
but as a general commercial PROPOSE
ton it is a wealth producer of no
small proportion.
It is, of course, In this latter re-
spect that we consider it. Reports OF
apple production in this country
show an annual decrease in the num-
Der of barrels, and this fact has been
commented upon by the leading fruit
and agricultural trade publications
with forecasts that the product of
1909 will be even less than last year.
The actual figures show a pro1uc-
ton in 1899 of 56,466,0OO barrels,
while last year the total production
of the country was 23,025,000 bar
reIs, and as stated above, the results
of this year are expected to be even
less. Neglect Of. orchards and ex-
hausted soil are advanced as the
principal reasons for this.
When it is considered thai IN ces-
tain sections Of this country eco to
1000 boxes or bushels of apples are
obtained from an acre of ground,
with value of from $1.35 to $3.50
a box or bushel, the Importance of
this branch of agriculture can be ap-
preciated as can the Importance of a
section where the apple crop is con-
stantly increasing, most important
fact in view of the general decrease
in the total production of the coun.
try.
Attention has been directed to the
commercial Importance of the apple
by the National Apple show, held at
Spokane, WASH, November Is to 90
where forty carloads of apples were
displayed and $4,000 in prizes were
awarded to growers. for it is this
northwest country that is not only
upholding our reputation in quantity
of apple production, but is produc-
ing some remarkable examples oil
quality.
The results of this great country
have now been brought to our very
doors, in the interesting apple exhibit
that has been opened at Broadway
and Forty-third street, this city, in
the Putnam building, under the di-
rection of w. D. Finley, well known
as successful newspaper man, who
in his work in this field was attract
ed by the remarkable results of ap-
pie growing in the state of Wash
ington. These apples were raised
in the Wenatchee valley and taken
east by Mr.. Finley of Spokane and
w. H. Halling of Wenatchee.
This free apple exhibit is one of
the most interesting commercial ex-
hibits ever presented in New York
In view of the great possibilities it
shows to those of us in the east who
have heretofore had no idea of this
country and its present accomplish
ments, to say nothing of the future
possibilities that these past and pres
ent results herald
The exhibit being made by Mr.. Fin
ley and the actual facts available
from this and other sources prove
several things-apples are a profit
able agricultural product. Eastern
Washington is not only becoming the
apple center of the country, but it
has the soil, the climate and other
essentials for apple and other profit
able fruit production, and it also has
an abundance of available lani that
can be obtained reasonably, while
furthermore the constant decrease in
production with no decrease in de-
mand are facts that should interest
investors and others who have here
tofore given no attention to and con-
|seQuently have not been conversant
with their great field.
Cannery Was Out Of Fuel.