Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-21
WGLLA TGLLG'S DISPLAY
Wonderful Fruit and Vegetable TX.
hibit At Land Show.
APPLE CROPS ARE H1EEEsE
wheat Torssrir Was che Prfnet-
pei Inaustry, bet wssbingtsp ~
View Kas-n - Dfssfsi-
nsd Tarmfna TounfrY.


ylrtsru ~ ths I.ahG Elbow never pass
Hforg she central aisle n the coiissyfn
sftsg1t ft,ppng - admire me wonderful
f-.tf an vegetable display made ~ the
s,ttzers q ne Waua Waga VALLEY. 90
~ rfsts u washlnrt0n, an exhibit thai
T. f. chargs q l. ~. Brown, publicity
rszassr of 80 wsiis wsna CONNER
cial tisb.
whls ne ne u ere city q wsiia
Walia rasrss ons u tie first white 80
slsrn.uts r. ne sest ~ great grOwth
b. q recent date As early ~ fsi9 The
HseEon Bay company established post
Were TIE cry n Wsna Waila nov
staa1s. there trading with ths Indians
LAIR ard IN isO tbs iHusTsd explorer.
Marcus Whitman. conducted q party
aerosu ~ pain ard sysr the n0untalns.
eveHissny lGcafing - Waila Walla.
IRON thal ur1s on TIE ely bas been
On TIE map and hes attracted attention
al 0Fer ne county. IN 1914 tbs city
IVES incorporated ara shortly sfterwafd
ahs settlers commences 70 foeN IN. Cen
sfai D. Frazier. one n the eafiy set-
usrn, coming from Missouri realizing
tbs possibilities u the valley - q fruit
growing section, planted IN apple tree
that he had brought With him This
tree stlii stands where u was Dianted IN
1sfs ana has been bearing sppien annually
for more than nfiY years. II r. per-
fectiy sound and in healthy condition,
having been pronounced 20 b Prof
Lake 81 che Agricultural department II
has been bearing from 10 10 ~ bushels
u apples annually for the last twenty
years. It r. nfty-seycn feet IN height
ana measures ssyenty-aix feet from zip
70 10. 30 far ~ known, this IL the
largest apple tree In the word,
The Apple IBdsstry.
The planting Of the one tree marked
the beginning Of washlngton's apple In
dBstry. which has Grown BY leaps and
bounds until now, when tbis year the
applo product u the state aggregated IN
round numbers g.50o0Oo bushels.
For many years wheat raising was
The leading Industry farmers believing
that u was the only money maker. How
ever, a number Of years ago diversified
farming was tried and u ~ once proved
such n success that while wheat IL stilI
the principal cereal. uil varieties 81 sinai
grains arc raised With great profit
Around the city OF walla Waiia aF,
probsbiy many of the largest apple or,
chards IN the world In close proximlt,
are those Of the Walla WaliR Apps
Land company, 1000 acres; the Blalocl
Fruit company. i,sc0 acres; the Baker
Langdon orchards. go acres. and thu IL
NOUS Pomona orchards, which last yea
produced 1890 bushels.
The waila Waiia apples find a marks
m almost every country Of the world
and 10 illustrate Il IL only necessary 4
mention that growers In the vicinity o
HewtOwn have standing orders with Eng
lIsh apple dealers 20 ship 1860 barrel
annually.
Last year the city Of waiia wnli
shipped 1900 cars Of apples. LOO OF veg,
tables and hundreds Of carloads Of al
faifa hay, Indicating that farmers 90 nc
depend upon fruit alone
The famous ana fertile walla Wall
valley contains 1900 square miles OF feI
SIZE land, most Of Il 40 level a. a flool
and IN Il, reached BY steam ana trolle
roads, are the prosperous cities OF Mll
ton, FIRES Water. Waiknbura. Dayton an
ATesoott besides the city of WalIa Walll
IN this valley, M addition 60 the EFai
fields and apple orchards, the people or
faising every known variety OF yeRela
hlea peaches, pears, prunen. Rprlcot
cherries, ana ali Of tho berries 20 b
found Ia lho temperate zone.
waiia walla e. unIaue.
Ia many ways the city Of Waila Wall
~ uplquo. In fact, u ~ IN the heart ,
an old settled community. Tho. city
built along the lines Of older cities ,
she eani, with great shade trees on eith,
tlda o. the streets. There are miles
paved ntreein and one OF tbe be-
equipped electric ear lines In the stat
Tho cily 10 noted Tor its educational "a
santa9es. u ln ths seat OF tho fAnol
whitman college. founded h lS59i the A
Ventnt college. ~, Episcopal school "
Catholic academies. Ia Halle ana a. VI
cent Pearson academy, beHdea Il
aplendld public and two private schools
music. II II tho only city 81 lie size
the country that has and supports
symphony orchestra, AZ OF the soho
buildings are modern and OF brick Al
stone construction. The city IL the II