The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-07
Fruit Growers Association Is
Preparing Valuable Statistics
for Yakima
CHARACTER OF PAINTINGS
MOST RECENT ORCHARDS
Newcomers VIII Be Able to AS
certain What the Relative Pro-
duction in the Respective Kinds
Is Likely to Be

An apple tree census has been I'M
dertaken by the Yakima Valley Fruit
Growers association and the figures
already In hand show some interest
Ing facts with relation to the favored
varieties, especially in the orchards
m ost recently planted, or rather in tho
young as compared with the old orch
ards. Request was made by the as
ISOLATION in it's members for aid in
the statistics and though the tables
are to be prepared will prove to he
of much value, ultimately. to all orch
ardists, the fact remains that there
are number. in fact. a large pro-
portion who have not responded to the
request
Many Fail to Answer
As matter of fact the answers
which have come from lis growers.
do not represent fourth of the mem
bership 1t is easy to see that the
data which viii be worked up from
the figures which will be gathered will
enable the officers of the association
to determine each season. allowance
being made for damage to crop, the
probable aggregate of the apples for
the season and also the probable ag-
gregate OF each kind of apples. Such
informa ton as this. at hand early or
at any time throughout the season
viii facilitate the handling of hush
ness and to that extent will he benc-
fetal to the members and in the best
interests Of the fruit producers In
this connection Manager Robbins
says that at any time he asks for
statistical informa ton he will be glad
to hear from any person who is in
possession Of the facts ar some of
the facts, whether they are members
of the association or not or whether
they are producers or not, so long
as they have information which il
available and which can be turned
to use for the public good
sixty Different Kinds
sixty different kinds of apples are
| named by the llS growers who have
answered the inquiry ana in these
answers which cover the statistics of
planting OF each year for the past
eight years. The Winesap is in the
lead as in that time 32,S2S have been
planted rs against 1884 OF Joua-
bhans which run second. The lead
erS in the list are AS Follows Spitz-
enberg, 0,563: yellow Newton. $50:
Wnesap, S2.S2S; Arkansas Black,
,207; Rome Beauty, 8.5re; Jonathan.
1868 Grimes Golden, LOLA Stay
man Winesap. i.T3s; Hem Davis, L.
22+; WAGNER. 1.1s6! D~s4ssiona. 3,5S5.
Only seven varieties have been pop
ufar enough to reach a usststi greater
than hundred trees each. They are
White Winer Pearmaan.' SIS; King
David, 25s: Winter Banana. All.
Vanderpooi. $50; Yellow Transparent.
10: Summer, 11s. The total of trees
planted according to the statistics is
1.236 and according to years the num-
Der is divided as Follows, One year.
5,346 two year. 10.et0s tire years,
II Dol: four years. l7.sST, Ave years.
LIB; SIX years 5.40i: seven years.
s.st9; eight years. IL, Total d.
236
Periods ~ Popularity
Five years ago was the most pop
ular period for Rome Beauty trees
and three years ago for Johnathans
| and also for Winesap. Delicious were
more popular II year ago and two
| years ago than prior to that time,
while the height of popularity with
the Spitz was reached four years ago.
More extended figures may show
fact might be expected from the old
orchard figures The total to date.
however, are very interesting.