The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-10-10
II. G. BOHLKE ADDS TO HIS
LARGE ORCHARD HOLDINGS
Makes Deal for Transfer of Wenat-
Paradise Orchard Property of
100 Acres Near Dryden-Largest
Individual Owner in District.

One of the finest tracts of orchart
land in the entire Wenatche vale!
was transferred to new ownership thi!
week when H. G. Bohlke, of Dryden
purchased the 70-acre property of tn,
Wenatchee- Paradise Orchard Co., ly
ing a mile and half southwest o.
Dryden.
The tract consists of 80 acres, Of
which 70 is set to trees which are jus
now coming into bearing. The apples
are principally Spitzenbergs, Wine
saps and Delicious, most of which are
eight years old. The apple trees are
set thirty feet apart with Bartlett
and Comice pears filters.
The orchard is in first class condi.
ton, irrigation water being secured
from the Peshastin ditch. The water
is being piped to all parts of the or,
chard. The place is improved with two
good residences as we'll as modern
and comfortable bunk house for har-
vest employees.
Interested in the Wenatchee- Para
disc Co., which bought the land and
grew the orchard, are C. A. Cunning
ham and H. S. Emerson, of Seattle
besides some eastern people.
The price paid for the property was
$4,000 which includes the present
apple crop estimated at 10000 boxes,
This years pear crop, already harvest
ed, consisted of between four and five
thousand boxes.
Largest Individual Orchard Holder
H. G. Bohlke, the new owner of the
Wenatchee Paradise orchard, is now
the largest single individual holder of
bearing orchard lands in the entire
Wenatchee valley. He is in possess
sion of $40 acres of apple orcahrd in
bearing, from which he will pick and
ship this season more than 100000
boxes, all of which will be marketed
by him through the Fl. G. Bohlke
Warehouse Co., which he also con-
trolls.
Mr.. Bohlke came to Dryden about
II years ago and at once became in
terested in the growing, packing and
shipping of apples. Having strug-
gled thru the lean year of the apple
growing and marketing industry, he
still retains unbounded faith in the
future of the Wenatchee district and
believes that the best years are yet
to come.
Ten Years of Orcharding
Ten years ago Mr.. Bohlke planted
out rs acres of apple trees in Ollala
Canyon. He has grown this orchard
until now it is in bearing and will pro-
duce $4,000 boxes this fall. On ac-
count of the need for a more ample
water supply which became apparent
last year, Mr.. Bohlke installed $15,-
900 pumping plant for his orchard
this spring. He now has &c inches of
water for the place.
Mr.. Bohlke has always been active
ly interested in the promotion of road
building in Chelan county. He is one
of the leading spirits in the Chelan
County Good Roads Association and
did great deal of work towards the
success of the recent bond issue
Though Mr.. Bohlke's property is not
on the route of the proposed pavement
he did not allow that fact to lessen his
enthusiasm in favor of the PROPOSE
tion.
Other Properties Recently Secured
Mr.Bohlke has recently purchased
two other fine orchards in the vicinity
of Dryden. One was the John Max
we'll place, consisting of SO acres, OF
which 40 are in full bearing. FoI
this Mr.. Bohlke paid $82,500.
The Maxwell place has a crop that
will exceed 10000 boxes and the Tay-
lor orchard will yield more than 5000
boxes. In addition to Mr.. Bohlke's
original orchard in Ollala canyon, and
the three tracts which he has recent
ly taken over, he has a 100 acre or
chard in full bearing near Trinidad.