The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-08-20

state, where the citizenry is said t.
live mostly on persimmons and past
recollections, ranks fourth.
Idaho, known mostly as the home
of Bill Borah and Arctic breezes
takes sixth honors.
Folks in Maine, Florida and New
Jersey think there's nothing to Mis-
souri, except Jim Reed, Champ Clark
the union depot at st. Louis, and {
monster eX-brewery But just the
same it is the seventh greatest apple
growing state.
In addition to manufacturing the
worlds supply of automobiles, Mich
igan pulls down the eighth best apple
record.
Pennsylvania, supposed to have
nothing within its confines but coal
steel, Penrose, the Pinchot brothers
Mitch Palmer and the Cyrus Curtis
publications. is the eleventh apple
state.
Ohio has been pretty busy raising
presidential candidates, but she ha.
won seventeenth honors.
Below is list of commercial apple
growing states with the number of
barrels (three bushels to the barrel)
grown in 1919:
Washington, 6,440,0O0; New York
1915 200; California, 900; Vir-
ginia, 1,50S,0O0; Oregon, 1857, 900;
Idaho. 100000; Missouri, 1,127,OOO
Michigan. 100000: Arkansas, L.
100000; Colorado. $4,000; Pennsyl-
vania, $4,000; Illinois 100000; West
Virginia, 64s.0OO; Maine, Col 900;
New Jersey, $4,000; Kansas, $50
900; Ohio, $4,000; Massachusetts
$4,000; Maryland, 100000; New
Mexico, $4,000; Nebraska, 215,O00;
Vermont, 100000; Indiana, $4,000;
Wisconsin, 10000; Montana, 1884,
900; Utah, 121 1000; Connecticut, 49,
900; North Carolina, $4,000; Georgia
$1,000
Peaches are supposed to have orig
mated in China. They have been cul-
tivated since the dawn of history
There are about 900 varieties now
grown in the United States.
The 1919 peach crop amounted TO
81 100000 bushels, worth approx
mately s97,50O,0OO to the producers
1t is estimated that the crop of 1920
will be 45.O67, 900 bushels, a slight
falling off over the previous year
California makes all other states
look barren when it comes to peaches
Her crop last year was 1s,506,000
bushels. Georgia came second with
5S95 900 bushels. Other states pro-
ducing more than million bushels
were:
Arkansas, 3,639,0OO; Texas. 2,760,-
900; Washington, 1,S99,0O0; Alabama
,67S,OO0; New York. 1.648,000; L
tab, 100000; Pennsylvania, 1900
900; New Jersey, 1,01S.0O0; Oklaho-
ma, 100000.
Pears are supposed to be a native
of Western Asia and adjacent Eur
ope, whence they have been intro
duced into all temperate climates OF
the world The United States and
France. however. are the chief peal
producing countries.
The American growers last yea
raised 13,49S,000 bushels, worth $24 =
$4,000. It is estimated that the 1926
crop will be just a fraction less thar
in 1919
California is easily the banner
pear raising state. producing 1896
900 bushels last year. Washington
was second with 100000 bushels;
New York third with 100000 bush
els; Oregon fourth with 553. 900 bush.
els, and New Jersey fifth with 500,00C
bushels
For a number of years the Unite
States Department of Agriculture
has performed a very valuable Sc,
vice to the fruit growers of the coun-
try in furnishing periodical reports
of the condition of crops and est
mates of production in various local
tiles.
That service must now be discon.
tinued Congress. just before al
jouining in June, cut out the appro
priation for such work.
It should be remembered. however
that Congress did not cut out the free
garden seed folly. They need that ir
their efforts to be reelected.