Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-05-05

of than 125OOO fair to estimate that quarter OF
million people read this article exploiting the advantages of
'Nashon-Nlauly Island
IRON THE OFFICE of the NewsRecord Vashon island
where this article being written the writer can the
smoke of the big Tacoma meter by day and the electric
lights of the Cyof Seattle by night From the window
excellent view of the Olympic range of mountains is seen Look
ing Out of the east window Puget Sound greets the with ships
sailing the while from the south window be
Rainier and Iacomato express its majestic grandeur Some
strategic position this the exkaiser would have said in the
was fancy while the vashon Island impershab fact.
Originally there were two Standardization and Nauyyng
midway between the cities of Seattle and Tacoma but within the
past twenty-five the two islands have been joined by an 18th
at Portage, there but island and takes its
article Vahon twelve miles length from north to south
and four miles wide in breadth from and
referred the Arocrac Island from the fact that the
ory of the population made up of unusually heightened
with aded and find health The oceanwahed air
the changing surface of the Sound the music of the breaking
the of the the fragrance of fruit and flower and the
5ab Of boy and ndand tla men who came for month re-
fused leave bought home and planted here stay There
are signs on Vashon island homes-NOT FOR SALE
than ANY % 9 ws ond the RoS n" and
business ond necessary engage something that
would return them living many things were by
pioneers with varying degrees of success After the different
made is established fact that about three lines of
course the greenhouse industry, the fruit industry and the
poultry industry Any of ordinary intelligence and energy
cannot fail in either of these three lines.
There of thirty greenhouses the island and
of these plants returning good profits to the
The Bea the largest the island and is said
largest plant the Mississippi Starting in
small way this plant has size and output until today
employs small regiment of hands planting pruning tying cut
ting boxing, shipping and this business
Besides growing all of plants and flowers lettuce
be grown of and marketed time
the highest price for such products of the table reached
Fruit Industry
All kinds of fruit adapted such climate this be
the island Last than dozen first
brought back from the Northwest Fruit Show for awards to
Vashon fruit The who captured the of these prizes
Peter Erickson of Portage A. Lnnestead of Vashon
Apples pears and cherries pums reach
lection the island and coming into bearing for
the first time But fruits receive the attention that has
and being given bush and fruits Hundreds of
being raspbere bacberries and oganberes while
the island is known all the Pacific Northwest the home of
the big red strawberry The writer has picked Strawberries
Pennsylvania he has Strawberries Iowa. he has marketed
Strawberries Idahobut the only place where he has ehed
eating Strawberries the trythrd degree is the home
berry of Nashon Island.
Because of the parexceen quality of the Vashon strawberry
the fruit always the market assuring the of the
sonable profit which he entitled The all the
way from the small lot of who side line
the sxacre patch of B. d. ATuai who called the STRAW
berry King"