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BETTER FRUIT 



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Development of the Northwest Fruit Industry 



By W. S. Thomber, Director Extension Service State College of Washington. Pullman, Wash. 



THE fruit-growing industry of the 

 Pacific Northwest is gradually com- 

 ing back to its normal condition and 

 will soon again take a very important 

 place in the agriculture of the Pacific 

 Northwest. Like all branches of agri- 

 culture, fruit growing has had to ex- 

 perience a period of comparatively 

 small activity and development, and 

 with the close of the war and the desire 

 of men to return to agricultural pur- 

 suits more interest has been shown in 

 the development of the fruit interests 

 of the Pacific Northwest during the 

 past three or four months than has 

 been apparent in the past three years. 



Those familiar with the importance 

 of the industry realize that with the 

 millions of dollars invested in this in- 

 dustry the opportunities for develop- 

 ment by increased acreage and the pos- 

 sibilities of favorable climate, soil and 

 conditions for the production of fruit, 

 the industry will gradually assume a 

 very important phase in the agriculture 

 of the Northwest. Thousands of acres 

 of orchard have been neglected or 

 pulled out not only in the East, but as 

 well here in the Northwest during the 

 past three years. People are again be- 

 ginning to demand more fruit in the 

 (liet and it is very evident that this 

 will tend to make the industry not only 

 an important but a good, substantial 

 fundamental branch of our Western 

 activities. 



Owners of orchards and operators 

 should not misunderstand this activity 

 and feel that any kind of land will 

 bring good returns, because only on 

 land planted to proper varieties in dis- 

 tricts where fruit production is favor- 

 able can it be made a success worthy 

 of consideration. Lands planted to un- 



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suitable kinds or varieties in districts 

 where fruit is uncertain should be con- 

 verted into alfalfa, corn, sugar-beets or 

 other farm crop land and great care 

 should be exercised in the planting of 

 new districts to see that only those dis- 

 tricts which have all the factors neces- 

 sary for success be largely devoted to 

 fruit growing. 



During the past twelve or fourteen 

 years, the industry has developed from 

 that of a pure apple industry to diversi- 

 fied horticulture, and now in the Pacific 

 Northwest are included European and 

 American grape plantations, cherry 

 orchards, peach orchards, pear or- 

 chards and small fruits like strawber- 

 ries, loganberries, blackberries, rasp- 

 berries and currants, and even the 

 culture of nuts, including almonds, fil- 

 berts and English walnuts. 



It is my opinion that there will be 

 greater development in the fruit in- 

 dustry during the next four or five 

 years than in any other single branch 

 of agriculture. 



A COMING FRUIT DISTRICT 



Robert Paulus of the Salem Fruit 

 Union gave The Chicago Packer man 

 some interesting facts when calling 

 there a few days ago. According to 

 Mr. Paulus the apple acreage of the 

 Willamette and Umpqua valleys coming 

 into bearing this coming season will be 

 more than 10,000 acres. Last season 

 the output of dried prunes was between 

 58,000,000 and 59,000,000 pounds. This 

 includes the output of Clarke County, 

 Washington, the Washington prune dis- 

 trict just across the Columbia River 

 from Portland. One hundred cars of 

 apples were shipped from these two 

 valleys mentioned above and should 

 increase to 2,000 cars within the next 

 two or three years. 



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 gets a start of this variety aiM markets the fruit, will reap a rich harvest. 



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 you would scarcely believe it. We claim there is no comparison at all. The 

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