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Arcadia Irrigated Orchards 



THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD PROJECT 

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7,000 acres planted to winter apples. Gravity 

 irrigation. Located 22 miles north of Spokane, 

 Washington, directly on the railroad. We plant 

 and give four years' care to every orchard tract 

 sold. $125, first payment, secures 5 acres ; $250, 

 first payment, secures 10 acres ; balance monthly. 



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Prospects for Short Apple Crop in the 



Northwest 



The Xorthwestern apple crop this 

 year will fall short of the 1914 output, 

 which was approximately 14,000 cars. 

 This is indicated by the similarity 

 of reports coming to the Northwestern 

 Fruit Exchange from the various pro- 

 ducing districts. They state that the 

 bloom on the old trees is much less 

 than last year, but that trees coming 

 into bearing will have considerable 

 cnimteracting effect. 



The Yakima district was the heaviest 

 contributor to Northwestern tonnage in 

 1!)14, with nearly 6,000 carloads, but the 

 consensus of opinion now is that it will 

 ship only 00 per cent of that tonnage 

 this year. Many of the old trees will 

 carry but 25 to 40 per cent of their last 

 load if the bloom is a true indicator. 

 Even with new orchards coming into 

 bearing, it is not safe to estimate above 

 4,000 carloads for 1915. 



Wenatchee shipped 5,570 carloads of 

 apples during the season just closed. 

 Its old trees .show indisposition to hear 

 heavily, but not so much so as at Yak- 

 ima. Many new orchards will bear 

 their first substantial crop, especially 

 in the section of the north called the 

 up-river country, where it is estimated 

 that 400 cars will be rolled, as com- 

 pared with 150 last season. 



.Jonathans are short at both Yakima 

 and Wenatchee, although the same trees 

 bore a lit'ht crop last year. Winesaps 

 will be heavy again. 



The same story comes from Hood 

 River. Its shipments for 1914 were 

 close to 1,200 cars, and it will not have 

 any more in 1915. 



Spokane reports a shortage and esti- 

 mates less than 400 cars. 



Rogue River Valley of Southern Ore- 

 gon had a very light crop in 1914 on 

 account of drouth, and it is now feared 

 that there will be another shortage of 

 water and crop. The present normal 

 prospect is for 1,200 cars, consisting of 

 700 of pears and 500 of apples. How- 

 ever, unless weather conditions are 

 favorable, this estimate will fall short 

 of realization. 



There are still many things that can 

 happen to cut down the crop, but very 

 little to increase the above estimates. 

 Hundreds of growers in some districts 

 are fighting frosts nightly, although this 

 danger is now nearly past. In some 

 sections the battle with blight is serious 

 and the issue problematic. There will 

 be more or less June drop. Wind and 

 hail storms may come to any or all 

 districts during the summer. 



Several of the less important districts 

 will liave increased tonnage, but this is 

 more than offset by the shortage in 

 other sections. 



No fruitgrower's home should be 

 without a water system, with hot and 

 cold-water attachments, in the kitchen, 

 bath and laundry room. No woman 

 should be compelled to carry water 

 from a well when it can be pumped 

 into the house with very little expense. 



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