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ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and rrcciititutiuii iu M'lisliiiigtuii 



Station 



Tatoosh Island 



Olga 



Snohomish 



Lakeside 



Waterville 



Spokane 



Seattle 



Aberdeen 



Olympia 



Ellensburg 



Colfax 



Centralia 



Moxee Wells'. . 



Pomerov 



Walla Walla... 



Lyle 



Wenatchee 



Kennewick 



Lakeside 



ConconuUy . . . . 

 Sunnyside 



Frost 



Precipitation 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



Dec. 9 



Nov. 13 



Oct. 21 



Oct. 21 



Sept. 16 



Oct. 12 



Nov. 22 



Nov. 1 



Nov. 5 



Sept. 20 



Sept. 11 



Oct. 25 



Sept. 21 



Sept. 28 

 Nov. 

 Oct. 

 Oct. 



Oct. 15 



Oct. 19 



Sept. 21 



Oct. 8 



1 

 17 

 21 



Mar. 13 



Mar. 21 



April 21 



April 8 



June 1 



Mar. 21 



Mar. 21 



April 19 



April 16 



May 23 



May 17 



April 30 



May 23 



April 26 



April 6 



April 19 



April 30 



April 28 



April 10 



May 18 



May 7 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Nov. 1 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 3 

 Aug. 26 

 Sept. 7 

 Oct. 23 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 6 

 July 24 

 Oct. 7 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 28 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 1 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 10 

 Sept. 25 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



April 19 



April 11 



July 12 



April 21 



June 25 



June 8 



Mar. 10 



May 6 



May 14 



June 6 



June 8 



June 3 



Jime 14 



May 24 



May 3 



May 7 



May 21 



May 25 



May 4 



June 23 



June 2 



Annual 

 inches 



93.9 

 30 7 

 46 7 

 12.7 

 13.3 

 18.3 

 37.0 

 88.7 

 55.1 



9.3 

 24.0 

 46.4 



8.9 

 19.4 

 17.7 

 27.2 

 14,33 



6.34 

 12.45 

 16.14 



6.65 



• Near North Yakima and, according to Special Frost Forecaster Reed, the coldest spot In 

 the vicinity. — Ed. 



Production of Fmits in Washington 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



> Reported io small fractiona. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 Washington, with raspberries and logan- 

 berries and blackberries and dewberries 

 ranking second and third, respectively. 

 The total acreage of small fruits in 1909 

 was 5,508 and In 1899 2,845, an increase 

 of 93.6 per cent. The production in 1909 

 was 13,491,000 quarts, as compared with 



5,407,000 quarts in 1899, while the value 

 was $941,000 in 1909, as compared with 

 .$327,000 in 1899. 



Orchard fruits, grapes and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 

 data with regard to orchard fruits, grapes 

 and nuts. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In com- 

 paring one year with the other the num- 

 ber of trees or vines of bearing age is 



