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3. Distance from market is a severe handicap. 



4. Some alkali trouble in the lower lands. 



The Twin Falls irrigated region in the extreme southern part 

 of the state is a very fertile general farming country, with con- 

 siderable apple plantings, some of which have been pulled out 

 in recent years. Apple-growing as a specialized industry is 

 being supplanted by greater diversification. 



WASHINGTON 



Yakima Valley 

 Advantages. 



1. Exceptionally high annual yields of fine marketable fruit. 



2. The prevalence of good commercial and heavy bearing 

 varieties. 



3. Ideal climatic conditions. 



4. Highly centralized plantings, with exceptional facilities 

 for handling and storing fruit. 



5. Greater possibilities for diversification than in the Wen- 

 atchee Valley. 



6. Good roads. 



7. Freedom from fungous diseases. 



8. Exceptionally high class of people engaged in the fruit 

 industry, with exceptionally good social conditions. 



Disadvantages. 



1. Land values very high. 



2. Irrigation necessary. 



3. Excessive distance to market. 



4. Heavy infestation of codlin-moth. 



5. Fire-blight prevalent, particularly among Esopus (Spitz- 

 enburg) trees. 



6. Many farms do not permit of any diversification. 



Wenatchee 



Advantages and disadvantages in the Wenatchee Valley are 

 in the main identical with those in the Yakima Valley. Yields 

 in Wenatchee are somewhat higher and the percentage of extra 



