112 The Commercial Apple Industry 



fancy and fancy fruit will run somewhat higher. On the other 

 hand, the limited area in the Wenatchee district will not permit 

 of the diversification possible in the Yakima Valley. Fire- 

 blight has not caused serious loss to the Wenatchee growers. 

 In general, land values for the Wenatchee Valley are somewhat 

 higher than in Yakima. Frost damage at blooming time in the 

 Wenatchee Valley is almost unknown and heavy annual crops 

 are fairly certain. Considerable difficulty is often experienced 

 in getting the fruit to market in the fall. 



Spokane district 



Many of the same advantages and disadvantages prevail in the 

 Spokane district as in the Yakima and Wenatchee. However, a 

 greater proportion of unsuited land is planted to trees in 

 Spokane County than in either the Yakima or the Wenatchee 

 district; the yields are generally lower and more uncertain; 

 frost-injury is more frequent; and fungous diseases are more 

 prevalent. While nearly as many acres have been set in 

 Spokane County as in Yakima County, a considerable percent- 

 age of this acreage was planted on non-irrigated and less pro- 

 ductive soil than is in the Yakima and Wenatchee Valleys. 



Commercial plantings in Montana were largely centralized 

 in the Bitter Root Valley which suffered considerable over- 

 development. Many boom projects were planted which never 

 attained commercial bearing. The region is adapted to growing 

 of Mclntosh apples ; the elevation is high ; frosts are not uncom- 

 mon and the trees do not attain the size, nor do they produce 

 the high annual crops that are common in many of the other 

 northwest irrigated regions. 



OREGON 



Hood River 

 Advantages. 



1. High-grade varieties such as Yellow Newtown and Esopus 

 (Spitzenburg) predominate. 



