THE DISTRIBUTION" OF NORTHWESTERN BOXED APPLES. . 3 



Milton-Freewater district, Rogue River Valley, Western Oregon, 

 and the Bitter Root Valley of Montana. 



The Wenatchee Valley in 1919-20 shipped approximately 33 per 

 cent of the total movement from the Pacific Northwest, Yakima 

 Valley about 30 per cent, and Hood River district and Southern 

 Idaho about 10 per cent each. Spokane contributed about 8 per cent, 

 and the Walla Walla-Milton-Freewater district about half of the 

 number of cars shipped from the Spokane Valley. Montana, with 

 an increased production over preceding years, is credited with a 

 little less than 2 per cent of the total Northwest shipments. 



The first commercial shipments of apples from the Northwest were 

 made in 1900. With the extension of irrigation work the develop- 

 ment of the industry was steady and rapid and land values advanced 

 with increased production. 



The Bureau of Crop Estimates placed the 1914 total production 

 in the Pacific Northwest at about one-sixteenth of the total produc- 

 tion of the United States. By 1916 the proportion had increased to 

 almost one-sixth, and in 1919 more than one-third of the apple crop 

 of the country was credited to the four States of Washington, Oregon, 

 Idaho, and Montana. 



Commercial production, estimated by Bureau of Crop Estimates. 





United 

 States. 



32 barrel 



States. 



9boxi 

 States. 



4 Pacific 



Northwest 

 box ! 

 States. 



1916 



Barrels. 



25,059,000 



22,467,000 



24,743,000 



26,174,000 



34,281,000 



Barrels.' 



19,102,000 



13,914,000 



17,640,000 



14,353,000 



26,593,000 



Barrels. 

 5,957,000 

 8,563,000 

 7,103,000 



11,821,000 

 7,688,000 



Barrels. 

 4,301,000 



1917 



6,313,000 

 5,154,000 



1918 



1919 



9,121,000 



1920 



6,568,000 







1 Three boxes per barrel. 



Carlot shipments 3 from the Pacific Northwest increased steadily, 

 and during the 1916-17 season were somewhat less than one-third 

 of the total for the country. Reports of shipments during the 1919-20 

 season show that more than 40 per cent moved from the Pacific 

 Northwest. 



Reports of sales indicate that more than 100 varieties are produced 

 in and sold from this section, but each year sees an increasingly large 

 percentage of a few of the more popular types, as shown in the 

 following; table : 



3 See Exhibit No. 3, p. 16. 



