COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN WENATCHEE VALLEY, WASH. 



Washington is mainly confined to the irrigated, sections. Natiu^ally, 

 with such a wide variation in chmatic conditions, different areas 

 have developed distinct types of farming. 



The principal apple-producing areas of the State lie in the counties 

 of Yakima, Chelan, Spokane, Kittitas, Walla Walla, and Asotin. 

 There are extensive plantings of young trees in the county of 

 Okanogan, while considerable acreage of apples is found in the comities 

 of Douglas, Grant, Benton, and Khckitat. The most important in 

 the production of apples, according to output, are the counties of 

 Yakima, Chelan, and Spokane. 



Fig. 1.— Outline map of State of "Washington, showing location of Wenatchee Valley. 



Chelan County, in wliich Wenatchee Valley is located, is in the 

 north <*ontral portion of tlie vState, having one of the main ranges of 

 the Cascade Mountains on its western and northern boundaries, while 

 tlie Columbia lliver flows on its eastern boundary, receiving the waters 

 from several mountain streams which liave their source in tlie Cas- 

 cades. The princij)al apple-producing area lies in Wenatchee Valley 

 in the vicinity of the towns of Wenatchee, Monitor, and Cashmere, 

 and extends as far up the valley as Lf^avcnwortli. (See Pis. I, IF, 

 and III.) A v(;ry int('Msiv(» region is in the semicircular area a])out 

 the town of Wenatchee;, wliicfi extends to the west for about 1^ to 2 

 miles with a gradual incrcasf! in eh^vation of from 700 f(wt at the 

 railrojifl station 1(.' 850 where the foothills are approadicMl, and to 

 tlie north until it meets the Wenatchee lliver about a mile from its 



