4 BULLETIN" 614, IT. S. DEPABTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Yakima, Parker, Sawyer, Zillah, and Granger. Less intensive and 

 somewhat younger plantings are found in the lower valley beyond 

 Granger and as far down as Grandview. 



This investigation was made principally in the vicinity of North 

 Yakima and Zillah, where the older orchards are located. 



The apple-producing areas visited near North Yakima are known 

 locally as the Nob Hill, Broadway, and Fruitvale areas. The Zillah 

 district lies in the lower valley about 20 miles southeast of North 

 Yakima. This area extends from Buena to Boone and is most 

 intensive in the vicinity of Cutler and Zillah. 



IMPORTANCE OF THE APPLE IN YAKIMA COUNTY. 



Yakima County has a larger acreage in fruit than any other county 

 in the State. In 1914 there were 47,829 acres in fruit, of which 

 41,955 acres were in apples. Twenty per cent of this apple acreage 

 was in bearing. More than 4,000 cars of apples were shipped from 

 the county in 1912; 1,995 cars were shipped in 1913; 6,243 cars 

 in 1914; 3,150 cars in 1915; and more than 7,000 cars in 1916. The 

 bulk of fruit now produced comes from the vicinities of Nob Hill, 

 Zillah, Reservation, Selah, Grandview, and Sunnyside, and in the 

 near future the Selah, Cowiche, Tieton, Grandview, Wenas, and 

 Naches areas bid fair to show a much greater production, these areas 

 in 1914 containing 49 per cent of the total acreage of apples not yet 

 in bearing in the. county. 



In some sections in the valley apple orchards are being eliminated 

 and the lands put in other crops. The apple, however, is by far 

 the most important commercial fruit in the county, 88 per cent of 

 the total fruit acreage being in apples. 



Table II. — The principal fruit-producing areas of Yakima County, Washington, with 

 the number of acres of different fruits in each. 1 











Total acreage for — 









County and areas. 



Fruits. 



Apples. 



Bearing 

 apples. 



Peaches 



and 

 apricots. 



Pears. 



Plums 



and 

 prunes. 



Cherries. 



Mixed 



or- 

 chards. 





47, 829 

 4,820 

 3,683 

 5,880 

 3,250 

 4,412 

 3,973 

 1,578 

 3, 532 

 3,486 



41, 955 

 3,977 

 3,137 

 5,683 

 1,898 

 3, 934 

 3,845 

 1,402 

 3, 305 

 3,304 



8,528 



1,476 



1,310 



615 



268 



555 



76 



496 



432 



S17 



2,054 

 254 

 162 

 21 

 789 

 84 

 27 

 67 

 37 

 150 



1,623 

 209 

 212 



73 



319 



, 239 



28 

 77 

 77 

 11 



279 



78 

 7 

 4 



1 840 



Nob Hill 



'373 



Zillah 



44 



17 



189 



9 



124 



Selah 



86 





12 

 5 

 4 



43 





141 





69 





1 



31 



Upper and Lower Naches. ... 





113 







21 











i From the county assessor's report of the classification of lands in Yakima County, June, 1914. 



HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. 



A few white settlers came to Yakima Valley in the early sixties. 

 The unlimited range encouraged stock raising; until the late eighties 

 commercial fruit plantings were unknown to the valley. In the 



