36 BULLETIN 48£j U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



PACIFIC STATES. 

 WASHINGTON. 



Distribution-. — The principal commercial apple interests in Wash- 

 ington are located in irrigated valleys east of the Cascade Mountains, 

 the principal centers of which are the following: 



(1) The Yakima Valley, in Yakima County and the western part of Benton 

 County. 



(2) The Wenatchee A'alley. extending in Chelan County from Peshastin to 

 Wenatchee and bordering on the Columbia River to Malaga. 



(3) The area about the junction of the Columbia and Snake Rivers, which 

 form the boundaries between Walla Walla, Franklin, and Benton Counties. 



(4) The Walla Walla Valley, in the vicinity of Walla Walla. 



(5) The Snake River valley, along the borders of Garfield, Columbia, and 

 Whitman Counties. 



(6) The Clarkston district, in the northern portion of Asotin County, which 

 with the Lewiston district in Idaho comprises the Lewiston-Clarkston district, 

 as it is commonly called. 



(7) The Palouse district, in the eastern part of Whitman County, which, to- 

 gether with a corresponding section in Latah County, Idaho, comprise a more 

 or less important district. 



(S) The Spokane district, which comprises an area that includes the Post 

 Falls district in Idaho, the northern portion of Spokane Comity, the southern 

 part of Pend Oreille County, and the southwestern portion of Stevens County. 



(9) The Columbia River valley, in the northern portion of Stevens and Ferry 

 Counties. 



(10) The Okanogan Valley, in Okanogan County. 



(11) The Lake Chelan district, which may also be made to include certain 

 points in the Columbia River valley where it is the boundary between Douglas 

 and Chelan Counties between Lake Chelan and Wenatchee. 



(12) The White Salmon district, in the southwestern part of Klickitat County. 



(13) The Puget Sound region, where apples are grown in the aggregate in 

 quite large quantities, but do not constitute an industry of the same commer- 

 cial purport as do the interests in the larger valleys east of the mountains. 



Varieties. — The principal varieties produced in most of the com- 

 mercial areas are Arkansas, Arkansas Black, Ben Davis, Banana, 

 Delicious, Esopus {Spit Zenker g) , Gano, Grimes, Jonathan, Rome 

 Beauty, Stayman Winesap, White Pearmain, Winesap, and Yellow 

 Newtown. In the Puget Sound district, Baldwin, Gravenstein, North- 

 ern Spy. Rhode Island Greening, Tompkins King, and various other 

 varieties commonly occur. The Esopus {Spitzenberg) and Yellow 

 Newtown are grown only to a limited extent, and are unimportant 

 varieties in most of the districts in Washington. 



OREGON. 



Distribution. — The fruit districts of Oregon are fairly definitely 

 delimited. With slight exceptions they are confined to certain irri- 

 gated valleys as follows: 



East of the Cascade Range. — (1) The Grande Ronde Valley, in the central 

 part of Union County; {2) the Walla Walla Valley, in the Alilton-Freewater sec- 



