COST OF PRODUCING APPLES IN WENATCHEE VALLEY, WASH. 



Washington is mainly confined to the irrigated sections. Naturally, 

 with such a wide variation in climatic conditions, different areas 

 have developed distinct types of farming. 



The principal apple-producing areas of the State he 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 counties 

 of Douglas, Grant, Benton, and Klickitat. 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 which Wenatchee Valley is located, is in the 

 north central portion of the State, having one of the main ranges of 

 the Cascade Mountains on its western and northern boundaries, while 

 the Columbia River flows on its eastern boundary, receiving the waters 

 from several mountain streams which have their source in the Cas- 

 cades. The principal 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 Leavenworth. (See Pis. I, II, 

 and III.) A very intensive region is in the semicircular area about 

 the town of Wenatchee, which extends to the west for about 1| to 2 

 miles with a gradual increase in elevation of from 700 feet at the 

 railroad station to 850 where the foothills are approached, and to 

 the north until it meets the Wenatchee River about a mile from its 



