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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PKACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Frost and Precipitation in Washington 



Station 



Frost 



Average Date of 



First 



Killing in 



Autumn 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



Date of 



First 



in 



Autumn 



Tatoosh Island 



Olga 



Snohomish 



Lakeside 



Waterville 



Spokane 



Seattle 



Aberdeen 



Olympia 



Ellensburg 



Colfax 



Centralia 



Moxee Wells* 



Pomeroy 



Walla Walla 



Lyle 



Wenatchee - 



Kennewick 



Lakeside 



Conconully 



Sunnyside 



Dec. 9 



Nov. 13 

 Oct. 21 

 Oct. 21 

 Sept. 16 

 Oct. 12 

 Nov. 22 

 Nov. 1 

 Nov. 5 

 Sept. 20 

 Sept. 11 

 Oct. 25 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 28 

 Nov. 1 

 Oct. 17 

 Oct. 21 

 Oct. 15 

 Oct. 19 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 8 



Mar. 13 

 Mar. 21 

 April 21 

 April 8 

 June 1 

 Mar. 21 

 Mar. 21 

 April 19 

 April 16 

 May 23 

 May 17 

 April 30 

 May 23 

 April 26 

 April 6 

 April 19 

 April 30 

 April 28 

 April 10 

 May 18 

 May 7 



Nov. 1 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 3 

 Aug. 26 

 Sept. 7 

 Oct. 23 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 21 

 Sept. 6 

 July 24 

 Oct. 7 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 6 

 Sept. 28 

 Sept. 21 

 Oct. 1 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 25 

 Sept. 10 

 Sept. 25 



Last 



in 

 Spring 



April 19 



April 11 



July 



April 



June 



June 



Mar. 



May 



May 



June 



June 



June 



June 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



June 



June 



Precipitation 



Annual 

 inches 



93.9 

 30.7 



12 



46.7 



21 



12.7 



25 



13.3 



8 



18.3 



10 



37.0 



6 



88.7 



14 



55.1 



6 



9.3 



8 



24.0 



3 



46.4 



14 



8.9 



24 



19.4 



3 



17.7 



7 



27.2 



21 



14.33 



25 



6.34 



4 



12.45 



23 



16 14 



2 



6.65 



* Near North Yakima and, according to Special Frost Forecaster Reed, the coldest spot in 

 the vicinity. — Eld. 



Production of Fmits in Washington 



Small fruits: 1909 and 1899. The following table shows data with regard to 

 small fruits on farms: 



CROP 



Small Fruits, total 



Sfarawberries 



Blackberries and dewberries. . 

 Haspbemes and loganberries. 



Currants 



Gooseberries 



Cranberries 



Other berries 



Number 



of farms 



reporting 



1909 



4,323 

 1,818 

 3,615 

 1.287 

 1,199 

 4 

 3 



Acres 



1909 



5,308 



3.283 



769 



1,210 



127 



114 



5 



1899 



2,845 

 1,268 

 388 

 625 

 238 

 211 

 5 

 110 



Quantity 



(quarts) 



1909 



13,490,930 



$941,415 



7,683,774 



529,535 



2,340,779 



159,094 



3,118,720 



223,001 



194.365 



16,518 



143,264 



12,285 



9,738 



958 



300 



29 



Value 

 1909 



1 Keported in small fractions. 



Strawberries are by far the most im- 

 portant of the small fruits raised in 

 Washington, with raspberries and logan- 

 berries and blackberries and dewberries 

 i^anking second and third, respectively. 

 The total acreage of small fruits in 1909 

 was 5,508 and in 1899 2,845, an increase 

 of 93.6 per cent The production in 1909 

 was 13,491,000 quarts, as compared with 



5,407,000 quarts in 1899, while the value 

 was $941,000 in 1909, as compared with 

 $327,000 in 1899. 



Orchard fruits, grapes and nuts: 1909 

 and 1899. The following table presents 

 data with regard to orchard fruits, grapes 

 and nuts. The acreage devoted to these 

 products was not ascertained. In com- 

 paring one year with the other the num- 

 ber of trees or vines of bearing age is 



