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but the fact that this orchard was bear- 
ing at all at such an age was the wonder. 
Professor Van Deman says that there is 
an orchard in Ohio planted by his grand- 
father, which is now in bearing’ and is 
100 years old.) 
But the question is asked, ‘Will or- 
chards on the Pacific coast live as long 
as it has been proven that they will live 
on the Atlantic coast or in the eastern or 
middle states?” There is a general belief 
that they will, on account of the fact that 
forest trees have lived to a great age and 
attained greater size than in most east- 
ern states. But positive proof has been 
wanting until recently that orchard trees 
Fig. 2. 
would do the same. There appears else- 
where an account of the old apple tree 
at Vancouver, Wash., which was planted 
in 1826. 
At White Swan, about 27 miles south- 
west of North Yakima and near Fort 
Simcoe, there is an orchard owned by an 
Indian called Klickitat Peter, which was 
planted in 1877. 
There is a photograph in circulation 
showing old Klickitat Peter standing be- 
side one of these trees which is loaded 
almost to the breaking point. This seems 
to settle the question as to whether or- 
chards in this country will bear profitably 
for a long period of time or not. 
Beckwith Apple Tree About 100 Years Old at the Time Picture Was Taken, 
New York State. 
