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popular varieties. The fruit from the Yakima Valley 

 retained its firmness much better than that from Clover- 

 land, but lost somewhat in flavor toward the close of the 



Willow (Willow Twig).— -The writer has examined this 

 variety only as grown in the elevated portions of eastern 

 Washington. In such locations it does not develop espe- 

 cially well in either size or color and is of too poor quality 

 to be worthy of consideration. Moreover, it wilts badly 

 in storage, though when well grown the fruit has excellent 

 keeping quality. It is evidently poorly adapted to this 

 section. 



Winesap — -In some of the irrigated valleys this variety 

 is one of the most popular apples grown. It attains a 

 good marketable size and an attractive color, though none 

 of the samples examined were equal in color or quality to 

 the Winesaps from Indiana and West Virginia. In ele- 

 vated localities, as at Pullman, Cloverland and White 

 Salmon, the fruit is small and poorly colored and has flesh 

 characters indicating imperfect development and matur- 

 ity. As grown in the irrigated valleys the fruit is apt to 

 be deficient in flavor, and, if large, coarse in texture. The 

 lot from Cashmere showed the best balance of characters 

 of any Washington, grown specimens, but these were in no 

 way superior to the Winesaps from West Virginia. It is 

 probable that the better grown fruit from the eastern 

 Winesap districts is equal to that grown in Washington in 

 all respects, with the possible exception of size, which, if 

 large, is, as noted, apt to be accompanied by deterioration 

 in quality. It is evident then, that the balance of adapta- 

 tion of this variety to northwestern conditions is imper- 

 fect at best and that the planting of Winesaps in Wash- 

 ington may easily be overdone. This variety proved to be 

 one of the best in keeping quality. Those from Pullman 

 and Cloverland wilted late in the season, though most of 

 the other lots were in excellent condition in April and a 

 few were held in storage until July. 



Winter Banana.— As only a single lot of this variety 



