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water, Flame Tokay, Black Spanish, Chasselas Rose, Wor- 

 den. 



" Of nuts little can be said save that experiments are be- 

 ing carried on in several sections with filberts, chestnuts and 

 walnuts. 



"Vegetables grow to perfection as well as fruit. Few are 

 grown for other than the home markets. Some potatoes and 

 onions are shipped, also a little horse-radish. All the ordinary 

 vegetables flourish throughout the whole section. Prices are Vegetables 



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good, as but few give attention to growing for market, fruit- Northwest, 

 growing paying better and being much more attractive to the 

 average cultivator. With the rapid growth of cities, however, 

 more attention will be given to this phase of the subject. 

 Celery and cauliflower, those choicest of vegetables, grow to 

 perfection here. 



"The horticultural resources of this section are just be- 

 coming apparent, and in a few years, when the young orchards 

 begin to bear, eastern people may expect to see other fruits 

 than those of California." 



Apple and pear-culture are promising industries for the 

 Pacific northwest. The proper selection of varieties for a 

 new country is one of the most difficult problems connected 

 with its horticultural progress, and any experience in this di- 

 rection is useful. The following notes upon apples and pears 

 are extracted from editorials in the Northwest Horticitlturist 

 for October and November, 1891 : 



"The climate of this region is favorable to the production 

 of nearly all standard varieties of winter apples which are pro- 

 duced in the middle and eastern states ; and so far as the size 

 and flavor of the fruit and the productiveness of the trees are 

 concerned, this region excels the states east of the Rocky 

 mountains. The keeping quality of the same varieties is not 

 so prolonged here, owing to the moister atmosphere and 

 milder temperature. Baldwin . and Northern Spy, late keepers 

 in Michigan and the eastern states, are early winter apples 

 in western Washington, and so with a number of other varie- Af pl 5? in 

 ties. The ideal profitable winter apple is of good quality, ton. S lng " 

 medium size and red color, and is a late keeper, considering 

 that the tree is productive. If there is no one kind which 

 fulfills these qualities, then the variety which comes nearest to 

 this standard must be chosen. In eastern Washington the 

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