4 BULLETIN 1415, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
results of a favorable climate, the practice of irrigation, and in- 
tensive methods of production. Reported car-lot sales for the 
State during 1924-25 show four leading varieties: Winesap, Jona- 
than, Rome Beauty, and Delicious. Other varieties of less com- 
mercial importance were Esopus Spitzenburg, Stayman Winesap, 
Yellow Newtown, and Winter Banana. 
WENATCHEE-OKANOGAN 
The district in north-central Washington, known as the Wenatchee- 
Okanogan, comprises the counties of Chelan, Okanogan, Douglas, 
and Grant. The present acreage is largely in the Wenatchee, Okan- 
ogan, Entiat, Methow, and Columbia River Valleys, and along the 
banks of the rivers and the shore of Lake Chelan. Many of the 
bench lands are used as well. Apple orchards are irrigated by water 
Fic. 3.—Orchards in Yakima Valley 
obtained from the rivers, or from mountain creeks. The principal 
shipping points are Wenatchee, Cashmere, Omak, Chelan, Entiat, 
Peshastin, Monitor, Dryden, Pateros, Brewster, and Okanogan. 
Wenatchee is by far the largest in number of carloads shipped. The 
30,000 acres of bearing trees in the Wenatchee-Okanogan region ae 
duced 17,500 cars in 1923 compared with 15,000 cars the year before. 
Apparently, the bearing area averages in good seasons about one- 
half a carload per acre. 
The common size of orchards is from 5 to 20 acres. <A few of the 
large commercial plantings contain up to 600 acres. 
YAKIMA 
The apple district centering around Yakima extends for about a 
hundred miles along the valley of that name, from Kennewick to 
Ellensburg. Figure 3 is a typical view of orchards within this area. 
The valley in some places is 10 miles wide and produces not only 
large quantities of apples but many peaches, pears, and other fruits, 
