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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1887)
YAKIMA AND ITS 8UIU10UNDI.NG& benches, prerioittl) described, equal to the beat in the territory, there are a few crops for which the soil and climate are especially adapted. One of these ii corn. It wed to be said that corn coull not 1)0 raised on the Pacific coast, and the earlier experiment with it io the region lying woat of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada were practical failure. Later effort in the dryer regions east of tho Cascades hare proved eminently succesnful, and Iwih in quantity and quality the yield of corn in tho Yakima valley ia of a high order and tho let in the territory. Tho yield of vegetables of all kinds ia prolific In nothing, ht hapa, aro tho advantages of irrigation so marked a in the cultivation of vegeta blea. Turnij, cabbages, beets, squash es, etc, grow to enormous tw and are of tnofet excellent flavor. Potatoes are especially fino in quality and aro of largo siro and yield enormously in quan tity to the acre. Peanut and sweet po tatoes aro good croj, and melons aro eiecially largo in sixo and fino in fla vor. A good market for vegetable is found on Puget sound and in tho min ing district Tho farmers havo united for tho purMo of advancing their in terest by sueriutendii)g tho liking and shipping of all pnluce. It is tho intention of the Partners' Allisnco that all gool bearing tho brand of the com pany shall to find class in every partic ular, and shall 1) iu general demand fur this renson. In tho mutter of fruiU and berries, there is a great future Uforo this region. Tho remarks raad aluut vegetable aro equdly applicable hj small fruit and berries. A cannery would find this an uneqtnled h'ti'u, With an abandanco of U rri an! teg. tUbb of tho l-t quality and an ay cc t maik t, ii ) UtbT st could bo a b cbL Tho llianr a! ja)s at tention to tho uurki'ttfiK of fruit fy' cial att- titi-Mj ia cdh-d to tU prIu-ti"U of peaches, to which luth snl and cli mate are adapted. The tree do not winter-kill, and fnwt seldom interfere with either bud or fruit Tho quality of tho fruit is unmrpawKxl No letter jieache aro found in the world than thow raiiMxl on the irrigated lands of the Yakima. Tho tree inako a rapid and vigoruu growth, and begin lrig early, their branche bending almot to tho ground with their luscious burden. Tho engraving on page 731 is made from a sketch taken in the orchard of Professor Miller, near Yakizna, and is a fair representative of the orchards of this region. This vigorous growth of trees and ahrubUry of ail kinds Is one of tho first ieculiarities of this region remarked by tho vtsibir. No Utter il lustration of this can m had than that of tho charming, tree-emUmcred resl. dencoof Captain W. 1). Inverarity (ae page 7M), a gentleman who never eras es to congratulate himsell upon his do ciaion, a nuinla-r of years agi, to make this bis homo. This luxuriance of veg etation is tho inum noticeable in this naturally trcehns region, and d-mon strates that only tho magical power of water is required to cover this entire country with verdure. There are alout a hundred acre of ach t:e near tho city, and more aro cn.taully lii:g set out Homo of t!o orchards are ten acres in extent, and nun gentleman is preparing b plant aa orchard of one hundred arre. Tho pruluctioo of this fruit is rapidly Uroioiug a specialty, andtU mark' t of the Northwest will, in a few years, ! supplied from tho orchard of Vakiu.a valley. Apples, plurna, Jars, prune, tet do equally ell, and will soon become a prominent feature of tU county's export. (Irajs al thrive, snd W tin- ar fit.tAi,U ly lii.g IateL An4ler crop in whirl this fgn ex cds all othrrs is hoj. Yaki'ft t-,p