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Growing Apples for Profit from Yakima Valley Orchard
E L Stewart recounts planting a six acre Prosser orchard in 1895 and building a profitable irrigation based operation. He details alfalfa mulch, vase pruning, labor intensive hand picking, strict packing, and two grade systems for Spitz bananas noting 14 323 boxes sold for 14 777 40 with net returns of 12 092 80. He argues dust spray beat liquid spray for codlin moth control, claiming 90 plus percent wormless fruit with six to seven dust sprayings in 1906 and outline of costs and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Horticultural Association
Everett
E. L. Stewart
Yakima Valley
Herald
Washington State Horticultural Association
Prosser
N. P. Railway
Washington
Washington Irrigation Company
Zillah
Parker
North Yakima
Yakima River
Ater
New York
Hamburg
Liverpool
Rocky Mountain
Red Apple Ranch
State College
J. M. Brown
E. Remy