F. Walden
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- Feb 1, 1903Seattle's Fruit Brokers Declared War on the Shrinking Apple BoxIn a market where every Puget Sound mill cut its own crate, Seattle commission men pushed a uniform standard—and growers demanded $5,000 bonds to keep the middlemen honest.Seattle, WA
- May 1, 1903The Business of the OrchardA Yakima Valley fruit grower shares his pragmatic, profit-driven approach to orchard management, from battling codling moths to the economics of the Ben Davis apple.Seattle, WA
- Jun 1, 1903The Orchardist’s Hard Lesson in ElevationAfter a devastating May freeze wiped out his peach crop, a local grower shares a hard-won lesson on the importance of topography and variety selection for Pacific Northwest fruit farming.Seattle, WA
- Sep 15, 1903The Perils of Planting: A Warning to Yakima Valley OrchardistsA local agricultural expert debunks state-sanctioned advice on walnut cultivation, warning farmers against the financial ruin of planting untried varieties.Yakima, WA
- Feb 15, 1904The Moth That Ate Washington's Apple BoomGovernment experts blamed the codlin moth for ruining a quarter of the nation's apples each year. In Walla Walla and along the Snake River, some orchardists were already pulling up trees in despair.Walla Walla, WA
- May 10, 1905Yakima County Prepares Bounty for Lewis and Clark FairKennewick and Yakima farmers scramble to showcase the region's agricultural success at the 1905 Portland exhibition.Kennewick, WA