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13 stories matching fruitgrow
- Northwest Fruit Growers Plan a Unified Front
Orchardists across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana seek to organize a regional union to challenge Eastern market dominance and manage local pests.
- The Rattlesnake Oil Fever
A speculative frenzy grips the region as residents flock to file claims in hopes of striking it rich.
- Seattle's Fruit Growers Take On the Wholesalers — and City Hall
A lively meeting of the King County Fruitgrowers' Society pushes for a cooperative cannery, hears a pioneer judge denounce the middlemen who ship in California's cast-offs, and calls out a city council that once tried to license peddlers out of business.
- The Codlin Moth War: Hogs, Padded Poles, and a Walla Walla Grower's Doubts About Spraying
W. S. Offner reported a quarter-million-dollar fruit trade from the Walla Walla valley—and explained why the standard spray calendar failed against the orchard pest.
- A Fruit Grower's Pitch: Stop Sending Cash East — Feed Alaska Instead
Before the Northwest Fruitgrower's Association, S. L. Moore argued that Washington farmers should diversify beyond wheat and prunes, supply Alaska and Western markets, and let the Northern Pacific's traveling fruit exhibit lure settlers west.
- Strawberry Industry at a Crossroads
Local inspectors warn that an invasive root weevil threatens to wipe out Kennewick’s strawberry patches unless growers act immediately.
- The Hungry Teenager Who Could Not Resist
After a kind Kennewick woman fed a hungry 17-year-old drifter, he stole her silver mesh bag and watch, later telling police he felt a strange compulsion to commit the crime.
- The Cherry Boom: How a Local Cannery Turned Wenatchee’s Orchardists into Millionaires
In July 1905, the Wenatchee Canning Company reported an unexpected surplus of cherries, revealing that local growers were netting $6 per tree—profits impossible to achieve by shipping to Seattle.
- Will Yakima Growers Organize?
A government-backed marketing plan for fruit crops is stalling because local growers refuse to engage with the system.
- Richland Strawberry Growers Organize Against Middlemen
Strawberry farmers in Richland are banding together to bypass established marketing associations and are calling for Kennewick growers to unite with them to control local fruit prices.
- Teaching the Art of the Apple
Local fruit growers race to train home-grown labor to replace transient workers as the regional apple boom accelerates.
- The Freight Line Proposal
A local entrepreneur hopes to bypass expensive rail rates with a new six-horse team freight route.
- The First Big Harvest
Kennewick marks its first major commercial apple season, but farmers fear they've already outgrown their warehouse capacity.
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- The Business of the Orchard
A 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.
- The Bitter Taste of Fruit Returns
White Bluffs growers are reeling after receiving final payouts from the Spokane Fruit Growers Company that fell far short of promised profits.
- The Strawberry Gold Rush: Kennewick’s First Big Fruit Deal
Local growers secure a premium contract with Spokane’s elite Davenport Hotel, marking a shift from subsistence farming to high-stakes commercial agriculture.
- The Expert's Guide to the Inland Empire Orchard
A federal pomologist warns Northwest growers against over-watering and bad variety selection, while offering tips on pest control.
- Fruit Growers Push for Better Marketing
A newly formed by-products board calls for a major Seattle conference to stabilize the Northwest fruit industry.
- The Fruit Orchard Purge of 1916
As fruit growers in the Yakima Valley panic and rip out their orchards to plant alfalfa, one local paper warns that the cycle of boom and bust is as predictable as the rising sun.
- Richland’s Golden Berry Season
Local growers ship the first crate of the season to a luxury hotel, marking a record-breaking early harvest.
- The Fruit Is Rotting on the Vines While Seattle Buys California Canned Goods
A Vashon grower and the Post-Intelligencer make the case for a Puget Sound cannery before another harvest spoils on the ground.