Priest Rapids Apple Growers Win Grading Concession
State inspector clears the way for 'striped' apples to be sold as 'extra fancy,' a major relief for local orchardists.
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B. F. Perham of Yakima and State Inspector Hill were in the valley Friday on an official visit. It was decided while they were here that the apples in the Priest Rapids valley were in the striped class and do not have to be solid color in order to be extra fancy. This is good news to the growers, as on account of the color requirements there were almost no extra fancys going out of here. The cool nights, however, are having the desired effect and the Delicious and Winesaps are coloring nicely.
“It was decided that the apples in the Priest Rapids valley were in the striped class and do not have to be solid color in order to be extra fancy.”
The economic survival of the Hanford and White Bluffs area was built on the promise of the fruit industry. This administrative decision reflects the constant, high-stakes negotiation between local farmers and state regulators over the value of their crops—a struggle that defined the valley until the Hanford Project transformed the landscape entirely.
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