. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 BETTER FRUIT Page 19 Winter Injury of Fruit Trees More Common in Northwest By Profe WINTER injury of fruit trees has been more common in the Northwest than we are some- times willing to nilmit. The orchards as a whole have not suffered seriously, but certain sections of fruit-growing districts have been bothered with this trouble in one form or another. This trouble is not confined to any one dis- trict or any one kind of climate. Win- ter injury is very common on the west side of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. It seems strange that locali- ties with
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 1915 BETTER FRUIT Page 19 Winter Injury of Fruit Trees More Common in Northwest By Profe WINTER injury of fruit trees has been more common in the Northwest than we are some- times willing to nilmit. The orchards as a whole have not suffered seriously, but certain sections of fruit-growing districts have been bothered with this trouble in one form or another. This trouble is not confined to any one dis- trict or any one kind of climate. Win- ter injury is very common on the west side of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon. It seems strange that locali- ties with such mild winter climates should have their trees seriously in- jured by winter temperatures, but such is the case. When we look about for a cause for this winter injury, we should not forget that our apple trees in particular come from climates and sections that are al- together different from the climate and soil conditions existing in most of the fruit-growing sections of the North- west. Our apples are the direct descendants of a fruit that has its native habitat in central Europe and west-central Asia. The climate there is seldom severe, and while we may not be able to point out particular charac- teristics, in which it differs widely from our climate, yet we know that it is different, and that when the apples were brought to the United States, the first settlers placed them on the East- ern coast witli a climate very different from that of the Western coast regions, and only a few of the varieties that were brought from Europe direct are still in cultivation. Most of them have passed out of existence; not because varieties that were larger or finer qual- ities were discovered, but because varieties were discovered that were in many respects more satisfactory front a cultural point of view. The list of apples grown in Washington and Ore- gon are practically all direct imiiorta- tions from the extreme eastern part of the United States. The Wealthy, De- licious, Gano, Staym
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