Apple Orchard Irrigation in Washington
This file appears in: The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards
Freshly tilled earth and flowing canals of water from local rivers provided an ideal apple growing region in the Spokane Valley.
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This file appears in: The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards
The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards
In 1908, Spokane launched its first National Apple Show with high hopes of making the area a major fruit distribution center. The inland Northwest was emerging from a decade of rapid apple-tree planting, with schemes of irrigation claiming nearly…