Otis Orchard Advertisement
This file appears in: The Apple Boom and Otis Orchards
The success of Spokane's "extra fancy" apple production was widely advertised across the state of Washington with companies like Otis Orchards.
Photo courtesy of Spokane Valley Heritage Museum.
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…