This booklet calls the Wenatchee apple district “the commercial apple center of America.” In fact, in recent years at least, the Yakima district on the former Northern Pacific route produces more apples than the Wenatchee district.
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The booklet also says that the Okanogan Valley was named after pioneer apple producer Okanogan Smith. In fact, Hiram Smith (his real name) called himself “Okanogan” after the valley which in turn was an Indian word that is now applied to the Native Americans who lived and live in the region (which extends into Canada).
More quantitatively, the booklet says that the United States produced about 149 million bushels of apples in 1933, about a third of which came from Washington. The U.S. apple crop today is around 260 million bushels, more than 60 percent of which comes from Washington. Curiously, China produces nearly ten times as many apples as the United States, and Europe nearly three times as many.
Regardless of its accuracy, this booklet was issued by GN for National Apple Week (October 31-November 6) of 1933. The booklet briefly describes six kinds of apples — Delicious, Winesap, Stayman, Spitzenberg, Jonathan, and Rome Beauty — and includes recipes for apple pie, apple fritters, apple pudding, apple turnovers, and other apple-based foods.