Idaho, The Fruitful Land
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By George Yost and Dick d'Easum
Published by Syms-York Company, Boise, Idaho 1980

Copies Available from the Idaho State Horticultural Society





ChapterTitlePage
1 Roots, Branches and Blossoms 1
2 Horticultural Society History 9
3 Some Early Orchards 23
4 Lewiston and Moscow 29
5 Mesa Orchards 35
6 Council and Weiser Districts 43
7 New Plymouth 47
8 Orchards Company at Emmett 53
9 Gem County 59
10 Incidents in the Emmett Valley 65
11 Canyon County, Sunnyslope and Lake Lowell 69
12 Twin Falls Area 75
13 Parma "The Fruitful Years" 77
14 Depression Hits Apples 87
15 Fruit Industry Owes a Monument to the Italian Prune 91
16 Idaho Sweet Cherries 97
17 Baskets for Idaho Fruit 101
18 University’s Role 107
19 Idaho Shippers Association 123
20 Two Idaho Fruit Cooperatives 127
21 Growers Tired of Low Prices Get Their Dander Up 135
22 Early Transportation 137
23 Fruit Varieties 141
24 Officers of the Idaho State Horticultural Society, 1895 to 1980 143
24 Idaho Commissioners of Agriculture and Directors of Plant Industry 143
24 Secretaries Idaho State Horticultural Society 145
24 Idaho Commissioners of Agriculture 145
24 Directors Of Plant Industry, Idaho Department of Agriculture 145
25 Biographies of Fruit Growers 147
25 Ames, George and Martha 147
25 Appel, W. H. 148
25 Benson, Robert L. 149
25 Blunck, Louis and Dorothy 150
25 Bolt, L. E. 151
25 Bowman, Dewey 152
25 Brodersen Family 154
25 Fruitland Nursery 155
25 Carnefix Family 155
25 Chaney, Burton and Lucille 156
25 Dawson, P. P. 157
25 Dewey, John Cecil 158
25 Dewey Family, Ray 160
25 Diehm Family History of Fruit Growing 162
25 Dudgeons of Crystal 163
25 Falen Family, Ernest and Irene 164
25 Garman Family Involvement in the Idaho Fruit Industry 166
25 Harper, W. Fred 168
25 Harpt Orchards 170
25 Henggeler Family in the Fruit Growing Business 172
25 Hogue, F. H. 179
25 Horn, Tony 181
25 Killgores Salmon River Fruit Company 182
25 Kinney Supply Company 183
25 Lewis and Groves 184
25 Limbaugh Ranches 184
25 Nichols, Edwin G. 186
25 Obermeyer, John 187
25 O’Leary Orchard 188
25 Palumbo, Jim 189
25 Parsons, Ed 192
25 Patrick’s of Emmett 193
25 Guthrie, Harriet 195
25 Payne, Chauncey and Frances 196
25 Perkel, George W. 197
25 Plaza Ranch Family 198
25 Ploeger, John B. 200
25 Reines Ranches 201
25 Robison Fruit Ranch 204
25 Robison, Stanley 204
25 Saxton, Gordon 207
25 Saxton, Harvey 212
25 Shurtleff Family History of Fruit Growing 214
25 Stoehr Orchard 217
25 Stone, Sam 218
25 Sullins, Elmer 219
25 Thumbnail Autobiography of an Idaho Apple Grower (Elmer Sullins) 219
25 Syme Family 220
25 Symms Fruit Ranch 222
25 Townsend, Dan 226
25 Trowbridge, Hankins and Howard 227
25 Tucker Family Orchard History 231
25 Vandenburg, S. C. 232
25 Van Slyke Neighborhood 234
25 Watson Story 234
25 Williamson Orchards 236
25 Yasuda, Kendo and Ronnie 237
25 Yosts from 1904 and More 238




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