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Skookum Apples

11-9-2021
Skookum Apples

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Notes

I haven’t run across this apple crate label before. These are Spitzenburg apples from the C. A. Macrum orchard in Mosier, shipped under the “Skookum Brand” by the Northwestern Fruit Exchange.

“Skookum” is apparently a Chinook word meaning “strong” or “greatest.”

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Tags: agriculture, apples, fruit, fruit packing, Mosier, orchard, Skookum, Spitzenburg

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  1. L.E.

    9th November 2021 @ 09:36 AM

    I grew up with people saying, “That’s pretty Skookum!” Meaning something was pretty good.

    Along the Klickitat River is an area called Skookum Flats for Indian Skookum Wallihee who lived there.

  2. James

    9th November 2021 @ 10:36 AM

    How amazing that word is of Chinook origin. Cool. Well as kids we used that adjective to describe things that were really cool. How skookum….! I thought it was English slang….., but no.

  3. L.E.

    9th November 2021 @ 02:08 PM

    Another Skookum I was thinking about is Skookumchuck Narrows on the BC coast. Chuck is water in Chinook. The narrows is where there are strong tidal exchanges.

  4. Steffen

    9th November 2021 @ 07:13 PM

    Zooming in. Do I see the Mosier Totem Pole?

  5. Arlen L Sheldrake

    9th November 2021 @ 08:00 PM

    for us train nuts Skookum is the name off a Baldwin built 1909 2-4-4-2 steam locomotive that was restored to operation by the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad that I rode behind in 2019. the loco is now at Niles Canyon Railway.
    I had no idea the history of the name……..daily learning …

  6. ArthurB

    9th November 2021 @ 09:20 PM

    Interesting thought, Steffen. We'll have to compare it with the Mosier Totem pole. I haven't heard a history of that sculpture.

  7. Jim Malles

    7th March 2022 @ 05:08 PM

    Do you still have this label?

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