Whitman - Originally a very large, old tree located west of the Whitman Mission, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. The tree was removed in the early 1970's to make way for a construction project at the college. The trunk of the tree was said to be about 16 feet in circumference at the time it was removed. Larry McGraw propagated the tree prior to it's destruction and planted it at the Bybee Howell preservation orchard on Sauvie Island west of Portland, Oregon. (Information from Wayne Hufstutter, Portland, Oregon, February 2004).Scions for NCGR Corvallis were collected on 17 February, 2004, at the Bybee Howell Pioneer Orchard, Howell Territorial Park on Sauvie Island west of Portland, Oregon. This orchard was established by Larry L. McGraw and the Home Orchard Society in 1973 on the grounds of the restored James F. Bybee House to represent and preserve Pacific Northwest heirloom fruit varieties. -- J. Postman, 2005