William P. Sawyer was proud of the fruit he grew and packed, and he made that clear on his box labels. These are probably the two oldest pear labels used in the state of Washington. The damaged one is one of a kind and was discovered in an antique store in central Oregon last year. The gentleman standing by the tree in both labels is William Perry Sawyer, who farmed near Sawyer Station in the center of the Parker Bottoms district at Wapato, Washington. Sawyer was the owner of Elmwood Farm, a ranch that occupies historic ground near Sawyer Station. […]