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Tenth National Apple Show, Spokane, Washington 



TWO big outstanding features 

 marked the Tenth National Apple 

 Show held in Spokane, November 

 19 to 24, 11117. Patriotism was the 

 dominant note throughout all the plans 

 for entertaining the big crowds, in the 

 decorations and in the speeches deliv- 

 ered at the growers' conferences. Prac- 

 tical instruction for grower, shipper 

 and user of fruit, along the latest lines, 

 was the other big feature. 



The show was a success in every way. 

 In spite of the fact that nearly every 

 section of the Northwest had a reduced 

 crop; in spite of the fact that campaign 

 after campaign had been carried on in 

 Spokane for various war and civic pur- 

 poses; in spite of the fact the show was 

 held at a time when attention was uni- 

 versally focused on the war, still the 

 apple show drew an attendance of 

 46,000 in six days. 



So successful was the show from 

 every standpoint that it is now regarded 

 as certain that the big annual exposi- 

 tion will be continued from year to 

 year without even a thought of its 

 abandonment. 



An example of the close competition 

 is illustrated in the pictures shown in 

 Better Fruit of the exhibits made by 

 the Yakima district and the Deer Park 

 district. On quality, commercial value, 

 pack and attractive arrangement, the 

 judges were puzzled between the two 

 exhibits. Eventually the prize was 

 given to Yakima on the narrowest of 

 margins, the second award, of course, 

 going to Deer Park, with the frank ad- 

 mission by the judges that it was a 

 hair-line decision. 



The Yakima Commercial Club conse- 

 quently carried home the gold medal 

 banner and a check for $125, and the 

 Deer Park Commercial Club rooms are 

 adorned with a silver medal banner 

 and the treasury is enriched $75. 



In the feature displays wherein or- 

 ganizations were competing on unique- 

 ness of design, originality of concep- 

 tion and attractiveness of display, the 

 Hamilton Chamber of Commerce car- 

 ried off $125 and the gold medal ban- 

 ner lor its exhibition of a Ferris wheel. 

 The wheel was eighteen feet in diam- 

 eter with the radiating spokes in alter- 

 nate red and blue colors and each of 

 the sixteen cars consisted of a box of 

 Mcintosh Red apples from the Bitter 

 Hoot Valley, Montana. The wheel was 

 constantly in revolution. The judges' 

 award met universal approval, although 

 the Walla Walla Commercial Club's Hag, 

 composed of apples, and Hie Spokane 

 Valley growers' display in the shape of 

 a Washington monument,, were close 

 contenders. The latter two were 

 awarded second and third prizes, re- 

 spectivelj . 



The Upper Columbia Company of 

 Marble, Washington, took lii'st honors 

 in the apple shippers' brand contest; 

 the Arcadia Valley Fruit Growers' 

 Association of Deer Park, Washington, 

 won second; and the Fnlial Fruil 

 Growers' League of Entiat, Washing- 



By Ren H. Rice, Publicity Secretary, Spokane Chamber of Commerce 

 ton, won third. This contest was lim 



ited to bona fide shippers of apples, 

 whose showing of brands were judged 

 upon their effectiveness as worked out 

 through the use of fruit. Each entry 

 was required to be not less than 75 and 

 not more than 100 boxes, with the addi- 

 tion of 30 boxes allowed for decorative 

 purposes. This was another contest in 

 which the judges grew a lew more 

 gray hairs in making their awards. 



In the straight commercial exhibits 

 by individuals the sharpest rivalry cen- 

 tered over the championship of $50 in 

 gold for the highest scoring box of 

 apples and the $100 gold champion for 

 the highest scoring five boxes. 



In the single-box classes 22 varieties 

 were allowed, each one competing only 

 against other entries of the same vari- 

 ety. H. S. Bugdell of Yakima won the 

 single-box championship, scoring 95.7 

 on his box of Arkansas Blacks, which, 

 of course, was also first-prize winner 

 in the regular single-box Arkansas 

 Black contest. 



H. Van Marter of Opportunity. Wash- 

 ington, captured the $100 championship 

 in the five-box contest. By an unusual 

 coincidence this contest was also won 

 on Arkansas Blacks, Mr. Van Marter's 

 entry scoring 95.9. This entry also won 

 the first prize of $25 in its class. 



The exhibitor making the greatest 

 number of entries in all classes was 

 offered an "Exhibitor's Sweepstakes" 

 dl' $25. The same amount was also 

 offered to the exhibitor who won prizes 



in the one, three and five-box classes. 

 A. L. Smith of Brewster, Washington, 

 went home with both prizes in his 

 pocket, lie came to the show with all 

 kinds of exhibits anil announced his in- 

 tention of giving every one a close run. 

 He kept his word. He won first prize 

 en five-box display of Spitzenbergs, 

 Jonathans and Winesaps; first on three- 

 box showings of Mammoth Black Twig 

 and Spitzenberg; first on one-box dis- 

 plays of Crimes Golden, Mammoth 

 Black Twig. Winter Banana and Wine- 

 sap, and just to fatten up his average a 

 little he grabbed second and third 

 prizes in several other contests. 



Unusual attention was attracted to 

 the women's department this year, be- 

 cause in this was given the most practi- 

 cal lessons on food conservation, both 

 from the standpoint of necessity to the 

 nation during the war period and for 

 general health and economical pur- 

 poses at all times. Federal Food Ad- 

 ministrator Herbert Hoover had given 

 special approval of the plans lor food 

 conservation demonstrations and had 

 made a number of suggestions which 

 were faithfully carried out. He laid 

 special emphasis on the value of con- 

 tests in the home-made by-products 

 classes, with particular emphasis on the 

 desirability of illustrating the making 

 of apple butter, apple syrup and apple 

 cake. 



The "Hoover Special Dinner" at- 

 tracted more attention than any feature 

 given of the women's department at 



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Huge Red Cross In Apples. 

 Deer Park Commercial Club, "i Deer Park, Washington, had :i most effective display ;it the 



Tenth National Apple show in Spokane. An enormous red cross w 

 In addition the ilis|ihiy consisted "I :> quantity <>l apples from the 



1 1 ;ii mill-., tin- Big A" brand. 



shoM n a^;i i iisi ;i white Held. 

 Arcadia seel ion »l Deer Pai k. 



