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M-< iowan. who had constructed with jelly glasses, all full of pure apple 

 jelly of different shades of coloring, a building which was an exact 

 reproduction of the great Watsonville auditorium where the show was 

 held. The dimensions of this auditorium made of jelly were as follows : 

 length, 15J feet: width, 10 feet; height, about 4 feet* 



This season such a building was constructed at the California Apple 

 Show held in San Francisco and was again recognized by the judges 

 by being awarded third premium for feature exhibits. Fig. 57 shows 

 this excellent exhibit. Mrs. McGowan certainly deserves much credit 

 and the thanks of the community in which she lives for her energy 

 in making such a tremendous quantity of jelly and in putting up such 

 an exhibit as the one mentioned. It is hard to foresee what the develop- 

 ment of this one industry may mean to the Watsonville section. This 

 is just an illustration of the great possibilities that there are for those 

 who will take advantage of them. 



Recently while visiting some of the fruit orchards in the Julian section 

 of San Diego County which is not easily accessible the writer was 



Fig. 57. Model of the Watsonville Auditorium made from glasses filled with pure 

 apple jelly. Exhibited by Mrs. Hugh McGowan at the Annual Apple Show in San 

 Francisco* 



pleased to find an up to date plant, on the ranch belonging to S. A. 

 Walters, for the manufacture of apple butter, cider, vinegar and other 

 by-products. Mr. Walters has undoubtedly solved the problem of 

 netting good returns for his fruit. While it might be easy to overdo 

 the manufacture of some of these by-produets. yet it would seem that 

 there are great possibilities, particularly for orchardists who arc a long 

 way from market and who have no provision for storing their fruit. As 

 has already been mentioned, one of the chief reasons for manufacturing 

 by-products is that there is ordinarily a great waste of imperfect fruit. 

 Th- aim should always be to jrrow the best possible apples which may 

 be packed and sold, most seasons, to good advantage. There will, how- 

 ever, come seasons of low prices when even the very hest can be utilized 

 in the manufacture of such by-produets as s-em hest. and in this way 

 a good market will be insured. 



