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The rules under which the boxmakiiig 

 contest was conducted were as follows: 



Duration of contest, one hour. Each contestant 

 to provide his own bench, hatchets or hammers and 

 stripper. Cgntestants are not obliged to use strip- 

 pers. Each contestant should provide himself witli 

 at least one extra hatchet or hammer. The Asso- 

 ciation will provide nails and box shook. 



The box used shall be the standard 4A apple 

 box of the following dimensions: Heads, ii/i6x 

 9)4xii; sides, 5/16x9^4x22, no cleats to be used; 

 bottoms, o/iexs^^xss. 



Pearson Cement Coated sd. box nails shall be 

 vised, 28 to each box; four in each end of each 

 side and three at each end of each bottom piece. 

 Nails must be well driven and well spaced and 

 must not protrude from either inside or outside of 

 head. 



Benches must be empty of all material at start 

 of contest with exception of hatchets or hammers 

 and stripper; nails to be placed in bottom box of 

 sti ipper before start, but none fed into tracks until 

 contest has started. 



box material to be stacked six feet from con- 

 testant in such way as to be easily accessible; con- 

 testant must arrange his shook on bench after con- 

 test starts. Ptoxes after being made must be piled 

 in nests of three, and if at the expiration of time 

 limit, any contestant shall have not so piled any 

 of his boxes, those not piled shall not be counted 

 to his credit. In making boxes the sides ^nd 

 bottom pieces must he placed square to head and 

 bottom pieces properly spaced. 



Thirty-six points shall be allowed for each box 

 made during the time limit according to these 

 rules : 



1. For each nail the point of which can be seen 

 either inside or outside of finished box the judges 

 shall deduct two points from the contestant's score. 



2. For each nail used above 28 in any one box, 

 one point shall be deducted. 



3. For each nail less than 28 used in each box, 

 ?. penalty of two points per missing nail shall be 

 deducted. 



4. If any contestant draws a nail from a box 

 on account of it not being driven true and replaces 

 f-ame by another nail, no deduction of points shall 

 be made for same. 



51 If shook should be slightly out of true sucli 

 fact should be recognized by the judges and not 

 charged against contestant. 



For general excellence of work in spacing nails 

 and material the judges shall be allowed to allot in 

 their discretion to individual contestants any part 

 of an additional 100 points, and for poor work of 

 the same description, shall be allowed to penalize 

 individual contestants by the deduction of any 

 part of 200 points; the condition of the bench at 

 close of contest and wasted nails shall enter into 

 this addition or deduction of points. 



As prizes for this boxmaking contest 

 two fine gold watches were given to the 

 two best boxmakers, by J. C. Rulofson, 

 jMonadnock building, San Francisco, Cal- 

 ifornia, of the Pearson Cement Coated 

 X'lil people. 



The apple-packing contest was con- 

 ducted under the following rules: 



Each contestant shall be furnished with enough 

 loose boxes of sorted four-tier Newtown Pippins 

 to pack five boxes. 



A time limit of 40 minutes shall be set for pack- 

 ing the five boxes. Tn order to secure the full 

 amount of credits for speed, the contestant must 

 pack five boxes within 40 minutes. A penalty shall 

 be charged for excess time consumed at the rate of 

 two points for each three -minutes or fraction 

 thereof over the 40 minutes. 



The scoring values are as follows: Speed, 20 

 lioints: imiformity. 10; alignment, 10; bulge, 15; 

 height of ends, 15; firmness, 15, -and wrapping, 15, 

 making a total of 100 points. 



There will be two contests, one for men and one 

 for women. The prizes shall be as follows: 



Men's contest — First, gold watch ; second, silver 

 watch. These prizes were donated by Northern 

 California Paper Trade. 



Ladies' contest — First, gold watch ; second, silver 

 watch. These prizes were donated by the Pioneer 

 Paper Co., Los Angeles. 



Apples are to be wrapped and packed a straight 

 four tier. Apples will be distributed to packing 

 tables, paper and boxes supplied, and then con- 

 testants will draw lots for 1 ication. Packing tab'es 

 boxes, apples and paper will be supplied to con- 

 testants without charge. 



Men will remove their own packed boxes; in the 

 women's contests the boxes will be removed from 

 the packing tables for them. 



If any contestant prefers his own packing bench 

 he shall be allowed to use same. 



If any contestant does not complete his five 

 boxes within one hour, the entry shall be thrown 

 out. 



The entries in the different classes 

 were numerous and competition keen in 

 the special features and contests of skill. 

 Below we give a partial list of awards: 



Carload Lots. Newtown Pippin: $ioo silver 

 trophy by National Ice & Cold Storage Co., of San 

 Francisco; 100 pounds Ortho arensate of lead by 

 California Spray Chemical Co., Watsonville ; ist, 

 M. N. Lettunich & Co., Watsonville; 2d, McDon- 

 ald & Sins. Watsonville. Belleflower: $100 cash by 

 National Ice & Cold Storage Co., Los Angeles; 

 ist, MacDonald & Sons, Watsonville; 2d, San 

 Monte Fruit Co., Watsonville. Mixed Varieties: 

 Silver trophy by California Fruit Distributers, 

 Sacramento; 500 pounds Ortho iron sulphide by 

 California Spray Chemical Co., of Watsonville; ist, 

 Alaga Bros., VVatsonville; 2d, Sebastopol Graven- 

 stein Apple Show Association. Red Pearmain: ist, 

 L. P. Cikuth, Watsonville; 2d, Loma Fruit Co., 

 Watsonville. White Pearmain: Loma Fruit Co., 

 Watsonville. Langford Seedling: Frank Radovan, 

 Watsonville. Spitzenberg: Sebastopol Gravenstein 

 Apple Show Association. 



Additional Awards — Best carload each variety, 

 gold medal. Best carload exhibited, special sweep- 

 stakes, gold medal. Second best carload each 

 variety, silver medal; to each winner of first and 

 second prize in this class, one year's subscription 

 to Fruit Belt and PaciHc Coast Packer; to win- 

 ner (sweepstakes), one year's subscription to 

 Better Fruit; best carload exhibited (sweep- 

 stakes), $250 cash by the following commission 

 merchants of San Francisco: L. Scatena & Co., 

 Garcia & Maggini Co., Garcia Bros. & Arken, 

 Compodico & Burns, Ivancovich-Trobock & Ber- 

 gen Co., Jacobs S: Malcom, A. Galli Fruit Co., A. 

 Levy & J. Zentner Co., L. N. Presovich & Co., L. 

 J. Hopkins Co., and silver trophy by San Fran- 

 cisco Chamber of Commerce, awarded to Alaga 

 Bros., Watsonville; best commercial grading and 

 pack of apples exhibited, not less than 100 boxes, 

 silver trophy, by International Apple Shippers' 

 Association, awarded to San Monte Fruit Co., 

 Watsonville. 



One hundred Box Awards — Belleflower Apples: 

 I barrel Ortho lime and sulphur solution; isc, 

 Stephen Scurich; 2d, R. IT. Goodchild, Corralitos. 



Engraved by Hicks-Cltatten Engraving Company, Portland, Oregon 



GENERAL VIEW OF FEATURE EXHIBITS, APPLE ANNUAL, WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA 

 Showing the first prize. "The Kiss of the Waters," by San Monte Fruit Company of Watsonville, Cali- 

 fornia; the High School for Boys and Girls feature exhibit, exact reproduction of the Fligh School 

 building, and others. The idea of feature exhibits would be well worth copying at our exhibits in the 

 Northwest, as they are one of the greatest drawing cards and break the monotony of solid box exhibits. 



Engraved by Hicks-Chattcn Co., Portland, Oregon 



GOLD MEDAL CAR OF SPITZENBERGS, APPLE ANNUAL, WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA 

 By Gravenstein Apple Show Association of Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California. Score 92%% 



