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BETTER FRUIT 



January 



Xewtown Pippin: i barrel Rex lime and sulphur 

 solution, given by Rex Spray Co., Benicia; ist, 

 Travers Bros.; 2d, Elwell Russell Fruit Co., 

 Santa Cruz. Red Pearmains: Zar Bros., Watson- 

 ville. Mixed ^'arieties: silver trophy and $75 

 cash, given by Pajaro Valley National Bank; ist, 

 H. T. Davis, Corralitos; 2d, Frank Radovan, Wat- 

 sonville. 



Additional Awards. — Best 100 boxes each vari- 

 ety, gold medal; to each winner of first and sec- 

 ond prize in this class, one year's subscription to 

 Fniit Belt and Pacific Coast Paclier; to winner 

 (sweepstakes) one year's subscription to Better 

 Fruit; best 100 boxes exhibited (sweepstakes), 

 Tooo standard pine apple boxes in shook, by the 

 Hilm-Hammond Lumber Co., Watsonville; Ste- 

 plien Scurich, Watsonville, Cal. 



Twenty-five Box Special. — Newtown Pippin; Sil- 

 ver trophy by Garcia-Jacobs, Simon-Jacobs, and 

 Simons-Shuttleworth,- of London, Liverpool and 

 Glasgow; awarded to Frank Radovan, Watsonville, 

 Cal. 



Ten Box Awards. — Newtown Pippin; $50 cash, 

 given bby the Bank of Watsonville; ist, J. D. 

 Copeland, Watsonville; 2d, Sebastopol Gravenstein 

 Apple Show .\ssociation. Belleflower; $50 cash. 



given by the Bank of Watsonville; ist, J. D. 

 Hardy, Aromas; 2d, S. J. Duckworth, Watsonville. 

 Winesap: ist, Lettunich Bros., Watsonville; 2d, 

 M. W. Quick, Watsonville. Kansas Beauties: C. E. 

 Beebe, Woodland. Jonathan: ist, Sebastopol 

 Gravenstein Apple Show Association; 2d, C. L. 

 Robertson, Santa Cruz. White Winter Pearmain: 

 ist, S. J. Duckworth, Watsonville; 2d, Geo. F. 

 Gallagher, Agnew. Hoover: Sebastopol Graven- 

 stein Apple Show y\ssociation. Baldwin: 25 

 pounds arsenate of zinc, given by California Spray 

 Chemical Co.; ist, Mitchell-Goodall, Santa Cruz; 

 2d, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Associa- 

 tion. Gravenstein: Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple 

 Show Association. Spitzenberg: ist, California 

 Fruit Packing Co. (packers) and A. L. Bailhache, 

 Watsonville; 2d, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple 

 Show Association. Langford Seedling: 25 pounds 

 Rex arsenate of lead, by the Rex Spray Co., 

 Benicia; ist, Mitchell-Goodall, Santa Cruz; 2d. 

 Frank Radovan, Watsonville. Winter Banana: 

 Mitchell-Goodall, Santa Cruz. Smith Cider: M. 

 W. Quick, Watsonville. Red Pearmain: ist, A. A. 

 Scurich & Co., Watsonville; 2d, Mitchell-Goodall, 

 Santa Cruz. Rome Beauty: ist, R. E. Sherman, 

 Placerville; 2d, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple 

 Show Association. Wagner: Sebastopol Graven- 



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 THE TRANSFORMER 

 Feature exhibit by Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Association,, Apple Annual 

 Watsonville, California, 1910 



stein Apple Show Association. Ben Davis; J. E. 

 Hassler, Placerville. .Missouri Pippin: M. N. Let- 

 tunich & Co., Watsonville. Arkansas Black: 

 Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Association. 

 Mixed Varieties: Silver trophy, by Adriatic Pub- 

 lishing Co., of San Francisco, publishers of "Jad- 

 ran"; one barrel Ortho lime sulphur solution, by 

 California Spray Chemical Co., of Watsonville; 

 ist, Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Associa- 

 tion; 2d, Ira J. Phillips, Watsonville. 



Additional Awards. — Best 10 boxes each variety, 

 gold medal; best 10 boxes exhibit sweepstakes, 

 one gold medal; second best 10 boxes each variety, 

 silver medal; to each winner of first and second 

 prize in this class, one year's subscription to Fruit 

 Belt and Pacific Coast Pacl;er; to winner (sweep- 

 stakes), one year's subscription to Better Fruit; 

 for the best exhibit of apples from any county 

 more than 100 miles from Watsonville, $25 cash, 

 Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Association; 

 for the best 10 boxes red apples from any district 

 outside of Santa Cruz and iXIonterey Counties, $10 

 cash, awarded to R. E. Sherman, Placerville; for 

 best 10 boxes exhibited (sweepstakes), silver tro- 

 phy, given by the lawyers of Watsonville, awarded 

 to Sebastopol Gravenstein Apple Show Associa- 

 tion. 



Best feature exhibit by a grower — Five gallons 

 Nicotine Cresol Soap, by Cnlifornia Spray Chem- 

 ical Co., of Watsonville, Cal.; ist, W. J. McGowan : 

 2d, Chas. Husbeck. 



Feature Exhibits — ist. Kiss of the Oceans, San 

 Monte Fruit Co., $100; 2d, Ship Pajaro, Japanese 

 Association, $75; 3d, Watsonville High School, 

 $50; 4th, American Flag, MacDonald & Sons, $25; 

 fifth, Dutch Windmill, Loma Fruit Company, $15; 

 6th, Eagle, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Watson- 

 ville Aerie No. 72, $10. 



Box-making Contest — First prize, gold watch; 

 second prize, silver watch, given by Pierson 

 Cement Coated Nail Co., San Francisco; ist, PL 

 C. Poor, Watsonville, score 3359; 2d, F. J. Cous- 

 ins, Watsonville, score 301 1. 



Packing Contest — Men: First prize, gold watch: 

 second prize, silver watch, given by Zellerbach 

 Paper ^ (To., of San Francisco, Cal.; ist, Mike 

 Lazarovich; 2d, A. E. Melcalf. Women: First 

 prize, gold watch; second prize, gold watch, given 

 by Pioneer Roll Paper Co., of Los Angeles, Cal. ; 

 ist. Miss Alma Bradley; 2d, Miss Ida Stoffers. 



Photo by Fraiil; Palmer. Spokane Engraving by American Engraving Company, Spokane 



MISSOULA, MONTANA, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISTRICT DISPLAY, NATIONAL APPLE 

 SHOW, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1910 



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$195 SILVER TROPHY 

 Given by Charles Ford & Co., Watsonville, Cali- 

 fornia, for the best five boxes of apples exhibited. 

 Won by F. C. Price, Palo Alto, California; also 

 winner of first prize on best five boxes of Bell- 

 flowers. Apple Annual. Watsonville. California. 

 1910. 



Editor Better Fruit: 



Will you be good enough to announce in the 

 next issue of "Better Fruit" that the Society for 

 Horticultural Science will hold its next annual 

 meeting at Tamiia, Florida, on February 9, 1911, 

 the day preceding the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society, which convenes there Febru- 

 ary 10 and 11, 1911? Thanking you for the kind- 

 ness, I am, very truly yours, C. P. Close. College 

 Park, Maryland. 



