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BETTER FRUIT 



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Statement of Fact 



HOOD RIVER for ten years has 

 claimed to grow the highest 

 quaUty of Newtowns and Spitz- 

 enbergs, to pack them better and to 

 guarantee the pack. As proof of this 

 statement we submit the following evi- 

 dence: For ten consecutive years Hood 

 River has sold Spitzenbergs and New- 

 towns at higher prices than have been 

 obtained by any other district for these 

 or any other varieties in commercial 

 quantities. Hood River has never com- 

 peted in carload contests in National 

 Apple Shows, although we have won 

 thousands of cups, trophies, medals 

 and cash prizes at various exhibitions 

 throughout the United States. Hood 

 River won the only Grand Prize at the 

 St. Louis Exposition given any single 

 county in the United States on green 



fruit. Hood River was compelled to 

 enter the National Apple Show at Spo- 

 kane this year because other districts 

 were saying we were afraid to enter, 

 and we dare not. We entered a car of 

 Spitzenbergs which won the sweepstakes 

 prize of $1,000 in cash for the best car 

 exhibited. We won $250 cash prize for 

 the best car of Newtowns exhibited. We 

 won $250 cash prize for the best car- 

 load of Spitzenbergs exhibited — this in 



competition with twenty-two 

 cars from the Northwest. 

 The Spitzenberg car scored 

 997 out of a possible thou- 

 sand. The Nev^town car 

 scored 988 in a possible 990. 

 The winning car last year 

 scored 928 in a possible 1,000. 

 In addition, Hood River won 

 the $500 solid silver trophy 

 cup given by the Chicago 

 Chamber of Commerce, composed of 

 sixty-two affiliated bodies, for the best 

 packed car of apples exhibited at the 

 Third National Apple Show at Spokane, 

 which was also exhibited at Chicago. 



Hood River's claims for ten years have 

 been proven in a substantially con- 

 vincing way. There is a booklet (a 

 quality booklet) telling the why and how 

 of Hood River that is yours for a 4-cent 

 stamp, by addressing the secretary 



HOOD RIVER COMMERCIAL CLUB, HOOD RIVER, OREGON 



